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Produced for CUFON - The Computer UFO Network
BACKGROUND:
Lt. Colonel Charles Halt recorded an incident onto his tape recorder
that is supposed to have occurred either on December 27, 29, or 30 of
1980. The incident occurred in England at the Woodbridge Airbase.
At which nuclear weapons are stored. I have tried, to the best of
my ability, and with my limited equipment, to transfer the dialog from
this tape to paper so that those interested may read it as well as
listen to it. If you find any corrections, please let me know so
that I may correct them.
Thank you,
Dale D. Goudie
CUFON Computer UFO Network
TRANSCRIPT OF THE RENDLESHAM FOREST TAPE
TRANSCRIBED BY: DALE D. GOUDIE 3/21/85
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150 feet or more from the initial, I should say
suspected impact point. Have a little difficulty, we can't get
the light-all to work. Seems to be some kind of mechanical
problem. Going to send it back and get another light-all. Meantime were going to take some readings with the
Geiger counter and uh, stick around here a little bit waiting
for another light-all to come back in.
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| Soldier:
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Let's mark one at a time, that's pod number.
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O.K., were now approaching the area within about
25 or 30 feet. What kind of readings we getting? Anything?
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Soldier:
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Just five clicks.
Five clicks. Where are the impressions?
Here's one.
Is that all the bigger they are?
Well there's one more well defined one over here.
We're still getting clicks
Still getting clicks.
Can we read that on the scale?
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| Soldier: |
Yes Sir, we're now on the 5/10ths scale, and were reading
about, uh, the third or fourth increment.
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Halt:
Radio:
Unknown:
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O.K., we're still comfortably safe here.
(Makes comment about a light-all)
Still minor readings.
Let's go to the third one over here.
Yes, now I'm getting some residual.
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| Halt: |
I can read that, the meter is definitely giving....low
pulse. Lets go to the center of the area next and see what
kind of reading we get out there. You're reading the
clicks, I can't hear the clicks. That about the center
Bruce?
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| Soldier: |
Yes Sir.
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| Halt: |
O.K., lets go to the center. That's the best deflection
needle I've seen yet. O.K., can you give me an estimation.
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| Soldier: |
We're on the point five scale, and we're getting, we're
getting right at, uh, a half of a milliroentgen.
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| Halt:
Soldier:
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That's point.
I haven't seen it go any higher.
O.K., we'll go out toward the...
Now it's picking up.
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This is out toward the Level One indentation where we first
got the strongest reading. It's similar to what we got
before.
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Soldier:
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This looks like an area here possibly that could be a blast.
It just jumped to 17.
What?
It just jumped to 7 tenths.
Seven tenths, right there in the center?
Uh, huh.
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| Halt: |
We found a small blast, what looks like a blasted, or,
scruffed up area here. We're getting very positive
readings. Lets see, is that near the center?
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| Soldier: |
Yes it is.
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| Halt: |
Up to seven tenths. Seven units lets call it on the
point Five scale. O.K., why don't we do this. Why
don't we make a sweep.
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| Soldier: |
Here, I got my gloves on now.
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| Halt: |
Lets make a sweep out around the whole area - about 10 foot
out. Make a perimeter run around it, starting right back
here at the corner. Back at the same first corner where we
came in. Lets go right back here. I want to depend
on you to count the clicks.
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| Soldier: |
Right.
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| Halt:
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O.K. lets...right put the light on it, lets sweep around
it. Put it on the ground every once in a while.
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Soldier:
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This looks like an abrasion on the tree.
O.K., we'll catch that on the way back, lets go around, hit
it there.
I got an interesting one over here, looks like an abrasion
point into the center.
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| Halt:
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It is. It may be old though, there's some sap marks or
something there. Lets go on back around.
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| Soldier: |
They ought to give us an extension on that.
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| Halt: |
Yeah, this is an awkward thing to use isn't it. Are we
getting anything further?, I'm going to shut this recorder off
until we find something.
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| Soldier: |
Picking up here.
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| Halt: |
Picking up? What are we up to? We're up to 2, 3
units of deflection. You're getting in close to one pod.
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Soldier:
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Picking up something here. Picking up.
O.K., its still not going above 3 or 4 units.
Right. It's picking up more though. More
frequent.
