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| File Name: | bentwat.txt |
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| Author: | Unknown |
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| Key Words: | ParaNet, UFO, Ufology |
| Case File: | [[Black Triangles Case Files The Rendlesham Forest Case Files]] |
(8566) Sat 29 May 93 1:13p
By: Don Allen
To: All
Re: Bentwaters/rendlesham 1/2
St:
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* Forwarded from "MUFONET"
* Originally by John Stepkowski
* Originally to John Powell
* Originally dated 29 May 1993, 4:52
[The following entries on the 'Bentwaters/Rendlesham Forest' event come
from _The UFO Encyclopedia_ , compiled and edited by John Spencer;
Headline Books, ISBN 0-7472-3494-9.]
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WOODBRIDGE RAF/USAF AIRBASE
In December 1980 it is alleged that a grounded UFO was seen in the
Rendlesham Forst area outside the back gates of RAF/USAF Woodbridge in
Suffolk, England.
There are various, and conflicting, reports about what occurred on
the night. According to the offical report made by the Deputy Base
commander, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Halt, two security police witnessed
lights outside the back gate and called for permission to investigate on
the grounds that an aircraft might have crashed. Three patrolmen were
sent and they reported seeing a glowing object in the forest, described
as triangular in shape, about 9 feet wide and 6 feet high, and emanating
a powerful white light. Other reports detail red and blue lights at
various points on the object. It was either hovering or standing on
short legs and as the patrol approached it, it manoeuvered away slowly
through the trees on to a nearby farm (causing some disturbance in the
animals there) before disappearing into the sky very quickly. However,
the object was sighted briefly again about an hour later.
Investigations the following day found three ground traces indicating
possible landing leg depressions.
However, there are other stories of events that night including one
that the overall commander of the base, Wing-Commander Gordon Williams,
was present at the investigation and also communicated with aliens that
had been seen apparently carrying out repairs to the craft.
It is alleged that many films and photographs were taken but that
these were all confiscated by senior officers and have not been released.
Investigators examining these claims have obtained interviews with two
of the patrol who investigated the UFO, airman John Burroughs and a
second airman who remains annonymous and is given the pseudonym of James
Archer. Basically their stories agree with the Deputy Commander's
statement. Archer denies seeing aliens but saw shapes inside the object,
to which he had approached within three feet, and commented, 'I don't know
what they were but the shapes did not look human. Maybe they were like
robots.'
One of the security police at Woodbridge, Sergeant Adrian Bustinza,
came forward after the publication of a book _Skycrash_ by Jenny Randles,
Brenda Butler and Dot Street, and told his detailed version of events in
the forest that night. Again, for the most part, his account basically
agrees with that of Lieutenant-Colonel Halt. He describes the object as
being seen through a yellow mist like 'nothing I have ever seen before',
and comments that it was a tremendous size compared to the clearing it was
in and that he was surprised it was able to fit into the area. One
major discrepancy arises in his description, however; he describes it as
saucer-shaped rather than triangular-shaped, which would seem to be a
very major disagreement considering both reports came from eye witnesses.
There is allegedly a tape recording made by Lieutenant-Colonel Halt
and his men while in the forest investigating the event and part of this
has been released by a former base commander at Woodbridge, Colonel Sam
Morgan. On the tape various voices including Lieutenant-Colonel Halt's
describe what they are supposed to be seeing as they pursue the object
through the woods.
When challenged by a former Chief of the Defense Staff, Admiral-of-
the-Fleet Lord Hill-Norton, the Secretary of State for Defence, Michael
Heseltine, through Lord Trefgarne, released the statement that 'the
events to which you refer were of no defence significance'.
