Everytime I feel sure of something, I soon don't.
...Somebody powerful does not want us to know what happened.
Your first point, I consumately agree with.
The second, I resolutely can not.
I see absolutely zero evidence of same...
Unless, of course, we consider the following...
These poor chaps were administered sodium pentathol in an honest attempt to to uncover the truth.
Despite Halt's claim, I am not remotely convinced about this. Penniston, for sure, under hypnosis includes it in his fantasies. Burroughs, to my knowledge has never mentioned any such thing?
Why would this happen, the entire episode that first night was no big deal. As Halt himself says, it was all a big joke on base.
We could,
however, consider the following...
The January/February 1995 edition of UFO Magazine had a large feature on the case.
Mentioned therein is that when Halt was in England for filming of the London Weekend TV, 'Strange But True'? documentary, Halt gave an impromptu talk in Leeds.
The article reads:
"On 31 July 1994, Charles Halt gave a fascinating lecture to UFO enthusiasts at a hastily arranged venue in Leeds. Halt was in the United Kingdom to record an interview with London Weekend Television.
[...]
One puzzling event which has mystified Colonel Halt ever since that 'fateful week', concerns the arrival of an unscheduled C141 Galaxy transporter just hours after the encounter. He confirmed he knew nothing about its purpose, or why a group of 'special individuals' departed the aircraft and headed immediately out to the East Gate and into the forest.
[...]
This huge transporter aircraft remained parked-up at a remote corner of the main runway. The personal concerned had no insignia, no markings which could identify their rank, unit or origin".
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Coincidentally, it was only last night I came across an account emailed to myself on 19 April, 2001.
I'm not sure if this has ever been published. I can't reveal the person's full name, as I strictly don't have their permission.
Dear James,
I did serve in the US Air Force during the time the sightings occurred at RAF Woodbridge. I was a Staff Sergeant assigned to the 81st Equipment Maintenance Squadron, Missile Shop located in the weapons storage area. So here goes my story, I'm not sure if you'll believe this but I assure you its what I heard from security personnel and a Air Force investigator.
A friend of mine, another Staff Sergeant was taking a night class on base and a fellow classmate from the security squadron told him about the incident outside RAF Woodbridge. This was only 2 or 3 days after the sighting took place. The next day David told me what was said and of course I didn't believe a word he said. We were close friends and always pulling each others legs so I just laughed it off, but he assured me it was true.
Since working in the bomb dump and knowing many of the security guards there I called a friend in the security squadron and asked if he knew anything. I felt like a fool for asking but by this time I was very curious about all of this. He transferred my call to his supervisor and he asked who I was and what squadron I was assigned to.
Since I did work in the munitions storage area and made the call sound official he then again transferred me to the.. as he put it "UFO investigator".
I'm surprised he was so open about the investigation but he told me alot of information and he is what I remember. There was a landing as he put it outside the base in Rendlesham Forest. Lights were seen by the back gate security guard one evening and a security alert team " SAT" was dispatched to the back gate. American personnel cannot leave the base with loaded weapons so the team left their M16's and M60 with the gate guard. ( Later they were reprimanded for leaving their weapons) After driving into the forest for just a short distance they returned to the base and reported the sighting. At no time did the control tower personnel see anything by sight or radar. Knowing them they were asleep!!
I'm not sure when the assistant base commander got involved but a landing site was found or what appeared to be a landing sight. An area of a clearing was slightly burnt, or should be said the ferns that are common in the forest looked to be wilted by a heat source. Three triangular marks were found that looked like landing gear. They were 114 inches apart but I can't remember if he told me the size of the imprints. Since we did have nuclear bombs ( I didn't say that ) located on the base we did have Geiger counters. There was a slight reading of radiation found but nothing that would be harmful.
Another note is that a few days prior to this a British National was riding her horse somewhere north of the base and was thrown when a red ball flew over her while riding.
Soon after all of this within days of hearing the British Home Office was notified the investigators were gone and everyone involved denied any of the rumors. It seemed to us not to be a alien craft but a British experimental of some sort. Why else would the Brits shut us up so quick?
That's all I know and can remember. Hope I was of some help... Peter
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In response to my subsequent enquiries:
"At the time of my phone conversation I did not know if the investagator was local or from off base. A few days later when I inquired the talk was that "the team" departed the base. I assumed that there was more than one investagtor and they were not assigned to the 81 TFW.
[My question: Do you recall which unit/department he worked for?]
This I have no idea about, all I know is that he was working out of the base security squadron building.
It doesn't make any sense to me that it was an American craft. Bentwaters or Woodbridge did not have any buildings that an aircraft could come and go without being seen. When the SR-71 used to land at Bentwaters the plane would do a quick taxi to the victor alert area and into a hanger. Since I had a top secret clearance I had access to all areas of the base that could hide an aircraft and I was never turned away from entering any aircraft shelters.
The investigator seemed too open about giving me information till the British were involved. As soon as they got their fingers in the pie everyone shut shut up, it just seemed to me the British wanted to keep this a secret.
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All open to interpretation, obviously.
Makes you wonder though!
Always delighted to bring to the table some new case material, which doesn't add to existing puzzlement...
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