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The Ilkley Moor Alien Photograph
Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 (CST) by Thoth
 An extremely compelling account of alien abduction that took place in 1987 in the Ilkey Moor, Yorkshire, U.K. is a unique case which may include one of the very few photographs taken of a live alien being. The main character and only witness of a UFO and alien being is one Philip Spencer, a retired policeman. He claims to have been taken aboard an unidentifed flying object, and snap one photograph of an unknown being.
Ilkley Moor is very much like you would expect: a place of mystery and intrigue, and full of legends. There have been a number of reports of UFOs over the area, along with odd lights that seem to come and go.
The lights, shining through the dense fog, can play tricks on the mind. There are two places where planes come and go-Menwith Hill Military Base, and Leeds Bradford Airport. Some of the strange sightings in the moor may be attributed to plane lights, but they will not explain what happened to Philip Spencer.
A Walk
Across the Moor: Spencer had worked as a policemen for four years in
another location, but to fulfill his wife's wishes to be closer to her
family, he had moved the family to Yorkshire. Spencer was taking a walk
across the moor one December morning to his father-in-law's house, and
was hoping to take some photographs of the strange lights on the moor.
He had loaded his camera with ASA rated film to get the best quality
pictures he could in the less than perfect lighting conditions. He
could not imagine what was to soon befall him.
A Strange Looking Creature:
Spencer also brought along a compass to help find his way in the early
morning hours before sun up. He was attempting to get some good angles
for his photographs, when he saw a strange-looking being through the
fog. The small being was on the slopes of the moor. Spencer took aim
and photographed the small creature. He felt that the being was
attempting to wave him away from the area. Whatever the being was, it
ran away.
UFO Leaves Moor: Spencer
wanted to know more about what this strange being was, and what it
wanted. He took off trying to catch up to it. Later, he would state
that he must have just acted on impulse, as he had no fear of the
unknown entity at the time. As he ran toward the being, he was stunned
to see an unknown flying craft with a dome on top rising up from the
moor grounds. It soon disappeared into the sky. He was not quick enough
to photograph the UFO.
Blurry Photograph: The
photograph that Spencer took of the creature on the moor was very
blurry, but it is still quite evident that there is some type of being
present. The being very much resembles the so-called "grays" of UFO
legend. Spencer waited for a time to see if the UFO or the alien
creature might return, but all was quiet across the moor. He began to
make his way to the nearest village, to get his photograph developed,
and as he did, he noticed that his compass was pointing south instead
of north. Arriving at the village, he noticed that his watch was an
hour behind.
Photographic Analysis: The
photograph that Spencer took was first analyzed by a wildlife expert.
He concluded that whatever was in the photograph was not any known
animal. There was no way to ascertain if the subject of the photograph
was a living creature or not just by looking at the picture. A
recreation of the setting of the photograph was undertaken, and it was
estimated that the creature was about four feet tall. An analysis of
the photograph was done by Kodak laboratories in Hemel, Hempstead. They
concluded that the object was indeed part of the original shot, and not
added later.
Dr. Bruce Maccabee: The
photograph was then shipped to America to be enhanced by computer, and
analyzed. Dr. Bruce Maccabee, optical physicist with the United States
Navy gave his expert conclusion:
"I had great hopes that this case would prove definitive. Sadly circumstances prevent it from being so."
Spencer made no money from his photograph, and relinquished all rights to the photograph to UFO investigators.
Conclusions: There have
been numerous theories and much speculation about the Ilkley Moor
photograph. Because of the poor lighting conditions present on the moor
at the time the picture was taken, it was not possible to get a
complete and definite conclusion. But with Spencer being a well
respected man, and not given to making up stories, it can be said with
certainty that Spencer lost about an hour in the moor, saw an unknown
flying object of some type, and took a photograph of some unknown
creature on December 1, 1987.
Copyright: About.com
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Re: The Ilkley Moor Alien Photograph
by ufo1953 on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 (CST)
(User Info | Send a Message) | With Philip Spencer losing an hour of time and his Compass pointing in the wrong direction, points to him having being abducted, but the memory erased from his mind.
If this case was in the USA in the mid-Sixties, PROJECT BLUEBOOK would record Philip's sighting as "Swamp Gas"!!
Being a retired Policeman, Philip had been well trained in the observation of events, so what he saw was true. |
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Re: The Ilkley Moor Alien Photograph
by Kaya on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 (CST)
(User Info | Send a Message) | | It's a fascinating case for sure and pretty much free of hyperbole and hysteria. I'd side with Spencer on this one if only because he's a trained police officer and seemed to have a legitimate photograph to back his case. Really interesting story. |
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