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A RETIRED US air force colonel says two airmen involved in Britain’s most infamous UFO case may have been abducted by aliens in secret video footage. Staff Sgt Jim Penniston and Airman John Burroughs claim to have witnessed a small triangular craft which landed in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk — in what has been dubbed the UK’s Roswell incident. Sgt Penniston apparently got so close, he even managed to touch the craft, describing it as “smooth to the touch” and covered with strange symbols similar to ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs — before it took off. Now in secret video footage obtained exclusively by Sun Online, the deputy commander of the base at the time, Charles Halt, can be heard stating that Burroughs “may have been abducted” and that the men were “unaccounted for” for hours.
It is believed it is the first time Halt has ever made the bombshell claims — and they did not appear on his official memo of the incident which was sent to the Ministry of Defense. The mysterious Rendlesham incident took place in December 1980 — at the height of the Cold War — in woods just outside the twin NATO air bases of RAF Woodbridge and RAF Bentwaters. Penniston and Burroughs headed into the woods to investigate some strange flashing lights, which is where they saw the UFO. Two nights later, the UFO returned, and Halt led a team of military experts into the woods in a bid to “debunk” the claims.
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originally posted by: TheScale
im pretty sure theyve always alluded to being abducted. both men who approached the ufo on the ground have differing stories to tell. neither remember the event the same and if i remember right they both lost a good chunk of time during their event that they cannot account for themselves.
originally posted by: mirageman
Very strange because there was a third guy Ed Cabansag with Penniston and Burroughs on that night. No one even mentions him. Yet he was with them.
Witness statements seem to form a consensus of opinion that the incident began around 3am Boxing Day (Dec 26th 1980) and all personnel returned to base around 4:30pm. Neither on duty officers Msgt Chandler or Lt. Buran seem to think anything odd like missing time occurred. Colonel Halt was not on duty that night and took the witness statements around Jan 2nd 1981.
I've done a full analysis in another thread on those statements : link here
I've also done a full summary of where the case seemed to be at around 7 or 8 months ago : link here
My guess is that because Gary Heseltine is at the heart of a new documentary involving the much maligned story of Larry Warren that this is being given publicity.
Rendlesham is a very difficult story to navigate because all parties including the witnesses seem to have their own agendas. But it is not as solid a case as some like to think.
The biggest question to ask is why does 'ufology' believe there to be a massive international establisment cover-up over the subject but then continually depend on people from officialdom to tell them the truth they seek.
Think about it.
originally posted by: Scrubdog
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I have to believe something happened ...
originally posted by: Lathroper
originally posted by: Scrubdog
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I have to believe something happened ...
Why do you have to believe? You obviously don't know that beliefs are a product of a mind that is not looking for the truth? You don't know what the truth is in this case. It's open to everybody's opinion and none of them were there to know what really happened. There was nothing about "abductions" when this case came to the public arena. Instead of continuing to be a blind believer why don't you up your standards and not settle on less that the proven facts?
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something believed; an opinion or conviction: a belief that the earth is flat. 2. confidence in the truth or existence of something not immediately susceptible to rigorous proof: a statement unworthy of belief.