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  The Rendlesham Forest Incident - 1980
Rendlesham Forest will always be known as the UK's answer to Roswell, being as it is the only other UFO incident that has received official recognition from the government and military in both the UK and the USA.
It is the most significant UFO incident ever to have occurred in the UK and one of the most significant anywhere in the world.
Official documents relating to the Rendlesham Forest / Bentwaters 1980 UFO incident, released by the UK Ministry of Defence in November, 2002.
www.crowdedskies.com /rendlesham_forest.htm   (1004 words)

  
 UFO Evidence : Rendlesham Forest / Bentwaters
Rendlesham Forest is a large pine forest, east of Ipswich, in Suffolk, England.
The so-called Rendlesham File, now available for public inspection, is a fat catalogue of increasingly despairing correspondence between the Ministry of Defence and members of the public after the sighting of unexplained lights in Rendlesham Forest, near the RAF base at Woodbridge, Suffolk, in December 1980.
Rendlesham Forest will always be remembered as the UK's answer to Roswell, being as it is the only other UFO incident that has received official recognition from the government and military.
www.ufoevidence.org /topics/RendleshamForest.htm   (1267 words)

  
 UFO Area - The Rendlesham Forest Incident
Rendlesham Forest case is undoubtedly one of the best documented and most significant military encounters with a UFO.
The region of Rendlesham Forest separates two US air bases, RAF US Air Force Bentwaters, one of NATOs largest tactical nuclear-weapon stores in non-communist Europe and RAF US Air Force Woodbridge, base was the home of the 67 th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron.
The details of the Rendlesham Forest incident (through Colonel Charles Halt´s memo) did reach the public opinion first after one and a half years later.
www.ufoarea.com /encounters_rendlesham.html   (2222 words)

  
 the rendlesham incident - envasion.net
the briton ministry of defense investigated the incident and then sealed their findings, which resulted in additional apparent "proof" that a UFO had in fact landed in england during the christmas holiday.
this sighting has become as infamous as the 1947 roswell incident in the united states, resulting in enormous public pressure on the government to reveal any information they had discovered.
the incident was investigated by the MOD but they denied all knowledge of the incident and refused to report any findings under the UK's official secrets act.
www.envasion.net /2002/rendlesham.html   (973 words)

  
 Ghost Hunter Extraordinaire - Rendlesham Forest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Rendlesham Forest Incident is the name given to a series of reported sightings of unexplained lights and objects in the sky and the alleged landing of an extraterrestrial spacecraft, which all took place in December 1980, in the vicinity of Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England.
The Rendlesham Forest Incident occurred over a three-day span, which is now accepted to be from 26 December to 28 December in 1980.
The incident involved the reported sighting, by a number of people, of mysterious moving lights and a conical metal craft which apparently landed in the forest.
www.ghosthunterextraordinaire.co.uk /photo_s_rendleshamforest.htm   (599 words)

  
 diary 27
But Rendlesham was different so, when she met Baroness Thatcher at a dinner, Bruni put the former PM on the spot.
Rendlesham Forest lies be­tween the bases and, as the Cold War was still decidedly frosty, a UFO sighting at two of the nation's most sensitive military sites was bound to be of interest.
It was only years later that Kerr heard of the Rendlesham Forest incident and realised he might have a missing piece of the puzzle.
www.combat-diaries.co.uk /diary28/nickpope.htm   (1618 words)

  
 Rendlesham Forest Incident - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Rendlesham Forest Incident is the name given to a series of reported sightings of unexplained lights and objects in the sky, and the alleged landing of an extraterrestrial spacecraft, in December 1980, in the vicinity of Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England.
Rendlesham Forest is owned by the Forestry Commission and consists of approximately 15 square kilometres (3700 acres) of coniferous plantations, interspersed with broadleaved belts, heathland and wetland areas.
He suggests that the incident began with the sighting of a fireball (bolide) which was seen to the east and interpreted by guards at the base as an aircraft falling in flames in the nearby forest.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rendlesham_Incident   (3556 words)

  
 Rendlesham Forest Incident - The Black Vault Encyclopedia Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Like the Roswell incident, it occurred in the proximity of two military bases, RAF Woodbridge and RAF Bentwaters (now abandoned), which were being used by the USAF, eight miles outside Ipswich, Suffolk.
It is uncertain whether the incident first occurred on December 26 or December 27, although witness statements suggest the 26th.
MOD Documents covering the UFO incident at Rendlesham Forest in 1980 - Georgina Bruni was the first to break the story concerning the release of MOD documents on the Rendlesham Forest incident.
www.blackvault.com /wiki/index.php/Rendlesham_Forest_Incident   (3153 words)

