A cikin shekara ta 1996, Nick Pope ya buga littafinsa na farko, Open Skies, Closed Minds. Yana kallon tarihin rayuwa ne a kan shahararrun lamuran UFO, gauraye da bincikensa na kansa. Pope ya yi aiki a Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta Burtaniya sama da shekaru ashirin, daga 1985 zuwa 2006. Na uku daga cikin waɗannan shekarun—1991 zuwa 1994—ya riƙe abin da ake kira "teburin UFO" a cikin sashen. Sunansa na hukuma shine Secretariat (Air Staff) Sec (AS) 2a, kuma aikinsa shi ne tantance ko rahotannin ganin UFO suna da wani muhimmin abu ga tsaro.
Don tallata littafin, Pope ya bayyana a BBC Newsnight. Shirin labarai mafi girma na Burtaniya ya shahara da tambayoyinsa masu tsauri, waɗanda zasu iya barin ƙwararrun 'yan siyasa da masana su yi mamaki. Ganin batun da dandalin, zai iya yin muni, amma Pope ya riƙe kansa. "Ban ji tsoro ba, watakila saboda Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta horar da ni don kafofin watsa labarai," in ji shi. "Abin ban dariya shi ne, lokacin da aka sanya ni a teburin UFO, wani lokaci nakan je talabijin a matsayin masanin sashen kuma in rage muhimmancin abubuwan da kuma yadda muke da sha'awa ko shiga." A wannan dare, mai tambayarsa shi ne Peter Snow. "Me kuka yi imani da shi yanzu da ba ku yi imani da shi shekaru biyar da suka wuce?" Snow ya fara.
"To, na fara aikin a matsayin mai shakka, amma yawan shaidun—ganin, bayanan radar, duk wannan—ya gamsar da ni cewa wasu daga cikin waɗannan abubuwan da muke gani a sama kuma muke kira UFO sun fito daga wajen Duniya," in ji Pope. "Daga waje? Kuna nufin, kamar jirgi da mutane a ciki?" Snow ya tambaya, yana nuna shakka. "To, wani irin jirgi, eh. Wannan baya nufin dukansu haka suke, ba shakka. Yawancin suna da bayani na yau da kullun. Amma bayan bincike mai kyau, mun gano cewa 5% ko 10% gaba ɗaya sun ƙi duk wani bayani na yau da kullun. Kuma waɗannan, eh, da alama suna iya zama wani irin jirgi daga wani wuri," Pope ya amsa.
Aikin Pope a teburin UFO ya kasance da abubuwan da suka faru—yana iya zama mai aiki sosai, sannan ya yi shuru sosai. A lokacin waɗannan lokutan shuru, yakan yi nazarin tsofaffin lamura. Wata ganawa ta yi fice. An ruwaito ta a dajin Rendlesham da wasu sojojin Amurka biyu a daren Kirsimeti a shekara ta 1980.
Dajin Rendlesham yana cikin Suffolk, Ingila, kusa da RAF Bentwaters, wani sansanin sojan sama da Amurka ke amfani da shi a lokacin Yaƙin Sanyi. A shekara ta 1980, wannan sansanin yana ɗauke da makamai masu linzami na nukiliya da yawa.
Na zo New York don yin hira da Pope don littafina Chasing Aliens. Idan baƙi suna nan, ko sun taɓa kasancewa a nan, me suke so? Za su iya zuwa cikin salama, ko suna so su yi wa Duniya fashi kamar mahara daga War of the Worlds? UFOs da ake gani a sararin samaniyar Duniya na iya zama jiragen leƙen asiri, suna ciyar da bayanai game da rauninmu zuwa ga uwar jirginsu. Fahimtar manufofinsu na iya zama mabuɗin gano su, na yi tunani.
