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Part 2 of Royal Australian Air Force Department of Air HQ UFO file A703 580/1/1, holding sighting reports and RAAF intelligence correspondence from Tasmania and surrounding regions in late 1960 and early 1961.
Part 2 of Royal Australian Air Force Department of Air HQ UFO file A703 580/1/1, holding sighting reports and RAAF intelligence correspondence from Tasmania and surrounding regions in late 1960 and early 1961.
This is the second of 32 parts of the master RAAF UFO correspondence series held at the National Archives of Australia. The pages reproduced here center on a cluster of Tasmanian sightings in October and November 1960, including the Reverend Lionel Browning and Mrs Browning's observation near Cressy on 4 October 1960 of a cigar-shaped object roughly 100 feet long accompanied by five or six smaller saucer-shaped objects, and the Webster sighting near Delmont on 10 October 1960 of a dull grey cigar-shaped object with orange aft section. Resident RAAF Officer Tasmania Wing Commander G.L. Waller interviewed the witnesses and Flying Officer B.P. Mullock prepared the Webster report, both judging the witnesses reliable. A reclassification minute dated 7 May 1982 marked every folio in the 580/1/1 series UNCLASSIFIED.
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(AIR FORCE OFFICE) MINUTE PAPER .tEaLASSIFICATION OF FILES Reference : A. DI(AF)~~ 810 para 326. DEFAIR 580/1/1 ReferenceU'554/1 /30 (34) In accordance '"ith Reference A, all folios, in all parts of Department of Air File series 580/1/1 are reclassified 'UNCLASSIFIED' with effect 7 I-iay 82 . 7 May 82 /' ~ ~_.::- . A. PERSK:E) CAPT AFIS
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SECRET SUBJECT SECRET File No. Part No. 580/1/Air TWO Subject: Reports on Flying Saucers and other Aerial Objects [Column headers repeated three times across page:] 1 Referred to | 2 Minute or enclosure for attention | 3 Date Referred | Actioned by Initials | 1 Referred to | 2 Minute or enclosure for attention | 3 Date Referred | Actioned by Initials | 1 Referred to | 2 Minute or enclosure for attention | 3 Date Referred | Actioned by Initials [Row entries - handwritten, partially illegible:] [ILLEGIBLE] HFt Reps) PA 7/459 DFI [ILLEGIBLE] (05 Army) 20 [ILLEGIBLE] PAy [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] (11) Allt 9/1/59 [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 3 AN 7/55 [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 1/4/[ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] A/DAFI 9A 5 Aug [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 7/[ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 13A 13/[ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 14[ILLEGIBLE] 17/[ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 1 [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 17 [ILLEGIBLE] 23/[ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 17 [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] DAFI 17S [ILLEGIBLE] A/ops 25A 14/[ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 26B [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] PA File 7/5/60 3[ILLEGIBLE] AFI 33A 9 Mar [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 26B 9/[ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 27A 11B [ILLEGIBLE] DAFI 30 4 [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 31[ILLEGIBLE] D O (CES) 32A 1.6.[ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 33B [ILLEGIBLE] AFI File 29/[ILLEGIBLE] PO OPS 33A [ILLEGIBLE] AFI File 29[ILLEGIBLE] PO OPS 34A 1/7 [ILLEGIBLE] IA File 4/8/60 [ILLEGIBLE] DAFI 35A 5/8/60 [ILLEGIBLE] AFI 35A [ILLEGIBLE] 7/[ILLEGIBLE] P/D OPS 35E [ILLEGIBLE] PA FILE 8/[ILLEGIBLE]/60 [ILLEGIBLE] DAFI File [ILLEGIBLE]/4/6 [ILLEGIBLE] PA File 16/9/60 [ILLEGIBLE] DAFI File 31/[ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] PA File 3[ILLEGIBLE]/[ILLEGIBLE]60 [ILLEGIBLE] DAF(Mil) 37A 8 27/[ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] PA (ADI) File 34/9/60 [ILLEGIBLE] DAFI 35B 20/[ILLEGIBLE]/60 [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 31/[ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] DAFI 36[ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 36[ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] PA [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 39/60 [ILLEGIBLE] PA File 23 B 60 [ILLEGIBLE] DAFI File 6/11/60 [ILLEGIBLE] PA File 7/11/6 [ILLEGIBLE] DAFI File 20 2 60 7 PA File 21.2.62 [ILLEGIBLE] MIFI File 1/[ILLEGIBLE]/62 [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] File [ILLEGIBLE]/1/6 [ILLEGIBLE] P O File 26/3/6[ILLEGIBLE] [Stamp bottom left:] SECRET [Stamp bottom right:] SECRET [Large stamp bottom centre:] SECRET [Red diagonal stamp, partially legible:] [ILLEGIBLE] 3/1/61 [ILLEGIBLE]
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OR REFER TO SUBJECT INDEX.TELEPHONE· A ( 690- 550 EQUOTE / 5/6/Air 11 ( 551.) Secretary DepartQent of Air nussell Offices CANBERRA ACT ROYAL A USTRAliAN Alll FORCE Headquarters Support Command Victoria Barracks St Kilda Road ~LBOURNE SC1 uEc 196 VIC SIGHTING OF UNUSUAL AERIAL PHENOMENA Forwarded herewith are two reports of sighti ng of aerial objects at Cressy and Trevallyn, Tasmania , on the 27th and 29th of November 1960 . i ng Commander Encl ~or Air Officer Commanding f ": # ~ .f'/- .s:.¥t1<>fN .,.-.,r.l
\ 5. 6. 7· a. , ... 10 . Roy Stearnes or obs rv r. .. . . • . . ................... . 9 Fullord Street , Tr e va l l yn. ress Df Observer..... .•. • .• ~····· ••• ... . ~ Ca r penter Occupa~ion of uo~erver........ . . ····~~ ........ . Date anJ Ti 1 vl Ob ion (T.!..Ll"' g.1.Ven in ~4 •• our .: 29 2o2v h. - •••••••• • •• • • ••••• ••o •• , ••• Period or Obs rv tl_. 2920~0 29~!>35 . 1:mner of Obs rvat1on: (G~ve ~- -----s --· own :-o>s if possiDle , .Jr by mown lo.nJmarks, .:nd de.;c~t'J in the obser vation) • • • • !'P.s.i !-.i!'!l. ~!. ?.b .s _e!:'.e!:-N·. hom_e f!ap ., .r.e!:. J!l0/ 809. Tas . 3tate , .. lap ~ miles = 1 inch) Vi sual observation • . .. .. .. ..... "' .... . ............ . ........ ~. .. . .... .. . ............ .................... .. ........... . . .... . Where was object first observed, e . g. overhaad, comin a hill, over the horizon etc • • • . l ~.s: t . !'Y.OF • • t.h_e, .t pp, p,f, ht .. ~!r!'"" • . <! •J!..• ."o •• tJi.e. f..n.s.t > . \~hat first attr acted observer s atteotaor. a.g. light o Lieht changi ng i n colour from blue to green ana r ed • • .. • • • • 0 . .. ... .. ..... ... "" • • • • • .. • • ., CjO • 0 • ,. •• ~ •• • • " " "' • y .. .. Did object ::1ppear as o. light or as a definite object. Light ····· ······ ···· ··· ······ 5· ····· .. "" · ·· · ••~>•••• · ·· .. •••• .. • I f there was more t i'lan O!le object , i1o1r many were tnnr , was othei:r:"lrorruation . ne ou.;.y. • • • • •• ••• • •••••• o ••• • • • ~ ••••o • ••~ • • • ••• • •• • ••••••~••• e4 11 . Wh.J.t v1as the co1oul' of the l i ght or C·t> j cct . ft.s •• a.b,oy,e,. 12. \·/h1.t uas its apparent s hape •• !~~!1 !-. f .r. ,l},g}l;t • • •• • , • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .. • • • c . . .. .. .. . .... 0 . • • • • • • • .. • • .. • 13. ~l ::ts any detail of structure obscrvabl~ • • P f .• •• , •• . , •• • • • • • • ••o•o • •o• • • • ••••• • • • • •e> •• • • ., ••• • ••• • • • • • • • • •• • 14. \las any method of pr opulsion obvious .• • •• N !>.... . ... . • 15. \'las tnere any sound • • • • . J-lp, • •• • . ..... c • • • • .. • • •• 16 H 1 ht 1 f 1 - · Just above ijorizon. c e g , orange o e e ~ at ~ on •• . •• • •. .. ••• • • • ••••••• 17 . Speed, or angular velocit y •• • ~ i s i~ ~lp~ l7. • ••••••• 18. St a t e any experlence Hhich enables obser 'T.Jr to be r o .. o 1 a bout the answers gi,ren t o 16 a nd 17. Uil • • •"'O •• •• O• • • • •o • •OGfl '-' ••• • o• • •• • • • • •••• ••• • ••••• • •••• Since it is normally i mpossibl e to e.;t1mate the he • s tranbe object , it will usua l l y be be Jter to en e:wo the angle of eleva tion of the obJect , the o.ngl~ thro moved, and the time take n t oJo this,
-- ,.-;. R.eport on A. (Contd,) 20. 21. uirection o1' fligat vith reference to lo.ndtur .s or ttl"' co:npo.sr. • • • •• ~ t~ ~~o~rY.~P ~9r~z9nta~. P~~~~~rt~t~.~~?~ly,~~ vert~ ca} plitne. id the obJect ~e· ~a on a straight path,devi ' or at all. As above ............................................ "' ..... lto .~as n.ny trail of exhaust, vapour or light seen •••• 22 . \.here did ooject disappea.L', e.g. i'l mid-air, bah n over the horizon. Behind cloud periodically (2/8 3500 only cloud still in view 23. . .• . ;.,h·a~ · o'b's'erv'er t erminated call~ ••••••••••••• t:-r:istence of nny physica:. cv:..derce Sllch as frag.ncnt' photographs, Ol.' other supporting cv idence. Nil ••• •• •••• ••••r.tt• • •••••••••-.•••••• ••• ••••••••••••••• W eather con,litioJlS e:xperi_en_ced at: tinle (s) or obs l'\ ~ion s. Fine Vis . 35 miles 21 ~ 3500 ..... ........ ............... , ... ~······· ·· ·""······· Location of :my air traffic in the vicinity at tile s i ghting . Nil •••••••• • •••• " ....... . .. . . . . . . . . . .... c •••••••••••••• • • • •••• • •••• • •• •• • ••••o•••• ;;;; •o•••••••••• • •••••.,••4• 26. Loca t ion of ~ny meteorologi cal stations in the gene LT Aerodrome ••••••• • ••• •• • o • • • '-•••••o • • • •••• - ••• •••••• •••••• o 27. Any ~ d.l it ional inforC~ation •.• T .o .w_e.r. ~ -~ -~~~e .~ .i.f. ,he •• could see the light . He reported he could not . The observer reported ................. .... .. .......................... " " . .... ~~~ .~~&~~~~~~~~~~ .~~ -~~ -~1.~1.~ .. ~~ .~~~~~ .~~~ .~~me ;ate as the nearby stars , but was of a different colour • • • • • • 0 •• • ••• •• ••• • • fl • • • • • • .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .. l.luestions 2 5, 26 and 27 to be ans\,tere.l by interro • tr J . ,t . Hahn. A/ATC . Or . V. 29/11/60.
