Episode 5

Rendlesham Forest UFO Incident & 800 Years of Paranormal Activity | UK’s Roswell Revisited | Pursuit of the Paranormal

Published on: 29th December, 2020

🌲 On the nights of December 26th–28th, 1980, something unexplained descended on Rendlesham Forest, right outside a US military base in Suffolk, England.Widely called the “UK’s Roswell,” the Rendlesham Forest UFO incident remains one of the most documented and debated UFO encounters in British history. But is the 1980 event the full story — or just part of a much larger timeline?👽 In this episode, Greg and Ash go beyond the landing site and dig into:

  • The minute-by-minute breakdown of what happened in 1980
  • Eyewitness reports from US Air Force personnel
  • Theories: ET contact, secret military tech, or something more ancient?
  • Paranormal encounters, cryptid sightings, and centuries of unexplained activity in and around Rendlesham
  • Reports of energy anomalies, military experiments, and time distortion







  • Rendlesham Forest
  • UK UFO incident
  • British Roswell
  • High strangeness
  • Cryptids
  • UFO sightings UK
  • Paranormal Suffolk
  • Military cover-up
  • 1980 UFO event
  • Greg Thomlinson
  • Ash Ellis
  • Pursuit of the Paranormal

📜 This isn’t just about UFOs — this is a look at 800 years of high strangeness in the same location.

⚠️ The truth behind Rendlesham may be bigger than one weekend in 1980 — and this episode might just change how you see the case forever.

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Keywords: Rendlesham Forest, UK UFO sightings, 1980 UFO incident, RAF Bentwaters, high strangeness, paranormal Suffolk, military experiments, cryptids, Pursuit of the Paranormal, Greg Thomlinson, Ash Ellis, British Roswell, unexplained encounters

  • Rendlesham Forest
  • UK UFO incident
  • British Roswell
  • High strangeness
  • Cryptids
  • UFO sightings UK
  • Paranormal Suffolk
  • Military cover-up
  • 1980 UFO event
  • Greg Thomlinson
  • Ash Ellis
  • Pursuit of the Paranormal


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Pursuit of the Paranormal
Paranormal investigations, UFO and UAP encounters, cryptids, and unexplained mysteries
Join Ash and Greg each week on Pursuit of the Paranormal, a UK-based paranormal podcast exploring the strange, unexplained, and unknown.

From paranormal investigations and ghost encounters to UAP/UFO sightings, cryptids, poltergeists, and government-covered mysteries, Ash and Greg dive into lesser-known cases that challenge what we think we know about reality.

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Pursuit of the Paranormal is where curiosity meets cold spots. Hosted by Greg & Ash, we dive into ghosts, UFOs/UAPs, cryptids, hauntings, and high strangeness with an open mind and a healthy dose of evidence-led thinking. Each week we investigate historic locations, unpack famous cases, and bring on researchers, experiencers, skeptics, scientists, and investigators for unfiltered conversations that challenge what we think we know.
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