# The Ministry of Defence's Rendlesham files

> The MoD's handling of the Halt memo: the UFO desk's circulation, the defence intelligence and air defence staffs' replies, and the 1985 ministerial…

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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 Ministry of Defence's Rendlesham files

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# The Ministry of Defence's Rendlesham files

DocumentCrown copyright (the files); the commentary is Clarke's1981–1985; released to David Clarke in 2001 and in the National Archives releases of 2008 and 2011

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**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://drdavidclarke.co.uk/rendlesham-forest-ufos/).

The MoD's handling of the Halt memo: the UFO desk's circulation, the defence intelligence and air defence staffs' replies, and the 1985 ministerial briefing. They record what the British government made of the report at the time.

David Clarke, 1981. Crown copyright (the files); the commentary is Clarke's

## Copies 3

**Document** David Clarke · drdavidclarke.co.uk · Crown copyright (the files); the commentary is Clarke's2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://drdavidclarke.co.uk/rendlesham-forest-ufos/)

**Scan** The National Archives (digital copy) · discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk · Open Government Licence v3.0Primary source: [UFO reports of sighting: Rendlesham Forest, December 1980; with redactions (DEFE 24/1948/1)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQRZ9SW1ZVQ/ufo-reports-of-sighting-rendlesham-forest-december-1980-with)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10342055)

**Scan** The National Archives (digital copy) · discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk · Open Government Licence v3.0Primary source: [UFO reports; with redactions (DEFE 24/1924/1), 1985–1986](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQRZ9J22NSA/ufo-reports-with-redactions-defe-24-1924-1-19851986)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10023476)

## Where it was made

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

## Sources 1

- [Rendlesham Forest UFOs](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQRZ7KJ50F8/rendlesham-forest-ufos)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Ministry of Defence's Rendlesham files [Artifact ART0CQRZXAW4H9R]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CQRZXAW4H9R
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The National Archives, Kew (DEFE 24 series, including DEFE 24/1948/1)

Dated

1981–1985; released to David Clarke in 2001 and in the National Archives releases of 2008 and 2011

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Crown copyright (the files); the commentary is Clarke's

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

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

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