SIGHTINGS
Winchester Councillor Says 2004 High Street Encounter Convinced Him He Saw an Alien
Adrian Hicks, a local official, is reported to have described a daylight meeting in the city centre that left him sure of its otherworldly nature.
WINCHESTER, ENGLAND — A Winchester councillor, Adrian Hicks, claimed that a strange encounter on the city's High Street in 2004 convinced him he had seen an alien in broad daylight, according to an article published by Spooky Isles and written by Neil Nixon.
The source material available to this newspaper consists only of a brief summary of the piece. It describes the episode as bizarre, places it on the High Street, and dates it to 2004. It does not, in the portion reviewed here, set out what the figure looked like, how long the meeting lasted, or whether anyone else was present.
The claim, as reported, is notable chiefly for its setting. Sightings of this kind are more commonly placed on lonely roads or in dark fields. Mr. Hicks, by contrast, is said to have formed his conclusion in full daylight, on a thoroughfare in the middle of a cathedral city.
No mundane explanation is offered in the material at hand, and no skeptical comment is recorded. Readers wishing to learn the particulars are referred to the original article, which this correspondent has not seen in full. Mr. Hicks's conviction, as described, is his own, and the account remains a claim.