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The Rendlesham Forest incidents over three nights are the UK's most significant UAP case. Colonel Halt's famous memo to the MOD and his personal audio recordings made during the events are in the official record. Physical landing marks were measured. Nuclear weapons were stored at the adjacent base.
Over three nights from December 26–28, 1980, personnel from the US 81st Tactical Fighter Wing at RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge — two US NATO bases storing tactical nuclear weapons — encountered multiple UAP events in Rendlesham Forest adjacent to the base perimeter. On the first night, Security Police patrolling the perimeter encountered a triangular craft that had landed. Physical landing marks including depressions, burned areas, and elevated radiation readings were measured and recorded. On the third night, Deputy Base Commander Lieutenant Colonel Charles Halt personally led a team into the forest with a portable recorder, creating one of the most remarkable live-encounter audio records in UAP history. The craft appeared to shoot beams of light into the weapons storage area. Colonel Halt subsequently filed an official memorandum to the UK Ministry of Defence. Approximately 80 USAF personnel across the three nights witnessed the events. The MOD investigated but its classified assessment was never publicly released in full. The proximity to nuclear weapons made the encounter extremely sensitive under both US and UK classification protocols.
This incident is indexed as file DoD-B12-024inside Now Declassified's research layer. The nearest official source trail for this agency points to NARA RG 615 / OSD, where archive records, imagery, or supporting context are published for public review.
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