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Philip Spencer’s Ilkley Moor Alien Photograph — with Japanese Interview & Encounter Reenactment — West Yorkshire, England — 1987
Witnesses
1 witness
Duration
Unknown
Source material
3
Timeline
2
Source context
Limited context
Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.
Source provenance
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Correlations
Field Intelligence
Moon phase
75% illumination
Waxing gibbous — moderate moon brightness
Solar window
Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
Dec 1, 1987, 12:00 AM
Timezone
United Kingdom Time
Location
Ilkley Moor
Observers
1 witness
Witness account
Narrative
“Philip Spencer” was the pseudonym used for a former British police officer who reported encountering a small humanoid on Ilkley Moor in West Yorkshire. This article includes an interview with Spencer, and a reenactmeent of the encounter. On the morning of December 1, 1987, Spencer was crossing Ilkley Moor carrying a camera and compass. Through the mist, he noticed a small humanoid ahead of him. Spencer described it as approximately four feet tall, dark green in color, with a large head and l...
Case progression
Timeline
Witnesses place the encounter near Ilkley Moor.
r/aliens carried the report into the source network.
Ledger
Source material
media
Cover image
Visual reference carried with the original report.
source
Original report
Direct source material from r/aliens.
telemetry
Environmental pass
Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.