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Truth-Proof: The Truth That Leaves No Proof
UK Author and researcher Paul Sinclair lives in the seaside town of Bridlington, on the North East coast of Yorkshire, with his wife and family. He has been investigating strange phenomena in the area since 2002. The coastal area around Bridlington has a deep history of folklore, strange sightings and mysterious disappearances and Paul is in the middle of it all. Published in 2016, Paul's first book entitled Truth-Proof, is a collection of first-hand accounts and recollections of local UFO activity, missing people, alien big cats, missing aircraft and other anomalous phenomena. Paul is the most thorough investigator, who is not content with hearsay or rumours. He studies and researches his subjects to the minutest detail, looking for documented evidence that backs up everything in Truth-Proof. If the evidence is not available - he looks further and deeper until it is found. For Truth-Proof, Paul has interviewed witnesses to events far stranger than anything reported worldwide. Some are recent, some historical, but they are always fascinating. Paul is well known locally for his work and has made many friends who rely on his credibility and confidentiality. Truth-Proof is his first published work, which show-cases his efforts to collate the strange truths that surround him every day... ...from the 'intelligent' lightforms that are seen by many, both on land and out to sea, to the mysterious disappearances of ordinary men around the cliff-tops of nearby Flamborough and Bempton. His fascination with the mysterious activities surrounding nearby Air Force bases is included in Truth-Proof, together with reports of tragedies out to sea which leave the reader wanting to know more... Truth-Proof also contains reports of strange creatures seen locally, including small humanoid beings stalking farmland, giant cats on the Yorkshire Wolds and even werewolves ! Paul Sinclair not only presents this amazing collection of accounts in a logical, yet down-to-earth way, he provides his own theories in an attempt to understand them... Truth-Proof - containing evidence of The Truth that Leaves No Proof on the North East Yorkshire coast.
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270 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 6, 2016
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September 8, 2022
Author Paul Sinclair has been investigating strange phenomena, within a 30 mile radius of his home town of Bridlington on the East Yorkshire coast since 2002.
In his first book he presents a collection of first-hand accounts and recollections of local UFO activity, missing people, alien big cats, missing aircraft and other anomalous phenomena.
I don’t see the correlation between a few of the events mentioned ( though the author does concede that fact himself with certain events) but there are many first hand witness accounts that are truly compelling - Inter-dimensional visitors from other worlds? Advanced military projects? Extraterrestrials? Black magic? Strange creatures ? A pilot losing an hour of his life whilst flying over the area? and the inevitable cover ups.
All in all this is an enlightening and fascinating read, and the amount of research into the strange phenomena surrounding East and North Yorkshire (an area that I am very familiar with) must have been overwhelming, (thorough doesn’t even cover it) and it’s very clear that Sinclair is blessed with a dogged determination - it certainly shows. Absolutely fascinating!
In his first book he presents a collection of first-hand accounts and recollections of local UFO activity, missing people, alien big cats, missing aircraft and other anomalous phenomena.
I don’t see the correlation between a few of the events mentioned ( though the author does concede that fact himself with certain events) but there are many first hand witness accounts that are truly compelling - Inter-dimensional visitors from other worlds? Advanced military projects? Extraterrestrials? Black magic? Strange creatures ? A pilot losing an hour of his life whilst flying over the area? and the inevitable cover ups.
All in all this is an enlightening and fascinating read, and the amount of research into the strange phenomena surrounding East and North Yorkshire (an area that I am very familiar with) must have been overwhelming, (thorough doesn’t even cover it) and it’s very clear that Sinclair is blessed with a dogged determination - it certainly shows. Absolutely fascinating!
September 17, 2021
Review is upcoming on The Folklore Podcast book club website.
September 5, 2021
Having heard Paul on “The unexplained” podcast a few years back I finally got around to ordering his book. My recommendation for people would be to order via Paul’s website and get a signed copy.
If you have heard Paul speak before then this book won’t be anything new, but it’s still very much worth a read. Paul clearly has a passion for the subject and is willing to get out and involved in the local area to investigate and that is reflected in the stories he tells.
This is a great first book by Paul and I look forward to reading the others, I can’t give it 5* as I have a few issues with layout, editing and some of the sketch’s don’t really add anything. But if your UK based and into high strangeness then this is a must read.
If you have heard Paul speak before then this book won’t be anything new, but it’s still very much worth a read. Paul clearly has a passion for the subject and is willing to get out and involved in the local area to investigate and that is reflected in the stories he tells.
This is a great first book by Paul and I look forward to reading the others, I can’t give it 5* as I have a few issues with layout, editing and some of the sketch’s don’t really add anything. But if your UK based and into high strangeness then this is a must read.
May 18, 2023
Just because we are told that something is impossible, does not mean that it is not happening.
An amazing book from author Paul Sinclair in which he details events of high strangeness which have occurred in Yorkshire.
These events include lightforms, UFOs, big cat sightings, missing people and even airplanes that have gone down over the UK's "Bermuda Triangle".
Paul's work is very well researched, even handed and above all, compelling.
To quote the author "We have to remember that just because we are told that something is impossible, does not mean that it is not happening."
Highly recommended reading for anyone with even a passing interest in the unusual or the paranormal.
An amazing book from author Paul Sinclair in which he details events of high strangeness which have occurred in Yorkshire.
These events include lightforms, UFOs, big cat sightings, missing people and even airplanes that have gone down over the UK's "Bermuda Triangle".
Paul's work is very well researched, even handed and above all, compelling.
