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Encounter · 1987

Ilkley Moor UFO — Photographed Entity
Documented report. Unresolved object.

On December 1, 1987, Philip Spencer (pseudonym), a retired policeman, was walking on Ilkley Moor in West Yorkshire when he saw and photographed what appeared to be a small alien creature.

1987Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire, UKEvidence-led case fileEncounter
Ilkley Moor
CATEGORY CONTEXT, NOT INCIDENT PHOTOGRAPH. Ilkley Moor, used as location context only.
01 / why this case matters

Why This Case Matters

This case matters because it is a documented encounter event whose object identity remains unresolved.

02 / the case

What is documented.

Documented

On December 1, 1987, Philip Spencer (pseudonym), a retired policeman, was walking on Ilkley Moor in West Yorkshire when he saw and photographed what appeared to be a small alien creature.

03 / what is debated

What remains contested.

Debated

The identity of the object

Debated

The adequacy of the conventional explanation

04 / what remains unverified

Beyond the record.

Unverified

Extraterrestrial origin

Unverified

Any claim stronger than the record supports

Unverified

That the photographed figure was an extraterrestrial entity

05 / what the record establishes

Keep the layers apart.

Record element
What it supports
What it does not settle
Witness report
A documented report exists.
The objective identity of the object.
Official investigation
That the case was investigated where documented.
That an extraordinary cause was proven.
Conventional reading
That a conventional explanation exists where documented.
That the conventional explanation closes the case.
06 / source room

Follow the paperwork.
Keep the claims apart.

Sources are kept in separate layers: official and contemporary material is documented; secondary UFO literature is treated as debated, not as primary evidence.

secondaryWikipedia: UFO sightings in the United Kingdom

Secondary / debated material.

secondaryIlkley Moor UFO incident

Secondary / debated material.

governmentKodak Laboratories analysis

Documented source.

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