Lokacin da muka hadu a rana mai haske a Bryant Park, Pope ya sa rigar ratsi mai kore wadda ta fi girmansa aƙalla sau biyu. Ya gaya mini cewa ba kamar sauran ganin UFO ba, rahotannin shaidun gani daga Rendlesham suna da goyon bayan shaida mai ƙarfi. "Yana da cikakkiyar guguwa ta shari'ar UFO. Shaidu da yawa, ciki har da sojoji. Ganin dare uku a jere. Shaida ta zahiri kamar radar, rediyoactivity, alamun ƙasa, da alamun konewa. Lamari ne da muka fitar da takardu kuma muka saki, waɗanda za ku iya gani a National Archives da gidan yanar gizon Ma'aikatar Tsaro. Don haka, ba kamar yawancin takardun UFO da ke waje ba, babu tambaya game da inda suka fito. Su ne ainihin abu." Binciken Pope game da lamarin ya kai shi ga rubuta littafi tare, Encounter in Rendlesham Forest, tare da ɗaya daga cikin shaidun, Jim Penniston. Da John Burroughs, bayan ya bar Ma'aikatar Tsaro. An buga shi a shekara ta 2014.
Abubuwan da suka faru a wannan dare sun fara ne lokacin da Burroughs, wanda yake sintiri a Woodbridge kusa da ƙofar gabas ta sansanin, ya lura da fitilu masu kyalkyali ja da shuɗi masu ban mamaki suna fitowa daga dajin. Burroughs da mai kula da shi, Staff Sergeant Bud Steffens, sun shiga mota suka fita don bincike. Lokacin da suka isa wata hanyar ƙasa da take kaiwa cikin dajin, wani farin haske ya haɗu da ja da shuɗi. Dukansu sun yarda cewa ba su taɓa ganin fitilu irin waɗannan a kan kowane jirgin sama ba. Suka yi gaggawar komawa rumfar gadi a ƙofar gabas suka kira ƙarin taimako.
Penniston, wanda ya kasance staff sergeant a lokacin, ya ɗauki kiran ya yi gaggawar zuwa wurin tare da direbansa, Edward Cabansag. Da yake tsoron jirgin sama ya fāɗi, Penniston ya yi waya da Central Security Control don ƙarin bayani. Amsar ita ce wani abu da ba a gane shi ba ya bayyana a radar Woodbridge sannan ya ɓace mintuna 15 da suka wuce. Bayan ɗan tattaunawa, Steffens ya zauna a sansanin, yayin da Burroughs, Penniston, da Cabansag suka koma dajin don duba fitilu. Ko da yake babu rahoton fashewa ko wuta, mutanen uku suka shiga cikin dajin mai sanyi da duhu, suna tsammanin samun tarkacen jirgin da ya fāɗi da duk matsalolin da ke tattare da shi. Amma abin da suka samu ya fi ban mamaki.
Kimanin mako guda bayan haduwa da Pope, na yi magana da Penniston ta hanyar kiran bidiyo. Ya ɗan yi kama da William Shatner, da tabarau sirara a kan faffadar fuska mai alamun da suke nuna rayuwa mai cike da damuwa da zurfin tunani. Gaskiya ne, in ji Penniston, cewa an kira shi a wannan maraice don bincika yiwuwar fāɗuwar jirgin sama. Jami'an sojan sama sun ga wani abu a radar, kuma filin jirgin Heathrow ya ba da rahoton rasa tuntuɓar wani jirgin da ba na farar hula ba yayin da yake wucewa kan Woodbridge. Penniston ya bayyana cewa lokacin da ya hadu da Burroughs, ya ɗauki nauyin jagorancin wurin.
Penniston, Burroughs, da Cabansag sun yi tafiya da mota har zuwa inda za su iya a dajin, amma ƙasa marar kyau ta tilasta musu ci gaba da tafiya da ƙafa. Cabansag ya tsaya a baya, yayin da Penniston, tare da Burroughs a gefensa, suka bi ta cikin bishiyoyi suka haura kan tudu. Sun isa fitilu bayan 'yan mintuna—sai kawai sun yi duhu fiye da da. Ba zato ba tsammani, rediyonsu ya fara karyewa. Penniston ya ce ya ji wani abu mai ban mamaki, kamar wutar lantarki tana taɓa gashin kansa da tufafinsa. Sai wani haske mai ƙarfi ya fashe cikin dare ta cikin dajin a gabansu. Da yake tsammanin fashewa, suka jefa kansu ƙasa, amma babu abin da ya faru. Penniston ya tashi ya ga hasken yana fara dushewa, yana bayyana wani jirgi mai siffar uku-uku yana tsaye a wani ɗan fili a ƙasan dajin. Fitilu masu launuka iri-iri na neon suna taɓa saman sa mai baƙi da duhu har sai su ma suka dushe, kuma hasken da ya rage ya fito daga ƙarƙashin jirgin.
