Rendlesham Uncovered and the Hidden Truth of the Bentwaters Incident?

 Rendlesham Uncovered and the Hidden Truth of the Bentwaters Incident?

Introduction and the Documentary Catalyst

Larry Warren

The Rendlesham Forest Incident, often cited as "probably the most controversial case in the world," continues to generate intense scrutiny decades after the events of December 1980. This complex narrative of UFO encounters near RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge has long been shaped by conflicting accounts and accusations. However, new research, spearheaded by former police investigator Gary Hesseline, suggests that the widely accepted story is "completely different" from the reality uncovered through rigorous investigation.

At the center of this renewed focus is Larry Warren, the first military service member to publicly disclose his involvement in the incident. Warren’s story is the core focus of the documentary Cable Green, directed by Dion Johnson. The documentary project originated organically when Johnson, an Australian living in England, encountered Larry Warren while walking in Rendlesham Forest and recognized him from previous media coverage. Johnson subsequently recruited Gary Heseltine to serve as the lead researcher, leveraging Heseltine’s professional background as a police investigator.

Heseltine’s involvement was critical, bringing 30 years of policing experience, including 19 years as a detective, to bear on the evidence. His approach emphasized viewing the subject through "evidential eyes". Heseltine’s public research into Rendlesham began in 2007, initially involving a period of collaboration with then-Deputy Base Commander Colonel Charles Halt. However, this partnership dissolved around 2015 due to Halt’s "constant attacks on Larry". Heseltine found Halt's slanderous and personal criticisms of Warren to be unprofessional and began to suspect that Halt "knew a lot more than he was saying". This suspicion was reinforced by evidence, including video footage from 2007 in which Halt unequivocally stated that a witness had informed him that "beams from a UFO had been shown down into the nuclear weapon storage area," a fact Halt later omitted from his book and outright denied being on video.

The documentary Cable Green was intended to be a robust defense of Warren’s claims. As Larry Warren notes, his public involvement, dating back to 1983—almost three years after the event—upset the apple cart of the initial cover-up efforts. He was the "only one in public for about eight years," while others were filmed only in shadow. Warren’s early disclosure led to the eventual filing of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request regarding the incident.

The Core Conflict and Larry Warren's Vindication

Larry Warren endured years of "vitriol" and attacks, particularly after Halt retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1991. Halt immediately went "on to the attack," labeling Warren a "wannabe," a "drug user," and a "drinker" who was kicked out of the military. Despite these relentless accusations, Gary Hesseline found that Warren's presence in the forest on the night of his event was corroborated by three other military personnel: Sergeant Adrian Bustenza, Airman Greg Batum, and Steve Longro.

The definitive evidence supporting Larry Warren’s veracity comes from forensic testing. Larry Warren is the only Rendlesham witness to ever take a modern polygraph test. This polygraph, conducted early in the documentary's production (around 2017) by Patty Musaro, then-Chairwoman of the British Polygraph Association and an examiner who had conducted over 2,000 tests, was done pro bono. The test was designed by Gary Hesseline and Musaro, focusing on Warren’s basic story and including control questions related to character and the slanders thrown against him.

Despite the extremely high pressure of the event—being surrounded by multiple cameras and knowing that even a "little lie" would lead to failure—Warren remained incredibly calm before the test. The test results were conclusive: Warren "passed with flying colors," recording "very strong charts". Furthermore, Larry Warren’s account was corroborated by a Voice Stress Analysis test conducted by Joe Montalo for Gary Hesseline's book, which he also passed "with flying colors".

The moment the result was given proved profoundly emotional for Warren. Patty Musaro noted that people telling the truth often "well up with emotion" because it is "like exercising a ghost". Heseltine recalls that the footage of Warren receiving the news, where he sat with tears welling up in his eyes, was a "human moment" so "genuine and spontaneous" and "powerful" that it moved Heseltine himself to tears. For Warren, the immediate fear prior to the test was not the UFO community, but what his son and family would think if he failed.

Warren's claims of physical harm are also documented. He described hemorrhaging through the skin, with medical records from New Britain General Hospital supporting this in the mid-1980s. One MD even asked him if he had been exposed to a "nuclear ordinance of some kind". Furthermore, the depth of the suppression against him is highlighted by the extraordinary fact that his U.S. passport was once suspended due to him "speaking about sensitive defense issues in a public forum on foreign soil," requiring former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark to intervene and get it back. Heseltine argues that the denial of his passport is strong circumstantial evidence that Warren was, in fact, involved, contrary to denialists.

The Cover-Up and the Halt Agenda

The pattern of suppression and narrative control strongly implicates Colonel Charles Halt. Halt, upon retiring in 1991, immediately began his attacks on Larry Warren, an action Hesseline found suspicious and "unjustified". Halt's decision to attack Warren, rather than act as a "mother hen" to unify the witnesses, struck Hesseline as indicative of a deliberate "agenda". This agenda extended beyond Halt, as other witnesses, including Jim Penniston and John Burrows, also began to deny or cast doubt on Warren's involvement after their retirements.

