December 27–30, 1980Rendlesham Forest / Bentwaters-Woodbridge, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Hall presents a multi-night series involving U.S. Air Force security personnel near RAF Bentwaters/Woodbridge, including lights in Rendlesham Forest, Penniston and Burroughs approaching an alleged structured object, later Lt. Col. Charles Halt observations, reported ground traces, and radiation measurements.
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“Hall records Burroughs and Penniston seeing lights in Rendlesham Forest, with Penniston later describing a compact triangular structured object at close range and unusual electrical/static sensations while approaching.”
SRC-009500 · December 1980 Rendlesham first-night witness narrative; uploaded PDF pp. 115-118
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“Hall reports a radar target allegedly tracked toward the Bentwaters vicinity shortly before the first-night investigation and later ground impressions and radiation measurements during the wider multi-night episode.”
“Hall notes uncertainty over participant identities in some reconstructions, pseudonyms used by investigators, and differing witness accounts of the nights involved.”
“Hall says military UFO reports were continuous during the Blue Book era and that after the public project ended, reporting became more fragmented, restricted, or difficult to access.”
“Hall groups restricted-area incursions, interceptor pursuits, radar-visual cases and weapons-site events as especially significant because the witnesses and systems were tasked with air defense or security.”