A cikin littafin Penniston, The Rendlesham Enigma, ya bayyana ganin Burroughs "ya daskare a wurin" a bayansa, "tare da hannayensa biyu a gefensa, ba ya motsi. Ko da yake yana tsaye a wajen kubba, ko 'kumfa,' na haske tsakaninmu, shi ma yana cikin wani haske mai fari/shuɗi, wanda yake kama yana haskakawa daga sama." Penniston bai san dalilin da ya sa Burroughs ba ya motsi ba, amma ya yi tunanin tsoro ya shafe shi. Burroughs yana da ƙananan abubuwan tunawa game da abin da ya faru bayan wannan fashewar haske ta farko. Ya ambaci ganin "wani jan abu mai siffar kwai kamar rana a filin," amma ba jirgin da Penniston ya gani ba. Ga Burroughs, ganin haske mai ƙarfi, buga ƙasa, da tashi ya ɗauki 'yan daƙiƙa kaɗan; ga Penniston, ganawar ta ɗauki lokaci mai tsawo.
Duba hoto a cikakken allo: Wani kwafin UFO a wurin da ake zaton ya sauka a dajin. Hoton: Rob Anscombe/Alamy
Penniston ya je ya kalli jirgin da kyau. "Yana da wuya a isa can," ya bayyana a kiranmu. "Ina nufin, na ji kamar yana da wuya in motsa, kamar tafiya cikin ruwa mai zurfi. Na yanke shawarar..." Ya ci gaba da bincike har sai ƙarin sojoji suka isa. Ya fitar da littafinsa ya zana jirgin yayin da yake zagaye shi: "Yana shawagi a saman ƙasan dajin kamar yana da ƙafafun sauka, amma lokacin da na duba ƙarƙashinsa, babu. Haske ne kawai. Kuma inda uku daga cikin waɗannan haskoki suka taɓa ƙasa, za ka iya ganin alamomi masu ban mamaki. Duk wata fasaha ce, tana riƙe da jirgin." Penniston ya kai ga wannan ƙarshe saboda ya yi ƙoƙarin tura jirgin, yana tunanin ko mota tana motsi kaɗan idan ka tura ta, amma wannan ya kasance mai ƙarfi gaba ɗaya. "Na san a lokacin cewa fasaha ce da ba mu da ita." Ya san wannan saboda sansanin sojan sama da yake gadinsa yana ɗauke da janarori har 35, tare da ƙungiyoyin bincike da haɓakawa.
Yayin da yake jiran tsaron sansanin ya tuntuɓe shi, ya yanke shawarar bincika sosai. "Dangane da tsayina, na yi tsammani tsayinsa kusan ƙafa shida da rabi ne. Yana da wuya a gane saboda ƙasan dajin ba daidai ba ce," in ji Penniston. Ya sake zagaye jirgin ya lura da wani abu kamar fin na baya a bayansa, kusan ƙafa bakwai daga ƙasa, da kuma wasu zane-zane da yawa a samansa waɗanda suke kama da tsoffin rubutun Masarawa. Penniston ya ce lokacin da ya fara taɓa jirgin, saman yana da dumi da santsi, wanda ya yi tunanin daga gogayya ne yayin tafiya, amma daga baya ya koyi cewa saboda beta radiation ne. Lokacin da ya gudanar da yatsunsa a kan rubutun, sun ji kamar takarda mai ƙura. Ya taɓa ɗaya daga cikin alamomin, sai wani farin haske mai ƙarfi ya cika wurin, ya makantar da shi, kuma wani jerin ɗaya da sifiri masu ban mamaki ya cika tunaninsa. "Menene wannan?" Penniston ya tuna yana tunani. "Kuma kawai na ɗaga hannuna, ya tsaya. Nan take." Farin hasken ya dushe, kuma ganinsa ya dawo.
