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40 years ago, in late December 1980, a U.S. Air Force security patrol stationed at RAF Woodbridge reported a series of unexplained lights in the skies over Rendlesham Forest, a mixed woodland just inland from the Suffolk coast.

The men counted deputy base commander Lieutenant Colonel Charles Halt among their number, and their accounts of the two nights they spent investigating the lights have since become an important touchstone in modern ufology. Indeed, the events at Rendlesham are referred to by some as “Britain’s Roswell”, though others have posited more prosaic explanations, including a nearby lighthouse, a meteor, and brighter than usual celestial bodies.

In this episode of UFOLORE, host Dr. David Clarke, who used UK freedom of information legislation to uncover British Ministry of Defence documents relating to the incident, speaks to John Burroughs and Jenny Randles.

John is a veteran and one of the key witnesses to the Rendlesham puzzle. Today, he lives in Arizona and is the editor of a new book, Weaponisation of an Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon. According to John: “[t]he inexplicable and unfathomable events of Rendlesham deeply impacted my life [and] in the last decade I’ve undertaken both a public and a private investigation looking for answers”.

Jenny, along with Brenda Butler and Dot Street, was one of the first civilians to launch an inquiry into the case. She is the author of numerous books and articles about UFOs and strange phenomena. During her career as an author and broadcaster, Jenny made numerous contributions to public understanding of the UFO phenomenon.

The opening and outro track is ‘Invaders’ by @jamie-harper

You can buy John's book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08Q72MBSV?tag=duc08-21&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1

Adam Allsuch Boardman is an illustrator, animator, and writer based in the UK. His publications include ‘An Illustrated History of Filmaking’, which has been translated into six languages.

In this episode, we speak to Adam about his latest book, ‘An Illustrated History of UFOs’, which provides readers with a guide to some of history’s most famous cases and the artefacts, agencies, aircraft, and (maybe) aliens behind them. In the process, we touch upon everything from Adam’s aesthetic inspiration and motivations to his favourite UFO shapes and the blurred boundaries between ufology, science fiction, and art.

The opening track is ‘Modem’ by @jamie-harper, while the closing piece is ‘Alien Airports’ by Inland Taipan (@inland-taipan-43990621).

Artwork by Adam Allsuch Boardman.

You can buy Adam’s book from the publisher, Nobrow: https://nobrow.net/shop/an-illustrated-history-of-ufos/

Jack Brewer is a ufologist whose research has been featured on numerous websites and in multiple books. Jack has written The UFO Trail (ufotrail.blogspot.com), a popular blog dedicated to posting credible information on incredible topics, for over a decade. And his 2016 manuscript The Greys Have Been Framed, which documented ethics failures and subpar research in the UFO field, continues to garner interest and praise in equal measure.

In this episode, we speak to Jack about his work, touching on everything from the social dynamics of different UFO subcultures and their often ambiguous relationship with the U.S. intelligence community to the use of FOIA requests to study sightings, close encounters, and potential coverups. We also examine the problematic efficacy and effects of regression hypnotherapy in cases of alleged alien abduction.

The opening and outro track is ‘Modem’ by @jamie-harper.

You can buy The Greys Have Been Framed here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=the+greys+have+been+framed&i=stripbooks&hvadid=80607978243014&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvqmt=e&tag=mh0a9-21&ref=pd_sl_t1j6lyw7u_e