# Burroughs 1981: Written statements of Burroughs, Penniston, Cabansag, Chandler and Buran on the night of 25–26 December 1980

> John Burroughs, Jim Penniston, Edward Cabansag et al., 1981. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The first-night accounts as written at the time…

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# Written statements of Burroughs, Penniston, Cabansag, Chandler and Buran on the night of 25–26 December 1980

John Burroughs, Jim Penniston, Edward Cabansag et al., 1981. _USAF, 81st Security Police Squadron, RAF Woodbridge; reproduced by Ian Ridpath_.

The five handwritten statements taken by the base in the first days of January 1981, the earliest record of the first night, reproduced with transcriptions on Ridpath's page "The witness statements".

**Rendlesham Forest, December 1980** **Primary source** ManuscriptCopy of **[The five airmen's written statements, January 1981](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/artifacts/ART0CQRZTD44GJ9/the-five-airmens-written-statements-january-1981)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The first-night accounts as written at the time, before any later retelling.

## Cited by on this site 2 records

[The five airmen's written statements, January 1981: document](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/copies/CPY0CQRZTMY79ZC/the-five-airmens-written-statements-january-1981-document)

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

The mystery article

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## Cite it

```
Burroughs, J., Penniston, J., Cabansag, E., Chandler, J. D., & Buran, F. (1981). Written statements of Burroughs, Penniston, Cabansag, Chandler and Buran on the night of 25–26 December 1980. USAF, 81st Security Police Squadron, RAF Woodbridge; reproduced by Ian Ridpath. http://www.ianridpath.com/ufo/rendlesham2b.html
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[Read it free at ianridpath.com](http://www.ianridpath.com/ufo/rendlesham2b.html)

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**SRC** 0CQRZ9A840QE

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Manuscript

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public-domain

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27 Oct 2026, for editors

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Against the published original

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