Bentwaters Weapons Storage Area Beam Reports

“Hastings cites Charles Halt’s later public statements that while his team was in Rendlesham Forest one object sent down a narrow pencil-like beam near them and other beams were observed toward Bentwaters; radio traffic indicated beams near or into the Weapons Storage Area.”

“In later interviews, Halt described a southern object sending down a narrow pencil-like beam near his group, then moving toward Bentwaters while additional beams were seen; radio chatter led him to believe beams came down in the WSA area.”

“Halt later clarified in writing that he was miles away, did not know for a fact that beams landed in the WSA and relied on radio chatter indicating that they had.”

“Tim Egercic said he was the WSA alarm monitor and temporarily controlled the security net during the relevant shift, yet neither saw nor heard a UFO or beam at the WSA; he said such a breach would have required immediate escalation.”

“Robert “Charlie” Waters recalled a large multicolored object near the forest but said it was not over the WSA and that he saw no beam of light descending from it. Rick Bobo likewise reported an object over the woods rather than directly over the WSA.”

“The book distinguishes Halt’s January 1981 memorandum from his later WSA statements: the memorandum documented the forest events and anomalous lights but did not mention the Weapons Storage Area beam episode, which Halt discussed publicly years later.”

“Hastings reproduces Lt. Col. Charles Halt’s January 13, 1981 “Unexplained Lights” memorandum documenting security-police forest reports, ground depressions/radiation readings and later multi-object activity; the memo says the southern object intermittently beamed a stream of light downward.”

“Hastings explicitly notes that Halt’s 1981 memorandum does not mention a UFO or beam entering the Bentwaters Weapons Storage Area; the WSA-specific narrative appeared in Halt’s later public statements.”

“Hastings acknowledges that the Bentwaters WSA witness accounts do not cleanly mesh on timing, location, tower activity, debriefings or beams and that key witnesses remain unidentified.”

“James “J.D.” Burris recalled that roughly one or two weeks after the forest incidents a C-5A arrived under unusually high security and a weapons movement from the WSA to the aircraft occurred; he was told it was a routine transfer.”

“Hastings argues the timing of the transfer may suggest a connection to the UFO events, while also acknowledging it could have been routine; Halt noted that C-5/C-141 weapons movements occurred regularly.”

“Retired controller Jim Carey told Hastings that during the 1980 holiday period he saw a target cross a roughly 120-mile radar display in about 8–12 seconds, retrace its path and make an abrupt right-angle turn before leaving the scope.”

“Tower supervisor Ike Barker independently recalled a streak-like radar target crossing Bentwaters, stopping briefly and reversing; he also said he visually saw an orange-glowing spherical object near the water tower.”

“Carey and Barker differ on inbound direction and whether a right-angle turn occurred, neither made a contemporaneous log entry, and Hastings notes uncertainty over whether their tracking coincided with Halt’s later-night observations.”