(Editor's Note: I was shocked when I saw the following report and photograph. Normally, I like to leave reports to stand or fall on their own merits. However, in this case, I believe that the answer to what the object in the photograph may be is quite obvious; a bird.

No disrespect is intended to the man who took the photograph or one of the two investigators who is so sure that the object is "structured, symmetrical and metallic." I have much respect for Mr. Pope, but I believe he is wrong this time.

The man who took the photograph states that he is not given to believing in UFOs, but has now changed his stance. I shudder to think what our readers at the Casebook would say if we posted this as a UFO.

Okay readers, are you going to back me up on this one?)

Special thanks:

Thanks so much to Jenn, who monitors our reader comments, for calling this to my attention. I thought that I had seen this picture before, and lo and behold, all the while it was on the Casebook.

Check out Brit Snaps UFO Hovering over Southwest England, UFO or Bird?. Notice this was in 2008, which proves that the picture was not taken recently.

The Daily Telegraph January 05, 2012 12:00AM

THIS stunning photo of a UFO over Cornwall was last night hailed by experts as one of the best ever taken in Britain reported.

The classic flying saucer shape is seen above two ships.

And UFO watchers believe it could be proof we are NOT alone.

Kelvin Barbery snapped the mystery object from a coastal path between Swanpool and Maenporth, near Falmouth. In a weird twist, Kelvin, 55, did not even see the UFO at the time.

He thought he was just taking a sea view — but when he loaded the digital camera card on to his computer, the round metallic "craft" was in the centre of the shot, about two miles away.

Kelvin, a facilities manager for schools, said: "There were a couple of tankers out in the bay and I thought that it made a nice shot.

"There was nothing in view and certainly no fault on the camera.

"When I got home I couldn't believe what I had. I thought, 'Wow, where did that come from?' I'm not the sort to believe in UFOs — now I'm not so sure."

Nick Pope, one of Britain's foremost UFO experts, said the photo was one of the best he had seen.

Nick, formerly the official Ministry of Defence UFO analyst, said: "If I was still there I'd be looking at this very closely. The object looks structured, symmetrical and metallic. This man has caught something very interesting indeed."

Michael Soper, of the Contact International UFO group, agreed: "This does appear genuine. Digital photos can be doctored but everything about it appears consistent."