UFO Sighting at Gloucester Railway Line Comes to Light 70 Years Later

by Kim Horton                    August 26, 2018                     (gloucestershirelive.co.uk)

• The owner of a book store in Gloucester, England, Goeff Cook, tells the story of a neighbor who was always interested in books about science fiction and UFOs. In 1980 after this man died, Cook asked the fellow’s son why his father was so interested in other worlds and aliens. The son recounted what his father had told him about a UFO experience he’d had.

• The father had been working the night shift at the railroad, buckling up carriages to the driver’s cab. He and a fellow railroad worker had finished their work and by early morning they’d gone into the driver’s cab to have a cup of tea. Suddenly a bright light came from the sky and a circular craft the length of two buses hovered about thirty feet above them. It remained hovering in the sky for about 20 minutes. They boy’s father says he just stared up at the craft, while his companion was so scared he vomited. Finally, the craft shot away out of sight. The railroad workers never reported the incident for fear that they would be accused of being drunk and lose their jobs.

• [Editor’s Note]  There seems to be more and more accounts, between the 1940’s to the 1970’s, of all types of strange UFO craft and even stranger non-human people or creatures visiting the Earth. These encounters drop off sharply in the 1980’s, just when the US Navy’s ‘Solar Warden’ fleet of eight spacecraft were initially deployed to intercept and prevent these types of unauthorized craft from visiting the planet.

Tales of UFOs are not as rare as you might think.

But sometimes – like now – a story about a sighting may come to light years later, as it was frowned upon to talk about such things back then.

Quayside Books shop owner Geoff Cook has been a resident in Gloucester for years and in 1980 was a resident at Priory Road.

His neighbour was always interested in books about science fiction and UFOs. Sadly the neighbour passed away and it led to Geoff and his neighbour’s son striking up a conversation as to why his father was so interested in other worlds and aliens.

Mr Cook said: “I was curious as to why this chap was so interested in sci-fi and eventually after sometime his son related the story to me. He did initially say that his father had an experience that he did not like to talk about.

“It turns out that the father had been working at the Over railway. They used to use the line there to make up the trains for the next day. A lot of the trains would be used the next day to go to South Wales.

“So they would buckle up the carriages to the drivers cab and when they had finished their work for the day their time was their own.”

The workmen had finished their work for the nightshift and went into the drivers cab to have a cup of tea. What happened next was something that they had both agreed to not discuss again.

Mr Cook said: “So whilst they were having a cup of tea in the early hours of the morning they had this experience. It is very hard to believe but this bright light came out of the sky.

“A circular craft hovered around 30 feet in the sky above them in the craft. The other workman vomited instantly as he was so frightened. The UFO was described as being two buses long.”

People often describe UFO sightings as a brief encounter. However this was not the case this time.

Mr Cook said: “The UFO was there for an estimated 15 to 20 minutes. Whilst the other man was being sick the other chap could not believe what he was seeing and just kept looking up at this bright light.

“After all this time which seemed like an eternity with no acceleration it went at speed and was just gone.

“They never reported it and it went unrecorded as they were fearful that they would get sacked and accused of being drunk on the job.

“It is quite unbelievable but I do believe that the source is genuine and it took years to be able to get the full version of events.”

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