Yes, you're staying steady up around 2 to 3...to 4 units now.
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| Soldier: |
Get one of these trees that's facing the blast. What we
assume is the landing sight. All around an abrasion that's
facing in the same direction towards the center.
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| Halt: |
That's interesting, lets go this way around the circle.
Turn it back down here.
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| Halt: |
Let me see that. You know that's kind of funny, that's,
you're right about the abrasion. I've never seen a tree
that's, uh, never seen a pine tree that's been damaged, react
that fast.
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Soldier:
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I have a bottle to put that in.
Yeah, you have a sample bottle?
Yes Sir.
Yeah, put this stuff in.
You notice they're all the same color.
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| Halt: |
O.K., from now on lets, lets, lets identify that as point
number one. That stake there. So you all know where
it is if we have to sketch it. You got that side Nevells?
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Soldier:
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Yes Sir.
O.K., closest to the Woodbridge Base.
That will be point one.
Be Point one. Lets go clockwise from there.
Point Two.
Point Two, so this tree is between point two and point three.
(Two other personnel requesting Halt's location)
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| Halt: |
Tell them negative at this time. We'll tell them when
they can come out here. Don't want them out here right
now. O.K., the sample, your gonna want this sample number
one.
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| Soldier: |
Yes Sir.
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| Halt: |
Have them cut it off and include some of that sap and
all, is between indentation two and three on a pine tree
about, uh five feet away, about 3 and a half feet off the
ground. There's a round abrasion on the tree about, uh, 3
and a half, or four inches in diameter. It looks like it
might be old, but, uh...
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| Halt: |
Strange, there's a crystalline pine sap that's come out that
fast. You say there's other trees here that are damaged
with similar things?
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| Soldier: |
Yes, over towards the landing site.
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O.K., why don't you take a picture of that, and remember your
picture. Hey, you ought to be writing this down.
Well, it's going to be on the tape.
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| Soldier: |
You got a tape measure with you?
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| Halt: |
This is the picture, your first picture will at the first
tree. The one between, uh, mark 2 and 3. Meantime,
I'm going to look a couple of these trees over here...
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Are you getting any readings on the trees your taking samples
from?, on the side facing the suspected landing sight?
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Soldier:
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4 clicks, max.
Up to 4. Interesting. That's right where you're
taking the sample now.
Four.
That's the strongest point on the tree?
Yes Sir.
If you come up to the back, there's no clicks whatsoever.
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| Halt: |
No clicks at all on the back, it's all on the, the side
facing the...interesting. All the tissues look like
something twisted it, as it sat down on them. Looks like
someone took something and sat it down and twisted it from side
to side.
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| Soldier: |
Uh, huh.
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| Halt: |
Very strange. We're up at the same tree we took the
sample off with this, what do you call it, starscope?
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Soldier:
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Uh, huh.
Getting a definite heat reflection off the tree, about three
to four feet off the ground.
Yes. At the same spot.
Same place as the spot is, we're getting a heat...
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| Soldier: |
On the spot on the tree directly behind us, I picked up the same
thing, the one off to your right.
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| Halt: |
Three trees in the area, immediately adjacent to the sight,
within ten feet of the suspected landing sight, we're picking up
heat reflection off the trees. What's that again?
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Soldier:
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Well, shine the light on it again Bob.
You having trouble? O.K. - turn the light on.
When you turn the light on, you'll notice the white.
Hey!
You're right. There's a white streak on the tree.
Yeah, indicates, uh...
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| Halt: |
Let me turn around and look at this tree over here now, just
a second. Why don't you direct it towards this tree.
I can see it. O.K., now give me a little side lighting so
I can climb the tree. O.K., uh, I lost the tree.
O.K., stop, stop. Light on. Hey, this is
eerie. This is strange, here, someone want to look at the
spots on the ground. O.K., lets step back and not walk all
over it. Come back here and somebody put a beam on 'em.
We're going to have to come back 10 or 15 feet. O.K.,
lights off. Yeah. O.K., that's what we'll call spot
number 3. Lets go to the back part and get spot number
one. Spot number one, here's spot number one right
here. Spot number one right here. Need some
light? There it is right there. Focused? O.K.,
look around spot number one through the Starlight scope.
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Picking up a slight increase in light as I go over it.
