World of the Bizarre

From the archives: man claims that he can speak multiple alien languages

By T.K. Randall
March 14, 2024

Image: Global View of the Surface of Venus (1991)
Credit: (PD) NASA/JPL In this first of a new article series exploring some of the weirdest and most compelling video clips from over the decades, we take a look back at a notoriously bizarre interview once featured on the BBC.

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 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.

But was he really speaking alien or was he just spouting a load of gobbledegook ?

You be the judge.




Tags: Venus, Patrick Moore