The flaming shit heap of Rendlesham.

[barracuda]

Some background on the Rendlesham Forest Incident here.

Britain's most celebrated UFO sighting was a 'lorry full of fertiliser'

A lorry driver has claimed that he was at the root of Britain's most famous UFO sighting and not aliens.


Peter Turtill believes he is to blame for the infamous UFO sighting at Rendlesham Forest, near Woodbridge, Suffolk.

In December 1980, witnesses claimed to have seen coloured and glowing lights coming from close to an RAF base Rendlesham Forest, near Woodbridge, Suffolk.

Servicemen from the airbase who investigated claimed to have seen lights moving through the trees, as well as a bright light from an unidentified object. Some even claimed to have seen a conical metallic object floating above the trees. Police logged the incident as a UFO sighting.

Sometimes dubbed “Britain’s Roswell”, it sparked worldwide interest and for years researchers, authors and television producers have tried to get to the bottom of what happened.

Now however someone has come forward claiming to hold the key to the mystery.

Peter Turtill, 66, from Ipswich, said the “UFO” was actually a truck full of burning fertiliser which he had set alight.

He claimed he had been on his way home after collecting a truck he had lent to a friend when it broke down near the USAF airbase at Rendlesham in December 1980.

He said: “To my horror it was loaded with stolen fertiliser so we towed it off the road into the forest and set light to it to destroy the evidence of the crime.

“The truck had an aluminium body and the fertiliser and metal made some very unusual coloured flames which flared among the trees.

“Some of the airmen from the base thought it was a multi-coloured cross from out of space, and with the truck tyres popping they were getting a bit edgy.

“They had guns and we didn’t want to get in their way so we towed the burning vehicle onto the road.

"I admit it probably looked spectacular rolling through the forest but it was hardly a spaceship.”

His claim was met with immediate scorn by researchers. Brenda Butler, a UFO investigator, said: “I don’t get what he is saying. There have been so many witnesses who have come forward.

“He would have to come up with an awful lot of proof to call them liars. Why has he waited 29 years to come forward?”

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BS!

[Simulist]

Well, I've thought for some time now that the incident at Rendlesham smelled like a steaming pile of shit, but a literal flaming truckload of shit?

Now that seems... well, just like more shit.

[monster]

Thanks for the bump simulist, I think this hoax claim deserves some research and commentary here.

I'm sure Linda Moulton-Howe has some reaction on her site somewhere, she spent quite a bit of time researching this case.

I'm gonna take a look around the webs and see what's out there.

[Sepka]

A burning truck doesn't even remotely match the witness accounts. Also, why on earth, if your broken-down truck was filled with stolen fertilizer (and how did he know it was stolen anyway?) and you wanted to avoid detection, would you light it on fire? That's just going to bring the police, especially near a military base. You've also gone from having a broken, presumably repairable truck to having a destroyed truck. Why not call the police, and report the discovery of the fertilizer? I'm going to have to go with "Liar, Liar, Truck not on Fire" here.