The US Air Force acknowledged the fact of radiation contamination of an American serviceman during a UFO search in 1980. In December 1980, UFO landings were observed in the Rendlesham Forest, near Suffolk (UK).
The search for an unidentified flying object was joined by units of the American air force stationed nearby. At the direction of the Army commanders, First Class pilot John Burroughs participated in one of these raids. Having gone to the place from which beams of strange light were beating, the military did not find the UFO, although they saw unusual beams from afar.
The search was continued the next day, and unexpectedly for himself, John saw lights rushing over the forest. Being above the pilot, they formed a powerful beam, beating downward, and, having covered the American with a wave of warm air, disappeared. A nearby partner claims that the UFO was a silvery flying machine with strange hieroglyphs inscribed on top of it.
After some time, John Burroughs felt unwell, and it turned out that he was exposed to a large dose of radiation.
Thus began a dispute between the soldier and the US Air Force, which lasted for more than 30 years, which only the soldier's lawyers managed to resolve. They found old, declassified documents of the British Armed Forces, indicating that the leadership of the American military base was aware of the presence of high radiation hazard zones in the forest, one of which John visited.
As a result, the soldier received a disability and the possibility of treating a serious cardiovascular disease discovered in him under the official program of assistance to military personnel. The question of who in the early 80s flew over the ill-fated forest and where the zones of increased radiation hazard appeared in it remained open.