Launuka masu kyau da ke motsawa a saman jirgin sun dawo, don haka Penniston ya ja baya ya kwanta a ƙasan dajin. Jirgin ya fara ɗagawa a hankali daga ƙasa, yana motsawa ta cikin bishiyoyin da ke kewaye, yana tashi zuwa matakin gandun dajin—sannan ya ɓace. Penniston ya yi tunanin abin da ya gani ba zai yiwu ba. Jirgin ba shi da ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da muke tunanin ana buƙata don tashi: fikafikai, flaps, rotor blades, ko motsin iska. Ƙari ga haka, ganin yadda ya ɓace da sauri, za ka yi tsammanin ƙarar sonic, amma bai yi wani sauti ba.
Burroughs, wanda da alama ba ya daskare a wurin, ya haɗu da Penniston. "Yana can!" Burroughs ya yi ihu, yana nuna nesa. Penniston bai san abin da yake magana akai ba—dajin ya yi duhu sosai. Burroughs ya gudu zuwa ga bakin teku, kuma Penniston, yana jin gajiya, ya bi shi da ƙyar. Suka bi ta cikin dajin, suna tsalle kan shinge da yawa, har sai da suka tsaya a gonar wani manomi suka ga wani haske yana kyalkyali a nesa. Haske ne na fitilar Orfordness lighthouse, fiye da mil huɗu daga bakin teku. "Don haka, na san cewa shi [Burroughs] bai gan shi ba. Ban san abin da yake yi ba. Bai taimaka sosai ba," in ji Penniston. Jirgin ya ɓace, kuma Penniston da Burroughs suka koma sansanin a farkon safiyar ranar Boxing Day.
Lokacin da Penniston ya dawo, ya kasance mai tashin hankali don barci, don haka ya yanke shawarar duba bayanan nasa don ƙoƙarin fahimtar komai: fitilu, jirgin, alamomin ban mamaki, shirun mai ban tsoro. Wataƙila saboda ƙarshen dare ne kuma adrenaline yana raguwa, amma ya kasa tattara tunaninsa; ɗaya da sifirin da ya gani bayan taɓa rubutun suna ta iyo a idanunsa. "Na fara rubuta su, kuma yawan rubutun na ji daɗi. Na koma gado na yi barci dukan dare."
Labaran fitilu da jirgin mai ban mamaki sun haifar da tashin hankali a kusa da sansanin. A maraice na Disamba 27, mataimakin kwamandan sansanin, Lt. Col. Charles Halt, tare da laftanarsa, Bruce Englund, sun fita. Ya fita cikin maraice mai sanyi don duba filin da aka ce jirgin ya sauka a ranar Kirsimeti. Halt ya ɗauki na'urar rikodin sauti tare da shi. Abin da ya ɗauka a wannan dare yana ɗaya daga cikin mafi ban mamaki shaidun UFO da aka taɓa yin rikodi.
A cikin rikodin, wanda ke kan layi, za ka iya jin Halt yana tafiya a kusa da alamomin uku a cikin ƙasa waɗanda aka yi zaton jirgin ya yi da ƙafafun saukarsa. Halt da Englund suna da Geiger counter tare da su kuma suna ɗaukar karatun radiation kafin su mai da hankali kan alamomin da ke kan bishiyoyin da ke kewaye da filin. "Kowace ɗaya daga cikin wa�annan bishiyoyin da ke fuskantar fashewar, abin da muke ɗauka shine wurin sauka, duk suna da gogayya suna fuskantar hanya ɗaya, zuwa tsakiya," in ji Englund. Halt ya dubi bishiyoyin da ke kewaye da filin ya ga wani buɗewa da sabbin rassan da suka karye a ƙasa. "Wasu daga cikinsu sun fito daga kusan ƙafa 15 zuwa 20 sama. Wasu daga cikin rassan [suna] kusan inci ɗaya ko ƙasa da haka."
