Case file · High strangeness
The Solway Firth Spaceman
On 23 May 1964 fireman Jim Templeton photographed his daughter on Burgh Marsh, Cumberland; the print showed a figure in what looked like a white spacesuit behind her.
1964 CE · 54.93, -3.04 · status: explained
The account
Kodak said the negative had not been tampered with. Templeton said no one else had been on the marsh. The photo went around the world and he later said he was visited by mysterious men asking questions.
The sceptical view
Enhancements suggest the 'spaceman' is Templeton's wife, seen from behind and overexposed in a pale dress, standing behind the child.