World of the Bizarre

Man speaks 'Venusian' in vintage BBC clip

By T.K. Randall
September 16, 2015

Image: Global View of the Surface of Venus (1991)
Credit: (PD) NASA/JPL Legendary astronomer Sir Patrick Moore was best known for presenting the long-running astronomy series 'The Sky at Night' up until his death in 2012 at the age of 89, but what most people probably don't remember is his stint at the helm of BBC documentary series "One Pair of Eyes" in 1969.In one episode, which was entitled "Can You Speak Venusian ?", Moore interviewed Bernard Byron from Essex, a 'free thinker' who believed that he could speak in several extraterrestrial languages that had been communicated to him from the planets Venus and Pluto.

In this vintage clip Moore can be seen attempting to maintain a straight face while asking the eccentric pensioner to demonstrate the bizarre languages both in verbal and written form.




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