A Turning Point for Research & Witness
Posted: July 2025
This month marks a turning point for Research & Witness. The long-awaited documentary Capel Green has just released its official trailer — and in it, you’ll see a glimpse of something very close to our hearts: a brief clip from the original interview Harrison and I gave as witnesses, seven years ago.
You can watch the trailer here:
Why this matters
Back in 2018, when Harrison was just 14, we were interviewed for this project as civilian witnesses to a strange presence over Rendlesham Forest. It was a powerful experience, not just the sighting itself, but the feeling that something important had gone unsaid — that the strange encounters of decades before were still occurring. That moment became the seed of something larger in our lives.
In the years since, that seed has grown into what you now know as Research & Witness.
Inspired by that original encounter and the questions it raised, we began our own investigations, started this blog, and eventually hosted the Research & Witness Convention in 2020, bringing together voices from across the UK to discuss anomalous experiences with care and curiosity.
To now see our original interview woven into the official trailer, and to be invited as guests to the film’s premiere by Director Dion Johnson and his team, feels like coming full circle.
Strange sightings persist
We’ll be attending the Capel Green premiere on 20 July at the Stowmarket Regal Cinema. It’s a chance to reconnect with fellow witnesses, investigators, and filmmakers, and to reflect on how far the conversation has come. Harrison is now 21 and has had many experiences since 2018, but that sighting still remains clear and significant to both of us.
Our deeper interest in these anomalous phenomena was sparked during a conversation with Dion and his team, when we shared our drawings of what we had seen.
Their reaction was unexpected; they said that what we had drawn was so much more significant than we could possibly know. Eventually, they showed us previously unseen sketches by original witnesses. The match was undeniable. A shape we thought unique to our own sighting appeared again — too close for coincidence. There are similarities to what has been previously reported or represented in sculpture on the forest path, but there are clear differences that are only shared by the drawings that were now being shown to us. In that moment our perception of popular reality shifted. Now as an objective adult journalist, everything I had dismissed — as sensationalism, as misidentification — was potentially true. I have supported Harrison’s interest in the unexplained ever since.
Staying Grounded
Our approach hasn’t changed: we don’t chase headlines. We document. We research. We witness. And we share what we find.
Capel Green is a documentary with emotional weight, historical depth, and renewed urgency. We’re proud to have played a small part in its making — and we look forward to seeing how others respond to it. The process has been long because the research has been methodical and detailed. The quality of this film is outstanding and it is definitely worth the wait. Congratulations to all contributors, we can’t wait to see all of this evidence together on 20th July.
More to follow after the premiere.
Tickets are on sale, and some seats are still available. Here’s a link to the cinema:
https://regalstowmarket.co.uk/RegalStowmarket.dll/WhatsOn?f=9453494
See you there.
– Alan & Harrison
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