Transcript of Col. Halt’s tape
– concluded
[IAN’S NOTE: The story so far –
having been called out to investigate the return of a flashing
UFO that was first sighted two nights earlier in Rendlesham
Forest, Col Halt has spent all his time up to now examining
some supposed “landing marks” left by the craft on
its earlier visit. Only now have his men finally drawn
attention to the light they had called him out to see in the
first place. From here on the pace picks up, but there are
longer breaks in the recording.]
HALT: I see it, too.
What is it?
VOICE: We don’t know,
sir.
VOICE: Can I just have a...
HALT: It’s a strange,
small red light, looks to be maybe a quarter to a half mile,
maybe further out. I’m gonna switch off.
HALT: The light is gone now.
It was approximately 120 degrees from the site...
VOICE: It’s back again.
HALT: Is it back again?
VOICE: Yes, sir.
HALT: Well douse flashlights
then. Let’s go back to the edge of the clearing so
we can get a better look at it. See if you can get the
Starscope on it. The light’s still there and all
the barnyard animals have gone quiet now. We’re
heading about 110, 120 degrees from site out through to the
clearing now, still getting a reading on the meter, about two
clicks.
HALT: Needle’s jumped,
three to four clicks, getting stronger.
VOICE: Now it’s
stopped... Now it’s coming up... Hold on.
There we go... about approximately four foot off the
ground, at a compass heading of 110 degrees.
HALT: He’s turned the
meter off. Gotta say that again. About four feet
off the ground, about 110 degrees, getting a reading of about
four clicks?
VOICE: Yes, sir.
(Sneezes). Now it’s dying.
HALT: Now it’s dying. I
think it’s something other than the ground. I think
it’s something that’s...something very...
VOICE: [indistinct]...tree
right over...
HALT: We’ve just bumped
into the first night bird we’ve seen. We’re
about 150 or 200 yards from the site. Everywhere else is
just deathly calm.
HALT: There is no doubt about
it – there is some type of strange flashing red light
ahead.
[IAN’S NOTE: Halt is the only person
to describe the light as red. He is immediately corrected by
one of his men – and you need to be very sure of your
ground to correct your commanding officer.]
VOICE: Sir, it’s yellow.
HALT: I saw a yellow tinge in
it, too. Weird! It appears to be maybe moving a
little bit this way? It’s brighter than it has
been.
VOICE: Yellow[?].
HALT: It’s coming this
way. It is definitely coming this way. Pieces of it
are shooting off.
VOICE: At eleven
o’clock...
HALT: There is no doubt about it.
This is weird!
CONFUSED TALK
VOICES: To the left...
HALT(?): Definitely
moving[?]...
VOICES: Two lights – one
light to the right [?] and one light to the left.
HALT: Keep your flashlights
off. There’s something very, very strange.
Get the headset on, see if it gets any stronger.
NEVELS: I have.
HALT: OK. Give us your...
NEVELS: ...make a notation
that this is on a beta reading, too...
HALT: It’s on a beta
reading?
NEVELS: The beta shield has
been removed.
HALT: OK. Pieces are falling
off it again.
VOICE: Sir, it just moved to
the right...
HALT: Yeah!
VOICE: ...off to the right.
HALT: Strange! One again
left[?] Let’s approach to the edge of the woods up
there. Do you wanna do it without lights?
Let’s do it carefully. Come on.
HALT: OK, we’re looking
at the thing, we’re probably about two to three hundred
yards away. It looks like an eye winking at you.
Still moving from side to side. And when you put
the Starscope on it, it’s like(?) a hollow centre, a dark
centre, it’s like a pupil of an eye looking at you,
winking. And the flash is so bright to the Starscope that
it almost burns your eye.
GARBLED SECURITY COMMUNICATION
HALT: We’ve just crossed
a creek...
VOICE: Here we go...
HALT: ...and we’re
getting what kind of readings now? We’re getting
three good clicks on the meter and we’re seeing strange
lights in the sky.
HALT: 2:44. We’re
at the far side of the farmer’s...the second
farmer’s field and made sighting again about 110 degrees.
This looks like it’s clear off to the coast.
It’s right on the horizon. Moves about a bit
and flashes from time to time. Still steady or red in
colour. Also after negative readings in the centre of the
field we’re picking up slight readings, four or five
clicks now, on the meter.
Col. Halt’s route from
the landing site across the field, past the
farmhouse and on through the second field can be
followed on this aerial view. For a map of the same
area, click here. The map shows what is presumably
the “creek” mentioned by Halt on the
eastern side of the second field.
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HALT: 3:05. We see
strange strobe-like flashes to the... rather sporadic, but
there’s definitely something there. Some kind of
phenomenon.
HALT: 3:05. At about ten
degrees, horizon, directly north, we’ve got two strange
objects, er, half moon shape, dancing about, with coloured
lights on ‘em. At, er, guess to be about five to
ten miles out, maybe less. The half moons have now turned
into full circles as though there was an eclipse or something
there for a minute or two.
HALT: 03:15. Now
we’ve got an object about 10 degrees directly south, 10
degrees off the horizon. And the ones to the north are
moving. One’s moving away from us.
NEVELS: Moving out fast.
VOICE: This one on the
right’s heading away, too.
HALT: They’re both
heading north. Hey, here he comes from the south,
he’s coming toward us now.
HALT: Now we’re
observing what appears to be a beam coming down to the ground.
SHOUT IN BACKGROUND: Colours!
[?]
HALT: This is unreal. [Laughs]
[IAN’S NOTE: RAF Watton logged a call from Bentwaters at 03.25 am on December 28
reporting a UFO. Evidently Halt called them while these
sightings were going on, but Watton reported that they saw
nothing on radar.]
HALT: 03:30 and the objects
are still in the sky, although the one to the south looks like
it’s losing a little bit of altitude. We’re turning
around and heading back toward the base.
HALT: The object to the south
is still beaming down lights to the ground.
HALT: 04:00 hours. One
object still hovering over Woodbridge base at about five to ten
degrees off the horizon, still moving erratic and similar
lights and beaming down as earlier.
Duration of tape: 17 minutes 50
seconds
Content last updated: 2008 June
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