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An 18-minute microcassette audio recording made by USAF Lt Col Charles I. Halt on the second night of the Rendlesham Forest incident, December 28, 1980, narrating in real time his patrol's observations of unidentified lights and elevated Geiger readings behind RAF Woodbridge.
An 18-minute microcassette audio recording made by USAF Lt Col Charles I. Halt on the second night of the Rendlesham Forest incident, December 28, 1980, narrating in real time his patrol's observations of unidentified lights and elevated Geiger readings behind RAF Woodbridge.
On the night of December 28, 1980, USAF Deputy Base Commander Lt Col Charles I. Halt led a patrol from RAF Bentwaters into Rendlesham Forest carrying a hand-held microcassette recorder. Over roughly 18 minutes he narrated Geiger counter readings above background at the alleged landing site, airmen pointing to pulsing lights overhead, and an object Halt placed at 250 to 300 yards distance. The tape was released to UFO researcher Robert Todd in 1984 and Halt subsequently confirmed its authenticity. It is the only known contemporaneous audio record of a senior US military officer observing an unidentified aerial phenomenon.