Our first visit to Rougham Control Tower took
place in late 2005. The night we were there was a chilly one and we were certainly gluttons for punishment, as we stayed
at the tower for twelve hours.
There wasn't too much to show though, for all of this dedication.
A couple of noises were heard that could not readily be explained, one of which was a sound like the legs of a chair
being scrapped on the floor. This was heard by two members of the team. Also, an electrical wire was seen to move
strangely by three of the team, as if an invisible hand was touching it.
However, one curious
thing happened while everyone was starting a vigil upstairs in the Control Room. Two torches that were being used, both
died at exactly the same time. The torches had both got brand new batteries and these batteries had been bought separately.
Just an odd co-incidence or was something draining the energy from our equipment?
27th January 2007
This evening turned out to be our best investigation to date
and convinced us that there was certainly things going on at the tower that needed some explanation.
The
first vigil of the night took place at 9.20pm upstairs in the Control Room. We all sat in darkness for a while and then
we asked if there was anyone in the room with us that wanted to make contact. A short while later, some of the team
members heard what sounded like a man's voice saying 'Hello'. This was caught on video tape and can be watched
on our video page. See what you think.
The building was immediately checked for any other human presence, but
the team were entirely on their own in a control tower on a deserted airfield.
Earlier in the evening,
a trigger object in the form of a grenade (not live!) with a pin in it, had been set up in the Control Room. At 1.10am,
it was discovered that the pin had been removed from the grenade and had been placed neatly by the side of it. Unfortunately,
the battery on the camcorder that was filming this trigger object, had died. We have no proof that the pin was removed
paranormally. All we do know is that this team do not indulge in silly pranks.
At
2.05am, one team member, Darren, was investigating alone in the Control Tower, while the remainder of the team, Wayne, Christine
and Dave, were having a rest in our base room. This was in a separate building. Suddenly, the sound of a
plane was heard overhead. Wayne and Christine went outside and scanned the skies, but nothing could be seen. All
three thought it sounded like a war plane and was certainly not a modern plane or helicopter. The sounds of Second World
War planes have been reported by other witnesses in previous years.
Darren did not hear
the plane at the time, although it was discovered later that his camcorder did appear to have caught the sound very faintly.
Shortly,
after this incident, Wayne went out on to the airfield for a lone vigil. Nothing out of the ordinary was seen, but the
new batteries in his torch decided to die, leaving him in total darkness apart from the tiny light on the camcorder.
Thankfully, he made it back to the base room without any mishaps.
Between 3.45am and 4.15am, a
vigil was held in the ground floor Watch Room. Wayne thought he saw a black shape out of the corner of his eye and Darren
and Christine both saw white sparks by the window. This was in the same area of the room where a photograph of an orb
was taken by a previous guest to the tower.
The last and probably most interesting vigil of the night was held at
5.10am downstairs in the Duty Pilot's Rest Room. Darren whistled and asked for any spirits present to copy the sound.
Curiously, Darren, Dave and Christine all heard a whistle in response. This was later found to have been recorded on
the camcorder and on a dictaphone tape. Although Darren whistled a few more times, we heard nothing more. This
whistle was certainly not an echo and was not created by the team members. None of the team could pinpoint exactly where
in the room the sound came from. It had a strange quality to it.
All of the equipment
was finally packed away and the team left the tower at around 7.00am after what had been a very thought provoking investigation.
17th March 2007
We had high hopes for our third investigation at this site, after what we had experienced
a couple of months previously. Sadly, the weather was very much against us on this occasion. Strong winds and the bitter cold
stopped us from doing any outside investigating and all of the vigils were hampered because of the noises created by the continuous
gusts of wind.
On a couple of occasions throughout the night,
we did think we heard what sounded like the throbbing of a plane's engines, but we have to put this down to perhaps sounds
created by the strong wind.
Hopefully, next time we return
to Rougham, we will have more curious encounters to report.
Finally,
we would like to say a big thank you to the Rougham Tower Association for letting us investigate this interesting and historic
site.
