For nearly 30 years UFO enthusiasts have been poring over a high-profile incident dubbed Britain's 'Roswell'.
But now a lorry driver has come forward to claim it was he who was responsible for the infamous UFO sighting near Woodbridge, Suffolk, in December 1980.
Peter Turtill, 66, said witnesses who reported to have seen strange lights were actually watching a truck filled with burning fertiliser.
Mr Turtill said he had been amazed at the way news of the explosive drama had snowballed over the years - triggering dozens of books, documentaries, outlandish stories and bizarre theories.
US Air Force personnel claimed a UFO had landed in Rendlesham Forest, leaving traces including inexplicable markings on the ground and acute radiation.
Lurid descriptions given by officers at the base have fuelled decades of fevered speculation and claims, with the area around the site said to be a portal or gateway for aliens visiting earth.
But Mr Turtill, of Ipswich, said: 'It really is a load of nonsense.
'There was no real fuss at the time and it was only later people started saying it was aliens and this story spiralled
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