1 • 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7- 8. "'* .l --:--.... of oJO. rv ": 'll.tln:ss of observOJ "" ~-cupatlon of bs lv~ E . D. Mil.ls Pans~ang!lr . , Grazi.er Cressy • I3C r ':1. fi1 Date and T.ir ., J • .... gi.ren in """--~ ..... . .. f 7 . . 2210 Local . £Jov . ).960 Per iod of oL__ (s Approx . 3 minut es , blipki ng M~er of ObservJ.iOn : ( - - --~ _s - if poss lP- , or b ~t'1C" "! 1~11 a-''s, and in ~1~ o s I ~t.J ~ out a t periods . • • • F_rom .C.res.sy visual si_gb,tiDft of }-ig_ ht over Poatina sit uated on ·Yestern Tier s - to west of observers position • ... ... . ~ ... " WV.ere • .s c bje ,.. ... fi"s':; olserved e.g ov .1 ... ~ '~ a hill o_v r t'"l ~.:o hori o.ls.. etc Ove~ Poatina approx. ~ooo feet above lights of town. • • • • • .. • • \1 • • • • What first attracted observeJ: ' s ;:u;ten1:.~o •• e.g . J.~g1-.; orr • , J:J...gt\'t. • " • • • • .• • t e •••••• • • to • f • • (\ Ill I) t 6 •••• t e •••• \. " t • • I 9 . Did object appear as a l ight or ~ s a defi nite object • • . . . L~t. o)'l]3... • ••• •• ••••• • • '"' • • '· .. . .. . ..... . ......... .. 1 0 . If there was mo.:.•e t 1an one ob j ect , ho r m:a.ny \>T ere ther was ~heir formation • 11 • 12. • • • p_n,e_ . o.n?-·.Y . • • Cl • • ••• • Ill .. . . . 0 • • • ••• •••• • • \ih'lt was its apparent sha pe •• • • • Q• • • • • •• · What was the colour of the light or cbjc c t ~miJa~ aircraft landing light . • • ••• • ••• •••••••• • •• • • • • ... c• •• •• •<' • •••.,eo •• .... . 13. .la s a ny detail of structure obs ~r- va bl ~:: .. ~Q 14. 15 . l 6o 17. 18. • •• • •• ••o•o••o•••• •• •••• •• •• c e e 'lt• •• •• vias a ny method of propuls !.on obvio._: No ~las tner e any sound . • .F~1;. .aj,rCXA,f.t sound .\lfAich Qbserver stated could have been tractor or truck at distance . He i ght , or a ngle of elevatior • . Speed, or angul ar velocity Sta te any experience Hhich enables obserYe r to oe r e about t he a n S\'Iers given to 16 and 17. Since it is normally impossi ole t o '3 :>tir:nte cne he· strange ob j ect ~ it will usually be be t er to enjeav the angle of lllevation of the obJt!Ct. the angle moved, and the time taker. todo t his.
20 . ·c. (Cor.tr , ) .a ,.ec tion o~· fli~ht ~i th referenc~ to lnndmarlts or point::: tht t. ............ ..... ... ...... ' ..... ......... ... . .Jid tile ooJect .1.·emain on a straibht path, dev L ta or at .L. • ... • • . St: eacly • . .. .. .. .. . .... . ... . ... . .. . . .... .... . .... 21. • as ..YlY .. ral.l of ex .·• t::;t, vapCT.lr or li ~ht e'3 • • 22 . 23. \!here d i d oojcct disappear, e . g . ~~ mi~-aic, Jenind ov-3 t' e ~ :l~- o .F~~~d 9U~,19.~~~-~o~ttf9~: .... ........ .. ... 6xi stence ot: any physical ovi-d.encc s:.1ch as frlgmett~:, pho t o~raphs , or other supporting evidence • • • • I • NfJ.. . ••• . co . ......... . "' . ... ....... ... ... . 0 .. . ...... . 2~. l·iea~h e ;- cort.J.iCi o ~s e ·.per ienc~;;d a .. ti .!le (.;) or ooserv tion .; 25. Locat ~ on of ~Y ai r traff ~ c i n the vicinity at the Sigl T.&11: It! 0 •••·•••·•• ••••• • ••• • ••• • •'t••• • • "' ••• • • • c•• • • ••• - •• • t• ................ ... ....... .... · · ~· · ·~~ ·· · · ·· ·· ·· · · ··· · .... 26. Loc ~J.o .• 01 1 ~~ l' ... t ... orolo~ical s t .tions in the gene l ~ 1.. Launceston Airpor t • • • • • • • • • • • •••• 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 27, Any adlitional i nformation •.•••••••••• • • • ••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .. • c ... . . . . .. .......... ... . . . . • • • • • 0 • . . .... . .. . ...... . .. . ........ . . . . .......... .... . . . .......... . ..... ..... .... .. . ........ . .......... .. .. . .. ~uestions 25,26 and 27 to oe a ns Ier e d by i u t errogJ.t c e .. s .o.o •s note : Star Venus s ho~Ting in po sition indicated . Cloud movement w ould account for blinking and fade out of light .
l"El£PHONE· . 690- 550 REPLY PLEASE QUOTE Command 5/6/Air 11 Secreta.r:r Department of Air Russell Offices CANllE:'JiA ACT 2 VI C h I J ) SIGHTIHG OF IDWSUAL Ai:RU.L PI:IENOMEliA The attached reports (2) of unusual aerial phenomena seen at Campbell Town Tasm ania have been received from the ~apartment of Civil Aviation ~elbourne , and are forwarded for information. ). t: :.---- / Encl . v.:m.~ ng Co=~~ - ~ r Air Officer Commanding ~~~ ?.0 - ..L
The Cocl:anding Officer, Tasmania Squadron, .Ur Training Corps, 8 Fi. t::.roy Place, ~· Dear Sir, 1 St. Canic:e Avenue, SAN>Y BAY. 11th Jamuzy 1961. As requested by Flt./Lt. &lith I fonta.rd. herewith a report of a aighting of a bright light in the slcy'. General: A bright light was observed in the sl<;y by 11\YSelf and my wife whilst driving on the Midlands Highivay near Oatlands on 5. 1. 61. ~: Approximately 9. 36 a . ~ on Thursday, 5. 1.61. Conditions: excellent. Cloudless slcy' and very bright sunlight. Visibility lbsi tion of Sighting: Light was seen straight ahead of the car 'l"'hen driving up the hill on the Launoeston side of Oatlands, about 1 mile fran ths.t town. Bearing would therefore have been approx. zero. Elevation estimated at 20°. Nature or Light : The light was ohsened..a.&.a..i'Qint of light sor:-ewhat larger than Venus (say twice the diameter) and had a duration of about three seconds. It seemed substantially stationary during the period. It aPf.eared suddenly and faded suddenly. No object could be seen in the sk;y v.hen the light disappeared. The JD&.i.n feature of the light was its startling brightness. The daylight was very strong and both my wife and Jcysel.f were wearing dark glasses. Even so the intensity of light appeal:'ed to be of the same order as that of the sun. Conclu sion: I f tre light v.•as reflected light fran a aircraft, then the aircraft was at such a distance as to be invisible in silhouette , and it must have been a remarkably strong reflection fran a large surface. I f it was from a light source of its own then the source wa::s very strong to show so brilliantly in ccndi tions of such bright sunlight. Yours faithfully, :/1. ~ ,1 ~ (H. L . Paxton) Senior Engineer, TEE ~LLl!Cl'RIC COl!!aSSI01f.
2 3 <..). 8 9 lO 1 l .> 1'7 1 .,) f - t Mrs.H.P . Hall Queen 1 s Street ,Campbell Town. Housewife. v 1645 EST . 1~ mins . Campbell Town. s.w . Quadrant 4~ from vert~cal. :> Brightness White light. > • r a., /3L "Y If 1 l'lt 0 .. ..... >n objuct no.t _.:tn,~ • J. e One . CO vU 0 v .t. White Spherical (Appeared like large thistledown ball) " .. .. J "·· No P~?p.,. ~ .. - ..t No ~ so ;l N .o c.n 1;) of e~ v t As above o;}o;;.,. o .. ng~...l r v~.:: Cl 1 .J Faster than Viscount Jtclt3 D...lV ex 1'~ O.C!'! ,J ~h be;; Experienced observer of Satellite transits - ex Nurse and WAAF .
25 • el.ttt Loc t· ; ght; Loc t 2" <1-ny a .. . Due west. Straight line, no waveing . ... ' No To W.beh1nd bank of cloud. n r o .. No Cc. 1 .l <I Fine small, amount clou~ weste.r.n . . horizon. n ~.ne vtcin J "None seen. ny teo .,1 .,- c lJ. s t ... '>11!" ~n LT. ObstU"ver was su.n bathing at the time . Phoned in by G.Park.
2. 7686 704/1/P1(.3A) Department of Air Russell Offices C.VffiERLA T ::- ~ s/ ~ • ~ ~7/JorJ~) :-~/; .eadquar ters lfJ Tasmani an Souad ron ~ Air !raining Corps RAAF 8 Fitzr oy Pl a ce HOBART 3rd December 1960 \;1 ~ ~,~\ l ,..\>-~ /;'rl" REPORT ON BELIEVED SIGHTH G OF A ~~ UJI."'DE!i"'IFI !ID FLYI NG OB.JJ:;CT 8Y MRS ':' . A . .fr.'BSTER AND i-f!SS S . \oiEBSTER 1 • For.farded herewith, t\¥0 copies of a report by the Officer Co~anding, Headquarters Northern Fli ghts, Tasmanian Squadron Air Training Corps, Launceston Tasmania, on a believed sighting of an unidentified flying object by Mrs D. A. \o/ebster and her daughter Miss s. Webster , near Delmont Tasmania at appr o>..'i.mately 1630 hours on the I~ "" October 1960. 2 . From the contents of the report and a telephone con·1ersa tion with Mrs Webster, the •.rri tar has formed the opinion that : (a) Mrs and Miss Hebster are reliable witnesses . (b) Neither witness has previously made a sighting of an unidentified or similar flying object . (c ) reither Witness has had any association with any unidentifi ed flying objects society or simila r organization. (d) The believed sighting was made against a background of a cloudless sky. (e) There were no other witnesses to the bel ieved s i ghting . 3. There a re inte r esting points of s~ilarity in t hiS believed sighting and that of the Brownings - so far as it rela t es to t he l a r ge object seen by them - at Cressy Tasmania on the 4th October 1960 . The points a r e : "'" e-~ ~f .. "'s-- ( a ) "''"{I;.. C.,·- ~ .l c. .. \ Each of the objects were of dull metallic col our and did not seem to reflect the sunlight . ... ~ o-1-•v..ol ~ t"IO.. 'f,~,t V ~ · "f"<; ~ I • • ~·cl•"' L., ~~ •1.•1 ... .J.t= .t s"'-;""":1 ... ~.._'"r ... ~: ..,.,.-.);- ~-~ ~.~ ... "\~ .._~.~o,u., . 9 - ~~~' - 'v~J- .. 1~' • (b) (c ) (f) ( g) (h) An upward and out\'lard "socnething" the end of eac. of the objects . projected from !he objects were cigar shaped . Each of the propulsion . objects had no apparent means of Each of the objects moved slowly . Eacn of the objects nove red .4. In view o£ the Similar description given by both the l:ebsters and the Brownings o:t the object they believe they saw ~ the £act that both pairs o:t witnesses can be conside~ed to be reliable, it is suggested that it would be unwise to dismiss the sightings as £igments of imagination or optical illusions • . ··,,r '~\\~, . ·~, ~~ ·~ . t •• t:..,. .~. , . . . '-. • L . ITALL~R) g Commander anding Officer
. ' 5/1/Air(1a) Co~anding Officer Tasmanian Squadron Air Training Corps FQ~ ~..-i.,ASSQ Qrl; s/ ... ~ ~,; ,.-~, ... _,eadquarters Northern Flights Tasmanian Squadron Air Training Corps RAAF 3 High Street LATTNCESTON 25th November 1960 1 • An UFO was sighted by both Mrs 't.e bster and her daughter as Odtober 1960 . they were returning from school on ~ The time was a pproximat ely 1630 hours . a period of from 2 to 3 minutes. The object was s•en for 2. At the time of sight ing both people were travell ing in the front seat of a 1958 Holden Sedan. Mrs Webster was driving. 3. The weather was fine and there was not a cloud to be seen. 4 . The object is reported to have been sighted moving from the left to the right of the observer s, ie, from the NNE to the SSW ~ver the house. ~ean position of sighting approximately ~1°47 S '~trr~·~ 5. Yrs W8oster first thought that it was an aircr~rt aPout to crash as it vas much lower than aircraft usually seen around that area, and it SPemed to be moving very slowly. Altit11de of the object vas estimated to be below 1 000 f Pet . The speed of the object was est imated to be a bout 50 mph and it then stopped m oving and hovered- still 800 to 1 7000 fe Pt . 6. When the object hovered Mrs Webster, still thinking it '.:laS an aircraft, thought it was going to "fall out of the sky" and intended to ring the police and report the accident and s~on help . 7. The car was stopped and Miss Webster got out to seP better . She coT.mented that the object had no wings, Mrs Webster agreed •tit~ ~er but she said she had not noticed it until mentioned to her by her daughter. 8. Mrs Webster asked her daughter could she hear any motors Miss Webster said she could hear a noise like a car engine. Mrs Webster heard nothing as she wears a hearing aid . 9 . The car was restarted and they were driving to another position for a bett er view when their view was interupted bJ a hedge (pine trees approximately 35' high) . 10. When the view was aga in clear (about 15 seconds later) the object had disappeared. 11 . The country in that area is very f l at and open vith tvo small hil ls aoproxi~ately five miles avay towards the South West .
