Tag Archives: Britain’s Roswell

DROPPED OBJECT

Posted on December 30, 2024 by Dr David Clarke

A Christmas story from Britain’s Roswell: the Rendlesham Forest UFO legend ‘What the hell is it?… Who is in charge?’ These were the questions that Airman 1st class Kurt Loutzenheiser asked US Air Force Security Police when he was confronted with … Continue reading →

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Rendlesham UFOs 40th anniversary: The Man from the Ministry speaks for the first time

Posted on December 26, 2020 by Dr David Clarke

This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of Britain’s best known UFO legend, when unidentified Christmas lights haunted the sky above Suffolk’s Rendlesham forest. Books, TV dramas and films have portrayed the sightings reported by groups of US air force personnel … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Britain's Roswell, Cold War, DI55, Donald Moreland, Freedom of Information, Lt Col Charles Halt, Margaret Thatcher, Ministry of Defence, News of the World, RAF Woodbridge, Rendlesham forest UFOs, Simon Weeden, UFOs, USAF | 4 Comments

Codename Rendlesham

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Dr David Clarke

The Rendlesham Forest incident challenges Roswell as the most influential UFO legend in popular culture. Next Christmas marks the 40th anniversary of the story that began on Boxing Day morning, 26 December 1980. This marked the beginning of three nights … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Adrian Frearson, Brenda Butler, Britain's Roswell, Chill Factor Films, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Codename Rendlesham, Freedom of Information Act, Hangar 18, Jenny Randles, Lt Col Charles Halt, Ministry of Defence, News of the World, Orfordness lighthouse, RAF Woodbridge, Rendlesham forest incident, SAS, Simon Holland, Special Air Service, The National Archives, YouTube | 2 Comments

Yorkshire UFO crash mystery solved – after 60 years

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Dr David Clarke

THE wreckage of a miniature UFO that ‘crash landed’ on the North York Moors sixty years ago has been found – hidden in the archives of a London museum. The story has been claimed by some as Britain’s answer to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Air Ministry, Anthony Parker, archives, Britain's Roswell, Broxa Forest, Cold War, Frank Dickenson, hieroglyphics, IRA, Jenny Randles, Lord Dowding, Manchester University, Ministry of Defence, North York Moors, North Yorkshire, Philip Longbottom, Roswell, Scarborough, Scarborough Evening News, Sheffield Hallam University, Silpho Moor, Silpho Moor Object, Silpho Saucer, Sputnik, The National Archives, The Natural History Museum, The Science Museum, The X-Files, UFO crash, UFOs, Ullo, Yorkshire Post | 1 Comment

Portillo’s State Secrets: Mysteries

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Dr David Clarke

The BBC2 series Portillo’s State Secrets unearths previously classified documents from The National Archives, revealing fascinating facts from Britain’s past. The episode on 26 March covers ‘Mysteries‘ and I have compiled this blogpost for The National Archives to accompany the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 'Dear Boss' letter, BBC, Britain's Roswell, British UFO Files, First World War, Frank Power, HMS Hampshire, hoax, Jack the Ripper, John Major, Kitchener's coffin hoax, Lord Kitchener, Lt Col Charles Halt, Michael Portillo, Rendlesham forest UFOs, Ripperology, Scotland Yard, Sir Bernard Spilsbury, State Secrets, The National Archives, UFO files, unsolved mysteries | Leave a comment

You Can’t Tell the People?: Margaret Thatcher and UFO secrets

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Dr David Clarke

The death of ‘Iron Lady’ Margaret Thatcher has deprived UFOlogists of an answer to an enduring question: what did she really know about Britain’s Roswell incident? Thatcher, who died on 8 April aged 87, was 19 months into her first … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Britain's Roswell, Eric Morris, Freedom of Information Act, Georgina Bruni, Greenham Common, Margaret Thatcher, Ministry of Defence, no defence significance, nuclear weapons, RAF Bentwaters-Woodbridge, Rendlesham forest incident, Rendlesham forest UFOs, UFOs, Winston Churchill, You Can't Tell the People | 26 Comments