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Rendlesham Forest Incident

DATE26 Dec 1980
LOCAL TIME3:00 AM
LOCATIONRendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England, UK, United Kingdom
COORDINATES52.17°N, 1.45°E

US Air Force personnel at RAF Woodbridge observed unexplained lights and a glowing metallic triangular craft in Rendlesham Forest over three nights. Lt. Col. Charles Halt documented the encounters in an official memo to the UK Ministry of Defence. Often called 'Britain's Roswell.'

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WITNESSES & UNITS

Lt. Col. Charles I. Halt

SENSORS & EVIDENCE

Archived investigative case file