Tim Gardiner- UFO Haiku Sequence

Cold Fire

Rendlesham Forest (Suffolk, UK) is renowned for the supposed sightings of UFOs in late December 1980, an incident often referred to as Britain's Roswell. The Forest is just outside RAF Woodbridge which was used at the time by the US Airforce. Dozens of USAF personnel were eyewitnesses to various phenomena over a three day period. The Rendlesham Forest Incident is acknowledged as one of the most significant UFO sightings in Britain. The main sightings refer to mysterious lights which were allegedly seen to descend into the Forest and the landing of an alien craft. There were claims of a cover-up by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the case has never been properly investigated. The following haiku reflect the incident and the wildlife found in the Forest (e.g. cold fire of glow-worms and wing clapping of nightjars).

burn marks

broken branches -

a lady screams

a lighthouse's 

blinking eye -

Orford illusion

frenzied beasts

in the barn -

a muntjac barks

strange lights

in the sky -

cold fire

unidentified

flying object -

wings clap

alien craft

of unknown origin -

touching deception

tripod triangles

in loose earth -

an empty clearing

the remains

of Britain's Roswell -

a trail of ice cream