As Lord Hill-Norton put it, there would seem to be some defence
significance either in an unknown object's entering and possibly landing
on British territory or, alternatively, a deputy base commander of an
RAF/USAF base filing a ludicrous and make-believe report. Lieutenant-
Colonel (now Colonel) Halt has confirmed subsequently that this
memorandum is legitimate. He also went on to say, 'There are a lot of
things that are not in my memo.' [pp. 418-420]
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(8567) Sat 29 May 93 1:14p
By: Don Allen
To: All
Re: Bentwaters/rendlesham 2/2
St:
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* Forwarded from "MUFONET"
* Originally by John Stepkowski
* Originally to John Powell
* Originally dated 29 May 1993, 4:57
[The following entries on the 'Bentwaters/Rendlesham Forest' event come
from _The UFO Encyclopedia_ , compiled and edited by John Spencer;
Headline Books, ISBN 0-7472-3494-9.]
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Lieutenant-Colonel Charles HALT.
Probably the most important witness in the Rendlesham Forest encounter in
Suffolk in 1980 was Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Halt, the Deputy Base
Commander of Woodbridge RAF/USAF Air Base and a Lieutenant-Colonel in the
United States Air Force.
His initial involvement appears to have been the making of a report to
the British Minisrty of Defence in January 1981 describing the way in
which a security patrol from the base had investigated lights in the
nearby forest, believing that there might have been an aircraft crash. In
his report Halt summarises the findings of the patrol: that they
encountered a triangular-shaped metallic object approximately 9 feet wide
and 6 feet high, displaying a variety of red and blue lights and glowing
generally white. The object was apparently standing on short legs or
hovering near the ground, and Halt's report indicates that the patrol
watched the object moving through the trees, disturbing animals nearby and
leaving ground traces thought to be the impression of legs, i.e. three
depressions in the ground approximately 17 inches wide. He reports also
that readings were taken indicating peaks of radiation in the ground
traces.
Lieutenant-Colonel Halt's report was released under the Freedom of
Information Act in America following a requst from CAUS (Citizens Against
UFO Secrecy).
Despite a report from this very senior officer, the British Ministry
of Defence, through Lord Trefgarne, then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of
State of the Armed Forces, replied to an inquiry from a former Chief of
the Defence Staff, Lord Hill-Norton, that the event had 'no defence
significance'.
Lord Hill-Norton appears to have been unimpressed by this reply,
pointing out that, 'Unless Lieutenant-Colonel Halt was out of his mind,
there is clear evidence in his report that British airspace ... [was]
intruded upon by an unidentified vehicle ... and that no bar to such
intrusion was effective.' Lord Hill-Norton went on to say that if Halt's
report was untrue, then evidence of such serious misjudgement by such a
high- ranking officer would itself be of defence significance.
[pp. 172-173]
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Adrian BUSTINZA
Another important witness to the Rendlesham Forest encounter was Sergeant
Adrian Bustinza of RAF/USAF Woodbridge. He was then the Acting Commander
of Security Police.
He reported seeing the object hovering and making slow movements. He
described it as having a red light on top, several blue lights below and
many other hues of light emanating from it. He also described it as
being of enormous size and stated that he was surprised it would fit into
the clearing where he was seeing it.
Bustinza also witnessed the departure of the object and described it as
being 'gone in a flash'. He said that the event was a 'a really scary
feeling'. Bustinza also reports that photographs were taken by personnel
from the base [pp. 75-76]
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Colonel Sam MORGAN
Colonel Sam Morgan is former base commander of Woodbridge RAF/USAF Air
Base and was apparently responsible for releasing a tape allegedly made
on the night of the encounter at that location. The tape is said to have
been made 'live' during an investigation of the landing area and includes
an apparently live account of the contact.
Opinions vary about the tape's authenticity. Asked directly to comment
on the authenticity of the tape Colonel Morgan stated: 'I do not think it
is a hoax ... those guys definitely saw something which cannot be
explained. As for them fabricating it all and putting on an act, I do
not think they could have pulled it off.
(For what it's worth, I have heard the tape and it seems to me to be
the product of ham acting, and very cheaply stage managed.) [pg. 278]
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