CLASS!~n~ . -~ 12. Description of Ob1ect (a) ( b) (c) (d) ( <c>) (f) The object was about 30 feet long and about as high as a car (Rolden). It was cigar shaped with a round nose and a sloping tail (see diagram). two objects protruded from the rear sides at an angle. No markings ( bands or windows) were noticed by either onserver . The colour vas dull grey with the rear portion orange the orange vas not as bright as anti-collision paint The sun vas shining on the object at all times. But it was definately not silver or shining. It remained a dull grey colour . The only disagreement between the two observers is with regard to the position where the orange colouring commenced. Miss Webster thimks i t started aft of the two protruding objects, while M rs Webster thinks it started some distance ahead of these objects. 13. Opinion as to the reliability of these witnesses (a) Mrs w~bster ' s attitude to the report 1n the Examiner of the UFO sighting by Reverend Browning of Cressy vas one of disbelief. However, she is firmly convinced that she sighted add watched an object as described in the text above. She seems a sensibl e and most reliable type of woman - not given to hysterics or the like. Also I would suggest that it was di fficult for her to admit having sighted and object after having discussed her disbelief of previous sightings so frPely with her friends. (b) Miss s. Webster (11 years) is particularly mature for her age and I believe that both witnesses are reliable 1n the main with the exception being the judgement of distances and ~ize . (B.P.MULLOCK) Flying Officer Officer Commanding
CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED Copy Mrs Webster maintains orange started at this point [SKETCH OF ELONGATED OVAL CRAFT WITH PROTRUSIONS AT RIGHT END, SHADED ORANGE/PINK AT RIGHT PORTION] Miss Webster maintains orange started here Dull grey colour CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED COPY OF SKETCH DRAWN BY Miss WEBSTER (To Larger Scale Than Original)
CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED Copy [SKETCH OF ELONGATED OVAL CRAFT WITH TWO FIN-LIKE PROTRUSIONS AT RIGHT END, SHADED PINK/RED AT RIGHT PORTION] DRAWING TO Mrs WEBSTERS INSTRUCTIONS UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL
• 1/e .. t7-r> ~ £L.!A.:..:.": ;...;,; .. l;...._="..;;..:~- , HI~ I-. r ~m~ ---- --- -- ~ '"~•"el.( ,;e.~.-/'·"~~ ill• ~rnl ..,~,_.,,, r~ of- ) .)~ a.nd at/ ·~~~ /Ju('/ r ny t.~ '"'J £I.E Yh'1JC'N ·- . .. -. . . - ---TElEPHONE: IN REPLY i'UASE QUOTE ROYA~ AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE N o .~ ....................... _,.~·---- Resident RAAF Officer Tasmania 8 Fitzroy Place 2. 7616 704/1/?1 (2A) HOBART TAS,·lAtHA 19th November 1960 Department of Air Russell Offices ~ANBERRA ACT EUQUIRY INTO BELI l!:VED SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS BY THE REVEREND AND MRS LIONEL BRO~ffliNG NEAR CRESSY, TAS.1ANIA ON rHE 4 TH OCTOBER 1960 Your Signal A1331- 19th November 1960 1 . On the 11th November 1960 the writer discussed with the Reveren4 and Mrs Lionel Bro\nLlng at their home at Cressy, Tasmania their believed sighting of unidentified flying objects near Cressy on the 4th October 1960. 2. As a result of the discussion with Mr and Mrs Browning and subsequent discussions with various other people the writer formed the follo\nng opinions on the believed sightings and associated matters . (a) Hr and r1rs Browning are stable, responsible and unexcitable individuals who would not perpetrate a hoax . (b) Mr and Mrs Browning are genuinely and firmly con- vinced that they sa,., actual objects . (c) Mr Bro\olning is enjoying the publicity and interest he is receiving as the result of his and his wife's believed sighting . Mrs Browning is not. (d) Mrs Browning is not a woman who would be influenced by her husband to believe she saw something which in fact she bad not seen. (e) As a result of the publicity given to the Brownings ' believed sighting, mild mass hysteria has set in at Cressy and surrounding areas and people are having hallucinati~ns - and for a while will continue to do so . (f) The loud explosions heard in the Cressy area since the Brownings ' believed sighting are the sounds of heavy rock blasting by the Hydro Electric Commission a t Poatina approximately ten (10) miles from Cressy. (g) A detailed investigation of believed sightings made by people in the Cressy and surrounding areas since the Brownings' believed sighting would be a major taslt and is not justified for the reason given at (e) and also for the reason that it would not determine exactly or even approximately, \<that if anything, the people believe they have seen.
3. Encl(s) ~closed herewith are the following: _ (a) Statement by M r Browning. (b) Statement by Mrs Browning. (c) Sketch . (f) Copy of report filled in by Depart~ent of Civil Aviation Officer when Mr Browning reported believed sighting to Western Junction Airport . (g) Report by Western Junction Airport Meteorological Section on weather conditions in the area at the time of the believed sighting . &,;....) • ....,_...,...,... ___ G. L. WALLER) ing Co!llCander esident Air Force Officer Tasmania
- -- ~ ~---- 1 . Mr Brolming stated that at approximately 1810 hours on the 4th October 1960, he and his wife were standing in the dining room of their home and looking out through the window at a rainbow over so~e low bills approximately eight (8) miles to the east . The hills, the highest of which are approximately eight hundred (800) feet, were partly obscured by low cloud and rain . As they were looking at the scene, his wife drew his attention to a long cigar shaped object which was emerging from a rain squall . Tbe object was a dull greyish colour, had four or five vertical dark bands around its circumference and at regular intervals along its length and had what looked like a short aerial array which projected outwards and upward from the northern facing end of the object. The object seemed to be slightly lo~g~r ~an Viscount ai£Pra!.~which Mr Browning frequently sees flying in that area and he therefore estimated the object's length as a£Qut ong_h~ed (100) teet. The outline of the object was well defined and was e'len '!lore so a little later when it had as a background the tree covered slopes of a rain free area of the hills. Mr Browning estimated from land- marks below the object, that it was over the Panbanger Estate owned by the Hills family and was therefore approximately three and one half (3~) to four (4) miles distant. The object after emerging from the rain squall moved on an even keel in a northerly direction at an estimated speed of siXty to seventy (60-70) MPH and at a constant height of approximately four hundred (4oO) feet . His estimate of the speed of the object was made by comparing its rate of movement with that of Viscount aircraft which he has seen flying in the area and his estimate of the height of the object was by comparison with the height of the hills behind it. The object moved approximately one and a half miles (1~) north, also estimated by reference to land marks below it, and then abruptly stopped . !'f'ithin seconds, it was joined by five or six small saucer like objects which had emerged at high speed from the low cloud above and behind the cigar shaped object . The soall objects stationed themselves at positions around the cigar shaped object at a radius of about one half (~) of a mile and then , after an interval of several seconds the cigar shaped object accompanied by the smaller objects, abruptly reversed back towards and then into the rain squall from which it bad emerged. The reverse movement was at approximately the same speed and height as during its outward movement . In all, the cigar shaped object had been visible for approximately two (2) minutes and the small objects for approximately one (1) minute. Neither Mr nor Mrs Browning heard any unusual noise during the period of the sighting . 2 . Br Bro\.fning and his wife watched the area for se,Teral minutes after the disappearance of the objects into the rain squall but there was no re- appearance . Mr Browning then telephoned the Control Tower at \-/estern Junction Airport and reported the sighting. 3. Mr Browning stated that on the 9th October 1960 he gave a full report of his and his wife's sighting to the Launceston "Elxaminer" newspaper and per.ni tted an "Exarniner" photographer to photograph through the window of their dining room , the area over lofhich they had seen the flying objects . Also, a sketch of the objects to serve as a basis for artists impression of the objects to be superimposed on the photograph was made by Mrs Browning and given to the "3xa!Diner". The following day, the 10th October 1950, the report and the photograph with the artist's impression superimposed thereon, were published in the newspaper . Hr Browning stated that the published report, apart from having given the length of the cigar shaped object as three (300) instead of one hundred (100) feet and having stated that he (Mr Browning) knows of other witnesses to the sighting, ~ras accurate . He also stated that the artist's impressio:l super- i~posed on the published photograph depicted fairly accJrately
the shape, size and a ppearance of the objects but they shoUld have been shown as being below and not above the skyline. 4 . Mr Browning stated that since he made public his and his wife ' s sighting of the objectsi he has received several reports of believed sightings of f ying objects and has also received many reports of loud explosions . He himself heard such an e~plosion at 2130 on the 27th October 1960 and is of the Opinion that it was too close and loud to have been from an area about ten (10) miles distant where the Hydro Electric Commission does rock blasting . Mr Browning is of the opinion that the explosion he heard and probably those heard by other local residents are associated in some way with the flying objects seen by him and his wife . 5. Mr Browning stated that prior to his and his wife's sighting of the unidentified flying objects he had been sceptical about reports of such objects but now both he and his wife are convinced that such objects exist . He also stated that whereas pr ior to his and his wife ' s sighting he neither had interest in nor any association with Unidentified Flying Objects Societies but now be is both inter~dln and willing to be associated with such societies and has in fact accepted an invitation to give a talk on his and his wife ' s sighting to the Melbourne Unidentified Flyi ng Objects Society on the 16th November 1960.
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STAT3!-IE!fl' BY MRS BRO\'INING 1 , Hrs Browning stated that she agreed completely with the account of the sighting given by her husband with the exception that when watching the cigar shaped object she was - and is _ of the opinion that the projection at the northern end of the object was more like a propeller rotating in the vertical plane than like an aerial array as described by her husband . 2 . Mrs Browning stated that like her husband, sne had been sceptical of the reports of unidentified flying objects prior to her and her husband ' s sighting but now she feels compelled to believe in the existence of such objects . She further stated that she had not prior to the sighting , had any interest in or association with Unidentified Fly1ng Object Societies .
