Port Talbot UFO Investigation Club

Over a period of two years Roo Lewis photographed the Welsh town of Port Talbot which, according to actor Michael Sheen, has an ‘extremely high number of UFO sightings’. During the course of his project, Lewis put up posters around the town to track down those who have spotted UFOS, chartered a small plane to fly over the town, commissioned UFO models based on sightings and was a guest of many of the town’s residents. The photographs in the book range from portraits of Meyrick Sheen (father to Michael, who had a career as a Jack Nicholson lookalike), Captain Beany, and Miss Wales, to images the town’s urban infrastructure and surrounding landscapes interrupted by man-made structures. The story behind each photograph is unique.‘I am not interested in the truth. I am interested in the folklore surrounding it and the stories it produces. I am interested in the people. I like how people project their own ideas about the universe when talking about UFOs.