UAP Record

Person

John Burroughs

no band military status · verified public figure

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Interview · source video

American Alchemy · 0:26:40

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American Alchemy / Jesse Michels ↗YouTube-hosted preview and player; not relicensed
Interview · source video

American Alchemy · 1:25:52

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Burroughs was with Penniston on the first night and says the VA acknowledged injury linked to the incident in 2015. The corpus cites him with Halt and Penniston.

Who

RoleUSAF security policeman at Rendlesham in 1980; later received VA disability for injuries he attributes to the event
Sidemilitary
Statusverified public figure (does the person exist and hold the stated position — not whether their claims are true)

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Named in 3 uploads (automatic name matching, 4 mentions)

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Rendlesham Forest / RAF Bentwaters–Woodbridge. Open the full map filtered to this record.

Sources on this record

  • 0:26:40 "I Retrieved a UFO With My Helicopter!" -Jake Barber
    ms, did he say they accorded with other UFO Yeah, he did. Specifically, what's the guy from Rendlessham Forest in 1980? Uh, John Burroughs. John Burroughs and Jim Penniston. John Burrows had had similar symptoms that I did and had similar issues with his VA r