Bayan ya bincika wurin kuma ya firgita da wani barewa mai kururuwa, Halt, Englund, da wasu sojojin da ba a gane su ba sun lura da wani haske a sama. "Kun ga haske? Ina? Jira minti. Sannu a hankali. Ina?" Halt ya tambaya. "Gaba, tsakanin bishiyoyi—ga shi kuma," Englund ya amsa. "Duba—gaba … Ga shi." "Ni ma na gan shi … Menene?" Halt ya tambaya, muryarsa tana ƙaruwa da farin ciki. Akwai dogon tsayawa. "Ba mu sani ba, yallabai."
A wannan lokaci, sun yi tafiya kusan mita 140 daga wurin sauka, zuwa gonar wani manomi. Halt ya nuna wani tsuntsu, amma komai "yana da nutsuwa mai mutuwa". "Babu shakka—akwai wani nau'in jan haske mai kyalkyali a gaba," in ji Halt. "Yallabai, rawaya ne," Englund ya amsa. "Ni ma na ga wani ɗan rawaya a ciki. Abin mamaki! Da alama yana motsi kaɗan zuwa wannan hanya? Ya fi haske fiye da yadda yake." Akwai wani dogon tsayawa a kan kaset, sannan: "Yana zuwa nan! Babu shakka yana zuwa nan!" Wasu muryoyi a kan kaset, da na Halt, suna kwatanta guntuwa "sun harba" daga tushen hasken. "Babu shakka. Wannan abin mamaki ne!" Halt ya ce, yana numfashi da ƙarfi.
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Charles Halt, mataimakin kwamandan sansanin a lokacin lamarin. Hoton: YouTube
Halt da mutanensa sun haye wata gona. Ya ba da rahoton cewa sun ga fitilu har biyar, duk sun zama tsayayyu bayan sun yi kyalkyali da jajayen walƙiya. "Muna can gefen gona ta biyu kuma mun sake ganin kusan digiri 110," in ji Halt. "Wannan yana kama da yana bayyana har zuwa bakin teku. Yana kan sararin sama. Yana motsi kaɗan kuma yana kyalkyali lokaci zuwa lokaci. Har yanzu yana tsaye ko ja a launi." Geiger counter na Halt ya ɗauki karatun da ke nuna "huɗu ko biyar" clicks—karatu kaɗan, daidai da radiation na yau da kullun.
"Akwai wani abu a can. Wani irin al'amari," in ji Halt. Sannan ya ce ya ga wasu abubuwa biyu masu ban mamaki a sararin sama, masu siffar rabin wata, "suna rawa da fitilu masu launi a kansu". Ya yi kiyasin cewa rabin watannin, waɗanda suka zama cikakkun da'ira, suna da nisan mil biyar kuma suna tafiya. Sannan, ba zato ba tsammani, fitilu suka fara gudu zuwa ga Halt da mutanensa. Nan take, suna sama, suna shawagi ba tare da tsari ba. Haskoki na haske suka fashe daga abubuwan da'ira, suna buga ƙasa. Halt ya yi dariya cikin tashin hankali. "Wannan ba gaskiya ba ne," in ji shi. Shekaru bayan haka, Halt ya ce suna jin magana a rediyonsu daga abokan aikinsa a cikin sansanin, suna ba da rahoton cewa haskokin haske sun gangara zuwa wurin ajiyar makamai, inda makaman nukiliya ke ajiye.
Sauraron kaset a karon farko ya kasance kamar cin karo da ainihin UFO Blair Witch Project; abin takaici ne kawai ba su yi tunanin kawo kyamara ba.
