Godfrey Abduction

Godfrey and Drawing of Encounter Evans and Stacy

The Rendlesham Forest UFO landings comprise one of the best known UFO cases, but only shortly before this classic case unfolded, several other UFO events were occurring in the eastern part of Britain. UFOs were chased by police cars, another UFO was sighted in the North Sea, and an unforgettable UFO event took place: the abduction of police constable Alan Godfrey.

This strange case would occur in Todmorden, West Yorkshire on November 28, 1980. Godfrey was patrolling on the night shift, and shortly before dawn, he was searching for some cattle that had been reported missing. The livestock would ultimately be found later that morning, displaced to a field soaked by rain, without a hint of how they got there.

Earlier, Godfrey had given up his search for the cattle, and was ready to sign off duty, and head back to the station, when he noticed something a couple of miles ahead of him. It was something large… maybe a bus. He was used to seeing a bus that transported workers each morning about 5:00 AM, and thought that was what he was seeing. As he neared the bus, he was shocked to see an oval-shaped object. The strange object was rotating and hovering so low to the ground, that the bushes on the side of the highway were being blown around from the force of the rotation.

Godfrey kept a sketch pad in his vehicle to document details of car accidents, and/or other incidents, and he stopped his car, and was preparing to make a drawing of this unusual object before him. Then he saw a burst of light… his next conscious memory was of driving his car again, further down the road.

He looked back to the spot where he had seen the UFO, and noticed that although the road was rain soaked from an earlier, heavy shower, there was a round, dry spot on the road, right below where the craft had been. He continued to the station, and after arriving, he began to realize that it was later than it should have been… he had lost about 15 minutes of time.

He contemplated what might have happened on the road that morning, but afraid of being laughed at, he chose not to make an official report at that time. But, later that morning, he was surprised to hear a report from a driver who reported seeing a UFO not far from the location of Godfrey’s encounter.
Godfrey soon discovered that yet another unusual event had occurred that day. A police patrol from the Halifax department had witnessed a glowing blue-white object as it descended into the valley, heading toward Todmorden. They saw the object just shortly before Godrey’s sighting while they were on a stakeout. There were now two separate, yet related reports, corroborating Godfrey’s sighting. Godrey decided to make his report, after all.

Godrey made his report, and was surprised that the police department released the report to the local press about a week later. A UFO investigative group from Manchester immediately began researching the case. Soon, the case would receive worldwide attention.

Godfrey was unable to recall any additional details of his experience at that time, other than some vague memories of seeing himself outside of his vehicle while the UFO hovered nearby. There was also physical trace evidence of his encounter: his police boots had split marks on the sole, as if they had caught on something. Speculation was that he was dragged into the craft in a hypnotic state.

Another interesting aspect of Godfrey’s sighting was his admission of having a time lapse when he was young, but abduction researchers pointed out that this is commonly reported among abductees. Some eight months after the sighting, Godfrey did begin a series of regressive hypnosis sessions. At least some of these sessions were captured on video.

The hypnosis sessions revealed strange, yet remarkable evidence. He recalled that during the sighting of the UFO, the engine of his vehicle went dead, and his vehicular radio, and his handset were inoperative. He lost consciousness when the bright light overwhelmed him. His next memory was of being in a room similar to a normal house. In this room was a large black dog. A man with a heavy beard communicated with him telepathically. The man’s name was “Yosef.”

A number of small, robotic creatures accompanied and assisted the bearded man. Godrey stated that they were “the size of a five-year-old lad,” with “a head shaped like a lamp”. He was told that there would be another encounter at a later time. Godfrey also conveyed various enigmatic “dream” sequences, disjointed and without purpose. Even under regression, he could not recall being subjected to any of the usual abduction horrors, like invasive physical tests.

When the story of Godrey’s experience reached the media, his life was very negatively affected. He was called for questioning by the police force, which worried about his mental competence. Though deemed “physically fit,” after a few years he was retired from the force, allegedly due to a physical injury he had suffered in an unrelated, previous incident, in which he intervened and thwarted a crime in progress.

The area of Todmorden is known as a active area of UFO activity. There was also a truck driver abducted on the same road that Godfrey experienced his strange encounter. The Godrey case has, and is the subject of much research and debate.