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Jim Penniston
USAF Staff Sergeant (81st SPS), leader of the first-night patrol at Rendlesham (Dec 26, 1980). His account grew in stages: his 1980-81 written statement puts him ~50 m from the light; since ~1996 he recounts touching a triangular craft with 'glyphs'; in 2010 (30th anniversary) he added a telepathically received 'binary code'; in 1994, under hypnosis, he said they were 'us, from the future.'
What is claimedHe maintains he examined the craft for 45 minutes, touched it, and that the decoded binary yields a message ('exploration of humanity') and coordinates. Book 'The Rendlesham Enigma' (2019).
Skeptical viewHis own 1980-81 statement (and that of supervisor Chandler, listening by radio) put him at ~50 m; Burroughs, who was with him, denied in writing the notebook and the 45 minutes; Halt handled the notebook in 2003 and wrote 'no code or missing pages.' The decoded binary includes coordinates for Hy-Brasil, a phantom island, and is perfect modern ASCII (Kevin Boone analysis).
Sources — here nothing is invented: Declaraciones 1980-81 (Ridpath/Easton) · ianridpath.com (cuaderno) · kevinboone.me (binario)