- Tiny fragments of ‘UFO’ were found on Silpho Moor near Scarborough in 1957
- Discovery came just weeks after Russia launched Sputnik satellite into space
- Experiments were carried out on the 17-inch, 14kg find at Manchester University
- Was concluded the saucer was from this planet and part of an ‘elaboate hoax’
Shards once believed to have fallen from a UFO which crash landed in England have been reemerged nearly 60 years after they were first discovered.
The fragments of the ‘Silpho saucer’ were found inside a cigarette tin inside a storeroom inside London’s Science Museum.
The discovery of the ‘copper-bottomed flying saucer’ on Silpho Moor near Scarborough sparked huge newspaper interest when discovered in 1957 – just a few weeks after Russia’s first Sputnik satellite was launched.
Tests were carried out on the 17-inch wide metal saucer, which weighed 14kg and it had hieroglyphics emblazoned across it, similar to those observed at Roswell UFO site in New Mexico.
The fragments of the ‘Silpho saucer’ were rediscovered inside a cigarette tin inside a storeroom inside London’s Science Museum
Inside the saucer was a 17 page copper book which had a 2,000-word message which some claimed was sent by an alien called Ullo to warn humans about the dangers of nuclear weapons.
The ‘translation’ reportedly said ‘you will improve or disappear.’
Dr David Clarke, of Sheffield Hallam University, saw the remains at the Science Museum after giving a UFO talk.
He told the BBC: ‘One of the museum staff tapped me on the shoulder and asked if I was aware that ‘bits of a flying saucer’ had been kept in a cigarette tin for decades.
‘I was absolutely amazed when later we opened the tin box and saw the wreckage.’
A number of tests were carried out at the Natural History Museum and the University of Manchester which concluded that the finding was an ‘elaborate hoax’.
Dr David Clarke, of Sheffield Hallam University, saw the remains at the Science Museum after giving a UFO talk
Dr Clarke added: ‘It was tinkered with and sliced into tiny pieces to be examined by various people.’
It is believed the saucer was made from a hot water cylinder and planted on the moor.
Despite scepticism regarding the origin of the saucer, tests revealed the object’s shell was radiation-proofed with lead and the copper parts had an unusually high purity.
Despite scepticism regarding the origin of the saucer, tests revealed the object’s shell was radiation-proofed with lead and the copper parts had an unusually high purity