⚠️ Critical Context
This account should be considered with significant scepticism. The Art Wallace narrative differs dramatically from the official accounts and includes elements that many researchers consider unreliable or fabricated.
This page presents Wallace's account for historical completeness and transparency, not as verified fact. View the primary account →
Who Was Art Wallace?
"Art Wallace" is a pseudonym used to protect the identity of an Airman 1st Class who was stationed at RAF Bentwaters during the December 1980 incidents. His account appeared in the book "Clear Intent" by Barry Greenwood and Larry Fawcett (pages 214-217).
ℹ️ Identity Revealed
"Art Wallace" was later revealed to be Larry Warren, a security policeman at the base. The News of the World reportedly paid him £12,000 for his story. Whilst the MOD files describe his account as fabrication, they were compelled to take the matter more seriously once Lt. Col. Halt's official memo was released via the US Freedom of Information Act, which provided the credibility that allowed the newspaper to run such a sensational story.
👤 Background
- Real name: Larry Warren
- Security Policeman at RAF Bentwaters
- Recently assigned to the base
- Left the USAF in January 1981
📖 Commercial Aspects
- Paid £12,000 by News of the World
- Featured in "Clear Intent" book
- MOD labelled story as fabrication
- Later underwent hypnotic regression
The Night of December 30, 1980
🚨 Initial Call-Up (1:00 AM)
While on duty at the Bentwaters flight line, Wallace was picked up by a jeep with a sergeant and lieutenant. They were directed to collect gas-powered "light-alls" (trailer-mounted lights) from the motor pool.
🚗 Convoy to Rendlesham Forest
The convoy proceeded to Bentwaters main gate where other vehicles joined. Wallace observed:
- Radio chatter mentioning "OSI" (Office of Special Investigations)
- Security police stationed throughout the route
- British military personnel along the way
- Approximately one mile drive into Rendlesham Forest on a dirt road
🎯 The Staging Point
At what Wallace called a "staging point," all personnel were ordered to check in their weapons before proceeding. Wallace and four other men, led by a captain, continued on foot into the woods.
The "Aspirin Tablet" Object
🎬 A Staged Scene?
As they approached the clearing, Wallace noticed something extraordinary and deeply puzzling:
Key Observation
"Large movie cameras had been placed surrounding a field in the clearing. Many plainclothes personnel were milling about, watching something."
Wallace also observed:
- A brightness in the distance
- The sound of helicopters overhead
- An airman crying at the edge of the clearing with a medic attending him
💊 Description of the First Object
Physical Characteristics
- Shape: Transparent aspirin tablet
- Size: ~50 feet in diameter
- Height: Hovering 1 foot off ground
- Interior: Bright, pulsating yellow mist
- Movement: Stationary
Strange Details
- Wallace and others approached to within 10 feet
- Two cows stood near the object
- The cows appeared to be staring at the object
- Animals were oblivious to security personnel
The Transformation Event
🔴 "Here It Comes"
A radio call from a helicopter pilot announced the arrival of something new. Wallace then witnessed an extraordinary sequence:
- Red light appeared behind a pine tree, then in front of it
- The light quickly sped over to the aspirin-shaped object
- Hovered 20 feet above the aspirin object for one minute
- The red light broke up into a shower of particles (no explosion)
- Both objects transformed into a completely different vehicle
🛸 The Transformed Craft
In place of both the red light and the aspirin object, a new craft appeared:
- Domed disc shape - bright white in color
- Intricate surface details like movie models from "Star Wars" and "Close Encounters"
- Two appendages on the lower flange resembling the beginning of delta wings
- Raised relief details that cast shadows on the craft's surface
👥 Impossible Shadow Effects
As Wallace and the men walked around the object, they noticed deeply unsettling effects:
Anomalous Shadow Behaviour
- Their shadows were cast onto the object by the bright "light-alls"
- Shadows would "bend upwards" at the head
- When men stopped walking, shadows would advance one more pace then stop
- This effect repeated multiple times as they tested it
- A light came over one shadow's head and moved to another
Under Hypnosis: The Alien Encounter
Wallace's conscious memory ended with the strange shadow effects. However, under hypnotic regression, he recalled witnessing three alien beings emerge from the craft.
👽 Description of the Beings
Physical Features
- Height: 3 to 3.5 feet tall
- Head: Large, out of proportion to body
- Eyes: Like inverted cat's eyes
- Face: Ear, nose, mouth all just slits
Attire
- Two beings: Silver suits (like overalls)
- Leader: Blackish suit
- Leader had a long stick clinging to the suit
- No visible belt or fastening for the stick
Abilities
- Floated from craft to ground
- Moved in a floating motion
- Eyes could enlarge into big circles when reacting
- Possible telepathic communication
🤝 Contact with Base Commander Williams
Wallace claims he witnessed the alien leader approach Base Commander Gordon Williams and engage in communication:
- Wallace heard no words exchanged
- Saw what might have been sign language
- The aliens had apparently damaged their craft
- Assistance was being offered for repairs
😱 Wallace's Last Memory
The hypnotic session revealed Wallace's final moments before memory blackout:
"One of the other two aliens began to float over in the direction of the group of men of which Wallace was one. 'Oh my god, he's coming over to us,' Wallace recalls shouting. Then even the hypnosis could produce nothing beyond blackness, until the reawakening in the barracks."
