Charles Halt
Retired US Air Force colonel who directly witnessed and documented the Rendlesham Forest incident
| Charles Halt | |
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| Born | 1934 |
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| Died | — |
| Nationality | United States |
| Category | Witness |
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| Roles | Retired U.S. Air Force colonel; deputy base commander, RAF Bentwaters |
| Notable claim | Authored the contemporaneous “Halt Memo” documenting the Rendlesham Forest incident |
| Status | Highly credible military witnessCase remains officially unexplained |
Charles Halt is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel who, as deputy base commander at RAF Bentwaters, personally led a night patrol investigating unusual lights in Rendlesham Forest in December 1980, subsequently authoring the contemporaneous memorandum — later declassified and widely known as the “Halt Memo” — that remains one of the most important primary documents in the Rendlesham Forest incident.
Assessment
Halt’s rank, his contemporaneous written documentation, and an audio recording he made during the patrol combine to make him one of the most credible and thoroughly corroborated military witnesses in UFO history, though the phenomena he described remain officially unexplained by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD).
[1]See also
References
- ^ Halt, C. I. Memorandum for the record, “Unexplained Lights,” January 13, 1981.