Slight increase in light at spot number one. Lets go
look at spot number two.
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Spot number two's right over here. Right here, see
it? O.K., get focused on it, tell me when. O.K.,
lights on, lets see what we get on it.
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Soldier:
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Slight increase.
Just a slight increase?
I'll try to center it.
It's slightly off centered, it's right there. Better
get your reading on it right there.
O.K.
Tell me when your ready.
Ready.
O.K., lights on. This is the center spot we're looking
at now, or almost the center.
Soldier: Slight increase.
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Slight increase there. This is slightly off centered
toward the, uh, one two side. It's some type of abrasion
or something in the ground where the pine needles are all pushed
back and we get a high reading about, uh, deflection of two to
three, maybe four, depending on the perimeter.
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Soldier:
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Yes, you say there's a positive after effect?
Yes, there is definitely...that's on the center spot.
There is an after effect.
What's that mean?
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| Soldier: |
Means that when the lights are turned off, once we are
focused in and allow time for the eyes to adjust, we are getting
an indication of a heat source coming out of that center
spot. Which will show up on...
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| Soldier: |
Heat or some form of energy, hardly heated at this stage of
the game.
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| Halt: |
Looking directly overhead, one can see an opening in the
trees, plus some freshly broken pine branches on the ground
underneath. Looks like some of them came off about 15 to
20 feet up. Some small branches, about an inch or less in
diameter.
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It's 0148, we're hearing very strange noises out of the
Farmer's barnyard animals. They're very, very active making
awful lot of noise. You just saw a light? Where?
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Yeah
Wait a minute now, slow down, where?
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| Soldier: |
Right up in this position here, straight ahead, in between
the tree...there it is again! Watch. Straight ahead off
the flash back there Sir. There it is.
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Yeah, I see it too. What is it?
We don't know Sir.
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| Halt: |
Yeah, it's a strange small red light, looks to be maybe a
quarter to a half mile, maybe further out. I'm going to
switch off for awhile.
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The light is gone now, it was approximately 120 degrees, is
it back again?
Yes Sir.
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Well douse the flashlights then. Lets go out to the
edge of the clearing so I can get a better look at it. See
if you can get the Starscope on it. The light's still
there and all the barnyard animals have gotten quiet now.
Yeah, we're heading about 110 or 120 degrees from the
site. I'm
through to the clearing now, still getting a reading on the
meter. About two clicks. Just counted 3 to 4 clicks,
getting stronger.
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| Soldier: |
Now it's stopped. Now it's coming up, hold on, there we
go. About 4 foot off the ground with a compass heading of
110 degrees.
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| Halt: |
Turn the meter off. Now say that again. About 4 feet
off the ground, about 110 degrees, getting a reading of about 4
clicks?
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| Soldier: |
Yes Sir. Now it's died.
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| Halt: |
Now it's died. I think it's something other than the
ground. I think its something's that - something very
weird.
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| Soldier: |
How about the tree right over...
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We just _______ the first night _______ we've seen.
We're about 150 or 200 yards from the site. The woods are
just deadly calm. There is no doubt about it, there's some
type of strange flashing red light ahead.
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| Soldier: |
There, it's yellow.
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I saw a yellow tinge in it too. Weird - it - it appears
that he may be moving it this way? It's brighter than it
has been.
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Yellow.
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It's coming this way!, it's definitely coming this way.
Pieces of it are shooting off. There is no doubt about it.
This is...weird. It is definitely...
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Two lights, one light to the right, one light to the left.
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O.K., keep the flashlights off. There's something very,
very strange. Keep the headset on, see if it gets any
stronger. O.K., give us a rundown.
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Notation that this is on a Beta reading too.
It's on a Beta reading, O.K.
But it still has been removed.
O.K.
Pieces are falling off it again.
And it just moved to the right.
Yeah!
Just off to the right.
Strange...Why did it go left?
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Let's - let's approach to the edge of the woods up there,
O.K.? You wanna do without lights? Let's do it
carefully. Come on.
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O.K., we're looking at the
thing. We're probably about 200 to
300 yards away. It looks like an eye winking at you. It's
still moving from side to side, and when you put the starscope
on it, it - it sort of has a hollow center, a - a dark
center. It's, it's, you know, like the pupil of an eye
looking at you, winking. And the flash is so bright to the
starscope that - ah - it almost burns your eye.
