Relive Suffolk's historic UFO story on film 45 years on

Entitled "The Rendlesham UFO: The British Roswell," the new film available on Amazon re-examines the incident on December 27, 1980 in which United States Air Force (USAF) personnel reported seeing a strange glowing object in Rendlesham Forest, metallic in appearance and triangular in shape. Since then, the sightings have continued to excite interest and speculation among investigators, journalists and the public alike, with a UFO trail having been created through the forest, leading to the site where the "craft" was spotted. READ MORE: X-Files actor in documentary about Rendlesham UFO mystery The first sighting took place at 2am on December 27 when a USAF security patrol saw unusual lights through the trees outside the East Gate to RAF Woodbridge airfield, which was then being used by the USAF. When they went to investigate, they found a conical-shaped object about the size of a car in a clearing on the eastern edge of the forest, which appeared to be floating on beams of light about 12 inches above the ground and appeared to be surrounded by a mist. The craft appeared to have black markings on the side, but when they went to approach it, the object rose rapidly in a flash of light and disappeared. The new film "The Rendlesham UFO: The British Roswell" re-examines the Rendlesham incident (Image: Newsquest) The next night a patrol reported seeing a "pyramid-shaped" object about 30ft across and 20ft high, which shot upwards and disappeared following an hour-long chase by the personnel. Various explanations for the sightings have been mooted over the years, including UFOs, natural phenomena and the beam from the nearby Orford lighthouse. Film maker and UFO researcher Mark Christopher Lee said: "Despite official explanations offered over the years, the Rendlesham Forest incident has never been conclusively explained. READ MORE: New documentary about Rendlesham UFO mystery at Raindance "The Rendlesham UFO: The British Roswell takes a fresh investigative approach, revisiting eyewitness testimony, examining declassified material, and placing the events in the context of renewed global interest in UFOs, now commonly referred to as Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs)."

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