Washegari bayan balaguronsa a dajin, Penniston ya yi wannan rahoton: Na sami sako daga Central Security Control don saduwa da Police 4 AIC Burroughs da Police 5 SSgt Steffens. Lokacin da muka isa ƙofar gabas, kusan mil ɗaya da rabi kai tsaye gabas, akwai wani babban yanki mai cike da bishiyoyi. Wani babban haske mai rawaya yana haskakawa sama da bishiyoyi. A tsakiyar wurin da aka haskaka, daidai matakin ƙasa, wani jan haske yana kyalkyali kowane daƙiƙa 5 zuwa 10. Akwai kuma wani shuɗin haske wanda ya fi tsayawa. Lokacin da muka isa kusan mita 50, abin yana ba da haske ja da shuɗi. Shuɗin hasken ya tsaya kuma yana haskakawa ƙarƙashin abin, yana bazuwa mita ɗaya ko biyu a kewaye da shi. Wannan shine mafi kusancin da na taɓa zuwa ga abin.
Babu inda a cikin rahoton Penniston ya ambaci jirgi mai siffar uku-uku, ɓata lokaci, ko sauke lambar binary. Burroughs ma ya rubuta rahoton abin da ya faru a wannan dare. Kamar Penniston, ya kwatanta wani farin haske mai ƙarfi da fitilu masu kyalkyali shuɗi da ja suna fitowa daga dajin. Ya ce ya kwanta a ƙasa, amma ya bayyana cewa saboda motsi a cikin dajin da kuma surutai masu ban mamaki, ciki har da abin da yake kama da kururuwar mace (daga baya aka gano barewa ce ta muntjac). Kamar Penniston, Burroughs bai ambaci wani jirgi a cikin rahotonsa na hukuma ba, amma ya haɗa da wani zane wanda yake kama da jirgi, tare da bayanai game da fitilu da ke fitowa daga gare shi.
A cikin labarai na baya, Penniston ya yi iƙirarin cewa Burroughs ya tsaya a wurin duk lokacin ganawar da jirgin. "[Ya kasance] yana kallon gaba kuma ya yi kama da ya daskare a wurin … Na yi masa ihu, amma da alama bai ji ni ba … Ban iya tabbatar da ko yana sane da abin da ke faruwa ba." Penniston ya kuma ce Burroughs baya tuna faruwar hakan. Amma fa zanen Burroughs? "Wannan ya sa na yi mamakin tunanin John. Me ya sa zai iya yin haka a cikin sa'o'i 72 kuma yau ba shi da tunani?" Penniston ya rubuta a Encounter in Rendlesham Forest.
Akwai dalilai na tunanin cewa rahotannin hukuma na mutanen na iya zama masu tasiri daga manyansu don ɓoye abin da ya faru a wannan dare. A cewar Penniston, da farko ya rubuta rahoton shafi huɗu, amma manyan sojoji sun ba shi sigar hukuma kuma suka umarce shi ya faɗi labarinsu idan wani ya tambaya. Rahoton Cabansag, wanda ya tuka Penniston da Burroughs a wannan dare, an sa hannu amma ba shi da kwanan wata. Cabansag ya ce an tilasta masa sanya hannu "ƙarƙashin matsananciyar tilas". A cikin hira ta 2013, Penniston ya ce ya yi imanin cewa bayanin Burroughs shine kaɗai wanda ba a canza shi ba.
Lokacin da Halt ya koma sansanin bayan lokacinsa a dajin, an umarce shi ya mika kaset ɗin da ya yi. "Na kunna kaset ɗin ga janar da ma'aikatan," Halt ya gaya wa History Channel. "Kuma janar, a cikin hikimarsa marar iyaka, ya ce: 'Ya faru a wajen sansanin. Al'amarin Burtaniya ne. An rufe shari'ar.'" Bai gamsu ba, Halt ya rubuta wani memo mai sa hannu bayan 'yan makonni wanda ya bayyana abubuwan dalla-dalla. Ya ambaci 'yan sintiri sun ga "wani abu mai haske mai ban mamaki a dajin" wanda yake "mai siffar uku-uku" kuma "yana shawagi ko a kan ƙafafu," abin ya ɓace sannan aka sake ganinsa na ɗan lokaci. Sannan ya kwatanta abin da ya gani: ɓangarorin ƙasa da fitilu a sama. Memo ɗin yana goyon bayan wani ɓangare na labarin Penniston, amma babu ambaton yin nazarin jirgin na mintuna 45 yayin da yake rubutu a littafin rubutu.
