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good morning ladies and gentlemen my

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name is Charles I halt in 1991 I retired

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from the US Air Force as a colonel

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I was base commander a to large execute

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two large military installations and at

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my time of my retirement was director of

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inspections directed the DoD Inspector

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General in that capacity I had

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inspection oversight of all military

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services and defense agencies in 1980 I

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was a deputy base commander RAF

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Bentwaters the largest twin base complex

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in East Anglia at the time this was the

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largest Tactical Fighter Wing in the Air

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Force in late December 1980 I was called

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upon to investigate a very strange event

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an event that was distracting our

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security police from their primary

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duties early on the morning to 26

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December 1980 our police patrolmen

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discovered strange lights in the forest

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east of the back gate at RAF Woodbridge

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three patrolmen were dispatched to

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investigate they reported a strange

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craft triangular in shape sitting on

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three legs the craft was approximately

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three meters on a side it had multiple

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lights it rapidly maneuvered and quickly

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disappeared I was not immediately aware

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of all the details only being told of

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strange lights and I assume there was a

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reasonable explanation for this two

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nights later at the family Christmas

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party I was interrupted by the on-duty

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police commander he told of strange

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events and said it was back since my

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boss had to present awards I was tasked

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to go out and investigate I fully

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expected to find an explanation I took

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two senior patrolmen with me a disaster

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preparedness expert and the reporting

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on-duty police officer at the site we

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find three one and a half inch

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indentations triangular and pattern now

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today I have a plaster cast of one of

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those three indentations as you can see

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it's about an inch and a half maybe two

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inches the

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and about nine inches across an

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interesting point is that the forest

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floor there was very hard packed sand in

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order to make three impressions of this

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nature it would had him in a very heavy

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object we discovered mild radiation and

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evidence of broken branches on the trees

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we suddenly observed a very bright

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red-orange object it was oval and with a

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black centre it reminded me in of an eye

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and it appeared to be winking or

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blinking it maneuvered horizontally

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through the trees with an occasional

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vertical movement when approached it

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receded and silently broke into five

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white objects we moved out of the forest

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and onto a front pasture and observed

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several objects in the sky multiple

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objects to the north they change shape

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from elliptical durand so for other

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objects were seen to the south one

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approached a very high speed and sent on

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a strange beam right at our feet there

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was different than an ordinary light and

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it didn't radiate it was more like a

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laser beam another object sent down

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beams of light into the weapons storage

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area the whole time we had difficulty

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communicating with the base as all three

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radio frequencies we were using kept

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breaking up this activity continued for

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about an hour during this entire event I

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was fortunate to have with me and my

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small pocket recorder it's a little an

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air recorder that I carried around the

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base you need to take notes because I

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didn't like to write much so I recorded

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all the significant events that happened

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that night unfortunately the tape

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recorder is no longer functional but I

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do have a tape and a good copy of it I

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have no idea what we saw that night but

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I do know with great certainty it was

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under intelligent control I thank you

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for your attention and we'll be

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available for questions after