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Ian Ridpath ties Rendlesham lights to the Orford Ness lighthouse

When: 5 Jan 1985
Where: Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England
Sources: 2 public sources

The Orford Ness lighthouse, which Ian Ridpath tied to the Rendlesham lights David Merrett, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Science writer Ian Ridpath argued in The Guardian that the Rendlesham Forest lights of 1980 were a bright fireball followed by the flashing Orford Ness lighthouse seen through the trees. It became the leading skeptical explanation; witnesses such as Col. Charles Halt rejected it.