# The Halt memorandum, 'Unexplained Lights', 13 January 1981

> The Halt memorandum, 'Unexplained Lights', 13 January 1981

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**ART** 0CQRZSDW0ZG6·Artifact · document

# The Halt memorandum, 'Unexplained Lights', 13 January 1981

PhotographPublic domain1981-01-13

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The Halt memorandum, 'Unexplained Lights', 13 January 1981: scan

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Lt Col Charles I. Halt, USAF, 1981. Public domain

## Copies 4

**Scan** The Black Vault · theblackvault.com · public-domainPrimary source: [Unexplained Lights (memorandum to RAF/CC)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQRZ7BR7EV6/unexplained-lights-memorandum-to-raf-cc)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/halt-memo.jpg)

**Scan** Lt Col Charles I. Halt, USAF · commons.wikimedia.org · 1981-01-13 · Public domain (US government work, US Air Force)Primary source: [Unexplained Lights (memorandum to RAF/CC)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQRZ7BR7EV6/unexplained-lights-memorandum-to-raf-cc)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Halt_Memorandum.jpg)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/8e55809548caa6993a5f268aadd5e4cd7972608d89ea6d5469b55e42a3b22199)

**Picture** Lt Col Charles I. Halt, USAF · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain (US government work, US Air Force)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Halt_Memorandum.jpg)

**Photograph** Lieutenant Colonel Charles Halt · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Halt_Memorandum.jpg)

## Where it was made

[RAF Bentwaters](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CQRZ9SW0FBP/raf-bentwaters) · Air base

## Sources 1

- [Unexplained Lights (memorandum to RAF/CC)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQRZ7BR7EV6/unexplained-lights-memorandum-to-raf-cc)_SRC_

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). The Halt memorandum, 'Unexplained Lights', 13 January 1981 [Artifact ART0CQRZSDW0ZG6]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CQRZSDW0ZG6
```

Key

**ART** 0CQRZSDW0ZG6

Kind

Document

Held by

The National Archives (UK), DEFE 24 series; US copy released under FOIA

Dated

1981-01-13

Licence

Public domain (US government work, US Air Force)

Place

[RAF Bentwaters](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CQRZ9SW0FBP/raf-bentwaters)

Part of

[Rendlesham Forest, December 1980](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest)

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