The Debriefing: Underground Facility
🚗 The Black Car
The day following the forest encounter, Wallace was picked up for debriefing in disturbing circumstances:
- Picked up in a black car with dark glass
- Could not see where they were going
- Felt as if he were drugged
- Did not want to get in but felt compelled
- Two men wore dark suits and looked oriental
- Neither spoke when Wallace demanded answers
- Wallace felt a voice in his head say, "Don't be afraid"
🏢 Underground Complex
Wallace was taken to an unknown location and led down several flights of steel stairs into a large underground facility:
The Facility
- Large underground room
- Housed an identical UFO to the forest craft
- Spotless and clean, "like a hospital"
- Multiple rooms
- Other witnesses present
The Witnesses
- Wallace recognized several men from the forest encounter
- Total of seven men in the room
- All had been in the forest that night
- Wallace lost consciousness and woke up being given breakfast
The Film Presentation & Alien Message
🎬 The UFO Film
After breakfast, Wallace and the six other witnesses were taken to a room with rows of chairs and a large screen:
Film Content
- Collection of movie clips apparently taken from aircraft
- Showed UFOs in pursuit of military planes
- Spanned many years, beginning with Second World War footage
- One scene showed a craft in a huge hangar somewhere
- After the film, nothing was said
- Wallace felt very calm, relaxed, and again as if drugged
👽 The Telepathic Communication
Through a glowing screen at the back of the room, Wallace saw a small figure in silhouette - evidently an alien:
The Alien's Message (Telepathic)
The alien communicated directly into Wallace's mind - no words were spoken. Wallace could not recall the alien's name or origin, even under hypnosis, but he remembered the message:
- The aliens are here to educate mankind
- Only certain people have been selected to receive this knowledge
- The seven men in the room were among the chosen
- Others had been chosen before and multiple aliens are doing similar things elsewhere
- They have been on Earth for a very long time, watching over and guiding the human race
- Great changes are due soon - some had already happened, others were to come
- Wallace and the others would have a big part to play in these changes
- More information would be given when these changes came closer
- They should have no fear, because the aliens were going to watch over their protégés
Critical Analysis & Problems
⚠️ Researcher's Assessment
Even the original researcher who documented Wallace's account included this critical note:
"Now this version has a high degree of strangeness in the explanation of why the aliens had allegedly made contact with Wallace. I believe this view should be taken with a grain of salt or several grains of salt... The Wallace version is not acceptable in my view of reality. I don't think such a meeting could possibly take place under those circumstances."
🔍 Major Concerns
💰 Financial Motivation
Larry Warren (Art Wallace) was paid £12,000 by the News of the World for his story. The MOD files explicitly describe his account as fabrication, raising questions about financial incentives influencing the narrative.
📹 The Staged Element
The presence of movie cameras and plainclothes personnel suggests either a hoax, a military operation, or a fabricated memory. This element is absent from all other witness accounts.
🧠 Hypnotic Regression
Memories "recovered" under hypnosis are highly unreliable and can be influenced by suggestion, expectation, and cultural narratives about alien contact.
👥 No Corroboration
No other witnesses have come forward to confirm Wallace/Warren's account of the underground facility, the alien message, or the involvement of Base Commander Williams.
📖 "Chosen Ones" Narrative
The message about being "selected" and given a special role follows a common contactee pattern that lacks evidence and mirrors religious/spiritual belief structures.
🤔 Questions to Consider
- Why would a genuine alien encounter be staged with movie cameras?
- How could such an elaborate underground facility and debriefing remain secret?
- Why have the six other "chosen" witnesses never been identified or come forward?
- Why does the "educational mission" narrative appear in so many dubious contactee claims?
- Could this account be influenced by MK-ULTRA or similar psychological operations?
- Is this disinformation designed to discredit legitimate Rendlesham witnesses?
Comparison with Primary Account
| Element | Halt Memo (Official) | Wallace Account |
|---|---|---|
| Date | Dec 27-29, 1980 | Dec 30, 1980 |
| Object Description | Metallic triangular, red/blue lights | Transparent aspirin tablet → domed disc |
| Witnesses | Multiple named USAF personnel | Wallace + 6 unnamed others |
| Entities | No mention | 3 aliens (3.5 ft, silver/black suits) |
| Movie Cameras | No mention | Large cameras surrounding field |
| Base Commander | Williams denied involvement | Williams communicated with aliens |
| Underground Facility | No mention | Extensive debriefing in secret facility |
| Alien Message | None | Telepathic message about "chosen ones" |
Conclusion
The Art Wallace/Larry Warren account presents an alternative narrative that dramatically differs from the well-documented primary accounts of the Rendlesham Forest incident. The Ministry of Defence explicitly described Warren's account as fabrication in their files, though they were forced to take the broader incident more seriously once Lt. Col. Halt's official memo was released.
The account contains numerous red flags:
- Financial incentive - Warren was paid £12,000 by the News of the World
- MOD assessment - Official files label the story as fabrication
- Reliance on hypnotic regression (unreliable method)
- Presence of staged elements (movie cameras)
- Classic "contactee" narrative patterns
- No corroborating witnesses
- Contradicts official accounts
- Contains fantastical elements (underground facilities, telepathic aliens)
This account should be approached with extreme scepticism. The combination of financial payment, official MOD dismissal, and lack of corroboration suggests this may represent false memory, psychological manipulation, disinformation, or an attempt to profit from a legitimate incident. We present it here for historical completeness and transparency, not as credible testimony.