# Easton 2006: The Truth about Rendlesham

> James Easton, 2006. 11 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The 1981 statements' content and the 1983 publication.

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# The Truth about Rendlesham

James Easton, 2006. _The Skeptic, vol. 17, nos 2-3 (reposted 2023)_.

An investigator's reading of the airmen's 1981 statements (Burroughs following a beacon about two miles before realising it was the lighthouse), the Halt tape, the News of the World publication of 2 October 1983, and the Conde prank claim.

**Rendlesham Forest, December 1980** ArticleChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The 1981 statements' content and the 1983 publication.

## Cited by on this site 11 records

[The five airmen's written statements, January 1981](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/artifacts/ART0CQRZTD44GJ9/the-five-airmens-written-statements-january-1981)

ART

[Burroughs' 1981 statement says he followed a beacon for about two miles before realising it was the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/evidence/EVD0CQRZK2R3T45/burroughs-1981-statement-says-he-followed-a-beacon-for-about)

Evidence

EVD

[The tape's timings match the lighthouse's five-second period and the bearing Halt gives points to the coast.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/evidence/EVD0CQRZNGW14BJ/the-tapes-timings-match-the-lighthouses-five-second-period)

Evidence

EVD

[The News of the World publishes the memo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/events/EVT0CQRZE6G1WX7/the-news-of-the-world-publishes-the-memo)

EVT

[The airmen write their statements for the base](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/events/EVT0CQRZDPW078F/the-airmen-write-their-statements-for-the-base)

EVT

[Edward Cabansag](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/people/FIG0CQRZB0Y7DXV/edward-cabansag)

FIG

[John Burroughs](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/people/FIG0CQRZAS42ZSG/john-burroughs)

FIG

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

The mystery article

MYS

[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

[Edward Cabansag: Went in with the others; the light they walked toward across the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/accounts/WIT0CQRZG501MTZ/edward-cabansag-went-in-with-the-others-the-light-they)

WIT

[John Burroughs: Saw red and blue lights through the trees from the east gate; went in…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/accounts/WIT0CQRZFNC2NRJ/john-burroughs-saw-red-and-blue-lights-through-the-trees)

WIT

## Cite it

```
Easton, J. (2006). The Truth about Rendlesham. The Skeptic, vol. 17, nos 2-3 (reposted 2023). https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2023/01/from-the-archive-the-truth-about-rendlesham/
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