  
 The Rendlesham Forest Incident - UFO Evidence
Summary: The Rendlesham forest incident of Christmas 1980 is probably one of the most remarkable UFO incidents on record.
Although the Rendlesham incident has traditionally been explained in terms of a UFO encounter not everyone accepts this version of events.
Whatever the truth the Rendlesham incident, like Roswell continues to gather impetus as one of the most remarkable UFO accounts on record - a story that is a legend in the making.
www.ufoevidence.org /documents/doc658.htm   (1436 words)

  
 The Rendlesham Forest Incident - A UFO sighting.
The Rendlesham Forest Incident - A UFO sighting.
The Rendlesham Forest Incident occurred over a three-day period in 1980 and has become known as the British version of Roswell.
The strange sighting started on December 26th and like Roswell it happened very close to military bases, RAF Woodbridge and RAF Bentwaters which were being used by the USAF at the time.
www.where-is-area-51.com /rendlesham-forest.html   (569 words)

  
 All Info About the Paranormal: The Rendlesham UFO Incident   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Rendlesham Incident refers to a group of strange sightings and incidents that occurred over a three day period in December 1980 in the area of Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England.
The incident includes a number of reports of strange lights and objects in the sky and, supposedly, the landing of a UFO.
The Rendlesham Incident occurred near two Royal Airforce bases approximately 13 km (8 miles) from Ipswich, Suffolk: RAF Woodbridge and RAF Bentwaters.
www.allinfoaboutparanormal.com /rendersham_ufo_incident.html   (1233 words)

  
 THE RENDLESHAM INCIDENT interview - Nick Pope, Ministry of Defence-UFO Casebook Files
To give you the story in a nutshell, on the first night of activity, which was actually in the early hours of the 26th December 1980, some US Airforce personnel from the airbases of Woodbridge and Bentwaters in Suffolk, saw lights in the forest.
And from what she said it seems that Rendlesham Forest really is still active even to this day, and that that event 25 years ago was not a one off.
Vince - Back at the time of this alleged incident I was the harvesting forester for Rendlesham Forest, so I lived in the forest, which was brilliant, and I was here when it all happened.
www.ufocasebook.com /rendleshaminterview.html   (1584 words)

  
 MPH Entertainment
UFO Invasion at Rendlesham is part of the SCI FI Declassified franchise, a series of specials that demystifies the place where science fiction meets science fact.
The incident was then covered up and eyewitnesses were forced to change their stories.
In 2002, the British government acknowledged that it had classified documents regarding the Rendlesham incident, making this an exciting subject for a Declassified investigation.SCI FI brings together key eyewitnesses and high ranking military officials who go on the record for the FIRST TIME to provide new and corroborating evidence.
www.mphent.com /rendlesham.html   (518 words)

  
 Fortean Traveller: Rendlesham Forest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Rendlesham has been a Mecca for UFO enthusiasts – and the plain curious – ever since.
By the time of the Rendlesham incident, in 1980, the Americans – to say the least – were more than a bit jittery.
And, in spite of his scientifically researched conclusions about the Rendlesham mystery, Rob admits he can find no explanation for the blue flashing lights, or the “beam of light” that was said to come down from the sky.
www.forteantimes.com /articles/204_traveller.shtml   (1901 words)

  
 Daily Express Rendlesham Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
But Rendlesham was different and so, when she met Baroness Thatcher at the dinner, Bruni took the opportunity to put the former PM on the spot.
Rendlesham Forest lies between the twin bases and as the Cold War was still decidedly frosty, a UFO sighting at two of the nation's most sensitive military sites was most decidedly of interest.
It was only years later that Kerr even heard of the Rendlesham Forest incident and realised he might have a missing piece of the puzzle.
www.virtuallystrange.net /ufo/updates/2005/nov/m28-002.shtml   (2084 words)

  
 The Rendlesham Forest UFO Incident
Rendlesham is a vast pine forest east of Ipswich that is near Orford Ness.
Apparently, a press conference was held several weeks after the incident with a local newspaper because the witnesses were angry that the paper had made a mockery of the events when it was reported in the paper.
If any reader has further information regarding this incident, we would urge you to EMAIL us, as this is the first and only time we have ever heard of this event.
www.ufos-aliens.co.uk /cosmicrend.html   (5201 words)

  
 Welcome | The Rendlesham Forest UFO Incident | RAF Bentwaters
The Rendlesham Forest Incident is perhaps the most important UFO event to have ever occurred, witnessed by many USAF personnel in Suffolk.
Since this is a UFO website, and the Rendlesham Incident was by definition a UFO incident, I thought it would be nice to include some information about UFOs in general.
Rendlesham Forest is a public place maintained by Suffolk's Forestry Commission, the armed forces don't have a right to simply 'take over' the forest.
rendlesham-incident.co.uk   (2166 words)

