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Rendlesham Forest: One of the best documented and most famous encounters by military personnel. Best Evidence: Top 10 UFO Sightings, 2007
Rendlesham Forest: It’s an event that’s become known as Britain’s Roswell ... December 26th 1980 when two groups of servicemen go out to investigate a strange light ... The British Defence Ministry dismisses the case as Cause Unknown. Paranatural: Alien Encounters: Paranatural, National Geographic 2013
The incident in Rendlesham Forest has been dubbed Britain’s own Roswell. Shaun Ryder on UFOs IV, History 2013
UFO Lands in Suffolk: And that’s Official. News of the World front page
Another intriguing British UFO sighting took place in December 1980: US Air Force personnel stationed in Suffolk reported seeing a brilliantly illuminated spaceship that landed in Rendlesham Forest on two consecutive nights. Ancient Aliens s1e5: The Return, History 2010
‘This was a landed metallic craft that some of the witnesses claimed they got so close to, they could touch the side of it.’ ibid. Nick Pope
What stood out was the credibility of the main witnesses – trained military personnel. ibid.
Throughout the 1970s official UFO sightings continued but were largely unremarkable. That is until the most famous or infamous UFO sighting in Britain which took place during Christmas 1980 close to the twin US airbases at Bentwaters and Woodbridge in Suffolk. The bases are bounded by Rendlesham Forest. At almost midnight Christmas Day US servicemen on duty at one of the perimeter fences reported seeing strange lights deep in the forest. UFO Files s2e3: Britain’s X-Files, History 2005
Christmas 1980: For more than 20 years a handful of US Air Force personnel has been haunted by an event that took place in Rendlesham Forest, just outside their base near Woodbridge in Suffolk. They maintain that in 1980 they experienced close-up an encounter with an unidentified craft. Their accounts make the Rendlesham incident one of the most detailed and well documented to date. These witnesses also say that the authorities launched an investigation and tried to cover it up. UFO Files s2e15: Britain’s Roswell, History 17th December 2005
Researchers and observers agree that a massive nuclear arsenal was stockpiled beneath these concrete bunkers. ibid.
Burroughs felt nervous. Alarmed, the men sped back to the gate to call the Flight Desk from a secure phone line. ibid.
Within minutes [Jim] Penniston and his driver arrived at the East Gate. ibid.
They headed toward the mysterious light … Sergeant Penniston felt an electric charge in the air. The closer they moved toward the light, the less the scene resembled a crash. Sergeant Penniston approached within ten feet of the object. And the bright light dimmed. His eyes adjusted but he still couldn’t take in what he was seeing. Penniston took photos with his military-issue camera. He then circled the object writing descriptions in a notepad. bid.
Finally he [Penniston] reached out to touch the object. On the front side of the object Penniston noticed several strange symbols – he copied them into his notebook. ibid.
Along with his notes and roll of film, the Sergeant now had the three plaster moulds to back up his story. But Penniston’s physical evidence didn’t solve the mystery of Rendlesham. Just two nights later the UFO returned. And this time the deputy base commander [Charles Halt] made a chilling record of his own encounter. ibid.
‘What our government did in the name of secrecy to these individuals is absolutely shameful.’ ibid. Peter Robbins, US UFO researcher
Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, 80 miles north-east of London ... Shortly after midnight on December 26th 1980 military radar detected an unidentified flying object. Also there were civilian reports of strange flickering lights in the sky. Within minutes military policemen, including Staff Sergeant Jim Penniston and Airman first class John Burroughs, weren sent into the woods to investigate. What they encountered was something the experienced servicemen had never seen before. Ancient Alien s2e10: Alien Contacts
Could the strange numbers from James Penniston’s vision be some type of code? ibid.
Rendlesham Forest: For three decades Penniston kept the numerical sequence between the covers of his Air Force notebook. They remained unexamined. And undeciphered. ibid.
To his [James Penniston] astonishment, after feeding the numbers into a computer a fragmentary sentence seemed to emerge. Exploration of Humanity Continuous for Planetary Advance. Another portion of the message revealed what appeared to be navigational coordinates. ibid.
Christmas 1980: For more than 20 years a handful of US Air Force personnel has been haunted by an event that took place in Rendlesham Forest, just outside their base near Woodbridge in Suffolk. They maintain that in 1980 they experienced close-up an encounter with an unidentified craft. Their accounts make the Rendlesham incident one of the most detailed and well documented to date. These witnesses also say that the authorities launched an investigation and tried to cover it up. UFO Files s2e15: Britain’s Roswell, History 17th December 2005
Researchers and observers agree that a massive nuclear arsenal was stockpiled beneath these concrete bunkers. ibid.
Burroughs felt nervous. Alarmed, the men sped back to the gate to call the Flight Desk from a secure phone line. ibid.
Within minutes [Jim] Penniston and his driver arrived at the East Gate. ibid.
They headed toward the mysterious light … Sergeant Penniston felt an electric charge in the air. The closer they moved toward the light, the less the scene resembled a crash. Sergeant Penniston approached within ten feet of the object. And the bright light dimmed. His eyes adjusted but he still couldn’t take it what he was seeing. Penniston took photos with his military-issue camera. He then circled the object writing descriptions in a notepad. bid.
Finally he [Penniston] reached out to touch the object. On the front side of the object Penniston noticed several strange symbols – he copied them into his notebook. ibid.
Along with his notes and roll of film, the Sergeant now had the three plaster moulds to back up his story. But Penniston’s physical evidence didn’t solve the mystery of Rendlesham. Just two nights later the UFO returned. And this time the deputy base commander [Charles Halt] made a chilling record of his own encounter. ibid.
‘What our government did in the name of secrecy to these individuals is absolutely shameful.’ ibid. Peter Robbins, US UFO researcher