Na"!e of observer. Rev. Lionel BRO\ffi!t!G. Address of Observer. The Rectory, Cressy. Occuuation of Observer. Minister of Church of England. Date and Ti~e of Observation (TiMe given in 2~ hour •lock zonal time) o4 1815 E.S.T. Period f Observntion (s) . 2 minutes. Manner of Observ~tion; (Give details of own position by map reference if possible, or by known landmarks, and describe any equip~ent used in the observation) . Seen fro~ Rectory Window by observer and wife . Wbere was ob1ect first observed , e .g. overhead, c~~ing from behind a hill . oyer the horizon, etc . Approx 3 miles E. of bouse . 8, What first attracted observ~r's attention e.g. li~ht or noise . Sighting (no light - no noise) . 9, Did object appear a s a light or as a definite object. No light - dull grey colour. 10. If there was more than one ob1ect , how 1any were tbPre. and what was their fo~ation . Eigbt. No special fo~ation . 11. Wbat was the colour of the light or object. Dull grey objects. 12. W ha,t W§S !~s ag:earent s!la.oe. Elongated but longer than an aircraft. 13. Was a& deta!J. of sttYC~re obseiYable. Banded slightly-vertically 1 ~ - Was !lni :nethod of p;tollulsion Qbv1o:g.s, No. 15. Was tuere an:£ so:ygd, No. 16. Height . or angle of elevation. ~0 ft. 17. Speed, or n.ngular velocity, l{oved fast to the N, then paused and ~oved to the s . at slower speed . liol""lal passe01;er nights, Reputation at Tobruk as good plane spotter . Since it is normally !,possible to csti~ate the height and speed of a strang~ object, it will usually be better to endeavour to dete~ine the angle of elevation of the object, the angle through whicb t "'oved, and the ti~e taken to do this . /2 .2 . Report on Aerial Ob1ect Ubseryed (Contd) 19. D!rectton of f1ight with reference to land~prks or points ot the co pass. Hoved in line froe~ Gre$'sy to q. miles N. of Powranna i.e. appro): li . E. 20. Did t.e o lect re ain on a strai!'.nt nath, deviAte or manoeuvre at all. Straight path except that the objects joining the original ca:ne rr - var:ous directions . 21. Was any tra'l of exhaust , vapour or li,ht seen . No. 22. \..'here eid object disappear . e . g.. in 1id-air, behind a hill' over the horizon. Disappeared in rain below cloud. 23. Existence of any phYsical evidence such as fra~ents , photo P.ranhs , or other snpportinl!: evidence. Nil. 2~ . Weather conditions experienced at t11e (s} or observation (s) Past rain at Rectory, raining to East. Overcast. 25. Location of any air traffic t. the vicinity at the ti~e of sig' ting. None k.lown . 26 . tocatioo of any meteorological stations in the general area. Launceston Airport. 27. Any additional info~ation. One o ject had airscrew on one end, but acting as a lift and not as forward propulsion. Ori~in~l object moved north, slowed as if to laJd, was joined by other objects, then ~oved South. Questions 25, 26 and 27 to be answered by interrogator.
METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARY. AM 4 OCT 60 The 1500K surface chart showed a small closed depression over TasQania the centre ::tost likely being vicinity Great Lakes area . Front Zones extended east of Flinders Island/Eddystone/ St. Helens to south of Western Junction to centre , thence Southwards to west of Bruni Island. A second trough extended fro::t WY along Tiers to centre. Lt/mod. rain was experienced ahead of all fronts, however rain ~leared at LT after 1500K. However extensive build-ups and CB areas were associated with trough fro::~ \fY along Tiers during late afternoon. Thunderstorm act1vi ty ,.,as rttported from areas near the Tiers .
, 1. 2. 3 . 4. 5. 6. REV LIONEL BRO WNING Name of observer .. .. .. .. . ... . . . .. . .. . . . . . . .. . ,. . . . . .. ..... . THE RECTORY CRESsr Address of' Observer . • • . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . • • . . . • • . • • • • . • .. .MINISTER OF CHURCH OF ENGLAND Occupation of Obs erver • . • . • • • . . . • • . • . • • . . . . . . • . . .. . ..• , , , • •• Date and Time of Observation ( Time give n in 24 hour clock zonal 04-1815 E. S.T. t ~ . . .. . . . .... . . ... .... . ........ . .... . ... . . ..... ... .. ...... . . .. . 2 1f!NS Period of' Ob servation( s ) . . . . • • . • . • . . • . . . . • . • . • . • . . . . • . . . . .. Manner of Observation : (Give det ails of own positi on o; ref'erence if' possibles or by known l andmarks s and de ~ ri ~e a ny equipment used in t he observation). SEEN FROM RECTORY WINDOW BY OBSERVER AND WIFE ........ ....... . ····· ······ ···· ···· ·· ·· .. .... . , ., .. , ······ ·· • ••• • e • o • 0 • I • • e • • t • • • e • e e • t • t •• e • • t • o , • t •• • •• e • • t t • o t • t • •• t ... ... ... .. .. .. . ... . . . .. . . . ....... . . . .... . .... ... .... . 7. Where was object first ob & erved s e•e• overhead , coming from behi nd a hil l over the aor izon etc . ' Approx 3 miles E ofhouse ..... . .... ... . .............. ... ... ... ..... .. ... .. ... .. .. ....... .. . 8 . Waet fir s t attra cted observer ' s &ttention e. ~ . l i ;h t or noise . SIGHTilfG (NO LIGHT - NO NOISE). ... . . . .. ..... . .... ~ ... , .. . .. . .. .. . .. , .. . , .... . ······· · ··~· · 9. Did object a ppear as o ligh t or as a defi ni te obj e c t • • • • • • • • .I'fQ .:Y1Gl1'f.- .:trr;TL~vm. COLPUR....... . . . . . . . . . 10. If there was more t her- one object , how many were t here, and what was their formatio n . • • . • . . • . • • . • . • . • • • • :elG.ttl'. • . UP. S'I'l:CIJ.L. FJJ.RMA-TION. • • • • • • • • • • 11. . DULL GBEY OBJECTS What was the colour of t he l1ght or object ..... . .. ••. . 12. ELONGATED , BUT LONGER THAN AN ~C Whet was its a pparent shape • .. • .. • .. .. .. .. • . .. .. .. • . .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • r • • • . • • 13. BANDED SLIGHTLY Was any detail of structure observable • •• • ••. • • .. . • ..•.. . •• •. .. VERTICALLY ...... .... ............... .... ... .. .. 14. Was any method of propulsion obv ious lf.O. . . . • . . .. . . • • • .. .. ... . 15. Was there any sound NO 400 FT 16.k.tr3eight, or angle of' elevation ••.•.. . ........• •.• · • · •• · · • • • MOVEDFAST TO THE N. THEN PAUSED AND 17 .US peed, or a n~u l a r veloc i ty . M~'fED· fO• fHE" S' •• ~"r '!iO"i'I'E'.R 'S'P'EED .. • .. • 18. State any e.x t=>erience which eneblee ob~erver to be reasonab l y certeir. abou t the a nsv;e r~:. ~ iven to lS and 17 . NORMAL PASSENGER FLIGHTS - REPUTATION TOBRUK AS GOOD . ...... . ....... .. . ........... .. . .. . .. . .. ........ . . . . . .. . .. .. . .. PLANE SPOTTER ._ Since it is normal l y i mpossible to esti~ate the ~ e1~ht and speed of a strange obj ect, i t wiL. usua l l y be be tter t o e ndeavour to determine the engle of' elevation of the obje ct, t he engle through whi ch i t move~ end the time t aken to do this • . . . .. /~
- 2 - ~ i. t on Aer()al 1. 1 bject Obs erved (Contcl.) 19. Direction of flight wi th reference to landmarks or pointE or the compass • . ~?~.~-~~ . !R?~ . ?~~~~~~ -~-~~~~~ -~ •. q~ .~q~~ . ~~-~?~91 NE 20. Did the object remain on a &trsi6ht path, deviate or mr.noell 'l!"e a t ell. STRAIGHT PA'l'H EXPECT THAT THE OBJECTS JOINIWG THE DRILL!RG CAKE • • • • • ' ' ':PROII" VUIOW l>nlf~rtfBS' • . ' ' • • ' • • ' • ' ' • ••. ' . ' ' .... . ' ' ' · · 21. Was any trail of exhaust, vapour or light seen . . .• ~9 ... . . . . . . . 22. Where did object disappear, e.6. in mid-air , behind a hill, over the horizon. DISAPPEARED IN RAIN BELOW CLOUD ......... .......................... .. .... .. .... ...... ........... Exis tence of any physical evidence such as fr agments~ photo - graphs, or other supporting evidence . NIIi .................... .... ........ ..... .... .. ............. ....... Weather conditions experienced at time(s) or observation( e) PAST RAIN AT RECTORY - RAINING TO EAS~ - OVERCAST • • • •••• •• ••• f ••• t • a ••••••• • •••••• a •• • •• a • • • • • I a • a • • fl a a 0 • •• e • I • Location of any &ir trsfiic in the vicinity et the time of s l ,s:lting . NOT KNOWN .... .... ..... .. .... . . . . ... ................ .......... ..... .... .. .. . . ..... ' ....... .. . . . . ... ............................... . Loca tion of any meteorolo0i cal stations in the ~eneral ar r . LAUNCESTON ATRPOR~ .................................... ... ................. ....... ONE OBJECT HADAm SCREW ON ONE Any additional inf'ormat ion • • . . . •••••• •• •.••••.•. . • ••..• . • •• • •• END, BUT ACTING AS A LIFT AND NOT AS FORWARD PROPULSION • ... .......................................... . ..... .. . ... ...... ORIGINAL OBJECT MOVED NORTH, SLOWED AS IF TO LAND, WAS JOINED ............. .. .......... ............... ._ .... ....... " ......... . BY OTHER OBJECTS, THEN liOVED SOU'l'H . ......................................... . ....... .............. Questions 25s 26 and 27 to be answered by interrogator. Not Signed
