
Thursday
18th April, 2002 - 16:00 BST
UFOs - Rendlesham, Suffolk
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in December 1980, Suffolk was known for what is considered to be the
UK's best-recorded alien encounter - a UFO crash landing. |
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Security
at two American Air bases - RAF Woodbridge and RAF Bentwaters, which
held one of NATOs largest nuclear stockpiles, is as tight as
usual. Radar screens sweep and blip.
On
the evening of 26th December 1980 at 03:00, there is a report of a
possible air crash near the perimeter fence at RAF Woodbridge. Three
security officers go to investigate.
They radio back mentioning a strange glowing object in the forest
- metallic in appearance and triangular in shape (2 meters by 3 meters
across the base and 2 meters high).
What
is considered unusual is the information which is logged at Woodbridge
Police station. In the incident book there is a log of a sighting
of strange lights in the sky. Someone reports a bright fireball.
Rendlesham
Forest which lies between the two bases is illuminated by a white
light. D-Flight
of Security Police responds to a falling star report
outside the Weapons Storage Area.
Lt Col. Charles Halt, the deputy commanding officer of RAF Woodbridge
was then called.
They see an object with pulsing red lights on top and a bank of
blue lights underneath, hovering or on legs. As the patrolmen approach,
it manoeuvres through the trees and disappears.
Later that night, an intense red light moves and pulses through
the trees and breaks into five separate white objects and disappears.
Three star-like objects are then seen in the sky, moving rapidly
in sharp, angular motions and displaying red, green and blue lights.
One
patrolman later described how the air seemed charged with electricity,
how his hair stood on end and that they seemed to be walking in
slow motion. He said he examined the craft which was covered with
strange symbols, and touched the smooth, black, glass-type fabric.
It then slowly moved back, weaving in and around the trees, to about
40 feet away, then rose up into the air and shot off as fast as
you could blink. It appeared to be under some sort of intelligent
control.
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