Analogue Boy
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Was he on the bus FROM Hebden Bridge?
Definitely NOT the same PC Alan Godfrey who saw a large UFO hovering over the street one night...Just to clarify something - in a lot of recent literature, the witness/photographer is named as Alan Godfrey...
One has to wonder why Alan Godfrey, if it was the same one, would be wandering around this are when he was from Hebden Bridge/Todmorden area. Not far away, but a bit too far for a casual stroll. His claimed experience was in 1980.
INT21
Would of course also explain why his compass pointed south if he walked to East Morton.PeteS,
East Morton would appear to be the best bet if he walked back via the Keighley side of the moor.
I'm going to have to look up the case again and delve into it. The first thing to do is find out more about the clock.
Dr wu,
No, I didn't bother with this case. But I did look into another case on the Ilkley side of the moor. The one I mentioned above.
It will be interesting to follow the route though.
INT21
Yes sorry - I wasn't clear. He would be walking south if he was heading to East Morton. I wonder if in fact that is what he meant - ie that his compass showed he was walking south when he thought he was walking north.PeteS,
..Would of course also explain why his compass pointed south if he walked to East Morton...
Not quite sure what you mean.
A compass always points to the magnetic North. Are you suggesting that Magnetic North on this occasion was not where it usually is. I.e Fairly close to True North (Polaris).
INT21
If you go to Google maps satellite view of Ilkley moor and click on 3d you will see the problem. The moor is crossed with paths and I think it would take an expert on the moor to identify where the photo was taken from. Personally I don't think that the alien is standing on a path- more like a natural erosion track which is a feature of the moor. An area of this type can be found between Silver Well and Crawshaw Spring on the moor but needle and haystack spring to mind. I'm sure somewhere there is a feature on Google where you can view topography (alien is stood in a depression) but I don't know how to access this.I think someone may have already asked, but do we know which exact path the photograph was taken on?
I too have always been quite fascinated with this photograph.
You know what the original Ilkley Moor picture looks like to me? An ET (as in the movie ET) toy, propped next to a rock, and photographed at a distance to avoid too much detail showing up. 8)
Does anyone know if there are other pics of this....I thought he was using a video camera and these were stills from that or did he only take pics?
Thanks......one wonders why he didn't keep taking pics until the thing ran away...?
The above photograph shows UFO researcher Arthur Tomlinson standing in the exact spot where the ‘creature‘ stood.
Spencer had begun to have strange dreams of starry skies, and was still puzzled by the missing time he experienced, so the final test would be subjecting him to regressive hypnosis. The session was conducted by Dr. Jim Singleton, at Arthur Tomlinson's home, on March 16, 1988. Also there were Peter Hough, and Mathew Hill, a journalist friend of Hough who was to operate the three tape recorders.
I don't know whether this is helpful or not ...
At least one person found the spot where Spencer's photo was taken.
SOURCE: http://www.ghosttheory.com/2015/03/13/the-1987-ilkley-moor-alien-photograph
The only clue I have regarding this Arthur Tomlinson is that it was at his home that Spencer underwent a regressive hypnosis session.
SOURCE: https://www.ufocasebook.com/ilkleymoor2.html
I don't know whether the Tomlinson snapshot above was taken the same day as the hypnosis session.
Ok...for the sake of discussion let's assume it was some kind of 'hoax'.....then what did the image represent?
A child in costume...a very small man...a dummy of some sort..?
So then the man who took the pic set the whole thing up...?
Good question ... My initial, and primary ongoing, impression was that it wasn't a humanoid figure, nor even a decent simulacrum of a humanoid figure.
I thought it looked like someone had erected a piece of driftwood - e.g., the stump of a small tree or substantial bush with roots attached. Given the trough-like contour of the path, I also wondered whether it was a stump below which the surrounding soil had eroded away.
I even wondered if it could be a total simulacrum involving stone(s) and / or vegetation at that particular spot viewed from that particular angle, but the Tomlinson photo 10 months afterward seems to rule that out.
Do you not think it's too much of a coincidence that two police officers with the same name had ufo experiences 25 miles apart? I guess that it's far enough apart for Spencer/Godfrey to want to move closer to his father in law as he stated. I wonder where he actually moved to? A look in an old telephone directory would probably give the answer...Just to clarify something - in a lot of recent literature, the witness/photographer is named as Alan Godfrey...
One has to wonder why Alan Godfrey, if it was the same one, would be wandering around this are when he was from Hebden Bridge/Todmorden area. Not far away, but a bit too far for a casual stroll. His claimed experience was in 1980.
INT21
His ex-wife claimed he made it out of chicken wire.Ok...for the sake of discussion let's assume it was some kind of 'hoax'.....then what did the image represent?
A child in costume...a very small man...a dummy of some sort..?
I don't know whether this is helpful or not ...
At least one person found the spot where Spencer's photo was taken.
SOURCE: http://www.ghosttheory.com/2015/03/13/the-1987-ilkley-moor-alien-photograph
The only clue I have regarding this Arthur Tomlinson is that it was at his home that Spencer underwent a regressive hypnosis session.
SOURCE: https://www.ufocasebook.com/ilkleymoor2.html
I don't know whether the Tomlinson snapshot above was taken the same day as the hypnosis session.