Colin Lyall- History of the Todmorden UFO Meet

“A Landmark event in British UFO history”.. not as you might be forgiven for thinking, a rather pompous and opinionated description of the birth of Tod UFO meet. But rather a quote from Jenny Randles excellent book ‘Pennine UFO mystery’ a book which has at its heart an account of P.C. Alan Godfreys encounter with a supposed alien craft in Todmorden. The Godfrey event provided me with the inspiration to create a triptych pencil piece. This attempted to encapsulate in graphic form, the anomalous events that occurred before, during and after Godfreys bizarre life changing experience. The subsequent drawing was exhibited at the Water Street Gallery in Todmorden over the summer of 2016. A steady stream of interest followed, both in the work and in the desire of visitors to find out more about Todmorden UFO heritage. Well what would you do?………… The first Tod UFO meet was held at the Golden Lion on Tuesday 17th January 2017