  
 Rendlesham secret files
The Rendlesham Forest UFO case is, with the sole exception of the Roswell Incident, the most talked about UFO case in the world.
Some UFOlogists believe the Rendlesham Forest UFO was one of the most important events in modern history, bigger even than Roswell as the key witnesses are all alive and willing to talk about their experiences.
But the Forestry Commission file on the incident, which I obtained using the FOIA, reveals the decision to remove the trees was made in 1980 before the UFO sightings were made.
www.uk-ufo.org /condign/rendsec.htm   (1460 words)

  
 The Rendlesham Forest Incident: SpookyStuff
The “Incident” was actually a series of incidents spread over a number of days around Christmas time in 1980.
The events occurred in Rendlesham Forest, a large pine forest near Ipswich which was situated between two U.S. military bases known as RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge.
There is no doubt that the Rendlesham Forest incident is one of the most intriguing UFO cases ever.
www.spookystuff.co.uk /TheRendleshamForestIncident.html   (976 words)

  
 Rendlesham Incident
That is before the driver opened up his window to reveal that the flying object appeared to make no sound whatsoever, which immediately discounted the object being a helicopter or jet plane.
Immediately the sceptics dismissed the idea of alien visitation and put the incident down to a bright meteor which landed in the forest, once lured into the forest the US airmen being unfamiliar with there surroundings, mistook the beams of light as the nearby lighthouse situated 6.5km away on the coast.
However the only problem with this theory is that lighthouses DO NOT move through forests and does not eminate beams of light downwards, and the airmen had been stationed at the base for sometime so new their surrounding very well.
www.tamesideparanormal.co.uk /rendleshamincident/4516792318?version=long   (547 words)

  
 Rendlesham Forest UFO - was it seen on radar?
Pam Titchmarsh replied on December 7, informing me that no investigations were carried out by the MoD until Col Halt’s memo was received two weeks after the event, and that there was no truth in the story that radar records had been confiscated.
Her reply is folio 118 in the MoD Rendlesham file, but again I show a scan of the original in my possession.
This gave the impression that Mal Scurrah, a former radar operator at RAF Neatishead in Norfolk, had seen the Rendlesham object on radar.
www.ianridpath.com /ufo/rendlesham8.htm   (747 words)

  
 The Why Files website your portal to unexplained phenomenon. Discover the facts about UFOs and Alien Visitation
Regarded by some as the U.K. Roswell, the incident at Rendlesham Forest which involved members of the U.S. Air Force at a base in Suffolk is still the cause of much interest and controversy.
Various theories have been put forward to explain the Rendlesham Forest events including the idea that the lights were caused by a lighthouse on the coast - this theory is unfounded when the geography and topography of the area is examined.
One of the military witnesses, Larry Warren (then 19), a USAF Security Specialist, later became regarded as the "whistle blower" as far as the incidents at Rendlesham are concerned.
www.thewhyfiles.net /rendlesham.htm   (2162 words)

  
 Berwyn Mountain Incident - The Black Vault Encyclopedia Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Berwyn Mountain Incident, widely referred to as the 'British Roswell' or the 'Welsh Roswell', is the world famous and most well known British UFO crash story to date, next to the Rendlesham Forest Incident of 1980, also referred to as the British Roswell.
A nurse who lived near the scene of the impact told a local newspaper that a flying saucer 'the size of the Albert Hall' had smashed into a mountain, throwing debris and bodies for over a mile.
Andy J. Roberts is a very well known skeptical UFO investigator, and he has gone to a lot of trouble to come up with answers to almost all the questions raised by this classic 1974 event.
www.blackvault.com /wiki/index.php/Berwyn_Mountain_Incident   (1483 words)

  
 Rendlesham Forest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Rendlesham Forest in Suffolk England is now infamous for a series of UFO events, which occurred near a United States Air Force Base (Woodbridge) back in the winter of 1980.
I decided to organise the skywatch at Rendlesham Forest for two reasons, firstly, it would help bring together all those UFO groups that are scattered throughout the country to meet up and share experiences, get to know oneanother.
Many people come to Rendlesham Forest, each with their own thoughts, feelings and Expectations, there is no denying that the place holds a certain 'something'.
www.jufo.freeserve.co.uk /page201.html   (5958 words)

  
 Rendlesham Revelations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
However, the MoD was indeed keeping a file on Rendlesham and now, thanks to the diligence of UFO historian and fortean researcher Dr David Clarke, it was released to him in May 2001.
As both incidents centred on Rendlesham Forest and as this was outside the jurisdiction of the US Air Force, Halt says it had been deemed a matter for the Ministry to investigate.
One of the first and most important results is independent confirmation of the dates of the two 'UFO' incidents: the first beginning at around 0300 on the morning of 26 December and the second in night/early morning of 27/28 December.
www.forteantimes.com /articles/152_rendlesham.shtml   (2924 words)

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