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Witness of "second UFO sighting" sought

11:59am Tuesday 8th January 2008

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The man behind a UFO research project is on the hunt for a witness to an alleged sighting in the Helston area.

Dave Gillham, chair founder of the Cornwall UFO Research Group based in Truro, said the man apparently took a photograph of a UFO hovering over The Lizard.

The man is thought to be called Fred Roberts.

His alleged sighting came just days after a photograph was taken in Falmouth, which appeared to show an unidentified flying object in the sky.

Kelvin Barbery was walking a coastal path between Swanpool and Maenporth when he took a photograph of two tankers positioned in the bay.

It wasn't until the next day, when he looked at the photograph on his computer, that he noticed a strange object in the sky.

Mr Gillham said: "A member of the Cornwall Search and Rescue team for the past two years, Mr Barbery is a level-headed individual."

Two days later, a second photograph was apparently taken, at The Lizard, also showing an unexplained object in the sky.

Mr Gillham said he had been told about the second photograph but had not yet seen it himself, and he was now looking for information to trace the man, thought to be called Fred Roberts.

Mr Gillham said: "Just like Kelvin nothing was seen at the time that the photo was taken, but when he downloaded the photo onto his computer there was a green/brown disk-shaped object in the photo. "I am appealing for this person to get in contact with me so we can see if this was the same object taken at Falmouth."

Mr Gillham can be contacted on 01872 276381.

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Nicholas Mead, Cambridge says...
12:25pm Tue 8 Jan 08

Something hovering in the sky near Culdrose? Obviously aliens from another galaxy.

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Bill Scolding, says...
5:31pm Tue 8 Jan 08

It's a seagull, of course.

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Keith Richards, helston says...
7:42pm Tue 8 Jan 08

Yes, Bill - exactly what I thought!

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beautyblue, Falmouth says...
10:47pm Tue 8 Jan 08

need a better camera mate, thats no good for bird watching ;)

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Nik Southwell, St.Ives says...
11:44am Tue 15 Jan 08

Doesn't look much like a seagull to me, but its so blurry its hard to tell. Aliens from another galaxy seems a tad far-fetched, but its definatly a UFO (a flying object that is difficult or impossible to identify with any degree of certainty) in the truest sense of the term.

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Kyshall, Falmouth, cCornwall says...
2:40pm Wed 16 Jan 08

rubbish!!

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oliver, stockton says...
12:35pm Thu 17 Jan 08

Ye how fake do u want

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T.Jones, Penryn says...
3:03pm Fri 18 Jan 08

I have a picture just like this one only it's photographed looking out across Mounts Bay from Penzance

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dude, water ma trout says...
10:18pm Tue 22 Jan 08

it's definately the visitors. they speak to me. looks very much like the ship i was in as a boy. i used to navigate it after the probing...

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pastys yum yum, penryn says...
7:28pm Wed 23 Jan 08

yarp i see them there aliens, they be after our pastys!
or tis a bird..my birds.

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Adam, Falmouth says...
9:17pm Sun 27 Jan 08

Curious. I saw an orange glow in the sky on the 27/12/07. Most likely a plasma-like ball of energy. They move in random directions, acclerate and manouevere exceptionally fast and vanish into thin air... it's nothing more than a "plasma ball"... unless maybe the aliens are drunk in charge! And also they'd have to be able to travel for millions of years without ageing or getting slightly bored of space travel, keeping in mind a photon is the fastest thing and nothing can ever travel faster than light... ever. Aliens are not responsible... end of.

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Adam, Falmouth says...
9:20pm Sun 27 Jan 08

Ps: They are UAPs, UFO is only what the uninformed general public call them.

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Steve, Kernow says...
9:50am Tue 29 Jan 08

It's obviously a seagull seen from the side, with its feet tucked up under it. This is as nonsensical as the recent "woman on Mars" photo.

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The original photograph taken by Kelvin Barbery in Falmouth. A close-up of the alleged UFO sighted in Falmouth.

The original photograph taken by Kelvin Barbery in Falmouth.

A close-up of the alleged UFO sighted in Falmouth.



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