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Rendlesham Forest

The Rendlesham Forest Incident, 1980: Lights in the Trees, and a Memo That Would Not Go Away

November 8, 2026November 6, 2026 by Tommy Hayes
Pine trees in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk

About 4 min readOver three nights in December 1980, American airmen at two Suffolk air bases reported strange lights in Rendlesham Forest. The deputy base commander put what he saw in writing — and the case has been argued over ever since.

Categories UFO & Beyond Tags 1980, Charles Halt, RAF Woodbridge, Rendlesham Forest, UK, Unsolved Leave a comment

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