Halt's control over the narrative is extensive. Halt, Jim Penniston, John Burrows, and Nick Pope have dominated English-speaking documentaries for the last 25 to 30 years, effectively controlling who gets featured. Halt refused to submit to a free polygraph test, a decision shared by all other key military witnesses offered the test.

Hesseline’s suspicion that Halt has a hidden intelligence background was seemingly confirmed when Halt, during a recent interview, admitted he served for a time as the DoD Inspector General (DoD IG). Hesseline believes one must have spent time in intelligence communities to assume the role of DoD IG, a position that sits "at the heart of the Pentagon and a cover up". Furthermore, Halt previously stated in a documentary that his job was to "debunk these things". Halt also demonstrated an ability to control access to information, as detailed during a 1993 meeting at the Pentagon food court with Larry Warren and researchers: Halt admitted that when he mentioned Warren to the Department of Defense, he was told to "wisdom shut down quicker than anything I've ever asked in my career" and was instructed, "Hands off". Halt also intentionally went "off tape" during a discussion with Bob Oeschler to say things he would never disclose publicly, demonstrating calculated narrative control.

Breakthrough Evidence and Corroboration (Physical & Witness)

Gary Heseltine's extensive research yielded definitive evidential breakthroughs, many of which are detailed in his book Non-Human. One stunning admission came to light through research materials provided by Ray Busher, a Muon researcher. Busher contacted Halt in April 1985, while Halt was still serving, and informed him of rumors regarding a "second landing" involving security police officers, Base Commander Gordon Williams, and film crews. Busher recorded Halt's reply verbatim: "Yeah, I can verify all of that. I can substantiate all of that for the senator.". Hesseline considers this a "perfect police admission" of the second landing, contradicting Halt’s public stance that Williams was uninvolved.

Furthermore, Larry Warren's account is substantiated by scientific data. A scientist named Tim, who is accredited and features in the Cable Green documentary, conducted background radiation checks in the forest for two years. Tim discovered anomalous radio isotopic ratios six to seven feet underground in a triangular formation, located precisely within 20 feet of where Larry Warren said the craft landed. These ratios were "peaking in only that spot in the entire forest". This scientific finding validates the location and physical impact described by Warren.

Warren was also the first witness to publicly discuss the bizarre physical and temporal effects encountered during the incident. He described a "ground hugging" mist that was greenish-yellow and gave the impression that "everything just seemed very dream like". The movement of the perceived craft felt slow, suggesting an "outside force controlling the narrative".

One of a series of strange pics take at
Rendlesham years later by Warren.

This "fog" phenomenon is corroborated by other witnesses:

1. Sergeant Adrian Bustenza told Hesseline that during a search line operation prior to Halt's arrival, he felt a push and fell forward, finding himself underneath a layer of "yellow greeny mist." He described looking up at the surface of the fog before standing through it.

2. Airman Greg Batum was featured in the 1985 CNN documentary describing and drawing a "ground hugging mist" he saw with colleagues.

The physical effect of being near the craft was also strange, including the observation of a "molten metal" substance appearing to drip off the orb (which is also in Halt's account near the farmer's house). Warren also noted the bizarre sensory effects, including a feeling of "underwater" or "cotton in your ears" due to pressure change, a phenomenon also described by other UFO witnesses in unrelated cases.

New Witnesses and Conclusion

Gary Hesseline’s ongoing research has also yielded a compelling new witness, an exclusive detail that indirectly links the Rendlesham event to other nuclear sites. This witness is a high-caliber individual—an aerospace engineer and Top Gun pilot (later a test flight pilot instructor) with a stellar US Air Force career. This pilot was stationed at RAF Upper Hayford (a US base near Oxford, approximately 130–140 miles from Rendlesham) where he was guarding tactical nuclear weapons.

On December 26, 1980—a date key to the Rendlesham timeline—this pilot, who was working a long shift over Christmas, had a close-proximity sighting. While driving home, he saw a silent, black, triangular object flying low that then stopped dead over a golf course. The object was about 60 feet off the ground and 150 feet away. When the pilot approached the object, it dropped down, suggesting an interaction. Fearing his career would be ruined ("my flanker is finished"), he suppressed the sighting for 45 years. The significance of this account is that it establishes an indirect link: UFOs were active around two nuclear bases (Bentwaters/Woodbridge and Upper Hayford) on the same date when UFO activity was rife, supporting the theory of nuclear interest.

Additionally, the research touches upon the injuries sustained by Base Commander Gordon Williams, who allegedly suffered "close proximity injuries," contradicting Halt's insistence that Williams was nowhere near the incident. Ultimately, the exhaustive evidence supporting Warren’s account and exposing the subsequent cover-up is contained within the documentary Cable Green. Heseltine, who dedicated three years to the project, amassed 60 hours of material, including groundbreaking interviews (such as the first on-camera interview with Sergeant Adrian Bastenza), brilliant special effects, and cinematic aerial shots. Heseltine left the project after three years because he felt, as a detective, compelled not to "sit on really important information" while the film's release was delayed. Although the film was completed and screened four times (two in Cambridge and two in Australia), it remains largely inaccessible. The creators and participants express deep frustration, believing the world deserves to see the definitive, evidential truth of the Rendlesham case, which, based on the material gathered, "should be the best documentary on any one case ever filmed."