Edward Cabansag

Edward Cabansag served in December 1980 as an Airman First Class (A1C) with the 81st Security Police Squadron at RAF Woodbridge and, on 26 December 1980, was part of the three-man patrol dispatched to investigate unusual lights in Rendlesham Forest. Alongside SSgt Jim Penniston and A1C John Burroughs he handled radio communications with Central Security Control and provided an official witness statement indicating that the patrol had in fact pursued a beacon light — the Orford Ness lighthouse.

• U.S. Air Force Airman First Class (A1C)
• Served with the 81st Security Police Squadron at RAF Woodbridge
• Active in December 1980
• Part of the three-man patrol on 26 December 1980 with SSgt Jim Penniston and A1C John Burroughs
• Managed radio communications with Central Security Control (CSC)
• Provided an official witness statement on the patrol's observations
• Statement indicated pursuit of a beacon light, later identified as the Orford Ness lighthouse

For the UAP timeline, Cabansag is the third military witness of the Rendlesham Forest night — and the reference voice for the "lighthouse hypothesis". His report supplies the most important internal military counter-voice to Penniston/Burroughs and makes the case file-robust even within the sceptical camp.