I was intrigued the other day by a brief reference to Orford Ness in Robert Macfarlane's - eminently readable and highly Fortean -
Underland. Specifically, he referred to nuclear weapon testing being carried out there, which brought to mind the coy allusions to various storage areas on the bases made by personnel quoted in this thread, and the wider correlation that some UFOlogists draw between human nuclear weapons and UFO activity. This was enough to make me think it warranted a brief mention in this thread, but IRL matters took precedence.
Then, over the weekend, the Guardian published
this article, which describes Orford Ness as a much stranger place: yes, nuclear testing, but also mysterious war-time disasters and secret evacuations. Before that, a centuries-long reputation for ship-wrecks, and, perhaps relatedly, short-lived lighthouses, of all things. It turns out that in fact Macfarlane is
obsessed with the place, and W G Sebald also wrote about it.
All of which makes me wonder whether the focus on Rendlesham itself is too tight, and whether we should perhaps zoom out a little, to consider whether the weirdness associated with Orford Ness may merit closer attention and whether it might, if you'll forgive the expression, shed some light in our particular direction.