Bruni Georgina - You cant tell the people: the cover-up of Britains Roswell

This book is dedicated to all those who were reluctantly caught up in the Rendlesham Forest incident, and all the men and women in the military who have been involved in similar encounters and are still searching for the truth.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This book has only been made possible thanks to a great many people. I am deeply indebted to my agent, Andrew Lownie, for his encouragement, support and efforts. My thanks also to my editor Gordon Scott Wise, Publisher at Sidgwick and Jackson, for his enthusiasm and patience and for helping me to turn this extraordinary, complex case into a valuable casebook. To Nick Pope for contributing the foreword, for advising me on the best way to obtain government documents and for his precious contributions. To my parents, family and friends for their understanding of my isolation whilst working on this investigation.

This story could not have been told without the generous assistance of the witnesses and many people who have played an important role in these strange events. I am especially grateful to Major General Gordon E. Williams USAF (ret.) for his patience and contributions and allowing me to interview him in person. To former Special Agent Wayne Persinger, Deputy Commander, Air Force Office of Special Investigations (Bentwaters), USAF (ret.), for his contributions. To Colonel Sam P. Morgan USAF (ret.), for providing me with the first copy of the Halt Tape. To Ray Gulyas USAF (ret.) and his wife Maryann, for their contributions and for leading me to the original photographs of the initial landing site. I am grateful to all these men and women for allowing me to interview them and for assisting me with my enquires: Rick Bobo USAF (ret.), Lieutenant Colonel Fred Skip Buran USAF (ret.), Adrian Bustinza USAF (ret.), Tony Brisciano USAF, Edward N. Cabansag USAF (ret.), Gary Collins, Lieutenant Colonel Bernard E. Donahue USAF (ret.), Major Edward Drury USAF (ret.), Timothy Egercic USAF (ret.), Betty Garfield, Colonel Charles I. Halt USAF (ret.), Gerry Harris, James Hudnall USAF (ret.), Anthony Johnson USAF (ret.), Nigel Kerr RAF (ret.), Dave King, William Kirk USAF (ret.), Steven La Plume USAF (ret.), Squadron Leader Donald Moreland RAF (ret.), Richard Nunn, Diana Persinger, Maisie Pettit, James W. Penniston USAF (ret.), Lori Rehfeldt USAF (ret.), Steve Roberts USAF (ret.), Lieutenant Colonel Park Simms USAF (ret.), William Sone USAF (ret.), Harry Thompson RAF (ret.), Jerry Valdes-Sanchez USAF (ret.), Lindy Cookie Vaughn USAF (ret.), Larry Warren USAF (ret.), Roy Webb, Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm Zickler USAF (ret.) and to all those who wish to remain anonymous.

Special thanks to Baroness Margaret Thatcher. To Michael Portillo for taking my questions. To Admiral of the Fleet, The Lord Hill-Norton GCB for allowing me to use his exchange of correspondence with Lord Gilbert. To historian Gordon Kinsey for his knowledgeable help with understanding the history of Orfordness and Bawdsey. To Brenda Butler for showing me the landing sites, allowing me to interview her and for sharing her important files. To Dot Street for her humour, valuable assistance and for allowing me access to her files. To Ray Boeche, Antonio Huneeus, Mark Birdsall and Nicholas Redfern for opening their old files on the case for me to study. Many thanks also to the following people who have given much of their time and assistance, thus making a valuable contribution to my research. David Bonner BSc CCQSW DHP (NC) MNRHP for his expert help on hypnotherapy. Chuck de Caro for his humour and contributions, and Barry Greenwood for his valuable assistance. Budd Hopkins for taking my questions and Bill Kemball for helping with local information. Captain Mike Martin USAF (ret.) for his contacts, Chris Pennington for sharing his knowledge of the early years. Dave Piggot for his scientific evaluations and George Plume for his professional advice. To Peter Robbins for his friendship, patience and understanding, and for his precious contributions. Many thanks to Max Shortley, Ronnie Spaine, Mike Topliss, Vincent Thurkettle, George Wild and Marjorie Wright for sharing their stories.

