UFO stuff is very popular in the U. What Michael is referring to here is the long-awaited, U. Although the report did not admit to the existence of little green men, it did reveal that there were objects appearing in the sky that the Pentagon — which controls the U. Todmorden has its own unique history concerning other-worldly matters. Curiously, PC Alan Godfrey was one of the two officers who investigated that case.
Five days later, his body was discovered 20 miles away at a coal yard in Todmorden. He was found lying on top of a 15ft coal pile, wearing a suit but no shirt. There were burn marks on the crown of his roughly shorn head and another wound at the back of his neck. The coroner recorded an open verdict. No one was ever arrested or charged over his death. And while few doubt that he was killed, the strange circumstances led many to speculate about who, or what, that killer or killers might have been.
This was , three months before the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe, was caught. West Yorkshire Police were under enormous scrutiny for failing to halt his five-year killing spree, and the last thing their public image needed was a local policeman in the news talking about seeing aliens. In the middle of the Cold War, the USSR would have been very interested in unexplained aircraft, looking for military secrets.
Alan dutifully handed everything to his superiors. After that, I felt they were out to get me. I left the job four years later. He suspects his phone was tapped. In , he was offered a way out because of an old injury.
He left the force with an unblemished, exemplary record. He worked as a butcher, then for a security agency, but had started drinking heavily — a bottle of whisky a day. His marriage broke up in Fiercely protective of his ex-wife and family, he refuses to drag them into his story further.
By the early s, he was at rock bottom. I remember lying face down on the floor, thinking there was no point in carrying on. Get a grip, you daft bugger! I got myself a flat, met Kath and she sorted me out. Happily married, with three grandchildren and now retired, he clearly revels in his celebrity status around town.
But still the cynics pour scorn on his claims. That sounds exactly like someone describing an epileptic fit. His death was caused by human beings.
And what better way to wipe away traces of evidence from a body than to dump it on top of a coal pile in the pouring rain, to have everything washed away?
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