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Five documents relating to the alleged UFO Landing at RAF Woodbridge in 1980 are no
longer a secret following 11 landmark decision by the MOD"s Director of Information
Exploitation.
The decision marks a further breakthrough in our understanding of the events in Rendlesham
Forest.
Five documents were with-held from the original file under exemptions to the code, 2 under
Exemption 1 (national security) and 3 under Exemption 2 (internal discussion and advice to
ministers less than 30 years old).
We immediately lodged an appeal against the decision and an internal review has now been
completed. A senior MOD official has now released the two documents that were with-held on the
grounds of national security.
The new documents contain no evidence that a cover-up of a UFO landing ever existed. They
simply illustrate how claims of a cover-up arise from secrecy for the sake of secrecy, part of an
established tradition in Britain.
What they reveal is that the RAF were making checks on radar records for 29 December 1980,
following information supplied by Lt Col Charles Halt in his memo to the MOD.
As we now know the actual date of Halt's sighting in Rendlesham Forest was the night of 27/28
December 1980. This implies incompetence and complacency on behalf of the MOD, who did not
see fit to make further inquiries into the details they had been
supplied by Halt.
To see the MOD judgement, and copies of the newly released documents, click on the links below ...
MOD Judgement Document 1 Document 2
Documents reproduced courtesy of Crown Copyright
© 2001 Andy Roberts and Dave Clarke
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