Bentwaters Cold War Museum

Bentwaters Cold War Museum is based in the former USAF hardened command post on the former Bentwaters airfield. Its exhibitions cover RAF Bentwaters from the Second World War until the base closed in 1993, as well as nearby RAF Woodbridge and units associated with both airfields. The museum describes the War Operations Room and Battle Cabin as restored, and identifies the telephone exchange room, decontamination showers and airlock as remaining as originally fitted. The Association for Suffolk Museums also describes the site as a former USAF hardened command post and says the volunteer-run museum interprets the bases’ history with displays, guides and talks.

The supplied research describes the museum as connected with public interest in the Rendlesham Forest incident of December 1980. That incident is associated with reported unexplained lights and sightings; those reports should be treated as accounts and claims, not as proof of an extraordinary explanation. The official museum excerpt supplied here does not establish whether or how the museum interprets the incident.