Rendlesham Forest UFO incident — landing site and the Orford Ness lighthouse

This is an excerpt from what is generally regarded as the best documentary yet made about the Rendlesham Forest UFO Incident, called Britain's Closest Encounter. The programme concentrated not just on the case itself but also the investigators: believers, former believers and skeptics. In this section the programme makers interviewed Vince Thurkettle, the local forester who was familiar with the site at which the UFO supposedly landed, and who was able to explain both the physical traces on the ground and the flashing light that was seen between the trees.
For more about Vince and the Orford Ness lighthouse see
http://www.ianridpath.com/ufo/rendlesham1c.htm

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• Britains Roswell
• British Roswell

[RENDLESHAM2]

If anyone wants to post a comment, it would help if they familiarized themselves with the background to the case first. The Wikipedia entry on the Rendlesham Forest Incident is a good place to start.

[Tobacc0]

But on Larry King Live last year, one of the witnesses said he actually placed his hand on a small triangular craft before it shot up into the air. What part of the lighthouse is that?

[RENDLESHAM2]

Compare that with what the same witness and his buddy who was standing next to him said at the time of the incident and you will find that no such thing happened.

[phil2466]

hi,

you mention the devon police 'flying cross' sighting.are we totally sure it was venus?do the witnesses agree with the explanation?some of the explanations to 'good' ufo reports prove to be bogus . cheers,phil

[RENDLESHAM2]

Yes. Type "devon flying cross ufo" into Google and it should be your first hit.

[mrbollocks1979]

The ignorance and arrogance of Thurkettle/Ridpath is simply staggering. They are clearly slow, so why have they been given so much attention in the first place? They are good for a laugh but nothing else, so why do they even get any airtime at all? Why also did neither go onto the Paranormal Cafe show when invited? John and Jim were there, waiting! These two chickens didnt show up because the yellow line down each of their backs precludes them from confrontation that will dismiss them as idiots.

[Mysticsloth]

is that some kind of comedy..? ^^ ...cuz what they say sounds funny..

[69krell]

My cousins and three servants witnessed exactly the same event in India, one night, two years ago, and they described the crafts exactly the same as what the Rendalsham witnesses saw...and by the way, they live on a plantation and they never heard of the Rendelsham incident...they saw a red triangular object moving in between the trees one day and two or three days later they saw a small red/yellow oval object, dripping stuff...

[ishikawaml]

When you listen to the tape of these servicemen, they were scared. Awed and scared. I look at things objectively and I am usually the last to hop on a wagon. But I am afraid this was no lighthouse. I do not know if it was not of this world, it is just as likely to be something we were working on..this was the Cold War after all. We will probably never know what happened here, but it is a diservice to these men to insult their intelligence this way.

[snowboardingchicklet]

thats my bffs uncle (vince)

[IExposeMormonism]

To reduce this incident to a light house is a high water mark of stupidity and an insult to the many witnesses.

[Rasher1111111]

Ive been looking into this case for twenty years and I dont believe for a second, that a Lighthouse caused this incident, and a guy who works for the forrestry commision just doesnt convince me that the witneses involved in this incident are making up everything theyve said. Mr Ridpath is very choosy what he decides to quote and what he doesnt. Penniston and Burroughs were out there for longer than both of them realised.

[Rasher1111111]

Ian Ridpath is a long time publicity hound who continues seeking to ride the caot-tails of this incident and the people WHO WERE THERE AND WERE INVOLVED!!!

[mercatormac]

What English personnel?

[IanRidpathdotcom]

Well, in an interview for a podcast called The Paracast in 2009 Burroughs stated he had never been out in the woods before that night. He also said that Penniston and Cabansag were newly arrived on base and were no more familiar with the woods than he was.