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Lost Ghost Footage Found at RAF Base
31 Oct
Summary
- Lost BBC footage investigating RAF Bircham Newton hauntings was discovered.
- The footage includes sounds of ghostly squash games and a discredited medium's claims.
- RAF Bircham Newton was a military base active in both World Wars.
Ghost story investigator Paul Lee has unearthed lost BBC footage detailing alleged hauntings at the former RAF Bircham Newton. The broadcast, originally aired over fifty years ago, was thought to be lost but was found in the British Film Institute archives. Lee described the find as "fantastic" after many believed the report was never recorded or had been wiped.
The former RAF station, operational during both World Wars and closing as a military base in the 1960s, became a training campus, from which most ghost stories originate. Tales often focus on the old squash courts, with sightings of spectral figures in uniform also reported.
The discovered footage includes audio of unexplained noises from empty squash courts and a medium's claims about three ghosts. However, Lee confirmed that official RAF records, now available, discredit the medium's assertions, as the named airmen never existed. Lee maintains a neutral, open-minded yet critical stance on paranormal investigation.
