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ing shone on him. Communicating by telepathy,
Joseph touched his head, and Godfrey
lapsed into unconsciousness for an undetermined
period. The robots took off Godfrey’s
shoes and studied his toes. Meanwhile, instruments
placed on his arms and legs caused him
discomfort to the point of sickness. A foul
odor permeated his nostrils. Joseph asked him
questions, but Godfrey would refuse to tell investigators
what they were. The alien indicated
that they had met before, apparently
when Godfrey was a child.
Godfrey would remember an earlier incident
from 1965, when he was 18. Around 2
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Policeman Alan Godfrey, who was allegedly abducted into a UFO at Todmorden, Yorkshire, drawing a picture of “Joseph,”
November 1980 (Janet and Colin Bord/Fortean Picture Library)
A.M., he and a girlfriend stopped their car
abruptly when a woman and a dog stepped
out in front of them. Certain that he had hit
the woman, he got out to help her, but there
was no sign of her or the animal. When he got
home, he found that two hours were missing
without explanation. Another incident—his
seeing a ball of light in his room when he was
a child—also seemed to him evidence that the
1980 incident was not his first encounter with
aliens.
Further Reading
Randles, Jenny, 1983. The Pennine UFO Mystery.
London: Granada.