# Halt 1981: Unexplained Lights (memorandum to RAF/CC) > Charles I. Halt, 1981. 15 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The primary document; quoted for every figure it gives. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQRZ7BR7EV6/unexplained-lights-memorandum-to-raf-cc Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Rendlesham Forest, December 1980](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest)Halt 1981 **0** # Unexplained Lights (memorandum to RAF/CC) Charles I. Halt, 1981. _81st Combat Support Group, USAF; MoD file DEFE 24, The National Archives_. The one-page memorandum of 13 January 1981 by the deputy base commander: the first patrol's report of a metallic triangular object, the depressions and radiation readings, and the lights of the second night. The only official report of the events. **Rendlesham Forest, December 1980** ManuscriptCopy of **[The Halt memorandum, 'Unexplained Lights', 13 January 1981](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/artifacts/ART0CQRZSDW0ZG6/the-halt-memorandum-unexplained-lights-13-january-1981)** Checked against the original0 ## What it's used for here The primary document; quoted for every figure it gives. ## Cited by on this site 15 records [The Halt memorandum, 'Unexplained Lights', 13 January 1981](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/artifacts/ART0CQRZSDW0ZG6/the-halt-memorandum-unexplained-lights-13-january-1981) ART [The Halt tape](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/artifacts/ART0CQRZSXG7GPF/the-halt-tape) ART [The three depressions and the marked trees at the landing site](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/artifacts/ART0CQRZYA449X6/the-three-depressions-and-the-marked-trees-at-the-landing) ART [The Halt memorandum, 'Unexplained Lights', 13 January 1981: scan](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/copies/CPY0CQRZVCC7VYV/the-halt-memorandum-unexplained-lights-13-january-1981-scan) CPY [The Halt memorandum, 'Unexplained Lights', 13 January 1981: scan](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/copies/CPY0CQRZSNP01BS/the-halt-memorandum-unexplained-lights-13-january-1981-scan) CPY [Halt's memo, written from the airmen's reports, describes a metallic triangular object with coloured lights…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/evidence/EVD0CQRZKAJ0358/halts-memo-written-from-the-airmens-reports-describes-a) Evidence EVD [Burroughs, Penniston and Cabansag enter the forest after lights are seen from the east gate](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/events/EVT0CQRZD780RTE/burroughs-penniston-and-cabansag-enter-the-forest-after) EVT [Halt leads a party into the forest and records the night on tape](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/events/EVT0CQRZDF23DVD/halt-leads-a-party-into-the-forest-and-records-the-night-on) EVT [Halt writes 'Unexplained Lights' to the RAF liaison officer](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/events/EVT0CQRZDYP6JR6/halt-writes-unexplained-lights-to-the-raf-liaison-officer) EVT [Charles I. Halt](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/people/FIG0CQRZA9G3VVP/charles-i-halt) FIG [Rendlesham Forest, December 1980](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest) The mystery article MYS [81st Tactical Fighter Wing, USAF (RAF Bentwaters and Woodbridge)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/organisations/ORG0CQRZCFT1QKD/81st-tactical-fighter-wing-usaf-raf-bentwaters-and) ORG [What did Halt's party see on 28 December?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/questions/QST0CQRZJ3G48WT/what-did-halts-party-see-on-28-december) Question QST [What did the first patrol see on 26 December 1980?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/questions/QST0CQRZHVP1QJ8/what-did-the-first-patrol-see-on-26-december-1980) Question QST [Charles Halt: Relays the first patrol's report of a metallic triangular object two…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/accounts/WIT0CQRZGCT3388/charles-halt-relays-the-first-patrols-report-of-a-metallic) WIT ## Cite it ``` Halt, C. I. (1981). Unexplained Lights (memorandum to RAF/CC). 81st Combat Support Group, USAF; MoD file DEFE 24, The National Archives. https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/the-halt-memo-the-rendlesham-forest-incident/ ``` [Read it free at theblackvault.com](https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/the-halt-memo-the-rendlesham-forest-incident/) Key **SRC** 0CQRZ7BR7EV6 Kind Manuscript Rights public-domain Kept 26 Oct 2026 Checked Against the published original Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQRZ7BR7EV6/unexplained-lights-memorandum-to-raf-cc/csl.json)