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The Rendlesham Forest mystery, also known as “Britain’s Roswell,” has fascinated UFO enthusiasts since it took place 42 years ago.
On three separate Christmas nights, servicemen were convinced they had seen strange flashing lights near a Royal Air Force base in Suffolk.
Numerous theories have emerged about what they saw that night, including gags, a distant lighthouse, and even time travel.
But former detective Gary Heseltine claims to have uncovered new information about the incident that challenges everything we thought we knew.
Controversially, he believes the mind-boggling event happened five or six nights in 1980, after tracking 17 different sightings.
On three separate Christmas nights, servicemen were convinced they had seen strange flashing lights near a Royal Airforce base in Suffolk
“In simple terms, the Rendlesham case is very different from most other UFO cases because it is not one event, but a series of events over consecutive nights,” Heseltine told MailOnline.
Former Detective Gary Heseltine claims to have uncovered new information about the incident that challenges everything we thought we knew
‘For a long time it was thought that there were only two events on two evenings. Over time, more details came out, and we were quite happy that it was three events over three nights.
“When I re-examined this as a former detective, I did it chronologically as best I could to break down the incidents and the different people involved.
And, at the end of my book, there were 17 different timed events involving a lot of staff over what will now probably be a five to six day period.
“New information came to me that the first incident dates back to December 23 – no one had ever heard of that.”
In 1980, military personnel claimed to see lights floating in the sky and descending into the woods on three separate nights just before New Year’s Eve.
Although they were reportedly convinced that these shapes were alien spacecraft, it has since been dismissed as a scare tactic played by the British Special Air Service (SAS) on the US Air Force.
At the time, the SAS is said to have regularly tested US security by probing the nearby perimeters of RAF Woodbridge, where nuclear warheads were said to have been stored during the Cold War.
On one occasion, the British were reportedly brutally interrogated and beaten up by US security before being released 18 hours later after authorities intervened.
However, Heseltine claims there was more to this incident than what has been made public, suggesting it all started with aviator Steve Wagner on Dec. 23.
It is said that just before Christmas Eve, Wagner was investigating a strange incident at the East Gate of RAF Woodbridge, as something was said to have ‘crashed’ between the trees.
Together with two others, Wagner reportedly went to investigate and in Heseltine’s book ‘Inhumanit is claimed that they have found something very unexpected.
Wagner is said to have been investigating a strange incident just before Christmas Eve near the East Gate of RAF Woodbridge where something was said to have ‘come down’ in the trees
Controversially, Gary Heseltine believes the mind-boggling event may have happened five or six nights in 1980, after tracking 17 different sightings.
“The aviator Steve Wagner says what they encountered were depressions in an equilateral triangle in this little clearing by the trees,” Heseltine told MailOnline.
‘What he said was very important because the depressions were all the same size and shape – they were about five feet wide.
“So December 23 – if the day is right – and he said, ‘I’m pretty sure it was before Christmas,’ is much bigger than what happened on the night from Christmas night to Boxing Day – so hugely important.”
Now that 42 years have passed, Heseltine has largely relied on the corroboration of witness statements to prove these claims.
In addition to Wagner, the former detective has also investigated a number of other key witnesses, including Jim Penniston, Ed Cabansag, Larry Warren and Sergeant Adrian Bustinza.
He now claims that three separate unexplained events also happened on December 27, six on December 28, and one on December 29.
One of his boldest claims concerns U.S. Lieutenant Bonnie Tamplin, who reportedly encountered an “unknown object” near the site while driving.
This reportedly caused her to crash into a ditch, losing complete control of her car.
The former detective even claims that she was relieved of her duties after the incident and returned to the US in distress.
Heseltine’s claims come just as the U.S. Senate is expecting a bipartisan measure regarding UFO sightings.
Numerous theories have emerged about what they saw that night, including gags, a distant lighthouse, and even time travel
The 64-page UFO Disclosure Bill seeks to disclose all information related to “unidentified anomalous phenomena” (UAPs).
Heseltine believes legislation like this will help boost the legitimacy of alien sightings at a time when they are often viewed as bogus.
He thinks there is a chance that the UK will one day follow suit in its own legislation.
“I’ve never seen such a build-up to something that actually seems to happen in my life,” he added.
“There is such excitement that we may get official confirmation that we are dealing with a non-human intelligence agency.”