# Ministry of Defence 1992: UFO reports of sighting: Rendlesham Forest, December 1980; with redactions (DEFE 24/1948/1)

> Ministry of Defence, 1992. 1 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The MoD file the article's account of its 1981 response rests on.

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# UFO reports of sighting: Rendlesham Forest, December 1980; with redactions (DEFE 24/1948/1)

Ministry of Defence, 1992. _The National Archives, Kew_.

The MoD's Rendlesham file as catalogued (covering dates 1992 to 2002), which Clarke cites for the air defence staff's radar minutes and the desk officers' handling of the Halt memo.

**Rendlesham Forest, December 1980** **Primary source** ReportCopy of **[The Ministry of Defence's Rendlesham files](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/artifacts/ART0CQRZXAW4H9R/the-ministry-of-defences-rendlesham-files)** Checked against the original0

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The MoD file the article's account of its 1981 response rests on.

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[The Ministry of Defence's Rendlesham files: scan](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rendlesham-forest/copies/CPY0CQRZXTG781S/the-ministry-of-defences-rendlesham-files-scan)

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## Cite it

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Ministry of Defence (1992). UFO reports of sighting: Rendlesham Forest, December 1980; with redactions (DEFE 24/1948/1). The National Archives, Kew. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10342055
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[Read it free at discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk](https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10342055)

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