There was an alleged UFO incident on Ilkley Moor on 1 December 1987. A retired police officer

There was an alleged UFO incident on Ilkley Moor on 1 December 1987. A retired police officer claimed that he was abducted by aliens while on a morning walk and briefly held on their craft before being returned to the moor. The man took a photograph of the moor which he said shows one of the aliens that abducted him.

The photograph subsequently became a news story in the UK. It has been cited as one of the strongest pieces of evidence that we have that extra-terrestrials have visited Earth. It has also been described as “incredibly blurry”. Skeptics have dismissed the incident as a hoax, saying that the photograph shows something else, such as a man or a cardboard cut-out.

BACKGROUND
Ilkley Moor is an area of moorland between Ilkley and Keighley in West Yorkshire, England. It is well-known as the inspiration for the song On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at. It is also known for its carved rocks, particularly the Swastika Stone. There have been many UFO sightings on the moor. Sceptics have suggested that this is because of the nearby proximity of Menwith Hill airforce base and Leeds Bradford Airport.

Philip Spencer (a pseudonym) had moved from London to remote West Yorkshire with his wife and child in order to be closer to his wife’s family following his retirement from the police force. On the morning of 1 December 1987 Spencer began walking across Ilkley Moor to visit his father-in-law in East Morton. He had taken a camera with him as well as a compass, in case there was fog.

INCIDENT
According to Spencer, he was walking up a small hill when he noticed an odd-looking figure just up the trail ahead of him. It was dark green and about four feet tall with an oversized head and long, thin arms. The creature made a gesture at Spencer, which he took to be a gesture telling him to stay away, but he took out his camera and took a picture of it. The creature then ran away and Spencer followed it. He lost the creature in the fog but then saw a craft rise from the moor and disappear into the sky. He described the craft as being of a whitish colour and consisted of two saucer shaped parts that were attached, with one being on top of the other. There was also a loud hum. He did not take a photograph of the craft.

Rather than continue with his planned route, Spencer headed to another town that was about a half hour away. When he arrived he discovered that it was about two hours later in the day than he expected it to be. Additionally, the compass that he had taken with him was pointed in the opposite direction than it should have.

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