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The truth is up there: How the Pentagon gave hope to UFO spotters

By Matthew Campbell
The Times·
15 mins to read

Unidentified flying objects may be real, claims a recent Pentagon report. We told you so, say a group of alien obsessives in Todmorden, West Yorkshire. Matthew Campbell visits the UFO hotspot for a close encounter.

People arrive at the Golden Lion in Todmorden and, rather than heading for the bar, walk upstairs to the attic room — haunted, I'm warned — and sit in a circle. This is not a seance: in the middle of the room stands Oscar, the

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