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Solway Firth Spaceman
Photograph by Jim Templeton
Solway Firth Spaceman
The Solway Firth Spaceman (also known as the Solway Spaceman or the Cumberland Spaceman) is a figure seen in a photograph taken on 23 May 1964 by fireman, photographer and local historian Jim Templeton (13 February 1920 – 27 November 2011). The picture was taken on Burgh Marsh, situated near Burgh by Sands, overlooking the Solway Firth in Cumberland, England. Templeton claimed the photograph shows a background figure wearing a space suit and insisted that he did not see it present when the photograph was taken. The image was reproduced widely in contemporary newspapers and gained the interest of ufologists and paranormal investigators. Journalist David Clarke posited an explanation for the anomalous figure in a 2014 BBC interview, concluding that Templeton's wife had entered the frame unbeknownst to him, her back towards the camera and her blue dress appearing white due to overexposure.
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