Duba hoto a cikakken allo: Shahararren memo na Halt. Hoton: Public Domain
Wannan littafin rubutu ya zama muhimmin ɓangare na labarin Rendlesham. Penniston, wanda ya bar sojan sama a shekara ta 1993, ya ce yana da mafarkai masu ban tsoro game da wannan dare tun daga lokacin. An gano shi da cutar post-traumatic stress disorder. Ya ce bai yi tunani sosai game da lambobin a littafinsa ba har sai shekara ta 2010, lokacin da yake karanta shi don wani shirin gaskiya. Ɗaya daga cikin masu shirya fim ɗin ya lura da ɗaya da sifirin yayin da yake karkata. Ya karkata shafukan littafinsa ya ba da damar yin code ɗin saƙon.
A cikin Encounter in Rendlesham Forest, marubutan sun rubuta cewa lambobin da Penniston ya rubuta za a iya karanta su a matsayin latitudes da longitudes na shahararrun wurare a duniya. A cewarsu, lambobin sun nuna tsoffin gine-gine kamar pyramids a Giza, Nazca Lines a Peru, da Temple of Apollo a Naxos. Sun kuma haɗa da wani yanki mai cike da bishiyoyi a Sedona, Arizona, wanda ya shahara da duwatsun jajayen, tare da wasu wurare masu muhimmanci na al'adu da tarihi. Marubutan kuma sun yi iƙirarin cewa code ɗin ya ƙunshi saƙonni kamar "binciken ɗan adam," "idanun idanunku," "ci gaba don ci gaban duniya," da "shekarar asali 8100."
Sun rubuta cewa akwai "ijma'i" cewa binary code "zai zama hanya mai ma'ana don ko dai baƙi daga waje ko masu tafiya lokaci su sadarwa da mu." Ban san wane ijma'i suke nufi ba, ko wane ya kai shi, amma gaskiya ne cewa Cibiyar SETI—wata ƙungiya mai zaman kanta ta Amurka mai mayar da hankali kan neman rayuwar baƙi mai hankali—ta yi imanin cewa duk wata sadarwa za ta yi amfani da harshe na duniya kamar lissafi.
Mafi nisa ra'ayin marubutan shine watakila haɗa code ɗin da ka'idodin Ronald Mallett na tafiya lokaci waɗanda ake jayayya. Sun ba da shawarar cewa jirgin na iya zama ba kamar komai ba saboda ya fito daga gaba, watakila don faɗakar da mutane game da haɗarin makaman nukiliya da aka ajiye a Rendlesham. Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta ci gaba da cewa lamarin dajin Rendlesham ba shi da "muhimmanci ga tsaro."
Masu shakka suna nuna wasu bayanai na yau da kullun game da abin da ya faru. Vince Thurkettle, wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da daji a lokacin, ya ce alamomin da ke ƙasa na iya zama da zomaye suka yi. "Wani fili ne na yau da kullun a dajin tare da uku daga cikin zomaye—kuma an yi musu alama a hankali—wanda ya faru ya zama kusan uku-uku," ya gaya wa BBC a shekara ta 2020. Game da rassan da suka karye? "To, dajin yana cike da rassan da suka karye," in ji shi. Thurkettle ya kuma yi iƙirarin cewa alamun konewa da Halt ya samu a kan bishiyoyi an yi su ne 'yan kwanaki da suka wuce da gatari na wani mai kula da daji, ma'ana bishiyoyin suna shirye don yanke.
Amma fa fitilu da Halt da mutanensa suka gani a sama? Ian Ridpath, wani masanin taurari na Burtaniya kuma mai shakkar UFO wanda ke gudanar da wani gidan yanar gizo dalla-dalla game da lamarin Rendlesham, yana jayayya cewa wasu daga cikin waɗannan fitilu sun fito daga fitilar Orfordness kuma wasu daga meteor. A cewar Ridpath, "guntuwar da suka harba" da Halt ya ambata a kaset ɗin wani ruɗi ne na gani wanda gajimare suka haif
