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Monday 22nd April, 2002 - 17:00 BST
Interview with Rendlesham forester Richard Davies - Did UFOs land?

by Mark Murphy
Rendlesham Forest Centre.
Rendlesham Forest Centre

Richard Davies is
the forester at Rendlesham Forest. BBC Radio Suffolk's breakfast presenter Mark Murphy asked him whether he thought a UFO had landed back in 1980.

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What do you think happened at Rendlesham forest back in 1980 - a UFO sighting?

"I think the briefest way to put it and I must stress this is a personal opinion and not an official one, is that something fell off something. We don’t know what. It is debatable whether we will ever know certainly in our lifetime, but I suspect there was some form of security alert directed in the line of military hardware of some kind or another, that had to be covered up," said Richard Davies.

Mark Murphy and Richard Davies.
Mark Murphy talks to Richard Davies

Over the years there have been all sorts of stories and rumours - all sorts of different things have been said to have gone on here in the forest from aliens landing to crash landing, to bits falling off satellite’s. It’s prompted interest from around the world and still to this day.

"Yes it’s not that long ago that we had a film crew from Japan over here recording this as one of the big 10 internationally and of course nowadays this is acknowledged as one of the big two, with Roswell being the other one," explained Richard.

Once a year you get guides out and have a troop through the forest - an opportunity for people to see where this thing is suppose to have happened. Also throughout the year enthusiasts come and have a look as well and just sit and watch to see if even today anything is going to happen.

"Yes there is quite a number of folk who come particularly at night time to see if there are revisitations and we’ve had plenty of stories from them about alien interaction during the night hours," said forester Richard Davies.

This means that people are convinced that there are still things happening to this day. What is your view?

"I’ve always held the point of view that I believe there is actually terrestrial life. I don’t think this was a case of a visitation. It’s even possible to accept the fact within what I’ve just said that there maybe other visitations here, but I don’t think it has any direct relation to what happened on that night," said Richard.

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