RAF Rendlesham Forest incident - new declassified documents suggest something BIG

Right, so I've been digging through the National Archives website (yes, I know, thrilling Friday night) and found some newly released FOI documents relating to the 1980 Rendlesham Forest incident. Nothing Earth-shattering, but there are some redacted passages that weren't in the original Halt memo, and I'm pretty convinced they're hiding something about radiation readings.

The documents clearly state that military personnel were ordered to stand down monitoring equipment on the second night. Stand down. Why would you do that if nothing happened the first night? Anyway, I've uploaded the PDFs to my personal site. Won't last long before the MoD sends me a cease-and-desist, so grab them while you can.

Has anyone else noticed how quiet the RAF has been about this lately? Almost like someone's told them not to comment...

Mate, those redactions are standard practice for ongoing investigations. The MoD doesn't release everything because it's boring not because it's aliens. That said, the stand-down order IS weird. Could be budget cuts though - 1980 was rough for defence spending.

Won't last long before the MoD sends me a cease-and-desist

I worked in defence procurement in the late 80s. Can confirm there were 'discussions' about Rendlesham that never made it into official channels. Nothing sinister, just typical bureaucratic nonsense where three departments don't talk to each other and everyone assumes someone else filed the report. Classic UK government, innit.

This is brilliant research, genuinely. Have you cross-referenced with the personnel reports? Several of the officers involved went on to have... unusual career trajectories. Not suggesting intimidation, but the pattern's interesting.

Actually living about 3 miles from Rendlesham Forest makes this thread hit different for me.

@dozy_owl that's an interesting detail - do you remember roughly what the nature of those discussions was? Whether it was more about what happened or more about managing the narrative around what happened? There's a meaningful difference there.

Also genuinely curious whether these