. ... 2 . 3. s. 6. MR G. PARK Name of observer . - . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . . ..• .•• 117 LAWRENCE VALEROAD LAUNCESTON Address of Observer . • • • • • . • • . . . . . . . . • . • • . • • . • • • . • . • .• TELEVISION RESEARCH ALSO BASS AIR Occupation of Observer • . . • • • • . . . • • . • • • • • . . • • . • . . . • . . . ••• • • •• Date and Time of Observation (Ttme given in 24 hour clock zonal 2. 10. 60 1930 Loc a1 time} .... ... . .... . . . .. ............. .... .. .. .. . . ..... . .. ......... ... ' . 10 min s . Period of Observation( s} . • . . ••.•• . .• . . ....• M a nner of Observation: (Give detai ls of own position by map reference if possibles or by known landmarks , and describe a ny e quipment used in the observation) . Sight i ng madefromSandbill - Launceston ~. .. .......... . ... .. ........ ....... .. .. ......... ...... .. .. .. no equipment used f or sighting .... .. ... . . . .... . . . . . .. . . .. . .. ........ ...... ... .. ... . .. . . . ... ... ...... .. ... . .. . . . .. . .. . ......................... "' .. 7 . Where \vas object fir&t ob&erved , e • .:; . overhead , coming from behind a hill. over the norizon, e t c . Steady in position 5° above horizon due s outh of ..... ....... . .. ... ... ............. ... .. ... .. ...... .. ......... ... .. 8 . Launceston probablT to~ards Polar rerlons Wbet fi r st attracfe~ observer s ett e ~1on ~;~. li~nt or noise . . ..... .. . . . . ~}.611J;. • • • .. • • • • •• ~ . .. ~ • • . . ... 9. Di d object appear as a libnt or as a defiuite Object • . . . . . . . . . . ~~P.~ . . 10. If t ner e v1as more thar. one object, how many were there, and .vhat was t heir f ormation . 11. 12. •• . • •• 9~~.~~J~~~.~~~ . t~8f~;r. . ~u.~ .~R2~~~~.a~ l . 9~.4.~~~~~r.~~~t~ as 1:aaeou occurred W ha t was the col our of the l i ght or object ••••. .• . ••.• . . • • • •••• Crescent shaped, with full circle Whe t was its apparent shape •. . • .•••• .••.••• • •••• • •••••••••••. . very dim asin eclipse, with horns lighted • ................. .. .... ' .. . . . .. . .. .. .. .. . .. .... .. . ..... ........ ' . 13. Was any detail of s t ruc t ur e observable •• .'!? .. . .. . . .•.•• . . ....... ...... ....... .. .. ..... ........ ... .. ..... . 14. W as any method of propulsion obvious • . • )!<? •• • • •. • • •. ••••• . ... • 15. W a s there any sound No ......... .. .. .. ........ ' . .. . . . .. . .. . . . . 16.AR3e1ght, or angle of elevation ••• ~~-~~o~ . ~o~t~~~. h9!1~~ . .... 17 .liS peed, or an~ular velocity • • • • .. ... • .. . . .zn+, 18. St ate any e;o.t'erience w'lic'l enablee ob~:erver to be reason&bly certain about the ans.vere ~ iven to lS and 17 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • - 0 • • ••••••••• • •• • •••• • •• • • • •••• -** Since it is normally impossible to estimate the hei.;sht. E,r.d spt>ed of a strange object it will usua!ly be better to ende&vour to determine the angle of elevation of the obJecl, the angle th ~ough which it moved~ and the ti~e taken to do this • • . . • • / z
- 2 - . ton Aerdal ~bject Observed (Conte.) 19. Dire c t ion of flight with reference to landmarks or ~oints of t he compass . Object steady ................ ..... .... ......... .. .. .. ... ... ......... ........ 20 . Did the ob jec t rema i n on a 5trs i ght path, deviate or m6noeuvre at al l . steady .... ............. ...................... ......... .. ...... ... .... 21. ·•:as any trail of exhausts vapour or light seen ••• •.•• I!'? . . ... .. 22 . Where did obje ct disappear; e . g. i n mi d - air, behind a hi ll over the hor izon. laded out in position first sighted ............ ............... .. ..... .. .. .... ... ........... ...... .. 23. Ex istence of a ny phys i ca l evidence suc h as fragments , photo - graphs , or other supporti ng evidence • ... . .............. " ... ............... .......... .. ..... ...... ... . 24. Weather cond i tions experienced at time(s) or observation(s) Fine - c1oudl ess ............ ....................... .... .. ... 25. Location of any air tr&fiic in the vicir.ity at the time o~ s l .:-;nt ing . Nil .... .... .. ............... .. ...... .. .. ........ ' . ...... ..... .. 26 . Loca t ion of any me t eorolo6i cal s ta t ions in the ~eneral aree . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • • •••• f • • • • • •• • •••• •• ••• • • 27. Any additional i nformation • • . ' ....... ... .... .... ...... ... ... . .. . ............... ... .... .. .. .... ........ ............ . . .. .. .... . ..................................... . .... ................ . .. . e e e e •• e f t e e • •• t e e e e f • e e e e e e e f e f • f • e t • e •• e e e f e f e • t e • e e t t I o C: • t f t t Questi ons 25 s 26 and 27 t o be answered by in t errogator. Not sigm-d
- F ~i'NG /OSiUCER' EEN AT CRESSY "EXAMINER" 10/10/60 Mysterious ships in sky AN ANGLICAN minister and his wife, previously scepticaa about reports of visitors from other planets, are sure they have seen flying saucers and a mother ship. The Rev. Lionel Browning and Mrs. Browning, of Cressy, r e- vealed their experience yesterday although it ocurred on Tuesda y. "We did not soy anything about it befo re because we were reticent about re leasing such fontostic information," soid Mr. Browning. Other CrtuJ rtahtcncs ha\·e obJect bad ~ dull u. r~c.t eve He- ..nid 'Tilfl htp t~nu.N: Mr. Bf'O'Wnln;l dnaageo reported • ltl)•toriO<U, lrl«h<tn- 1 <1\0Ugh tho :.elllnJ sun ,..,. In • porle<tiJ' -tratanl <II"'<LIOD rmauu ol>Jocl> q ' ll)luc""" ln~ explO.S:\On ou tbe aame l'lf\tnlng on It to\\a.rcla Wn~m Ju.nctlon en. •bOut 30 fHl ~h <lL1lt\ l•'&ht 1 Re U.ld thl\t ooy nobr would •Attt>r •tboUt a tn1Dute or nhb • tlat Whlt.nl3r'l o.nd ~~~'-'~ tJD\'f". betn drowned bS' tbo M('J•dY n\()\'tD1rnt, the $hlp~tOP- round.t<l domr on top .. Mr. a.n Hra-------:-arownlna vottre "'lud. J,}ed to mld air. Ur b3Jd U1• obJtcU • looklng Hot throu«n lht roc- I Ho t.•llm~ted thai th• ob- "ll ho\O..,.d above the Pan· 1res 1n c<>lour bull>t>rt oe> lory WIHdow at • f".llnbcnv. IJtct was trn.H:ll.J.n&' ;at I{"M UuU\ sha~tr Dtate. aboUt th~~ d.utlngulSbtns rra re lPietW"IO<I IS Mr. Bto .. nlnc ~0 mpn lOll ..... ~) H "dd by rai~ ll')ln<toc lhrc>Ugb lbe rectory He ""ld th•t p,-.,vlon I)' ho Wo ,. 0t 1>«1 tht stollonary I en ' .. 1ndo•• In the dlrC<Lia.• ot ~ b.lu1 beo:n ~I JAbot; r<PQdAl '-'•<.a lor abolll SO .._._a._ ,...,.,.u sltlhtlng An artist h:.. drun o . ftl'ln• ·•IKe<$. • rr.;.,, .... ,ni •llfttt !lrYtr>l ht 1n tbt obJetts. rrom thf Brown- - \t n,...t 1 thou.cht thl' ''"'l'ht>n out ar the claod.s !hlP. ~ Jed b7 tni''" drscriptktua IIWd a Jk~ttb ob)r('t ta'cht "'""It bren ,...... abo\f! and brhlnd thr J.btp. ft\'-f' tn. r+nnnl lM tnU' b)· llrs.. Bnrli" tnc J traded h.aht 'bot Ul~ thine or &11C I..DUU dUo cau•co ~ be SilkS. Mrs. Brown.Jn.a: aid 6ht u•; ha4 too 1Qt.rb ul.J.•ba.c•.· bto at lf'trUic ~ -rtw- shiP did not ra. a &:!ef. c t:u-f.haPf'Cl ob'«t ...aid 7hev ea.me: too.rcb thf' to fttwn t.to...--. -:-c> ~ une1"Cf' trom • raln.a orrn. She .. And. St was certatniJ' no &hlp au:.. nat atoae:s 3lo.fpp1ng ,. &! tn. b lil"r ot U.. polnt~ U out 10 her huaband normal Aln.'r•h br!c:Dule It ., 0 al tM •~Ltr toM t•ou•ft'd I l ~ ~s:r .. Browr S c f"''\¥4Utt'd the Lr•nlltna btlow etaUtn; ~.. ""I Itt~~ ..n"UUU objr.th •t.sU6b• •It ~tu.rr,C"d ob}f'C:l w .. h • r ~CI btl4 at Mr Oro~, said thM. th~ t'4 lhf'M.Wh~• ~.kJ.f' thrlr Pft"d • '* k': 1 a.nxtta 1"'-1' h "thlp' .,..., tnn1Ur. • btolo• o.u•lhu .. hlp •UIJin • t\.alt An!! ~ •• J7-••s abouc 3(Kl r~ ... •he clocAG le\'cl .. ,, lbtc Un.u· 11lliCI ,. ..... ,u:... 30 U('(!Ods. • ~· ......... ,. or rom tnll<$ of ra .• n 9;i&J' .. ta.\el\t S, NC>tth aboUI 100 r Ol otT lho Jlr >W>J • "Radar devi ce"ttEXAMINER" 10/10/60 AN ANGLICAN minister and his wife, previously scepti cal about reports of visitors from other planets, are sure they have seen flying saucers and a mother ship. The R e v. Lionel Browning a nd Mrs. Browning , of Cressy, re- vealed their experience yest e rday althoug h itocurred on Tuesday. " We did not say anything obout it before because we were reticent about re leasing s uch fantastic information," said Mr. Browning. Ot ,t C;n et de.' ts have objee bad dull u ,. c.... e1'en He · 1ld 'TI•f.t ..n.Jp •nUt<l f rt-par 1 ,. 01 rn. .:ue1•· tboug:h the -aetll ... ~ S\w. -.a5 tr ~t "Perf~ 11 ·~ral"'ht dfft'CtlOD tn 1 exp~:m o 1 n:.e same t hlnlng on lt.. to'A-an1A Western J ~&IK'Uun ll:bl.. He Aid that an:r nol."' woulcl •.•.nor aboUl " mtnute of 4\l_ ..S.IO on Tv.o$1•$' otab• t.a"-e been c:l.NM1.n~ b.t the s-'t.·ady DlO\·~nu!nl Lbe &hlp ~lOP~ round~ dom~ on. t.w .. ~1r--.na ~ ..._ Sroo<Dllli ,. .• ~ t>lnd. l't"<l In mid lllr. lt~ oald lbo Ob)tcto "~ JoatblC tllSt lhrough tht rec~~ He a.Umsted th•t tbe ob- · It ho\tred &bo\ e t.h,. Pan· ~t• Y 1n c:olour bu ». ,. lory 1l'1Mto"· a t a r.•lllbo•·· Jt-et •·u t..rQ.H:llln& •t lea t.baD sharper Elto.le, •boUt Ullce1 dlnt.n&ul:htn; .t ...... ( Pictu,..d 11 Mr Brownlfll 60 m.p.h. mlles away , _ I po.nu ~ 11\rou~h ihe ....,torY Be aaJd !hat p~·lously M I - w. watched lb• •tallonury H ldden by rair • ..-Indo~ lu tb• d1~L.l0f'lo of f.h• bad. beeD ':oiooC:rDUI:Jil AbouL f't'POI''l6: ~c.b)ilu;;t fOC' about. 30 ~.