# Ridpath 2021: The Rendlesham Forest UFO case > Ian Ridpath, 2021. 15 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The witness statements, the tape transcript and the dated history of Penniston's claims. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQRZ8B04W9C/the-rendlesham-forest-ufo-case 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)Ridpath 2021 **0** # The Rendlesham Forest UFO case Ian Ridpath, 2021. _ianridpath.com_. The astronomer's site collecting the primary materials: the five 1981 witness statements, the Halt tape transcript, the fireball records, the lighthouse timing, the radiation and landing-mark analysis, and a page on Penniston's notebook and its dates. **Rendlesham Forest, December 1980** Web page0 ## What it's used for here The witness statements, the tape transcript and the dated history of Penniston's claims. ## Cited by on this site 15 records [A structured craft landed in the clearing and was approached and touched.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/answers/ANS0CQRZKJC3HAY/a-structured-craft-landed-in-the-clearing-and-was-approached) Answer ANS [The Halt tape](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/artifacts/ART0CQRZSXG7GPF/the-halt-tape) ART [Dated corpus of Rendlesham witness statements, 1981 to 2026](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CQRZS6239J9/dated-corpus-of-rendlesham-witness-statements-1981-to-2026) Dataset DAT [Penniston's 1981 statement puts him about 50 metres from lights and mentions no craft; Burroughs and…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/evidence/EVD0CQRZM204XBX/pennistons-1981-statement-puts-him-about-50-metres-from) Evidence EVD [Penniston's craft appears in 1994 and the binary in 2010; neither is in his 1981 statement.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/evidence/EVD0CQRZQFC4Q08/pennistons-craft-appears-in-1994-and-the-binary-in-2010) Evidence EVD [Halt's tape is made public](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/events/EVT0CQRZEEA748Q/halts-tape-is-made-public) EVT [Penniston first describes approaching and touching a craft on television](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/events/EVT0CQRZEP47D1H/penniston-first-describes-approaching-and-touching-a-craft) EVT [Ian Ridpath](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/people/FIG0CQRZBRC7PBF/ian-ridpath) FIG [Jim Penniston](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/people/FIG0CQRZAHA2F30/jim-penniston) FIG [Rendlesham Forest, December 1980](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest) The mystery article MYS [How and why did the accounts grow?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/questions/QST0CQRZJBA2ZBF/how-and-why-did-the-accounts-grow) Question QST [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 [Charles Halt: Live narration of the second night: radiation readings, a flashing…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/accounts/WIT0CQRZGMM33VN/charles-halt-live-narration-of-the-second-night-radiation) WIT [Jim Penniston: Approached lights in the forest to within about 50 metres; the lights…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/accounts/WIT0CQRZFX659PN/jim-penniston-approached-lights-in-the-forest-to-within) WIT [Jim Penniston: Says he reached a landed triangular craft about three metres across,…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/accounts/WIT0CQRZGWE45EN/jim-penniston-says-he-reached-a-landed-triangular-craft) WIT ## Cite it ``` Ridpath, I. (2021). The Rendlesham Forest UFO case. ianridpath.com. http://www.ianridpath.com/ufo/rendlesham.html ``` [Read it free at ianridpath.com](http://www.ianridpath.com/ufo/rendlesham.html) Key **SRC** 0CQRZ8B04W9C Kind Web page Rights The publisher's Kept 27 Oct 2026, for editors 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/SRC0CQRZ8B04W9C/the-rendlesham-forest-ufo-case/csl.json)