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Sheffield Skeptics in the Pub
Sheffield Skeptics in the Pub was founded in December 2009 and is a good way for people from all walks of life to hear from experts and discuss with them important issues that affect us all, while enjoying their favourite beverage. Meetings are held every third Monday of the month at Farm Road Sports & Social Club, Farm Road, Sheffield S2 2TP from 7.30 pm. There is no need to book and no entrance fee, but a voluntary donation of £3 is welcome to cover speaker's expenses and room hire. Parking is free.
The title of our September 2025 event is ‘The Rendlesham Forest UFO Case: Deconstructing a myth’ and our speaker is Ian Ridpath, an internationally renowned writer on astronomy and space and a well-known UFO skeptic. The Rendlesham Forest UFO incident of Christmas 1980 ranks as one of the top ten UFO cases in the world as voted by UFO believers, and is often described as the ‘British Roswell’. Evidence for a series of sightings spread over two nights includes eye-witness statements from security guards at the US Air Force base near Woodbridge in Suffolk, a memo from a high-ranking USAF officer to the UK’s Ministry of Defence, and a realtime tape recording of events as they unfolded. This talk looks at the main points of the case and explains how the witnesses were fooled by a series of natural and man-made objects. The Rendlesham case is an instructive demonstration that UFO sightings can never be taken at face value no matter how reliable the witnesses may seem.
The title of our September 2025 event is ‘The Rendlesham Forest UFO Case: Deconstructing a myth’ and our speaker is Ian Ridpath, an internationally renowned writer on astronomy and space and a well-known UFO skeptic. The Rendlesham Forest UFO incident of Christmas 1980 ranks as one of the top ten UFO cases in the world as voted by UFO believers, and is often described as the ‘British Roswell’. Evidence for a series of sightings spread over two nights includes eye-witness statements from security guards at the US Air Force base near Woodbridge in Suffolk, a memo from a high-ranking USAF officer to the UK’s Ministry of Defence, and a realtime tape recording of events as they unfolded. This talk looks at the main points of the case and explains how the witnesses were fooled by a series of natural and man-made objects. The Rendlesham case is an instructive demonstration that UFO sightings can never be taken at face value no matter how reliable the witnesses may seem.
Monday 15 September
Farm Road Sports & Social Club, Farm Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S2 2TP
This event is on Monday September 15th at 7.30 pm. No charge, but donations are welcome.
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