«oud.a, .. tJhtluJt An J~Mbt hu drt1'n ol lll1.nB sa~~~rs. rucm:..1Cd. Att~r JSt'Trl"tlJ ~ 'nl l In abe objects from 1~ 81'011'0- " \l Om 1 lbo~;IJt tlu. "'tllen out O! th• cloud> t hiP, ,_.r.ompaoll'd by U1t saae Jntt• dC'SerlpllOft• and a tket.cb o bjed mt,eh l .hll''l': bttn rt• abo't: and brhinli the a.hlp, th·t trs. reo,:rr ed \.DP wuy LL m!n~ b;' :\tra. 8roll·llLtC J fr:att«< U;lu , but t b• Ullnr or Jl~ ~m•ll elL,.,• came ,,boottna he old Ml'll. Browntna m id 6ht """' bad too n>ucb sub,.lanoo," bt jot ICtTIOc spt..S ''Tho ~hlp did not manneu n .:rc)• clpr-abaped oblect said. ''Th~)· camt toward! th-' to telurn bec141l eo IJ\~ roes e":l em•a-;o ltoiTI a rainstorm. Sho "And It wau. a:ert.olnl1 no ship Ilk< nat otoneo &klpplltl wa• th•· toH «lion or the llh pOinttd 11 out to lit:r husband~ normal atrcraft becau~ It was i:IOiliJ tht "'at~r rn bt rOHtrrd Jn th"" rotn ch MrL Brownlns mea,urtd tM trovelllng below stnlUng •PH<~" "1.h• ..null ob)4'rh 'lotion· "It retumfd fa•t~r tllna t • ob)l'Ct wllh o 11e<dle bdd uti Mr :Browaung said !hat tile ~d lbr m .. t••• b .. ld• ~hrlr )letd et wblcll It hlod •m•r.te< rm's ltngch · ~iihtp"" •wa$ tra\·elll.ng bo'O\\' t.a,~ oth rr -.htf1 M Jt h ln a h~-t lt and \\115 cunt trom :>Jlbt at• :~~ ::: •,::~ 3: :::;" ~:: 1 ~B I011d lo lvell\1 tile tlm ke. t' mllr .-~dtu .:·, 3~ tecoods.'• ./ wn)· ''"~UIIIC north .. aboUt an e 0 ra1n -~-~~~ / "Radar device" "'1'h•~rt ·t~ 11bou1 tour ver- tlal band\ otou: rbe t:tde of tt.e obJtct~ '",r\t rh.e bow et~d or 1he- ,hlP tl:'l,.re -.:a a rod j\1Ut11t out lU'h wbot •tetnfd l~ • small propeller ..,. oome r4cl&r deYice on the tnd;' Mr. B:ownlro~t s:ald that the
11/10/60 Rectory is besieged REPORTERS throughout Australia yesterday besieged the Rev. Lionel Brown- ing at his Cressy rectory for feature stories of his sighting of flying saucers. Yesterday "The Examiner" exclusively published Mr. Browning's story. He and his wife watched for two minutes last Tuesday evening as "five flying saucers and a mother ship" manoeuvr- ed in the sky several miles from their rectory at Cressy. Mr. Browning did not re- lease the information until the weekend when rumours of the incident were spreading. He said he then realised that the "incredible information" should be made known. Mr. Browning believes that the ships must have come from Russia. "I do not believe that the saucers came from another planet," he said. Earth's atmosphere Their movements seemed to suggest that they were accus- tomed to the earth's atmo- sphere conditions and local terrain. Western Junction officials said last night that no further reports had been re- ceived. A scientist in Hobart yester- day could not ratify or discount Mr. Browning's report. The scientist, Dr. Bruce Scott, did concede however that "things did happen beyond our experience and understanding." Dr. Scott is a senior lecturer in physics at the University of Tasmania. He is generally recognised as the Tasmanian authority on er- satellites and objects from outer space. Dr. Scott yesterday closely studied the report of Mr. and Mrs. Browning's sighting. No explanation He said afterwards he could offer no definite explanation. However he said, the major- ity of flying saucer reports were due to some natural cause — even if it was not pos- sible at the time to define that cause from the particulars given by the observer. "But it does appear that there are occasions when something beyond our pres- ent range of experience and understanding may be in- volved," he said. One remarkable point was that most observers were so certain of the dimensions, dis- tances and speeds of objects sighted. These estimates were very difficult to make, especially for objects in the sky where there were no standards which could be used for comparison. Something which appeared to be enormous and fantastic at first sight might turn out to be small and commonplace when it was realised that it was only a fraction of the distance that it seemed to be at first. Mis-interpretation of observa- tions in this way was likely to be the basis of many flying saucer reports. "But," Dr. Scott added: "I don't disbelieve in flying sauc- EXAMINER" 11/10/60
__...........- ........... ___.........................- ........................................-- .. - ··-···· ..- .............. .... ~f,~bo FJIMII'. Jf BEPOBTS OBJECT IN SKY A STRANGE object performed ma noeuvres in the sky last night above Evandolo. ':r.hr pbf'nomrnon •:...• wll.. a fa0Jl1 one for an lt'tO• '"Tbtn ..ud4mlJ h "b.ot nt'r>~ b} • l •• ur.nte-lon Plan~. awa-1 fro_m t.u toward:> Po;.. .. c-owP1t and lhrir '-On ..... topptdi tbto C"Ar- and wt- Un:t.., m.a~:" .!::~a.~"'bt"l; to rt'- aJJTf: 1 ::;;.:, th;.:---;:u-:,':kd .. lt ldt a white etoocl be· ~hr.J WC'r~t trattlhn: atollC to br more lh:lo 1000 ff'f'l up hJnd lt. Could Qn km • lbe £Ta.ocblt'-\\-t .. ltro Jurw:: It emitted a "brl; ht OJ'""'ftCe -.oTt of "n'POut tn.U...., Lbt" tJon Jl4 toward UunC"~lon U;bt. man b&lcL ¥1'b~a thf' obji:-ct w.u ,1£btC"d .. lt a-ppto=lt:bed u~ at a ;\ wroe:k a;o -ne £:lram .. •• &JS p.m. tUI"'Jko 9«'d.. muC"b b.:.lt'r lntr• pub1L~ta a d'ttaU~ "'My .oB lookf"d throdcb t.baQ s pbae. •1or7 or a f't:'POri b1 lhe Bn .. th~ c..ar ~tndo"' lonnh "-ThC'D wbeo tt w:a..~ onr· Uone:l 'Brotmln.( IUl4 Ml"l. P1=rth :snd nlc1 bt .;iW • b~:a-d u ho~rt:d for aboot Urowufn.c. or Cfe:.,"':y, wbo ratbrr l•n!t tlcbt. thl'l!f" mloutH. ·~" obJecl'l lD. lbe sk:J'. • u e 1)vllt'd tb~ wtndow ~bt.f'e wacc no not1e. U • down """ 'Old lbr ll~hl wa• ..... ~ Quite """·· • Conhnued Page 2 I ~ . ............ . . .................................................................................... . ............................................... .. . ....... ..... . . . . 11 ....... . "EXAMINER" 1?/1 0/60 r Stranfet" object . • Continued from Page 1 1'h< 'l(l orl•n . Vlyln• 1. ~~.';'" ot~.J:!',.,.,~;<·~~ •• ~ ·~ f"i 1.m p~~'C4 b) ~ r. Thr) <bled thai live l4ln~ Bro~mlnr'• ..W•. ~~:~~ 4::Sav~~u~:,:!!~ '11\'1' b~llrvt ltto~t hl._ dt- ly .,.tt ('r..-."1· :"~~n !;~~4 otolu;.a:;:;! ThO man "ho told his '«n doullll: lht <UJ. "'1.0'1 to a rtPGrl.er b~t uJ.chL •~cl ht hil<l bMJI oc•pUCGI of !\tr, Brown.tJ11'1 lt4t'J. " llowrn:r, th~ tpl-t 1 .. f"f< Ju'' ~o. ba·, pul mt fo a eomplrtcl)' dJttue.nl frame of mind. No normal plane no~a:';;:~~,f. b~~L:;~ . nn) "'o p:a'-se.natr aeropb . nt~ t•ndrd •l Launtcston AJrpo-rt •bout Ole lime ol >l&hUnJ;. "EXAMINER" 1?/10/60REPORTS'it OF MORE LIGHTS JAM SWITCHBOARD· FURTHER REPORTS of objects in the sky flooded "The Examiner" switchboard last night. Thr "~hUn~• rnn&ed trom <low mO\·tn~ <lrcl., ol IIcht to muHtooloured <lr<los 01 ·~ l!lm·• bl*'d. brlaht .oter, mu.eb br!aJlter , ....,rtbtne 11/.e > toll oould be than the e\entng tM . een t lf"t- t)dJd~ rKthTd the frlabl of Ut~Jr u,·n •bm ~· lurn1D.r 10 LauncHton ~fttr .a tralnJoc run Tho ft• • .. or• Or111ld Ctar~. Brian Catt~111ll. SlUT)' ~b trt.\. Orumt Bro"&n and Hat- """" Dutoe WhU.. rldtne neaz the Sym- mons Plairu raring clrcull lh,., •• .., • Kl~ UCh' aboUt SOOrt abo\e tht t;rouud. Jus than a mtle ,,,...} .• Stationary Three colours ·we ~ at It throll;b blnoculan. lt bad ~ red bot· tom. was yellOW Ill the llllddl•. and ~ em the lOP . "l tbouRbt lor • while tho cOkJur& mav ha\~ bleen eau111rd bv the !mo of th<O" bllloeul:ors. b-Jt I tater tr-lned Lh•m oo • oeazbr ~t llahl. and U•• colou..ra ot thAt came through CiPUl)'. "It sam«~ to go ~<>Ward a ~ \\'estern T1cr& an~ iJ i';"'Ju..,U:,' tt 1 ~~:"';/ni 0 ~ ~h1ncl the Tlerf, but dl<ap• The oo; • •topped and watoh- J)I:Ated ~~eron aemn~ thHt. ed tbt ll~ht, .,hl<h lhoy d<· •·Jt looked •• tt.ouj[ll ol .scr1tl«f jl,3 larvc and ..:atlon· h.ild a SCN"t or a bll on oft~ uv I !tldt, then on the othtr tJdt, Whtn the ob)t•·t otar!rd dl5- lhtn ondtrneath." D.fJPfltrlnC In tht! \Vt.st. t.he Th'! nl2ht "'')" \'ttl' cloudY. boY• k!h for nomr lt be1!JllPd and Ultrt v.·~re no &tars In Ult to lra\'tl nl .. '' fair ~peed.'' -Jl\• •h•~,i:! 14 i<o•ht••n s .. ind•ll•, Over Gorge of 1'rf'\"aHyn '-AW an or~nj:e I A. wQJ.t13~ ln ~cO St, LaUJ\- IIIlht. lb\t- Jn tbt 'kl'• ,.'hort- ce:..ton. Ald ~e had ~un .._~. tv olkr the <Y<h•h •~w btltrbl ~tu nbcwo the CBI.IIr- lhtlr ohJrrl. at 8 p"' Ret Oortre obOrtly e.fttr 8 p.nt. "Thtt ~am1u~r" cotrMpon· Mr D 0. S1mmoott, of Lfl\m- d<nt at Avoco. Mr c. Dillon. ctuoo, sa• 11 ll&hl aom11 ·~ <<1l0Tied •!~hUng on ob)""lllhe ~~y <lbOUL 8.25 p ln- ~~~{~,l~· !:!~tl1. ~~~~ ~~,';:"u~ Pb':- -.c;~~~w::a ~:,.";;"i~ t!t~~~';: foro nlnt, ll \\a& hlai.~ "' vtr)· h.~ ,.Ud. ~ - Mr Simmons ,;o.ld he hod ..,.n .. ~elUte. bofore. and nme or l bem 1\od looked like lhls. John Berultt I 115 l. 01 P<rth, a.od h.s frlOI>d KO!th Barrett ct31. botb "'"' 1111 obl""~ m th~ v.ebtern >Icy at aboUt 8.1~ p.m. Venus? .,n officer a· thr Mneor- ~ r.t&UOO At l.ownentOO AlrPOrt tmld laat ntabl thatthe object cou.l4 ha\ ~ beeD a plioihtt --IJ,rObablf \'enus.. Vmu• '91i'U down on the- \Vutnu "1'1l!f'5, ~ the omcer. •nd t.he idea ot swo,xunlly cO<Ilcl ha\c be<ft Jl\<ft by a1T C\l,tTel'lta,. A4 could th.e ade.. of movemt:aL There dellllltelr .-aa a Cfftn clo9.