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Rendlesham — Deconstructing a Myth

£5 plus booking fee (Advance tickets)
Tuesday 30 January 2018 7.30pm
Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
Tube: Holborn

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Over the past 30 years the Rendlesham Forest incident has become one of the top ten UFO cases in the world as voted by UFO believers, and is now often described as the “British Roswell”. Here, skeptical investigator Ian Ridpath looks at the main points of the case and provides explanations for each in turn, correcting various misunderstandings, and pointing out how various unsubstantiated claims have passed uncontested into a body of unreliable knowledge that has taken on the status of a modern myth.

For further information on Ian’s investigations, see his website.
Ian Ridpath is a writer and broadcaster on astronomy and space with a particular interest in the way astronomical phenomena are misidentified as UFOs. He produced the first full explanation of the Rendlesham Forest UFO case back in 1984 and marvels at the way the myth has grown ever since.

£5 plus booking fee (Advance tickets)
Monday 30 January 2018 7.30pm
Tuesday Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
Tube: Holborn

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Facebook event page

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