Charles I. Halt

Charles I. Halt
AllegianceUnited States of America
Service / branchUnited States Air Force
RankColonel
CommandsKunsan Air Base, Korea; RAF Bentwaters

Charles Irwin Halt (born 1939) is a retired United States Air Force colonel and a former deputy base commander of RAF Bentwaters, near Woodbridge, Suffolk. After serving in Vietnam, Japan and Korea, he was assigned to Bentwaters as deputy commander. The Rendlesham Forest incident of late December 1980 occurred shortly afterwards, and he was an important witness to events on the second night of sightings.