When things are quiet and we're worried about the Ruskies, A specialised arm of the British Army always
like to get one over their American cousins with a ruse that we can assume was sanctioned by those who
control the security of the nation.
Yeah.
The media are getting worse.
"Dr Clarke said he was first contacted three years ago by ‘Frank’ who claimed to be a SAS insider..."
Well, if Frank said it was a hoax, that'll do for me. (Shakes head.)
like to get one over their American cousins with a ruse that we can assume was sanctioned by those who
control the security of the nation.
Yeah.
The media are getting worse.
Quote:Has the mystery of 'Britain's Roswell' finally been solved? Rendlesham Forest UFODaily Mail:
'landing' was a prank SAS tricksters played on US Airmen, insiders claim
'Dubbed ‘Britain’s Roswell’, the Rendlesham Forest incident in Suffolk, has intrigued UFO enthusiasts
since taking place in December 1980.
On three separate nights just before the New Year, military personnel said they saw lights flying in the sky
and descending into the woodland - the group was convinced they had seen an alien spacecraft.
Yet it has now been claimed that the extraterrestrial sighting was a hoax, played on the US air force by the
SAS in revenge for capturing a squad and subjecting them to a brutal interrogation.
The SAS were said to have regularly tested US security by probing the perimeters of RAF Woodbridge in
the English county, which allegedly stored Nuclear warheads and was believed to be a key target for Soviet
agents.
But when an SAS troop parachuted into the complex one night in August 1980 they were unaware the guards
had upgraded their radar system. Their black parachutes were immediately detected and the British were
hauled off for questioning.
Staff Sergeant Jim Penniston sketched the craft he says he saw at the time of the incident.
They claimed they were beaten up by their captors who refused to believe who they were and repeatedly
referred to as ‘unidentified aliens’, before being released 18 hours later after the British authorities intervened.
Seething from the interrogation, SAS soldiers were keen to take revenge.
British X-Files expert Dr David Clarke, who has been researching the story for three years, revealed: ‘After their
release, the troopers made no complaint at their rough treatment but were determined to get their own back on
the USAF for the beating that they had received.
‘In particular, their repeated characterisation as “aliens” sowed the seeds of a plan.
They said: “They called us aliens. Right, we'll show them what aliens really look like.”’
As December approached, lights and coloured flares were rigged in Rendlesham Forest. Black helium balloons
were also coupled to remote-controlled kites to carry suspended materials into the sky, activated by radio-controls.
Taking place over three nights between 26 and 28 December in 1980, military personnel from nearby RAF Bentwaters
and RAF Woodbridge witnessed strange lights in the woods and hovering above the airbases which were on high
alert as the Cold War was at its peak.
A great deal of nocturnal Christmas fun was had at the expense of the USAF -and the matter should have ended there,’
according to a letter written to Dr Clarke by an alleged SAS source.
‘Unfortunately, a senior US officer (Lt Col Halt) led the US contingent out into the forest on the second night and took
along his tape recorder.
‘The hovering and whizzing lights were sufficiently impressive for him to send a report to the MoD.
‘Someone in London recalled the events of the previous August and questions were asked. A few red faces -but also
some satisfaction and amusement -followed.
‘The USAF was 'reassured' at a very senior level and no UK investigation was undertaken -for obvious reasons.’
Dr Clarke said he was first contacted three years ago by ‘Frank’ who claimed to be a SAS insider.
He had seen Dr Clarke talking about Rendlesham on a TV documentary and felt ‘it was about time that the truth was
revealed about the incident’.
Dr Clarke, of the Centre for Contemporary Legend at Sheffield Hallam University, said: ‘I investigated his incredible
story by talking to trusted and open sources in the British military, including some high profile former SAS troopers.
‘What happened in the forest, according to Frank, would be bread and butter for special operation soldiers traine
to deceive and misinform whilst remaining invisible.’...'
"Dr Clarke said he was first contacted three years ago by ‘Frank’ who claimed to be a SAS insider..."
Well, if Frank said it was a hoax, that'll do for me. (Shakes head.)
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