Instrument Analyses Find Rendlesham Radiation Readings Within Background Levels

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Radiation measurements near Rendlesham Forest in 1980 were very low and within normal background levels, and since the instrument used isn’t suited for background readings, later experts including Frank Close, the NRPB, Tim Printy, Captain Victor Warzinski, Nick Pope, Giles Cowling, SCUFORI, James McGaha, and others concluded there was no credible sustained anomaly, with any higher figures explained by instrument limits and flawed assumptions rather than real radiation.

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Instrument Analyses Find Rendlesham Radiation Readings Within Background Levels

Investigations into the Rendlesham Forest radiation readings from December 1980 concluded they were background and non-significant, with real-time data showing only random bursts around 0.03–0.04 mR/h (about 0.07 mR/h at the center and a 0.1 mR/h peak in Halt’s memo deemed unreliable), and a sustained 0.04 mR/h would amount to roughly 0.96 mR per day—comparable to natural background—while Frank Close later showed the AN/PDR-27 is designed for much higher levels and provides a bottom reading around 0.1 mR/h, a conclusion endorsed by the NRPB and echoed by Tim Printy, Captain Victor Warzinski, Nick Pope (whose tenfold background increase claims were challenged), Giles Cowling, SCUFORI, James McGaha, and the Sci Fi Channel, with Ministry of Defence memos cited by Pope shown to be based on flawed assumptions.