Sightings1954

Schoolboy Stephen Darbishire photographs a "saucer" at Coniston

When

15 Feb 1954

Where

Coniston, England

Sources

2 public sources

Thirteen-year-old Stephen Darbishire took two blurry photos of a disc near the Old Man of Coniston that were reproduced widely. He later said at various times that the picture was genuine and that it was a hoax, and it is generally treated as a fake.