I would also like to thank the following people for their assistance and patience: James Anderson, Derek Barnes, Linn Barringer, Keith Beabey, Graham William Birdsall, Mrs David Boast, James Buckles USAF (ret.), John Lawrence Briggs, Lieutenant Colonel Al Brown USAF (ret.), Robin D. Cole, Paul Crowther, Jacquieline Davis, Vernon Drane, Sean Emerson USAF (ret.), Jackie Errington, Mary Everest, Lucius Farish, Halan E. Girard, Walter F. Hern USAF (ret.), Tony McEvoy, Fred Nunn, Lieutenant Colonel Perksy USAF (ret.), Peter Phillips, Jeff Rense, Ian Ridpath, Nick Ryan ARRS, USAF (ret.), Malcolm Scurrah, Andrew Sheepshanks, Simon Smith, Steve Smith USAF (ret.), Gaynor South, Lee Speigel and Robert Todd.

And last but by no means least: Alan Akeroyd, Jerry Anderson, Dennis Bardens, Adrian Bevan, Ron Burrell USAF (ret.), Sally Brown, Charles Chow, Neil Cunningham, Brian Creswell, David Dane, Darren Danks, Jonathon Dillon, Ann Drury, Mrs Drury SRN, Elizabeth Fenning, Barry Fillis, Timothy Good, Dr Jane Grundy BSc (Hons) PhD DSc FRCPath, Ron Harlan, Bob Higgins, Kane, Michele Kaczynski, Dr Gerhard Knecht, Dr Helmut F. Lammer, Robert McLean, Charlie Mounter, Richard Naylor, Rowena Naylor, William John Naylor, Gianpaolo Rosino Bruni, Dan Sherman USAF (ret.), Martin Stout, Bruce Taylor, Bernard Thouanel, Glenmore Trenear-Harvey RAF (ret.), Jenny Randles, Joan Umbers-Naylor, Sonia White, Kate Wright-Morris, Martin Wood, Anglia International Airpark, CAUS, CompuServe, Colchester Barracks, Kodak, Ministry of Defence for Air, Ministry of Defence Police, Ministry of Defence Library, Sightings Magazine, Suffolk Constabulary, Suffolk Record Office, UFO Magazine (UK), Unopened Files. To friends Penelope Bouchot-Humbert, Lady Anna Brocklebank, Robert A. Bell and Lord Anthony Leitrim, for you know what, Walter F. Hern USAF (ret.), CUFON, East Anglian Press, Quest, United States Air Force. To everyone I might have failed to mention, my apologies, and of course not forgetting Alan, because you always knew.

FOREWORD

BY NICK POPE

I work at the Ministry of Defence, where between 1991 and 1994 I did what must be one of the most bizarre jobs in the department. Essentially, my task was to evaluate the several hundred UFO sightings reported to the MOD each year and to determine whether there was evidence of any threat to the defence of the United Kingdom. Each sighting was carefully investigated and I was able to determine that somewhere between ninety and ninety-five per cent could be attributed to the misidentification of ordinary objects or phenomena. There remained, however, a hard core of sightings that defied conventional explanation and involved what appeared to be structured craft of unknown origin, capable of manoeuvres and speeds beyond the abilities of anything in our inventory prototype craft included. The best such cases were ones involving trained observers, such as police officers, airline pilots and military personnel, or ones where the sightings could be correlated by photographs, videos or radar tapes.

The MODs public position on the UFO phenomenon is that it is of no defence significance. But my official research and investigation turned up numerous cases that seemed to contradict such a conclusion: RAF jets had been scrambled to intercept mystery craft tracked on radar; civil and military pilots were having close encounters with UFOs; unidentified craft the size of jumbo jets were flying over military bases. Such incidents led me to speak out publicly about the UFO phenomenon and warn that there were serious defence and national-security issues at stake, given that our sophisticated air-defence network was being routinely penetrated by these unidentified craft.