A mysterious forest trail so famous for its UFO sightings that it was dubbed “Britain’s Roswell” was the site of a bizarre enounter back in December 1980.

Mystery lights were spotted by American troops at two airbases in Suffolk, reporting seeing strange bright lights for three consecutive nights.

US airman Jim Penniston even claimed to have gotten close enough to touch a “triangular spacecraft”.

Three years later, the encounter became national news, covering the front page of the now defunct…