- rroro tho p~u~er.. and " EXAMINER" 18/10/60 'SAUCER' A BALLOON? Th~ nh tnv ob)f'C'& -.J&bt .. t'd own F." :anllb.le o" ~un • Qy ntcbt "•"' probablt a \lt"AltlC'T b*.altncon \ ( f\ll \u.a.lJon n~p.ut U\f'nl onlti.Jl "'-''d ,~tNdA) ch.a1. ~ b~HO"n ••th • hsbt aUa(h~d -. .L" t1"\~.41td about lbto ttmf' rti)Jrkd Ht thou;-ht It ..... almf"'t.t ~rr. t.:U.nly the- •JbJ· d '\ffn bt • Laun'-c'tou rantU~. lANOTBEB 'FLYING SAUCER' REPORT A FURTHER REPORT of an unidentified object over Northern Tasmania has be'en given to " The Examine r" . ~IJ' John Jon. of Windsor st. I ~{r Ion h·rt borne at9.10 p.m. 'My lricnd rtm>rkcd. on • Launc,....ton rtlra~~ hls ator)' to see bls td.etld "-Dd compare I suddtn 0;l"h or 11cht ~ little .. kn01llnR I mtcht be brand.~d notes. to Ote south o( tht ~trllll~ • n crackpot~• ''1"he ~telUte reappeared "11le ~tt·Uir«" then dl!l1lppcar- Mr. Ion sat4 ht "., ,.atrhlnt further south 1130in and travel-~td..ft'Om a perlecll)• tl .. r •k~ • a sat<llllt ln e»bl' on Friday ltd "'""'l.Y past U1e .. nttb W•· ul<btd ocaln a\ • 30 nl~ht u•• clllna I rom \\e.&t 10 • n bild almOSI dlsapptattd p m. but tt did not *PP">r • ca 1. :, ~t~~~m ..:=w::U~ !l~~~·oJ: ;:ltdh~;t~~:·~~ ~~~b:~' ~ 5 ';,;in~/:'fo ~: di>traet<d by a shootJng star. or ha\< rolltn to mth "nt" tht k' and 1us 1tbout a ntlh the brtchtnts.!l ct \'enu• \\htrb ~•~ then \bible • •"''lle U.tt"Ul~~ appnrtd to •obble. · hr 1ld l l r. Jon .... td he then t boucb t that th« obJec t «M n • & a ,.at..tiUt": • ..I con ··c:-·e.d a wa,erley tde:nd and ~;~;~ ~lehtd tor lh!! object oo S..turday o}tlllL • "It app.,.rrd about 7 30 p.m -h•lt •n hour rarllcr than the I pro:vlouo nlahl It or"" eel the ky tn :!& tntnu·~~ a lHtle to the south ot 1tb pre\ lou J cross .. tnr . .. ll "a:. a rltar nl~ht 50 1 \ ~"nSlf'd Jor R~at 15 mh1ut~ ..ttcr lht obJte' dl•app·llltd. Faint light "I W!tl· about to ~;o trt•·lde wh•n 1 plrl<~d up • 1-•lnt lltthl movht~ olt1ldlly !rom norlb to aouth. ''At .- fl'\lt" 1 1 wOuld ">OY U1C IIJh~ woo ~boUt 50.000 to 60,000 rttl hlfh Allhouah the e•on lno ••• sun, J tould d•te<:t 11.0 saund "1'h• llthl "'' ntually di""P· J'lotAfed Into the- h17~ • Mr ton ,.,d " EXAMINER" 20/10/60* Flying * * SIIUteTS U. tO hO\'•·r Cot sOD)t chtk und \ 1 then biOI\ It bUck In an en· tlre19 dttf•·t•·nt. dlr~cuon? l:)_Qc~ lt. noL ·~····m ntrun!lt that "o ronny h;btlngtt 0\'t•r lh•· yova bU\'e Do' n and Bt'\' I •'xPl•tnf_d aw:w b~· Mo-oa.lh"\1 r-XJ)l·r\!1 ;~..,-. ~·ln& Lhf\ l'lkn,~l. VtuU•. t•·lrnot<•d light ll'om car h,·~ull\ghl". cold atr cut· 1'<111 •• plain hot ""· •pOt.o !><\· Co~ Lht (\Jit·.I!S. Rtll'lO"~Ph•·rtc cU\"a- dlt.lon•, bJgb ll)'lnC alrrrnlt and l"O onf't SOm•! I'll)' 98 P"r cr-nt. or rh1 tepottJs- Of .tt-1J-httng• can tM c&- pl•ln•d a .. •Y a.. b-•tne or • normnl. natural. h.lp~ntna.. aut ~hat or tht'! rt•m;~lnblg 1 Pt-'"1' c. nt..1 tL ~ W &•com.. ob,·tou,. to anyon• "tiling to do n Uttl• stUdy ar ~ .... <"atcb that th• craft hn.1·,. provtd to bo m;1.st· <"' ot Jn'I<Y t ••ollld bo ...mtna to "!&k my lll• on th• fact that no na11on on r).tth bM " l COilqUt>r.-d C:r.t.\'ltf If 1L had sur« l"f 1L .. --ould hil \"t!' b- •n ~1;-t-d uno s~nlcc a~ nn· oth•·r W'•-spon aptn.st. man· klnd.. tmtt.·~ci ot a Rrwltt; lO lt, rncldt'nt:llly. o\tr Lbe t~ t,;o ''"~ nlt\c:ft ~vrnl ndah· boUr~ and t ha'Vtt Tdtn~9Cd an "ataniY • colour.d "•:.tclllto:' p3.P.8J.ng ov,·rb• ad oo a two .. bour orbit 'th" :mm~ at bt·- ror,·) taktnc: 26 mt.nut•!.; to CO\'.. tb.. sky. J ION, Launel!f!lon. * * * Sir. - A CIVIl AvlatiOil D<>• partll\tD~ outolal oll>t<:d r•· Ct·ntly "t.h• olglltlna o! a 't).F.O. ncAr l!lVandAI" ..-<Ill probubls u w•·atbcr balloon." 'l'h\lt blllloon Ul•·«Y W'lllld not loot a IO·y•nr-old. Did th•· wlbd blow 1~ u 0 to the lurnlly wbo observed 11, allow 11 EXA!-1INEB" 25/10/60
P. 2 - THE EXAMINER. Wed .• October 26. 1960 CIGIIB-SBIIPED OB.JECT SEEN SEVERAL PEOPLE last night reported seeing a cigar- shaped object i" the sky in the North ond over the Midlands. A PVl> or tour huotera ai - - ----------- Patrner ·tan ntor C"rr-d~ ~· :a ~~·If mOVJn~ ob)rct nbout 200 lftl II'OIZI Ulo sround A mem· brr or the PVtr ... ,a tbe ci>Jtct teemd to bo\er tor a In; mm- utu befo,;f' rno"~nt otr ln a Dorlh-eu!tTiy dtr«tlon. •tr Ron ~ oc Cami>b<U l'woo. lAid Ulat b• hod _, G loo>e ~ rlow 1n U>. •eat- ern IllY. mo\1~~~: In a nrmn- oas!trl1 CII=Uon about s 4S pm. There ..... no now. llJid tbe cl>~t .... , m0\·1111 >lowly " clca.r·•h•JO«< ob.k'ct -· ~.ft IDOf"lnt "IOWIJ In Ute ., Dear ~Uaodo ..,. ~. £. Ed.,.rdli llnd hla •llf'. Mr. Ed,..ards ..,ld the objftt 'ft.mf'd to be tTA\-rUtnc ln A !IOUlh·tut.rty direction. ~>nd n& About 3001L obOvo U.o 117011Dd. ·11 hO>erod t<>r oome ttme. tt mado no nnt&e. and lhrre ~eem· ed t.o be an OtanJ:e llt<tu,• he -aid. II lllen moved oiJ to~·arcllo tbo OM!. A o.lmllar obJt'Ct wao aren 'Ill thf' ·~ ovtr llb<\ .. Earl~ 'n Ute tvenlng. I.A>rul· r .... d N'ldeot& reported llght.S so tho uy. and o loud oxpJo. ,Jon ahnrlly botor• a p.m. "EXAMINER" 26/10/60
&oases slaakea by explosioa A Joucl expl<lolan In the I Cre&~;y- tonJio>rd area la4t r.l:ht <J>. ok bouoes and rnttkd .. so- d '•• and doors. Ruldea<& l"rr»rtt<l 111111 the <Xl>loelon toot place about I ,,30 p.m_ TbJs Is lhe S«:ond txpi·>S!Do h<ard In this area 1n the PM! / r .... dasa; 11 EXAlUNER" 28/10/60
J-4r. Ocr ~9 /?6o RESSY FEELS STRANGE .EFFECTS OF EXPLOSION EXTRAORDINARY sensations were felt by some Cressy residents before the mysterious explosion that rocked the district on Thursday night. One resident said " It seemed as though all the air in the room had been sucked out." Another said "It felt as if there was pressure all round us. My ankles felt as if they were being pressed, but there was no wind at the time -in fact it was very ~aim and quiet." RepOrt.• to 'The Ex:untner" "Then came this terrtlic: ex- ~.._row. ropor-t.s of ~ \\·ere aU ••!')' lllrcllar tn their I ploolon," liJr WOOd•ard bAld. lllrbomo obi"""' lD rll• Loat- de>c:rlpUons or an eerie luU be-, AI nrst be thought there may 1 tDrd, Cre;ry_ Poat.llla o.ncl Enn- lotr the explo61on bate ~ IUl air r,..,tcbter In .w; dl3tr.c:... Mr. J . :lfei<:Alre, or Crnsy, the .,..,. aod tho orange llibtJ No al!kW .-.;>laD- tor SYJd that tht- <'Xl)lo&lon hapl)ftl· "•' from IC. f'Xbaus~but be rhto ot_h T ai.::b.'~ r:. or foe" lbe fd at ~2 mtnute& to 10. SltUnc afridM a,aillst thJ.a att~ pb_oa· e.'l'ttPoslo.n~ o · ~ Cr ~ ~ a.t homt' aiLer watchLnC • ttolr- nc tbro l.>e'partmr.ot or ClvU trt.rt tbb ..,,. .. .._ ·.JW 1 gt..-en. vts.lon prQCr"'m.mt he ~'Ptt'lf'nc- \\'1.-ttJon at Lau.oc:c.stoa A!X'- __ od a pecutlar -...uon or o1r- port, les.noaa bet~ be h.,..d a \to- A opot_,ao lor lhe clll\lou1- lent oXJ)IC>'Ion. ment oald that Lll-.e had bi!Cn na..e wlndoW'J ~c.an~d to 3 aeport of an ewlOilon ln th~ nUl• and It ...,.u,. C•ll •• II I CteS:IY arra and the matttr U.e bouse ..,.. b•lnr hl ... d orr .,-ould be ~ltd. to tbe il3 found.1Uon.s.-but lhtrc R.A .'\ F 'tf'A.1: only one explos;on." 3.1r. ThU •·as normal Pt«td~ ltr(('atfe ~id~ :ar aJJ rrporta ol .strange atgbt ... H• lhen uot onUidt and lnlt3. tb• "POk<SII>.l.O ""ld. lOJned 1115 nel.llbbollr>. Mr. and lJr. J o Roboon abo told or ~trs. T . Saltmars.h 11 p.t'CUUV $Ul$a'lon l)eto:re Ule • All that n could ~• lll'U R txplooton. t4dlrll! red cto..- to tb• aorlh· Second time •"tt. and M..,. saum..,..h had u "'"" 1110 s.econd Um• ln been ou~•tdo a little tarltor und lr•., thnn ~ mooth tba• Mr I they snw tho st•me reel retl<e· Rob50D b•d been ""''ICID.tod non. but larger," Mr, Mei<J.Ille •• lth pMnomcno In tb~ <llilr!Ct. llllld. s.vtrul wteu ngo !.!:. R<>b- As:!(ed 1! there '\t;ere en)" Slmt, F-On told or IOU\1 r.xp1~lotv~. tOO larlty b<lt"\\eeo Thul"'dllf n1Rht • loud t<l come rrom Po.. una. be expl~n and L110<1e at th• Poll ••Jd tina. 1\yd,ro..electric proJe-ct.. be M'-' ,.,..."Mt -~'m" n• ,..., .. AArt\fl Wd .. Pedl:tU~ly not" tlrn 1, nrJ thr Re\ . L B BrrJwn- orange ball tr ... ,.,., ~tr a. B•o" '""" >ta.rth-d Au. r:•IIA "lth thcar de.•,C'rlp. Mr. e.n.c1 A1ra. K 0. \VOOd· tlon ut n !'l]~'t''-" t"blp aocoul- ,..-ard sa."' an otanUt>--~IOtll'td 1 .,..,nhd h) ~h. tmt.all• r t.lll:o(.'3 AI· b.aU bove.rt.oa: aba\'t' the \\estern 1 ,., uln.: out. ot t.b~ :!lk,lo a ncr o Tien :" Uttl~ ~ the south or atorm. Po.a.Una a.t. lhf" tlme the- r,;plo--- Silt<'t' thton there harto bten Slo~ w;o::~ nld lhr b-111 .- - - - _,.femtd to sl&J tn the aa.me position but """Uocl and olln>nk tn.~~ •1ft ROd t TatC'hed 1' ror a mlnutt' and a hull Clr' :a Ul~~~ir. ~ml'd tn ro out nther than mO\·fl ar.~.y. 1 lloOU1d IUC"!ite5.l Uuat H WU 20tl !ee~.-~!"c:':,nth:, ~pPf'.ue"d WC" b(')lh tell A "''"' Pf'i'YII.U ~A~llon a1 lf th .. ,... ",.. PR'Iour~ *II atof;snd u"' "EXAIHNER" 29/ 10/60Prediction on Cressy explosion Mysterious explo- sions in the Cressy area, believed to be connected with the re- cent " flying .saucer" sighHng by the Rev. l ionel Browning, may continue for another year. This Ls tile optnlon ot tho P~Sldl'nt ot the VIOI4ttllJ\ Ply., Ina Saucn Resoarcl> Sode!y l~-~~:~~lboume Lt ... l ~rr. .,__ tlU$ belli!( on pre- nous &lahtlnp'. IUld osptd3lly Lbe obsrnattons In b""ew GuJ-. .... lAst r•ar by anotber Anall- can mlnLstrr. the Re' WUJJam B. ow ... llo reportrd !bat bo IU'ld &e\"tral n&theH W&td!M alran~ Db)eel-5 In the >ty tor severou olabl.s. Tho SOdoty bv lnl1led Mr. Bro•mln;) to recount Ills &jght· lnR when he \1sl~ the matnJ.and In<> few ..-eru. Ourtng b1s ~loll ,Mr Brown- lnf wUI moet Mr. OIIL ne cool. Hobart: Coal, clou• 11 EXAMINER 11 31/10/60
