Portsmouth UFO a hoax: Creator comes forward

Planet Strange - Last week, Planet Strange News reported on some photographs making the rounds on the internet.

The photos were of a supposed UFO hovering over the city of Portsmouth UK. We can now report,
that the photograph we posted was a fake.

The photos were part of a publicity stunt to draw attention to an upcoming science fiction and fantasy festival in the area.

Multiple  people were directed by the festival organizer Joshua Hibberd, 26, to take photographs around town at the same time. The pictures were then Photoshopped, and put online, causing a social media sensation.
Hibbered said: ‘We got eight or 10 people from around Portsmouth to take a picture at the same time on the same evening.

Hibberd also said he was "bowled over"by the international stir the stunt had created after The News reported the UFO sighting.

‘It’s amazing how people’s imaginations have been taken by this. He Added.

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