To quote the author "We have to remember that just because we are told that something is impossible, does not mean that it is not happening."
Highly recommended reading for anyone with even a passing interest in the unusual or the paranormal.
May 19, 2020
Excellent read for anyone interested in ufo/paranormal
Very enjoyable read on strange happenings off the East coast. Really well researched with eyewitness accounts and newspaper article references.
We holiday around this area frequently and know the locations written about.
Apart from seeing an Hercules flying out to sea from flamborough. And experiencing a sulphur smell in Danes dykes wood. We are yet to witness the subjects written about in this book. TP1 and 2 are excellent. Can't wait to read number 3 and hope there's more.
Very enjoyable read on strange happenings off the East coast. Really well researched with eyewitness accounts and newspaper article references.
We holiday around this area frequently and know the locations written about.
Apart from seeing an Hercules flying out to sea from flamborough. And experiencing a sulphur smell in Danes dykes wood. We are yet to witness the subjects written about in this book. TP1 and 2 are excellent. Can't wait to read number 3 and hope there's more.
November 14, 2019
This book is fantastic! It's a compelling read from start to finish - congratulations for the writing style and content keeping the reader interested and this book a joy. The detailed research and questions of the area are undeniable, and I've already recommended it to friends.
Looking forward to parts 2,3 (and 4 when ready)
Looking forward to parts 2,3 (and 4 when ready)
September 20, 2021
Hmmm. The accounts are OK. The grammar, spelling and punctuation — like most self-published/self-edited books — is appalling. But the worst mistake is to say that certain things are impossible in the natural world.
The one that leaps to mind is his statement that a weather balloon could not remain stationary for hours. Untrue.
As a bit of a plane spotter (and UFO enthusiast) in my teens, I would spend minutes at a time scanning the sky in the daytime. Airliners never interested me. It was always fast jets that fascinated me. I frequently noted the LACK of motion in airliners’ contrails over more than hour, particularly in September. I even remember in one of several post-9/11 documentaries, this one about pollution, not the attacks, the scientists took note of the length of time the F-16s’ contrails lasted. Many remained straight for long periods. They didn’t blow away; they spread out until they could no longer be identified as from aircraft.
Other such schoolboy errors include objects “moving against the wind,” thereby signalling to the author (and uninformed readers) that said object “could not be a weather balloon/flare/Chinese lantern.”
Far from it. Wind direction is seldom, if ever, uniform through many thousands of feet. There are different layers with different velocities and directions. So a northeasterly force 9 gale at ground level is a southerly, 6mph breeze at 5,000 feet, and a westerly, 35mph wind at 11,000 feet. A similar phenomenon occurs underwater. That’s why submarines hide under and between thermal layers.
I dearly wanted to give this book a massive thumbs-up. Instead, it gets a half-hearted 3 stars. It would have been 2-1/2, but half-stars cannot be awarded.
I may read the other three, but we’re desperately short of good, hard-headed paranormal researchers like Jenny Randles. I recommend Mr Sinclair reads her book ‘The UFOs That Never Were’, and her Fortean Times column, to see how such investigations observe Best Practice. And how to write.
The one that leaps to mind is his statement that a weather balloon could not remain stationary for hours. Untrue.
As a bit of a plane spotter (and UFO enthusiast) in my teens, I would spend minutes at a time scanning the sky in the daytime. Airliners never interested me. It was always fast jets that fascinated me. I frequently noted the LACK of motion in airliners’ contrails over more than hour, particularly in September. I even remember in one of several post-9/11 documentaries, this one about pollution, not the attacks, the scientists took note of the length of time the F-16s’ contrails lasted. Many remained straight for long periods. They didn’t blow away; they spread out until they could no longer be identified as from aircraft.
Other such schoolboy errors include objects “moving against the wind,” thereby signalling to the author (and uninformed readers) that said object “could not be a weather balloon/flare/Chinese lantern.”
Far from it. Wind direction is seldom, if ever, uniform through many thousands of feet. There are different layers with different velocities and directions. So a northeasterly force 9 gale at ground level is a southerly, 6mph breeze at 5,000 feet, and a westerly, 35mph wind at 11,000 feet. A similar phenomenon occurs underwater. That’s why submarines hide under and between thermal layers.
I dearly wanted to give this book a massive thumbs-up. Instead, it gets a half-hearted 3 stars. It would have been 2-1/2, but half-stars cannot be awarded.
I may read the other three, but we’re desperately short of good, hard-headed paranormal researchers like Jenny Randles. I recommend Mr Sinclair reads her book ‘The UFOs That Never Were’, and her Fortean Times column, to see how such investigations observe Best Practice. And how to write.
February 7, 2021
Another good book examining high strangeness in a small geographical area by a local writer, this time on the North Yorkshire coast. The author knows the area well and over the years has gathered many unusual stories. This book would suit anyone with an interest in the paranormal, or folklore, urban legend and psychogeography. We need to have more books where people take this approach.
April 1, 2024
Fantastic book, this author gets it, one of the few contemporary authors who is really into something original. Highly recommended, he is not for the show. He is exanimining a specific area in north eastern England. Close to Scarborough, and he finds a lot there, and the correlations that he comes across are spot on IMO.
March 28, 2022
Mysteries await
Reading the many mysteries was enjoyable. I liked that the author did personal investigation backed up by lots of research. A great read！
Reading the many mysteries was enjoyable. I liked that the author did personal investigation backed up by lots of research. A great read！
August 31, 2025
fabulous book full of paranormal accounts around east Yorkshire. I highly recommend it
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