Encounter in Rendlesham Forest
by Nick Pope
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Pub Date Sep 05 2017 | Archive Date Sep 20 2017
Description
Over a series of three nights in December 1980 an extraordinary series of UFO incidents took place in Rendlesham Forest in the UK, next to two United States Air Force bases. This was not some vague sighting of lights in the sky, but a controlled landing and take-off. The UFO was tracked on military radar and left physical evidence at the landing site, including damage and scorch marks on the trees, indentations in the frozen ground, and abnormally high levels of radiation.
The UFO was seen by dozens of military witnesses, including the Deputy Base Commander. The object fired light beams at some of the men and, later, into the Weapons Storage Area, where some military personnel based there at the time allege that nuclear weapons were kept.
Encounter in Rendlesham Forest tells the extraordinary story of the world’s most compelling and best-evidenced UFO incident – a case that is more significant than the infamous Roswell Incident. Co-written by former UK government UFO investigator Nick Pope, with John Burroughs and Jim Penniston, the two military witnesses at the heart of these encounters, this disturbing and compelling book tells the inside story of what really happened, and lifts the lid on the true role played by government, the military and the intelligence community in relation to the UFO phenomenon.
This controversial new book is largely based on recently declassified government files and is the only UFO book ever to have needed security clearance from both the British and American governments. Encounter in Rendlesham Forest will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about the UFO mystery.
Advance Praise
"[Pope's] questions and detailed evidence certainly give readers on both sides of the UFO debate plenty to chew on" - "Publishers Weekly"
"Read this book and you will be convinced that we are not alone in the Cosmos. It will open your mind to 'the broader reality' that holds so much promise if we only embrace it positively." - Paul T. Hellyer, Former Defence Minister of Canada
"This is a well-researched, well-written, fascinating explication of the events" - San Francisco Book Review
Featured Reviews
Reviewer 247383
At first I wondered why I was requesting this book. As someone who reads just about any subject my thoughts as I click on the request button was that the Rendlesham Forest incident, just as the Roswell incident, has been overdone; on TV, in articles, online etc., and there is nothing here I haven't read or seen elsewhere. There is nothing new to learn in this book and it's was wasted of my time.. Boy! Was I ever wrong. There was much more to be learned and it is pretty darn amazing. The book held my attention from the beginning to end. Nick Pope along with John Burroughs and Jim Penniston did and excellent job of presenting this story. Thank you Thistle Publishing, Nick, John Jim and Netgalley I throughly enjoyed being able to read this book.
Ivory C, Reviewer
The Rendlesham Forest incident is one of the world’s best documented UFO incidents. In December 1990 USAF employees John Burroughs and Jim Penniston (now retired) were sent to investigate reports of a UFO landing in Rendlesham Forest. Penniston sketched pictures and recorded the series of ones and zeros aka Rendlesham Code which flashed through his mind after touching the strange vessel. Both men continue to suffer from various health conditions as a result of their exposure.
In the days following investigations events were either downplayed or actively covered up. Some witnesses were threatened and/or administered truth serum. Some were left to get on with their lives with no counselling or any other assistance. I wasn’t surprised to learn that supporting documentation has disappeared and the British government continues to deny the two men access to their medical records. The incident occurred in Suffolk an area where scientific and military research has been carried out and two huge nuclear power stations are located in nearby Sizewell. I can imagine the amount of security in place before and after the UFO was sighted and the interest generated.
Nick Pope is a former employee of the UK Ministry of Defence who also worked on their UFO project in the early 1990s. He collaborated with Burroughs and Penniston to record their eye witness accounts and detail the cover up by authorities in the days that followed.
I have always been curious about UFO’s, aliens and life on other planets and found this book fascinating to read. In my opinion it would be a little naive to expect we are the only life forms in the universe. I particularly liked how the author set out the facts as well as balanced consideration to various possibilities in a very logical sequence.
This riveting read is written in a factual and sometimes humorous way while divulging as much information as the writers are allowed to considering the ties to their former government employer.
