A close encounter with an alien in Winchester (From Daily Echo)
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Strange case of the councillor and the friendly alien wearing ballet shoes. . .
12:00pm Wednesday 25th March 2009 in News
By Andrew Napier, Winchester Chief Reporter
An artists impression of the alien
THERE was no space ship or typical little green men.
Just a pretty blonde, dressed strikingly in a white ballet outfit, whose penguin-like walk made her stand out from the crowd.
Yet she is no average Hampshire girl – but the vision that has left one city councillor believing he met an alien.
Winchester councillor Adrian Hicks claims to have experienced a genuine close encounter with extra-terrestrial life during a stroll down the city’s busy High Street on a Saturday afternoon.
He said: “I was near The Works bookshop when I saw this strange woman, a humanoid walking with a penguin-like gait. She had very large prominent eyes and was twirling her hands in a circular motion.
“She seemed friendly and totally at ease with us. She wasn’t scared, she was smiling, and seemed to be enjoying herself among us. She walked very slowly up the High Street. I remember she was very interested in the clock over Lloyds Bank. She was taking it all in.
“She was human enough to get away with it. Everybody’s heads were turning.”
Cllr Hicks, an orthopaedic technician in the A&E department at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital for some 35 years, said he saw the creature at about 1.30pm on a Saturday in late January or early February 2004.
For five years he remained silent about his experience because he did not want it to jeopardise his chances of election to the city council.
Now, two years after securing a place for the Liberal Democrats covering the St John and All Saints ward of Highcliffe, St Giles Hill, Bar End and Winnall, he says he is willing to risk ridicule as he tells of the encounter for the first time.
Urging others who witnessed the spectacle to come forward, including a woman whom he is certain took pictures, he added: “This was definitely a close encounter of the first kind.
“I was very confused and shocked. I was going to say ‘excuse me, you’re not from around here?’ but I thought it best to leave her alone.
“I think we have established contact, because I have seen this ‘being’ in the High Street. Other people will have seen her. I would like them to come forward.”
Cllr Hicks, of Granville Place, Wharf Hill, said he thinks the sighting of the alien is linked to the appearances of lights in the sky over St Catherine’s Hill. He said several other residents in Winchester have regularly seen the lights, at about 10,000 feet.
In August 2004 he saw five vertical lines rising over Chilcomb military ranges before scattering away.
Mr Hicks has a theory that the extra-terrestrial is linked to covert US and British military at Chilcomb and the pyramid at Intech which may be some kind of signpost.
He said: “Clearly there are UFOs flying around and I’m keen to set up a UFO watch group for Winchester.”
Have you had an alien encounter, or did you see the ballet shoe-wearing woman in Winchester? Call our reporters on 01962 833 145 or e-mail newsdesk@dailyecho.co.uk
Comments(20)
King Mush
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12:18pm Wed 25 Mar 09
I guess this councillor is just another jumped up wannabe politician as he jumps on one of the most predictable bandwagons to get his mug in the papers.
I have a message for him:
U.F.O.
Saint Cope
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12:19pm Wed 25 Mar 09
hulla baloo
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12:20pm Wed 25 Mar 09
Shoong
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12:29pm Wed 25 Mar 09
Ozmosis wrote:and 'stay out of the pub'...
I think it's a case of "should have gone to SpecSavers"
S!mon
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1:00pm Wed 25 Mar 09
Keith Oftergrass
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1:00pm Wed 25 Mar 09
Andy Locks Heath
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1:25pm Wed 25 Mar 09
HBear4x4
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1:55pm Wed 25 Mar 09
whizzpop
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2:04pm Wed 25 Mar 09
KA
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3:50pm Wed 25 Mar 09
upthe
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4:57pm Wed 25 Mar 09
Bright Spark
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5:06pm Wed 25 Mar 09
upthe wrote:No the alien was described as pretty, so she wasnt from Portsmiff.
He saw someone from Pompey - so what
(Think he was day dreaming myself, watch the video, he's got the same buttons on his blazer as the alien girl has on her clothes). Silly man.
AndyAndrews
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6:15pm Wed 25 Mar 09
StEmmosfire
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6:16pm Wed 25 Mar 09
ex so'ton
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7:30pm Wed 25 Mar 09
KA
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7:35pm Wed 25 Mar 09
Irate Wintonian
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9:10pm Wed 25 Mar 09
I have some exciting news for the Cllr. The mother ship is ensconced within the city walls. It has been there for many, many years and has sent out thousands of these aliens around the city. It is cunningly disguised so that most people no longer even give it a second look. It is called The Winchester School of Art.
Keep away from the medicine cabinet in future Cllr. Hicks.
ex so'ton
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9:11pm Wed 25 Mar 09
Rebecca01
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12:23pm Thu 26 Mar 09
Ozmosis says...
12:17pm Wed 25 Mar 09