1980-RENDLESHAM-FOREST-INCIDENT
4 Documents on file
1980-Rendlesham-Forest-Gen-Gpt
The **Rendlesham Forest incident** refers to sightings and investigations near **RAF Woodbridge** in Suffolk in late December 1980, when the base was being used by the **US Air Force**. Lt. Col. **Charles Halt** filed an official report titled **"Unexplained Lights."**
1980-Rendlesham-Forest-Gen-Nlm
The events that transpired in Rendlesham Forest in late December 1980 represent one of the most thoroughly analyzed military-intelligence anomalies of the Cold War era. Situated in Suffolk, England, the forest is adjacent to two major Royal Air Force installations, RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge, which hosted the 81st Tactical Fighter Wing.
1980-Rendlesham-Forest-Radioactive-Gpt
Colonel Charles Halt's 13 January 1981 memorandum recorded a physical-trace claim of radiation associated with the landing-site indentations, stating that beta/gamma readings of `0.1 milliroentgens` were recorded in the three depressions and near the center of the triangle, with `0.05–0.07` readings on the side of a nearby tree facing the depressions.
1980-Rendlesham-Forest-Radioactive-Nlm
The late December 1980 encounters in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, represent a watershed moment in the study of military interactions with unidentified aerial phenomena. Positioned immediately adjacent to RAF Woodbridge and RAF Bentwaters—key Royal Air Force bases utilized by the United States Air Force (USAF) during the peak of the Cold War—the forest became the site of a multi-night security crisis involving dozens of military eyewitnesses.