Dear Colleagues.
This is the continuation of my previous reports available here:
http://tinyurl.com/5vlojdf,
http://tinyurl.com/6g6byqu,
http://tinyurl.com/6er7vvc
Also this article is a good companion piece for my report:
http://tinyurl.com/2wanydu
The whole package of audio files is now available in 4 parts (every part is rared-use Winrar to extract audio files after download) – every part has an episode guide:
Those are the parts with download links:
01. Rendlesham Prelude Shows
Download link:
http://tinyurl.com/6xjfmw2
02. Rendlesham Specials
Download link:
http://tinyurl.com/6xbsy4e
03. Rendlesham Reunion Conference Show
Download link:
http://tinyurl.com/6hfd9r9
04. Bonus – Rendlesham Promos & Treehouse Appeal Promos
http://tinyurl.com/64qrtt7
Summary:
After almost 2 and a half months of work I have finally finished processing BBC Suffolk „Mark Murphy Breakfast“ shows that were aired during November and December 2010. Now they are available and preserved for historical record and research purposes. They can also serve as a sample of stereotypical UFO comments and promos for future thesis about media and UFOs. Let’s begin. Every episode of Mark Murphy Breakfast show airs from Monday to Saturday. The length of each episode is 3 hours. In total, 49 shows were processed and approximately 195 men hours were invested in this project (conservative estimate). I had to process every episode and to edit audios only with Rendlesham and UFO references.
On 1st November 2010 BBC Suffolk started to air promos for their big radio special on Rendlesham, scheduled for December 17, 2010. Station even created 26 promos for the show that were aired almost every day. Finally on December 17, long awaited special “Rendlesham Revealed” was aired. Mark Murphy proposed a theory that on a first night of the incident, dummy Apollo Capsule was allegedly dropped in the forest by a helicopter from 67th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron based at RAF Woodbridge. “Third night” is explained with helicopter’s return because soldiers decided to pick the capsule back. Theory is proposed as a solution for the whole incident. Unfortunately (or fortunately) for BBC, story about Rendlesham was not over. As the end of December was approaching, new event appeared as a news item. 30th Anniversary conference known as “Rendlesham Reunion” was scheduled on 28th December 2010 at Community Hall in Woodbridge, Suffolk with primary witnesses Jim Penniston and John Burroughs. The event itself opened up a new cycle of local news so BBC Suffolk had to report on Rendlesham again.
One day before the conference - 27th December 2010 - BBC Suffolk decided to air highlights from Rendlesham Special that already aired on 17th December (show with proposed theory of dummy Apollo capsule). But on 28th December, Mark Murphy visited himself the Rendlesham Reunion event where he interviewed John Burroughs and prepared new radio piece for his show on 29th December. Mark asked him about Apollo capsule theory and Burroughs gave this reply:
Burroughs: “The fact that the airfield was shut down, the fact that you would hear helicopter lift off, we would know for helicopter lift off, I can honestly tell you straight up there was no helicopter activity. Now, on the third night with colonel Halt, because I came out after it already started, I can’t tell what was going on the airfield but I did not hear any helicopters at any time.”
At the end Mark Murphy gave this comment on his show on 29th December:
“…So you know, they are keen 30 years on to say 'Look I am sorry but this is what happened'…So the truth may still be out there, maybe we find it, maybe we haven’t, we’ll have to do Rendlesham Revealed Revisited part 2 at some point I suspect…Jim Penniston…claims that he and…who I am to argue, I wasn’t there…claims (Penniston) that he touched the craft…”
Aftermath of the Rendlesham Reunion event:
- Woodbridge Community Hall was packed with more then 400 people
- Rendlesham Reunion event raised more then 2000 pounds for a noble cause - Treehouse Appeal is a project to build new hospice in Ipswich for life-threatened children and their families in Suffolk & North Essex (for more info download 4th part with promos and bonus material about Treehouse Appeal).
I have decided to split the project in 4 parts. Those are the description of those parts where you can find those interviews and clips (download links at the top of this post):
Part 1 – Rendlesham Prelude Shows
Prelude shows between November 1st and December 17th that kept the tension for the Special show “Rendlesham Revealed”
- Portion of Charles Halt's tape broadcasted
- Interview with Terry Hunt, editor from East Anglian Daily Times
- Interview with presenter David Whiteley from BBC Inside Out Show.
- Special interview with Philip Mantle, editor of UFO Matrix magazine.
- Evening at Rendlesham Forest - interview with Brenda Butler
- Interview with journalist Keith Baebey who wrote article that broke the Rendlesham story in „News of the World“
- Interview with Grant Lohoar – National Trust Countryside Manager East Suffolk
- Interview with Keith Seaman, lighthouse attendant talks about lighthouse theory
- Evening at Rendlesham Forest and survey with participants
Part 2 – Rendlesham Specials (original 2-hour version from December 17th and Highlights 1-hour version):
Featured in the show:
- Graham Haynes, Manager of Bentwaters Cold War Museum
- Brenda Butler
- Vince Thurkettle, ex forester
- Beverly Plumbridge, witness
- Nigel Turner, forester
- Nick Pope
- Terry Hunt, editor of East Anglian Daily Times
- Evening at Rendlesham Forest and survey with participants
- Portion of Charles Halt's tape
- Robert Salas, UFOs & Nukes
- David King, ex policeman
- Keith Baebey, journalist
- John Mason, British Astronomical Association
- Grant Lohoar – National Trust Countryside Manager East Suffolk
- Keith Seaman, lighthouse attendant
- Kevin Sloane, ex police officer
- Christopher Pennington
- Erroll Frost, Bentwaters Cold War Museum
- War Zone with Simon War – Simon comments Rendlesham Special
Part 3 – Rendlesham Reunion Event – 30th Anniversary Conference
- Interview with Peter Robbins about Rendlesham Reunion event
- Report from Rendlesham Reunion
- Interview with John Burroughs, Gordon Goodger (event organizer), Linda Moulton Howe, Brenda Butler, Dot Street
Part 4 – Bonus
BBC Suffolk 26 promos and Treehouse Appeal promos.
And now the project is finally finished.
Best Wishes.
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By the way, T-Shirts with this logo were sold at the Rendlesham Reunion - earnings went to Treehouse Appeal:
http://tinyurl.com/5rqajnz