{"type":"locations","slug":"rendlesham-forest","title":"Rendlesham Forest","url":"https://disclosdex.com/locations/rendlesham-forest","description":"English woodland where US Air Force personnel reported strange lights in December 1980","date":"1980-12-26T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Hotspot"],"updated":"2025-06-13T13:26:43.000Z","lat":52.093,"lng":1.435,"connectionCount":3,"content":{"markdown":"## Suffolk Sightings\n\nMembers of the 81st Security Police Squadron at RAF Woodbridge investigated unusual lights descending into Rendlesham Forest on 26 December 1980.[^1] Over the next two nights they documented radiation readings and saw a glowing object emitting beams onto the base.[^2][^3] The incident spawned extensive investigations and remains Britain’s most famous UFO case.[^4][^5]\n\nSee the [Rendlesham Forest incident](/events/1980-bentwaters-woodbridge-raf-reports) report for transcript extracts.\n\n[^1]: [The National Archives: UFO files podcast transcript on Rendlesham](https://cdn.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/ufo-transcript-aug-09.pdf)\n\n[^2]: [NICAP: Halt memo PDF](https://www.nicap.org/docs/810113_Halt_Memo.pdf)\n\n[^3]: [The Black Vault: The Halt Memo and the Rendlesham Forest Incident](https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/the-halt-memo-the-rendlesham-forest-incident/)\n\n[^4]: [The National Archives: UFO files podcast transcript on Rendlesham](https://cdn.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/ufo-transcript-aug-09.pdf)\n\n[^5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendlesham_Forest_incident","readingTime":"1 min read"},"relatedRecords":[{"ref":{"type":"updates","slug":"june-28-updates","title":"New dossiers and expanded investigations","url":"https://disclosdex.com/updates/june-28-updates"},"direction":"inbound","weight":1},{"ref":{"type":"documents","slug":"1981-halt-memo","title":"Halt Memo","url":"https://disclosdex.com/documents/1981-halt-memo"},"direction":"inbound","weight":1},{"ref":{"type":"events","slug":"1980-bentwaters-woodbridge-raf-reports","title":"Bentwaters Woodbridge RAF Reports","url":"https://disclosdex.com/events/1980-bentwaters-woodbridge-raf-reports"},"direction":"outbound","weight":1}],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/locations/rendlesham-forest","title":"Rendlesham Forest","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/locations/rendlesham-forest","license":"CC-BY-4.0"},"continent":"Europe"}