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Ole Henningsen
Ole Henningsen originally wrote this article for the Danish UFO magazine UFO-NYT, from which it is reprinted with kind permission. It was translated by Helle Nielsen.
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From the archives: The Silver Man ‘alien’ photo is merely retouched reality
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30th September 2025
From the archives in 1992, Ole Henningsen explains how "The silver man", a famous picture of an ‘alien', is a simple photographic hoax.
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