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Medical payout for UFO mystery airman following Rendlesham Forest encounter

Britain’s most famous UFO mystery has taken a new twist after a witness won compensation for illnesses he blames on exposure to radiation from the event.

US airman John Burroughs secured the settlement after years of trying to prove his ill-health was caused by the encounter in Rendlesham Forest.

A former Ministry of Defence (MoD) official said the payout confirms what he saw was real and had caused him physical harm.

Lawyer Pat Frascogna, who represented the retired technical sergeant, said: “This excludes the bogus explanations put out there over the years. I cannot underscore what a major development this is. We’re more curious now than ever.

“We were denied access to records, mainly dating back to 1979, which we believe would have shown John had no health problems when he entered the air force, but that he developed heart problems and other ailments that arose from the incident.”

In fighting his case, Mr Burroughs used a declassified study code-named Project Condign, in which Rendlesham is described as an event where it “might be postulated that several observers were probably exposed to Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) radiation.”

Mr Frascogna said: “Condign specifically mentions the incident and how radiation from unidentified aerial phenomena could cause injury.

“John was able to furnish that document, and another dating back to the incident, when a radiation reading found levels to be significantly higher than normal.”

Mr Burroughs, who suffers heart problems and has a pacemaker, said: “I’m very happy we finally have some closure.

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/medical-...ounter-2192724