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Security at two American Air bases - RAF Woodbridge and RAF Bentwaters, which held one of NATO’s largest nuclear stockpiles, is as tight as usual. Radar screens sweep and blip.

On the evening of 26th December 1980 at 03:00, there is a report of a possible air crash near the perimeter fence at RAF Woodbridge. Three security officers go to investigate.
They radio back mentioning a strange glowing object in the forest - metallic in appearance and triangular in shape (2 meters by 3 meters across the base and 2 meters high).

What is considered unusual is the information which is logged at Woodbridge Police station. In the incident book there is a log of a sighting of strange lights in the sky. Someone reports a bright fireball.

Rendlesham Forest which lies between the two bases is illuminated by a white light. D-Flight of Security Police responds to a ‘falling star’ report outside the Weapons Storage Area.

Lt Col. Charles Halt, the deputy commanding officer of RAF Woodbridge was then called.
They see an object with pulsing red lights on top and a bank of blue lights underneath, hovering or on legs. As the patrolmen approach, it manoeuvres through the trees and disappears.

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