A while ago, old friend Jason suggested attending a conference in Woodbridge at which 'new evidence' about the 1980 Rendlesham Forest Incident would be presented: this we did last night.
Following a short walk around the forest, a chat with organiser Gordie and an excellent supper in town, we joined around 200 other attendees in the Community Centre.
The first two speakers, Brenda Butler and Chris Pennington, did, indeed, present new opinions about the nature of the RFI, but, I'm afraid, neither stood up to even the most cursory consideration. (If anyone is interested in a fuller description of their theories, do e-mail me!) Why Chris placed a fir tree on the table was never explained!
Ronnie Dugdale and John Burroughs then took the stage and, to my pleasant surprise frankly, were superb! Ronnie has constructed what seems to me an impeccable timeline of events over the four days of December 1980 which he presented with input from John whenever appropriate. Everything they said had the ring of truth and authority about it and made it worth not arriving back home until nearly 2.00am! My only regret was that time considerations meant that Jason and I were forced to leave at 11.20, before the Q&A session had even started! Their in-depth review of witness statements and Ronnie's timeline did indeed produce some original and startling conclusions.
Following a short walk around the forest, a chat with organiser Gordie and an excellent supper in town, we joined around 200 other attendees in the Community Centre.
The first two speakers, Brenda Butler and Chris Pennington, did, indeed, present new opinions about the nature of the RFI, but, I'm afraid, neither stood up to even the most cursory consideration. (If anyone is interested in a fuller description of their theories, do e-mail me!) Why Chris placed a fir tree on the table was never explained!
Ronnie Dugdale and John Burroughs then took the stage and, to my pleasant surprise frankly, were superb! Ronnie has constructed what seems to me an impeccable timeline of events over the four days of December 1980 which he presented with input from John whenever appropriate. Everything they said had the ring of truth and authority about it and made it worth not arriving back home until nearly 2.00am! My only regret was that time considerations meant that Jason and I were forced to leave at 11.20, before the Q&A session had even started! Their in-depth review of witness statements and Ronnie's timeline did indeed produce some original and startling conclusions.
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