by Rigorous Intuition » Fri Aug 18, 2006 1:59 am
I think this is fascinating:<br><br>Not long afterwards the editor of the Cumberland News newspaper contacted Jim and asked if he could borrow the negative to send a copy out to Australia. Apparently the photograph had appeared in the press there and staff working at the Woomera test range area in Southern Australia had seen it. <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Jim was told that the day after he took his photograph, a Blue Streak space rocket was due to be launched from Woomera in Australia. The countdown was postponed when two automatic survey camera had independently spotted two large figures in the firing area during the countdown phase. They were very similar in appearance to Jim's mysterious visitor</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->. At the time of the launch, the photograph had not reached Australia and the staff had no knowledge of the bizarre image.<br><br>The Woomera missile test range was run by Group Captain Tom Dalton-Morgan from 1959-1963 and he came forward with his own story. Prior to the test firing of an earlier "Blue Streak" rocket, observers stationed 100 miles down range called to tell Tom that there was a "light" heading his way at incredible speed, towards restricted air space. Tom and several scientists watched as the light circled the facility, then shot away and vanished. He remarked that he "could not conceive of any plane or missile that was able to perform the maneuvers seen by my team". He said UFOs were frequently seen in the area and that i<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>n 1964 they had aborted the launch of another test when a "white being" was seen</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> on the automatic security cameras.<br><br>The incident seems to be vaguely mentioned in the "Flight trial of F1 - 5th June, 1961," report by Officer in Scientific Charge H.G.R. Robinson: "During the period immediately prior to 25th May outstanding problems concerning range safety and instrumental coverage were resolved with the Range Authorities."<br><br>The report also lists a long series of various technical incidents with the several subsequent Blue Streak missiles test launches. Obviously no Blue Streak was launched on May 23, 1964 or before the first launch on June 5, 1964.<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Jim Templeton then also discovered that Blue Streak rockets were being manufactured in the UK at Spadeadam, a location several miles away from Burgh Marsh on the Carlisle to Newcastle road.<br></strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>There is a letter in the Public Records Office in Kew, London uncovered by ufologist Jenny Randles which is dated 1964 December 29th referring to the Cumberland Spaceman by the Ministry of Defence (MOD). In it are references by the Department of Scientific and Technical Intelligence (DSTI) of an investigation into the matter. Another letter there dated 1964 June 15th is from a reporter enquiring about the aborted launch and the film in question which shows an extraordinary object hovering nearby that is 'impossible to miss'. A response to this letter from the MOD informs the reporter that he should contact them if he wishes to view the film.<br><br>Mysteriously, in the series of film canisters holding the Blue Streak missile launches, one is missing. <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>The missing canister is the film of the launches for the week beginning Sunday, May 23, 1964</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->. [The "spaceman" photograph was taken on May 23, 1964.]<br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.ufologie.net/htm/solwayfirth64.htm">link</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.ufologie.net/press/dailymail13dec2002.htm">A letter </a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> from photographer Jim Templeton, published in The Daily Mail Dec 13, 2002:<br><br>As an amateur photographer on a day-trip with my family, I took the photograph on Burgh Marsh on May 23, 1964, using an SLR camera loaded with the new Kodacolor film which was processed by Kodak.<br><br>I took three pictures of my daughter Elizabeth in a similar pose - and was shocked when the middle picture came back from Kodak displaying what looks like a spaceman in the background.<br><br>I took the picture to the police in Carlisle who, after many doubts, examined it and stated there was nothing suspicious about it.<br><br>The local newspaper, the Cumberland News, picked up the story and within hours it was all over the world. The picture is certainly not a fake, and I am as bemused as anyone else as to how this image appeared in the background.<br><br>Over the four decades the photo has been in the public domain, I have had many thousands of letters from all over the world with various ideas or possibilities - most of which make little sense to me. It should also be noted that I have received no payment for taking this picture.<br><br>The only suggestion that struck a chord with me was a letter from Woomera in Australia which came a month after the picture was shown around the world. The people there were keen to see a good colour copy of the photo, as they had stopped a countdown of the Blue Streak rocket within hours of my photo being taken. Apparently, two similar looking 'spacemen' had been seen close to the rocket.<br><br>Only later did I find out that part of the Blue Streak rocket was made and tested within sight of Burgh Marsh.<br><br>James Templeton<br>Carlisle<br>Cumbria<br>England <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=rigorousintuition>Rigorous Intuition</A> at: 8/18/06 12:00 am<br></i>
