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WHO OR WHAT WERE THEY?   Alan Godfrey     Released     October 2017      ISBN 978 - 1 - 78808 - 15 7


Purchase details: This book is available from the author, Alan Godfrey on ebay books from 16 October 2017 price £12.50


 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WHO-or-WHAT-were-THEY-/222680089597?hash=item33d8c483fd:g:1wsAAOSwgiRZ1NlGRE




REVIEW BY CHRIS EVERS, The Outer Limits Magazine posted on British Ufology forum 23 October 2017


WHO OR WHAT WERE THEY? 320 pp illustrated

ISBN 978-1-78808-159-7

Published 16 October 2017

Available from (see ebay link above)

Price £12.50

Non-fiction:

Reviewed By Chris Evers



Former Police Constable, Alan Godfrey’s first attempt at documenting, the truth about his own encounter and his

period of missing time is presented in this softback publication. Not only does it tell us of his own extremely close

encounter, it also relates how the Zigmund Adamski death, on a Todmorden coal heap, less than six months

earlier, became forever linked to Alan and his encounter.


Jenny Randles acting as a ghost writer along with Alan have produced a well balanced and gripping publication

that gives a deep insight in to Alan’s experience, not only of the UFO encounter but also about the way he was

treated by those in authority after he went public. From being told to do press conferences, by his superiors to the

’Men from the Ministry’ and how they were trying to have him removed from his West Yorkshire Police Force

occupation, all surreptitiously, yet plainly in view.


The first chapters take us through his early life and enrolment in to the West Yorkshire Police force and to his

detachment to his home town of “Tod” as he calls it. This of course being Todmorden. Alan certainly comes over as

a very likable chap, one who was clearly respected by the locals and his colleagues. It also describes a serious

injury he received while on duty, one which several months after his encounter the force tried to use to get him

removed from his position of local beat bobby.


Alan also informs us of some new information regarding his sighting, in naming others who also witnessed the

craft as it left the scene on Burnley Road. He tells us about his period of missing time. His hypnotherapy sessions

and the immediate aftermath of such attempts at coming to the truth of his experience.


Alan also tells us of is involvement with others such as Jenny Randles, The Todmorden UFO Society, and many

others in positions of authority, who all had an interest in getting to the truth not just about his experience but

many others. He also points out that the local area was something of an hot spot for sightings and that some of

his colleagues also experienced sightings of high strangeness.


He also discusses some of the claims made by others regarding his sighting for example one of those is that he

witnessed the transportation of a modular unit as seen in the image below. Clearly Alan would have been used to

such items being transported in and around Todmorden it being his local address and place he had lived most of

his life.


So, he in my opinion, would have recognised this and why would it appear to be over 20ft in the air above a wet

road which had, as it was later discovered by Alan and a work colleague, an area of dry ground in the centre of the

road the same shape as Alans unusual sighting?



Alans encounter is honest and in my opinion he did indeed experience something strange, something that clearly

left an impact on his life, something that at a point pushed him over the edge to drink, which he freely admits in

this publication. But with the support of his wife and colleagues, thankfully, he overcame this, setback.


We at OLM (Outer Limits Magazine) are also very happy to announce Alan shall be speaking at our conference here

in Hull, in the UK at the start of September, 2018.  



Ticket prices shall be announced VERY SOON.


This publication is worth buying, reading and keeping with your UFO library.

SO BUY IT, and be INFORMED!!



For further details of the Outer Limits conference check the Alan Godfrey blog page above - prices and other

details will be added there when available   - Jenny Randles