Col. Halt's Rendlesham field recording released to researchers

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The East Gate of RAF Woodbridge in Suffolk
The East Gate at RAF Woodbridge, near the forest where Col. Halt made his recording Taras Young, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Copies of Lt. Col. Charles Halt's audio tape, recorded as he and airmen searched Rendlesham Forest for lights in December 1980, were released to UFO researchers in 1984 by base commander Col. Sam Morgan. Astronomer Ian Ridpath says it reached wide circulation in 1985.

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  1. OtherRendlesham Forest UFO - the Halt tape (Ian Ridpath) (opens in a new tab)Ian Ridpath

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