Unexplained Lights - RAF Woodbridge Incident Report

This document collection centers on a memorandum dated January 13, 1981, authored by Lt. Col. Charles I. Halt of the 81st Combat Support Group, detailing an unexplained aerial phenomenon observed near RAF Woodbridge in late December 1980. According to the report, on December 27, 1980, security police observed a metallic, triangular object in the forest that emitted white, red, and blue lights. The object reportedly maneuvered through trees and disappeared. Two days later, on December 29, investigators found three ground depressions and recorded radiation levels in the area. Later that night, witnesses observed a sun-like light that pulsed and ejected smaller objects, followed by the appearance of three distinct objects in the sky that moved rapidly and displayed various lights. The collection also includes subsequent parliamentary questions (PQ 70670 and PQ 7608C) posed by Sir Patrick Wall to the Secretary of State for Defence regarding the incident. The Ministry of Defence's official stance, as reflected in the provided background notes, is that the incident held no defence interest. The MOD suggested that the lights observed by personnel were likely the pulsating light of the Orfordness lighthouse, located several miles away, and explicitly denied that any unidentified objects were captured on radar. The documents also touch upon media interest, specifically a CNN inquiry and a book project, which prompted the MOD to clarify its position on UFO reports, stating that investigations are only pursued if they reveal potential threats to national defence.