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| "I'm not capable of faking these things," Paul said."That's why there's so much interest." |
His first experience of the unknown came during his childhood, when he glimpsed a mysterious glowing object in skies near his home.
These days, Paul Sinclair, a retired joiner from Bridlington, dedicates a chunk of his life to exploring the unexplained in the East Riding.
His book – Truth Proof – draws together eyewitness accounts of strange events which have occurred within a 30 mile radius of Bempton and Flamborough.
These range from mysterious elf-like creatures glimpsed near to the region's burial mounds to "Intelligent Light Forms" – objects in the skies which seem to respond to human interaction.
"Just because you don't believe something doesn't mean it doesn't exist," said the 53-year-old.
"If you have multiple people coming forward to tell you about something, there's got to be some substance to it."
He says he's first experience of the unknown was as a child in South Yorkshire, when he and his dad watched a glowing "moon-like" object travelling slowly along above the rooftops.
Paul's interest was re-ignited in 2002, when, together with a work colleague, they stopped to watch a "long glowing oblong" which was moving around above the trees in Sledmere.
He says he has had reports of these "Intelligent Light Forms" – ILFs – from individuals including farmers in the Wolds, and has caught footage of them on video.
One of them, which was filmed at Cottam, shows a glowing ball of light which moves around the sky before vanishing.
The book includes a series of eyewitness accounts of such events around the region.
In one, a witness from Bempton, David Hinde, speaks of glowing red and orange lights in the sky just north of Bridlington which seemed to move unlike a plane – up, down and sideways.
As Mr Hinde turned his car headlights out, he said they vanished – only to reappear again as he turned the lights on again to return home.
"These light forms – ones which seem to have a strange awareness – are becoming very popular in UFO circles," Paul said.
"I think you're dealing with something which is way in advance of our understanding".
Among those who have become interested in Paul's research is Whitley Strieber – the American horror author of books including The Hunger – who interviewed Paul on his paranormal podcast Dreamland earlier this year.
Strieber had a photograph taken by Paul of an ILF analysed – saying he had found no evidence of tampering, or of it being a computer graphic.
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| Watching the skies - researcher and author Paul Sinclair |
The book ranges across mysteries from eye-witness sightings of "huge black cat" creatures to "small humanoid forms" glimpsed by people around areas including Willy Howe, the round barrow of land in the Wolds.
"I'm not going to saying 100 per cent they are there – I've not seen them with my own eyes – but you think what have these people got to gain by telling me the stories?," said Paul.
His book collects together a "massive amount of unusual happenings" within East Riding and into North Yorkshire.
"It is a concentrated area," said Paul."But I don't think it is any more special than any other place in the world where people are exploring these things."
