UFO Encounter at Bentwaters Air Base UK Tape Released Bentwaters Airbase -- A tape recording of US military personnel who were investigating a suspected UFO landing is released almost after 30 years. Just after Christmas1980, airmen from Bentwaters RAF air base investigated a suspected UFO landing in Rendlesham Forest next to the base. The UFO tapes give a vivid account of what they found that very night. The US servicemen were led by Col. Charles Halt, second in command at the base who witnessed some sort of strange phenomena. The tapes are accompanied with descriptions of "strange" lights in sky and an odd damage to the pine trees 15 to 18 feet off the ground look really eerie. Rendlesham Mini Reunion Event just announced: 28th December, WoodBridge Community Centre - see here Two lots of audio available below. Archive of Rendlesham items can be found here.

One of the Americans said, "I hear very strange sounds of farmer' barnyard animals. They're very, very active, making a lot of noise. He said, "Straight ahead. There it is again. Straight ahead. What is it? A strange small red light. -- "It looks maybe half a mile further ahead. Go back to the edge of the clearing; see if we can get a look at it... the animals have gone quiet now... It is deathly calm."

In a hushed tome he adds, "There is no doubt about it - it is a strange flashing red light ahead. He continues, "I saw a yellow tinge in it too. Weird, it's coming this way. It's definitely coming this way. "There is no doubt about it. This is weird."

In spite of the limitless speculation concerning UFOs, there never has been a perfect answer to what really happened on that bizarre night before Christmas.

Recently released audio from Col Halt's dictaphone.

Note: Some audio was already available from the 3 day contact event but this contains new details.

 BBC radio does Rendlesham - Part 1 -  November 2010.

 BBC radio does Rendlesham - Part 2 - December 2010.

  Warning! - Apart from Nick Pope's contribution -  the general direction of these two specials favours the skeptical side of things over the more rational testimonies given by the AFB personnel. The BBC has been generally prone to take this approach on this case as a whole. Partially due to this latter point -  the BBC failed to attract any of the security witnesses into appearing live or by phone - which is understandable. My advice is read "Left at East Gate" By Larry Warren and Peter Robbins for a detailed take on the events in England in 1980.

    Further audio from the Rendlesham military tape can be found in our downloads and resources section.

Col Charles Holt - Deputy Base Commander

The The Rendlesham Forest Incident
December 1980 30th Anniversary Conference

John Burroughs & Jim Penniston

Talk for the first time in Suffolk at the Woodbridge Community Hall Tuesday
December 28 at 6pm

Also attending is Linda Moulton Howe
Nick Pope (MoD ret)
Peter Robbins US based Investigative Writer - co-author of "Left At East
Gate," or  "Left At East Gate: A First Hand Account of the Rendlesham
Forest UFO Incident, Its Cover-Up and Investigation.

In December 1980 strange lights were seen by US Air Force personnel posted
to the twin bases of RAF Bentwaters & Woodbridge. To this day they have
never been explained. On the 30th anniversary, December 28 2010 two key
eye-witnesses are back in Suffolk to re-count their stories. Airman 1st
Class John Burroughs and SSgt Jim Penniston were 81st Security Police
Officers patrolling the East Gate at RAF Woodbridge when they observed what
they initially thought was an aircraft coming down in the forest. The rest
is history.

All five are in Suffolk on Tuesday December 28 2010 at:

Woodbridge Community Hall.
Station Road
Woodbridge
Suffolk
IP12 4AU 6pm Start.

The guest speakers are looking for any civilian witnesses to the incident
to show up that night.

The talk starts at 6pm. Tickets are £6.00 each.  After the talk there will
be a visit to the Rendlesham Forest site attended by the guest speakers.

http://bit.ly/rendlesham