The documents have been highly controversial among ufo researchers. Bentwaters base in suffolk in 1980 were uncovered by the author david clarke, a researcher at sheffield university, who is writing a book on the subject. Documents related to that litigation are marked with. In late december 1980, there was a series of reported sightings of unexplained lights near rendlesham forest, suffolk, england which have become linked with. Freidman believes he has shown some of them may be legitimate, but admits, most of them are hoaxes. One episode concerns the events at the twin bases of raf bentwaters and raf woodbridge, and nearby rendlesham forest, in december 1980. Air force air traffic controllers at bentwaters who say they tracked a bona fide ufo, the program claims that there is no hard. Rendlesham forest ufo sighting new evidence claim bbc news. Bentwaters command post contacted eastern radar and request information of aircraft in the area ua37 traffic southbound fl370 ufo sightings at bentwaters. Rendlesham forest ufo sighting new evidence claim ufo. The rendlesham files if you go down to the woods today what is known today as the rendlesham forest incident has been described as the worlds first officially observed, and officially confirmed, ufo landing britain s equivalent of roswell. The december 1980 ufo rendlesham forest incident is well known in the ufo world. This document was originally released by george knapp of klas tv in las vegas.
Charles halt, involving multiplewitness sightings by military personnel and slight radioactive anomalies. No date or location of the source of the report is mentioned. One of the witnesses to the landed craft at rendlesham forest near the bentwaters military base had commented on an otherworldly feeling. They are interested in ufo reports only for purposes of national security. The cia recently released over million pages worth of previously classified documents, with many of them talking about the existence of ufos. These comprise a brief policy statement on the issue, a 1951 report from the socalled flying saucer working party, and papers from the file on the rendlesham forest incident a. The rendlesham forest incident, also known as britains roswell, is undoubtedly one of the best documented and most significant military encounters with a craft of unknown origin or ufo.
Afterwards, the many personnel who had witnessed the events were intimidated, debriefed and forced to sign documents. Day two of the weeklong citizen disclosure hearings at washingtons dcs national press club offered startling, first time sworn testimony from two of the closest witnesses to the famous rendlesham forest bentwaters ufo incident in december 1980. Rendlesham forest incident 1980 the rendlesham forest incident is the name given to a series of reported sightings of unexplained lights and the alleged landing of a craft or multiple craft of unknown origin in rendlesham forest, suffolk, england, in late december 1980, just outside raf woodbridge, used at the time by the u. Brad is listed in the ufo encyclopedia, edited by margaret sachs, and helped write and edit portions of the encyclopedia of ufos, edited by ronald story. The rendleshambentwaters ufo case had a nuclear weapons. The rendlesham forest incident took place in december 1980 and has been dubbed britains roswell credit. Official documents on the uss nimitz and uss princeton.
Segment on the bizzare incident on an air force base in england in 1980. Recorded a few weeks ago for the tk xfiles show, larry warren gives his responses to a number of allegations from certain quarters. He has been interviewed on television about his ufo research in best evidence, on hour magazine with gary collins, by omni and fate magazines, and others on radio and in print. The rendlesham file official uk mod documents, part 4 pdf. New evidence has been gathered to back up claims a ufo landed near a us airbase in suffolk, a former deputy commander has claimed. Either way, the information in the documents has been very influential to the modern mythology surrounding alleged ufo conspiracies. Despite verified reports of radioactivity at one ufo landing site, and authoritative testimony by the two u. The bulleted list of documents below are a series of ufo reports released by the british mod in 2005. Various ufo documents are now available on the ministry of defence website. Charles halt, was leading a small group of sps through rendlesham forest in an effort to identify the source of mysterious lights observed moving through the treesthe second such incident that week. What is clear from the official documents is the mods early reluctance to reveal what little it knew about the ufo incidents allowed the mystery to grow and provided fuel for allegations of coverups.
The 56yearold believes new evidence from two retired radar operators, who claim. When the researchers filed a foia request for the 156 nsa ufo documents, they were denied access to all of them. New evidence in the rendlesham forest ufo incident dubbed. Halt sighted pencil beams from the ufo hitting the nuclear weapons storage area at bentwaters 3 miles away in the distance. Official documents relating to the rendlesham forest bentwaters 1980 ufo incident, released by the uk ministry of defence in november, 2002. It was december of 1980 when a us military base in england called bentwaters and the uk base called raf woodbridge experienced an unusual light in the rendlesham forest. Pdf files can only be viewed with an acrobat reader. How can it be a conspiracy when both the fbi and cia talk about ufos and alien technology. David clarke is senior lecturer in journalism at sheffield hallam university.
