UFO sighting, East Bergholt, late Dec 1980

[Alex Pettersson]

I have some vital information for Penniston and Burroughs regarding a UFO sighting in East Bergholt at around the same time as the Rendlesham incident. I have recently spoken to Gordon Goodger about this, and he has expressed his interest in my giving testimony, (together with the two other witnesses of the event), at the reunion on December 28th. I would appreciate some feedback from the right people, as I am fed up of being ignored. Even the sceptics would struggle to provide a logical explanation of the event that three of us witnessed simultaneously. We strongly believe that the object that we saw was a controlled craft, which drifted, hovered for a number of seconds, and then shot off at immense speed across the Dedham Vale. I look forward to hearing from someone soon, (Gordon Goodger does have my contact details.)

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Nov 22, 2010 16:47:49 GMT -5 @Alex Pettersson said:

I have some vital information for Penniston and Burroughs regarding a UFO sighting in East Bergholt at around the same time as the Rendlesham incident. I have recently spoken to Gordon Goodger about this, and he has expressed his interest in my giving testimony, (together with the two other witnesses of the event), at the reunion on December 28th. I would appreciate some feedback from the right people, as I am fed up of being ignored. Even the sceptics would struggle to provide a logical explanation of the event that three of us witnessed simultaneously. We strongly believe that the object that we saw was a controlled craft, which drifted, hovered for a number of seconds, and then shot off at immense speed across the Dedham Vale. I look forward to hearing from someone soon, (Gordon Goodger does have my contact details.)

Hi Alex and Welcome

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Regards
Dave.

[alexpettersson]

Thanks Dave,

I have just registered with the forum (I don't have a facebook account - or want one really!) I look forward to getting a reply from someone soon.

Alex

[Alex Pettersson]

Dear John & Jim,

I would like to invite you to visit the site in East Bergholt (not more than a nano second away from Rendlesham as the UFO flies!), where I, together with my father and brother, sited a UFO just a few days after the Rendlesham incident. I hope that you will take me seriously, as this might be some of the best evidence yet, as it was witnessed by three of us. There is no explanation of what we saw that day, and if you visit the location you will understand the whole importance of it.

The day in question was between Boxing Day and New Year 1980. It had been snowing, and we went to Cemetry Lane, East Bergholt in the late afternoon to go sledging. The light was starting to fade (although it was a clear evening), and my father had just been launched down the hill on the sledge. I noticed that a huge bright ball of light had drifted gently up to where we were. There was no sound and it appeared to shimmer around the edges. I turned around and said to my brother, “What the hell is that?” It hovered hundreds of feet above us. We also noticed a plane many thousands of feet above, which seemed to be tracking the UFO. The ball of light hovered above us long enough for my father to get to the bottom of the hill and for us to call out to him to look at it. Therefore, all three of us witnessed the ball of white light. Then, within literally two clicks of my fingers, the light disappeared across the Dedham Vale. Again, I must emphasise that there was no sound. The speed with which it moved was immense, from a standing start. My brother remembers that it left light trails. The plane was left standing still. There was no doubt in our minds that what we had just seen was a controlled craft. We were all left spellbound by what we had just seen. On a personal note, I was left frightened (being just 15 years old at the time.) I remember saying to my brother (then 18) and my father (then 42), “Let’s go home!”

An American Fighter Pilot from Bentwaters, who was at the base during this period became a family friend through my father. My father is a landscape artist and the pilot and his wife (names with-held at the moment) loved my father’s work and got to know him personally. One evening, not long after we had witnessed what we believe to be a UFO, they came over for a meal. This was well before anything had been said publically about the Rendlesham incident. We told him about our sighting and I seem to remember that he smiled, nodded his head and said “All I can tell you is that we know they exist and there is nothing we can do about it.”

Anyway, I do hope that someone will contact me and take me up on my offer to show them the location of my sighting. I can assure you that this was not a product of our imaginations. On a personal note, I have five children, and I am prepared to swear on their lives that all that I have told you is true, and they mean everything to me.

Here is some other useful information to help the ‘Justice for the Bentwaters 81st’. I believe that the Orford lighthouse theory is just an insult to everyone concerned. My mother, who will be with me at the meeting on 28th December, is an Orford-born girl and her brother-in-law was born on the Island near the lighthouse. (He later worked as a civilian on the Woodbridge base.) They know a lot about it as they were brought up with it. I remember when the Rendlesham Incident came to light, we heard it on BBC Radio 2. They mentioned Orford lighthouse as a possible explanation for the strange lights, and my mother was very angry and felt like telling them that they may be able to fool and nation but they couldn’t fool the locals! As for the other theories, I believe that they would be better off admitting that this was a UFO rather than say that the military were fooled by a lighthouse, an emergency vehicle running around in the woods, a meteor shower, a plane crashing, etc. Incidentally, I think that the photos of the lighthouse are deceptive. They make the lighthouse look a lot nearer than it actually is.
We know the area so well and we as a family have visited Rendlesham Forest many times. Anyway, I would love the sceptics to challenge us if they want, as we plan to stand and testify on 28th December.

I have also recently contacted BBC Radio Suffolk, but so far have met a wall of silence, which I find disappointing. Hopefully we will be able to meet up soon and strengthen the ‘Justice for Bentwaters 81st’ cause.

Best wishes,

Alex

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