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We passed the Farmer's house and crossed into the next field,
and now we have multiple sightings, of up to 5 lights with a
similar shape and all. But they seem to be steady now,
rather than a pulsating or glow with a red flash.
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We just crossed the creek.
Here we go. Strong.
And, uh, we're getting what kind of readings now?
Three clicks.
Three good clicks on the meter and we're seeing strange
lights in the sky.
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At 0244 we're at the far side of the farmer's, second
farmer's field, and made sighting again, about 110
degrees. This looks like it's clear out to the coast, it's
right on the horizon. Moves about a bit, and flashes from
time to time. Still steady or __________ encounter.
Also after negative readings in this other field, we're picking
up - ah - slight readings, a, 4 or 5 clicks now, on the meter.
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0305. We see strange strobe like flashes to the, rather
sporadic but there's definitely something, some kind of
phenomena.
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0305. At about 10 degrees horizon, directly North,
we've got two strange objects - uh - half-moon shaped, dancing
about, colored lights on them. At, uh, what I would guess
to be about 5 to 10 miles out, maybe less. The half-moons
are now turning full circles. It's although there was an
eclipse or something there for a minute or two.
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0315, now we've got an object about 10 degrees directly
South. 10 degrees off the horizon. And the ones to the
North are moving. One's moving away from us.
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They're moving out fast!
This one on the right is heading away too!
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And they're both heading North. Here he comes from the
South. He's heading toward us now. Now we're
observing what appears to be a beam coming down to the
ground. This is unreal.
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3:30, or 0330 and the objects are still in the sky, although
the one that's South looks like it's losing a little bit of
altitude. We're turning around, heading back towards the
base. The object to the - the object to the South is still
beaming down lights to the ground.
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Halt: 0400 hours, one object still hovering over
Woodbridge Base at about 5 to 10 degrees off the horizon, still
moving erratic, and similar lights, and beaming down as earlier.
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{Text of the "Halt Memo"}
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS COMBAT SUPPORT GROUP (USAFC)
APO NEW YORK
REPLY
TO:
13 JAN 81
CD
ATTN OF:
SUBJECT: Unexplained Lights
TO: RAF/CC
1. Early in the morning of 27 Dec 80 (approximately 0300L), two USAF
security police patrolmen saw unusual lights outside the back gate at
RAF Woodbridge. Thinking an aircraft might have crashed or been force
down, they call for permission to go outside the gate to investigate.
The on-duty flight chief responded and allowed three patrolmen to
proceed on foot. The individuals reported seeing a strange glowing
object in the forest. The object was described as being metallic
in appearance and triangular in shape, approximately two to three meters
across the base and approximately two meters high. It illuminated the
entire forest with a white light. The object itself had a pulsing red
light on top and a bank(s) of blue lights underneath. The object was
hovering or on legs. As the patrolmen approached the object, it
maneuvered through the trees and disappeared. At this time the animals
on a nearby farm went into a frenzy. The object was briefly sighted
approximately an hour later near the back gate.
2. The next day, three depressions 1 1/2" deep and 7"
in diameter were found where the object had been sighted on the ground.
The following night (29 Dec 80) the area was checked for radiation. Beta/Gamma
readings of 0.1 milliroentgens were recorded with peak reading in the
three depressions and near the center of the triangle formed by the
depressions. A nearby tree had moderate (.05-.07)readings on the side of
the tree toward the depressions.
3. Later in the night a red sun-like light was seen through the
tree. It moved about and pulsed. At one point it appeared to throw
off glowing particles and then broke into five separate white
objects and then disappeared. Immediately thereafter, three
star-like objects were noticed in the sky. Two objects to the
north and one to the south, all of which were about 10 degrees off the
horizon. The objects moved rapidly in sharp angular movements and
displayed red, green and blue lights. The objects to the north appeared
to be elliptical through an 8-12 power lens. They then turned to full
circles. The objects to the north remained in the sky for an hour or
more. The object to the south was visible for two or three hours and
beamed down a stream of light from time to time. Numerous individuals,
including the undersigned, witnessed the activities in paragraphs 2 and
3.
CHARLES I. HALT, Lt Col, USAF
Deputy Base Commander
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