Editing Rendlesham Forest Incident — Master Case File (section)

=== Primary Case Identification ===

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! Field !! Detail
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| Incident name || Rendlesham Forest Incident; Britain's Roswell
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| Date range || December 25–27, 1980 (events span three nights; dating disputed due to errors in the Halt memo)
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| Location || Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England; adjacent to RAF Woodbridge (east gate) and RAF Bentwaters
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| Forest owner || Forestry Commission; approximately 5.8 square miles of coniferous plantation
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| Bases involved || RAF Woodbridge and RAF Bentwaters (twin bases separated by Rendlesham Forest; both operated by USAF 81st Tactical Fighter Wing)
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| Wing commander || Colonel Gordon Williams (81st TFW commander; rarely discussed but present at base)
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| Deputy base commander || Lieutenant Colonel Charles I. Halt (primary documented witness)
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| Base commander || Colonel Ted Conrad (RAF Bentwaters; subsequently disputed the incident)
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| Night 1 primary witnesses || Staff Sergeant Jim Penniston; Airman First Class John Burroughs; Airman First Class Ed Cabansag; Master Sergeant J.D. Chandler; Sergeant Adrian Bustinza
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| Night 2/3 primary witnesses || Lt Col Charles Halt; Sergeant Monroe Nevels; Sergeant Bruce Englund; Sergeant Bobby Ball; multiple others
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| Official documentation || The Halt Memo (January 13, 1981) — sent to UK Ministry of Defence; classified then released
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| Audio documentation || The Halt Tape — approximately 18-minute micro-cassette recording made by Halt during Night 2/3 investigation
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| Physical evidence || Three ground impressions ("pod spots"); tree damage; radiation readings above background level
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| Official UK response || Ministry of Defence: no threat to national security; no formal investigation
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| UK FOIA release || Halt Memo released under UK FOI Act; subsequent MoD file releases through 1990s–2000s
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| US response || No official acknowledgment beyond the Halt Memo; relevant USAF records reportedly unavailable
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| Principal ongoing proponents || Lt Col Halt; Sgt Penniston; A1C Burroughs; Nick Pope
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| Principal skeptical analyst || Ian Ridpath; David Clarke
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| Cultural designation || Britain's Roswell; most documented UK UFO incident
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