Event overview
Presentation by Peter Brookesmith, writer and publisher, in the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit Invited Speaker Series
The ‘abduction by aliens’ of police constable Alan Godfrey has become one of the UK’s most celebrated cases of a close encounter with a UFO. On patrol in the early hours of 29 November 1980, he saw a huge glowing mass straddling the main road through Todmorden, West Yorkshire. His patrol car’s VHF radio and his personal UHF ‘batphone’ both failed. He made a sketch of what he saw, then blanked out. When he regained consciousness, he was some 100 yards further up the road, and there was no sign of the UFO – but a search soon after revealed what seemed to be traces of its landing. When Godfrey heard that three other officers had seen a strange light apparently landing in Todmorden that night, he decided to make an official report. That found its way into the papers, caught the attention of ufologists, and led to a series of hypnotic regressions in which Godfrey recounted being aboard a UFO with some very strange ‘aliens’ indeed. In this analysis of the case I propose that PC Godfrey’s experience makes most sense in light of his personal history, while revealing much about the nature of abduction claims in general.
APRU Invited Speaker Series, 2009/10
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 18 May 2010 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm |
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