Ilkley Moor Encounter and Photograph

On the morning of December 1, 1987, around 7:15 a.m., a retired London policeman (pseudonym Philip Spencer) was walking across Ilkley Moor in West Yorkshire, England, to visit his father-in-law. He carried a camera and compass. He spotted a small, approximately 1.2-meter-tall humanoid figure with a large head, dark green skin, and long thin arms standing on the path ahead. The being made a gesture that Spencer interpreted as a warning to stay away. He took a photograph of the figure before it ran off. Pursuing it, he lost sight of the being in the fog but then observed a white, disc-like craft consisting of two saucer shapes rise from the moor and disappear into the sky, accompanied by a loud humming sound. Upon reaching the next town, he realized approximately two hours of time were unaccounted for, and his compass was reversed. The photograph of the humanoid was examined by Kodak Laboratories, which determined it had not been superimposed or faked. Spencer later underwent regressive hypnosis, recalling additional details of an abduction and examination aboard a craft. The case was investigated by ufologist Peter Hough and is considered one of the few British CE3s with photographic evidence.