English ministry of defense documents about britain. Its hard to argue that ufos dont exist and are visiting earth. Charles halt has collected sworn statements from air traffic controllers, on duty in 1980 at bentwaters. All files are in adobe pdf format unless otherwise noted. The rendlesham forest incident of christmas 1980 is probably one of the most remarkable ufo incidents on record. The lakenheathbentwaters incident was a series of radar and visual contacts with unidentified flying objects ufo that took place over airbases in eastern england on the night of 14 august 1956, involving personnel from the royal air force raf and the united states air. A foi request in 2008 revealed that documents on the 1980 sightings by military personnel at raf bentwaters, suffolk, were held on 109 separate files defe 2424501, p. Claims of a coverup by the us and uk governments have become central feature of the incident.
He has a longstanding interest in ufos and other aerial phenomena, and has worked with the national archives in promoting ufo material recently released by the ministry of defence. Research for the project has yielded many earlyera ufo reports via the foia, newspaper articles and contemporary accounts. Larry warren was a security officer at bentwaters air force base in the united kingdom. It has been dubbed the british roswell but in reality, is probably a far more intriguing case. The documents listed on this page were located in response to the numerous requests received by nsa on the subject of unidentified flying objects ufo. A retired air force colonel says he has new evidence to throw light on one of the most notorious ufo reports in history the 1980 sighting near the bentwaters royal air force base in the uk. It is also a case that involved very credible witnesses, trained usaf united states air force observers and security police. First time testimony blows lid off famous bentwaters ufo. Like the roswell incident this one occurred close to several topsecret military establishments including two air bases. Now at this same time a pilot of a c47 flying over the station at 4,000 feet reported a bright light passed under his craft moving east to west. Documentation related to the numerous requests received by nsa on the subject of unidentified flying objects ufo. Project 1947 is a worldwide effort to document the origins of the modern ufo phenomenon. Some of the material gathered by project 1947 is on display here.
Ufo files freedom of information the national archives. Ua37 was the code for an air corridor used by civilian aircraft which ran northsouth approximately 40 miles east of bentwaters. Declassified documents verifying the existence of a ufonuclear weapons connection are also available for inspection. Ufo related pdf documents some are very large and could take hours to download at modem speeds last updated on 1192001 audio and data cds created by kaeser konsulting for the fund for ufo research and the center for ufo studies can provide greater insight into the genre and help promote scientific research. July 25, 1953 cufon blue book ufo reports by ships at sea a. Rendlesham ufo incident 26 dec 1980 official files reports etc. They appealed, but judge gerhard gesell of the first federal court, district of. Rendlesham forest is a large pine forest, east of ipswich, in suffolk, england. As the national archives reveal enough reports of mysterious objects to keep mulder and scully in business for some time, here is the list. Declassified cia document 1956 raf bentwaters welcome to.
England, radarvisual separate times unidentified radar operator estimated the. Cufon other files directory the computer ufo network. Some of these files are listed elsewhere on the ufo casebook, but are listed separately here for downloading purposes. A number of those veterans describe ufo incursions at nuclear weapon depots, primarily the many u. He reports that he had entered a void where only he and the phenomena coexisted. Air force weapons storage areas wsas including those at malmstrom, loring, wurtsmith, f. Rullpdf file, 820 kbs chop clearance letters reports cleared by the air force press desk for keyhoe project blue. Seven files in this tranche defe 3118211881 contain copies of numerous ufo reports made by members of the public and submitted to mod between april 1993 and july 1996. Hillnorton, who died shortly after creighton in 2003, is usually quoted by ufo proponents as someone who, given his military contacts, should know what he was talking about. It is clear that they are withholding even more material than what has been released. Just prior to the appearance of the ufo at the wsa, in the wee hours of december 28th, bentwaters deputy base commander, then lt. In searching the cia database i came across a declassified cia document regarding an incident in 1956 at raf bentwaters.
Startling new evidence could solve britains roswell once and for all shocking new evidence has come forward that claims to prove once and for all that aliens did visit a. The ufo concern report was copied to several hundred ufologists, mps and peers of the realm and was endorsed by none other than lord hillnorton, a former british chief of defence staff. Retired air force colonel claims new evidence will blow. More dubious mj12 documents released from anonymous. The caller from bentwaters also stated the control tower at bentwaters had reported seeing a bright light passing over the field from east to west at terrific speed at around 4,000 feet altitude. The ufo was chased through the forest by a team led by lt. Media captioncol charles halt saw an unidentified flying object over a suffolk airbase in 1980. In fact it was two decades before the full contents of the mods file on the rendlesham incident were revealed. One report arranged by state and the other by sightings per population. The incident has since gained some prominence in the literature of ufology and the. The lakenheathbentwaters incident was a series of radar and visual contacts with unidentified flying objects ufo that took place over airbases in eastern england on the night of 14 august 1956, involving personnel from the royal air force raf and the united states air force usaf. He said the evidence of the ufo being picked up by radar seriously undermined the suggestion by the government at the time that the reported phenomena was due to witnesses seeing the light from orfordness lighthouse and misinterpreting what they saw.
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