Person
John Burroughs
Also known as Burroughs
- Airman First Class, U.S. Air Force Security Police, RAF Woodbridge
John Burroughs was an airman first class in the U.S. Air Force Security Police at RAF Woodbridge in December 1980 and one of the patrolmen who went into Rendlesham Forest on 26 December to investigate lights among the trees. He has spoken about the incident publicly, including at the 2013 Citizen Hearing.
Sources: Rendlesham incident record · Citizen Hearing (2013)
Facts and claims
- claimed Burroughs, then with the 81st Tactical Fighter Wing at RAF Bentwaters, says that after the December 1980 incident his gums turned white and a doctor later found a heart murmur, though his entry physical had been clean. — John Burroughs Source: Citizen Hearing 2013: Rendlesham Forest Encounter, Part 1 at 43:00
- claimed He says a VA doctor told him she had no DD Form 214 or medical records for him from 1979 to 1982. — John Burroughs Source: Citizen Hearing 2013: Rendlesham Forest Encounter, Part 1 at 47:30
Connected files
Books
- Encounter in Rendlesham Forest: The Inside Story of the World's Best-Documented UFO Incident (authored)
Claims
- A craft of unknown origin landed in Rendlesham Forest, beside RAF Woodbridge, in December 1980 (asserts)
- Close encounters with UAP have physically injured people (asserts)
People
- Charles Halt (fellow witness) — Halt investigated two nights after Penniston, Burroughs and Cabansag reported a landed craft
- Jim Penniston (fellow witness) — He led the patrol, with Burroughs and Edward Cabansag, into Rendlesham Forest on 26 December 1980
Hearings & briefings
- Citizen Hearing on Disclosure (testified at)
Incidents
- Rendlesham Forest incident (witness)
Videos
- Citizen Hearing 2013: Closing Remarks (appears in)
- Citizen Hearing 2013: Rendlesham Forest Encounter, Part 1 (appears in)
- Citizen Hearing 2013: Rendlesham Forest Encounter, Part 2 (appears in)
- Rendlesham Forest UFO sighting: Eyewitness Colonel Charles Halt (discussed in)
- Col Charles Halt goes on the record (discussed in)