Ilkley Moor UFO incident

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The Ilkley Moor UFO incident refers to an alleged UFO encounter on Ilkley Moor on 1 December 1987. A retired police officer reported being abducted by extraterrestrial beings during a morning walk, briefly detained aboard their craft and subsequently returned to the moor. He took a photograph of the surrounding landscape that he claimed depicted one of the beings involved in the abduction. The photograph subsequently received coverage in the UK media and has been cited by some UFO researchers as evidence of extraterrestrial visitation. Other assessments have described the image as “incredibly blurry”, while sceptical interpretations have suggested that the figure may depict a person or a cardboard cut-out. The authenticity of the photograph remains disputed.

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