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Lakenheath–Bentwaters

RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk

Radar, eyewitnesses and a jet in pursuit, all on the same night.

On a summer night in 1956, ground radar at two Suffolk air bases tracked unknown targets moving at great speed. An RAF Venom night fighter was scrambled, and its pilot reported locking onto an object that then seemed to get behind him.

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When
13–14 August 1956
Where
52.4090, 0.5610
Group
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An active US air base; the nearby Brecks forest walks are open to all.

Cover of UFO Cases of Britain by Cale Mills
From the book

UFO Cases of Britain

There are no blurry photographs at the heart of it, no lone witness on a dark hillside, and no tabloid reconstruction. What there is, instead, is a chain of radar operators, ground observers and pilots, American and British, spread across two airbases and a radar station in East Anglia, all reporting broadly the same thing over the course of several hours.

Fifty-four real and closely examined British UFO cases, weighed with honesty rather than hype. From Rendlesham Forest, the best-documented UFO case the United Kingdom has ever produced, to the Berwyn Mountains, the Broad Haven schoolchildren, the Calvine photograph and the Bonnybridge hotspot, each case sets out what was seen, who saw it and what the explanations are.

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