# The Halt tape

> The Halt tape

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/artifacts/ART0CQRZSXG7GPF/the-halt-tape  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

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[Mysteries](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries)[Rendlesham Forest, December 1980](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest)[Artifacts](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest#artifacts)The Halt tape

**ART** 0CQRZSXG7GPF·Artifact · recording

# The Halt tape

RecordingpublisherRecorded 28 December 1980

[Cite]

**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](http://www.ianridpath.com/ufo/halttape.html).

Ian Ridpath, 1980. publisher

## Copies 2

**Transcription** Ian Ridpath · ianridpath.com · publisher2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](http://www.ianridpath.com/ufo/halttape.html)

**Audio** Charles Halt (recording); copy hosted by Ian Ridpath · ianridpath.com · 1980-12-28 · unclear (Halt's own recording; no licence stated)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](http://www.ianridpath.com/ufo/halttape.html)

## Where it was made

[Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CQRZ9A830GR/rendlesham-forest-suffolk) · Forest

## Sources 2

- [The Rendlesham Forest UFO case](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQRZ8B04W9C/the-rendlesham-forest-ufo-case)_SRC_
- [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 tape [Artifact ART0CQRZSXG7GPF]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CQRZSXG7GPF
```

Key

**ART** 0CQRZSXG7GPF

Kind

Recording

Held by

Charles Halt (original micro-cassette); copies circulated since 1984

Dated

recorded 28 December 1980; public 1984

Licence

publisher

Place

[Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CQRZ9A830GR/rendlesham-forest-suffolk)

Part of

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

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