'Cressy B.E.C. heard blasts' THE H.E.C. ot Pootino carried out blasting operations ot 7 p.m . ond 10.40 p.m. lost Thur$- doy, th e resident engineer (Mr. R. L. Ballantine) said lost night. :\lr. l)uJl.,htlnt! anld LhL$ ')\.'st before betulng Ule e:cplo· m1qht t'XPIAtn "h~· &o m-.n.r re-o- slon akltl\t!) tn the Creaa 1 : dl5trlct j Htt aleo -.;ntd t.hnt U\e.rD (\·•-" hrard Al\d ff'lt the t.:it'(l$ of~~:,_ :~IC ~p~~~~O"a 0 ~:\g~:~~ expiO.ton• on thAI nlgb~ eould s•• 1n the GkY tollol\ltl~ !'tr. J 'lrt.cll't~. of Ctruv. t.hr 6Plos1on was R "/Jdl~ <S.'tfd. howhfr, tb u b~ had red glow" rtH the- tlfKl.,. or •n esplo· I )tr. BnUu.ru.tne sold th.at tll.e S'un •l ,,...rc-l..toly 9.ltJ 1'.%1). b1~$Un~ "a, not cartled. out iU. He M1d ll(' had e:~p·rJent't'd n rqular tlmd e\ery nt~bt, pe<UUilr w.nsa 1011 Qt atrl~·ness UlOUI'b z:eoeraU a dU.1f'lt o!' =----------=-: 30fllb or geJl8nlt• wuo ~t oa nt LeaAt. efi'TY tour hou~ dur· lng the clay Normal effects Be said the "•lrl~-.n=· ft:ellng ·~"" by ' \tet.colte "as con,Jstel'lt "ltb t.b., elfeet« uf blasUng. :n caru- prt'SSioo and suction olr Yt •' e.1 normally uccomJW>Ied unr 1~ txl>IOSIGO \\-'hen .Mr. Met.ealf• w 5 ast .... ed "betllu he considered there '"" ans :afmDar1tY be,~A«n TIIUrSd..Y night'~ exploofon and those normally heard •• resu" or bla.stlng apetOliOI\S 31 tho Poatlno hJdro...,lectrk projec • 1\e &ald. ••Detlnltely DOl.~ It was 1llso pointed out ,.... \ ~nlay !.hat llS Poe Uno blastin~ bad gooa on .1lmo.st e"'"fl"Y d:l)', Cft.S$!.· people "ho could hP:•t' the e:rplo>lons "'outd b< u>ed \ to thtm. lt ws• unlll<•t>• tll~t UleY should •tnrt h .. rlng Poa· Unn expl05.1ons t1U of o !\uddeD. ll.eglltdlllg the red renecuoa• :oeen 1n l.he U¥ lJI ~e la't week o Oepa"lrutnt of Cl\11 A•b- Uon SP"kee.man 6.>.1d W.t night that they '"were matt 1>tobably 1 Aurorn Au.&tta.lls liKhl~·.:_ "EXAMINER" 1/11/60TElEPt1t>NE: 690-550 I 5/6/Air 11 (53A) Secretary Department of Air Russell Offices CMtBERRA ACT Headquarters Support Command Victoria ~arrackS St Kilda Road LIELBOURNE SC1 VIC REPOrlT OF UN- IDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT 1. Attached is a certified true copy of a report submitted by the crew of a OSAF JE- 57 aircraft operating at RAAF East Sale on 15th November 1960 . 2 . The pilot stated that , after sighting the object, he paid no further attention to it until he read a report in the hlelbourne "Sun" newspaper on Friday 18th November, which reported a similar sighting from the ground by a clergyman in Tasmania. hn 3. It is understood that t Amer can crew have s i nce returned to the USA . / ~ ~~ {" ) (D . T'..-:.RNON) · Wing Co er . For Air Officer Commanding EnclOPAR.\TING .LOC TICil ll 4080 ->TRAT \~ (S.l.C) UNI'i'li.D .::.TATJI.) AIR FORCi: East Sale , Victoria, Australia TO : 'ling Cor:zmander P-obey _u_; .ie.st Sale Victoria, Australia On Tu..,sday morn-'"• 1<: love.1;ber 1960, approxilnatel,.- 1040LC1, wile fl.yi."'g or :1. lission tr·\c~ , 15 mil~s north of Iaunceston, 1:'"" "'&vi.~ator, Captain Do~d ;; J . Ludlan,, U--F, call•d out an :Iircraft. approachi., t.o our lett srd 3iligHly low. Our altitude at this time was 40,000 feet, r• .. ot 350Knots ant! headin~ of 340 degrees . 1 spotted the object and imlr.ediately commented to Captain Ludlam that it ~3sn't an aircraft but looked rrore like a b:Illoon. lie juch~· 'ts e.ltitude to be approximately 35,000 feet, heading 140 degrees, and its speed extremely high . From previous experience I would say the closing ;rate to be in •xcess of SOO knots . i·le observed this object for 5-? seconds hefore it dis~>ppeared :.md"'r th .. left wing . Since it was unusual in aFpearanc~, I immediately banked to the left for another look, but neither of us could locate it . The color of the object was rather translucent, sorne\4hat lik .. that of a "poached" egg. There was no sharp edges but rather fuzzy and untl.efined . The size was approximately ?0 feet in riameter, and it did not appear to heve any cepth. D. ::J. UJDI.Ah Captain, USAF J~iFH \'1 . IVlllS JR. Captain, USAF i.-!H.-,"--t'lbis is a certified true copy of original statement . ~n;.!:,.~(/1/~L Captain, l.l.>AF
5'/1/Air(1a) Commanding Officer Tasmanian Sq·1adron Air Training Corps _.;::~~:/fhl!-~ Northern Flights "'-' Tasmanian Souadron Air Training Corps RAAF 3 ~Ugh Street LAUNCESTON 25th November 1960 ier SettlemPnt 1 . An UFO was sighted by both Mrs Webster and her daughter as they were returning from school on Tv(l.sO.O..'I "tl--.e. I 'a-N-- Odtober 1960. ThP time was approximately 1630 hours. The object was seen for a period of from 2 to 3 minutes . 2 . At the time of sighting both people were travelling in the front seat of a 1958 ijolden Sedan. ~~s Webster was driving . 3. The weather was fine and there was not a cloud to be seen. 4 . The object is reported to have be~n sighted moving from the left to the right of the observers, ie, from the N'"E to the SSH over the house . Mean position of sighting approximately lf1°1f!'s '4-rt~'E. 5. Mrs Hebster first thought that it was an aircraft about to crash as it was much lower than aircraft usually seen around that area , and it sPemed to bP moving very slowly . Altitude of the object was estimated to be below 1 ,ooo fPet . The speed of the object was estimated to be about 50 mph and it then stopped moving and hovered - still 800 to 1 ,ooo fe~t . 6 . When thP object hovered Irs \•lebster, still thinking it •..ras an aircraft, thought it was going to "fall out of the sky" and intended to ring the police and report the accident and sum~on help . 7. The car was stopped and Miss \o/e bster got out to see better . She commented that the object had no wings, Mrs Webster agreed ~dt'i her but she said she had not noticed it until mentioned to her by her daughter . 8 . ~~s Webster asked her daughter could she hear any motors Miss \olebster said she could hear a noise like a car engine . }l.rs \o/ebster heard nothing as she wears a hearing aid . 9 . The car was res tarted and they were driving to another position for a better view when their view was interupted b¥ a ~edge (pine trees aoproximately 35' high) . 1 O. \/hen thP vie~r was again clear (about 15 seconds later) the object had disaopeared . 11. The country in that area is very flat and open with two small hills a oproximately five miles away to,.,ards the South WPst .
12 . Description of Oblect (a) (b) (c) (d) ( e ) (f) The object was about 30 feet long and about as high as a car ( qolden) . It was cigar shaped with a round nose and a sloping tail (see diagram) . two objects protruded from the rear Sides at an angle. No markings ( ands or windows) were noticed by either onserver . Th~ colour was dull grey with the rear portion orange the orange was not as bright as anti - col lision paint The sun \o~as shining on the object at all times . But it '"as definately not s i lver or shining . It remained a dull grey colour . The only disagreement between the two observers is '"ith regard to the position where the orange colouring commenced . Miss Webster thimks it star ted aft of the two protruding objects, while Mrs Webster thinks it started some distance ahead of these objects . 13 . Opinion as to the reliability of these vritnesses (a) Mrs W~bster's attitude to the report in the Examiner o~ the UFO sighting by Rever Pnd Browning of Cressy was one of disbelief . lio,.,eover, she is firmly convinced that she sighted arld watched an object as described in the text above . She seems a sensible and most reliable type of woman - not given to hysterics or the like . Also I would suggest that it was difficult for her to admit having sighted and object after having discussed her disbelief of pr evious sighting s so f r rPly with her £ r iends. (b) Miss s . Webste r ( 11 years) is particularly mature for her age and I believe that both witnesses a re reliablP in the main with the exception being the judgement of distances and size . (B . P.MULLOCK) Flying Officer Officer Commanding
MRS WEBSTER SAYS ORANGE STARTED HERE ORIGINAL CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED MISS WEBSTER SAYS ORANGE STARTED HERE [DRAWING: oval/ellipse shape] Dull grey front - orange rear Object as drawn by Miss Webster [signature]
UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL ORIGINAL [DRAWING: elongated oval/torpedo-shaped object with fin or tail protrusion at rear] Drawing by myself to Mrs Webster's instruction. Both agree that the sketch is very much like the object. [signature]
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TElEl'HONe: 690- 550 1 IN & ... hASe QUOTE ·No Secretary Department of Air Russell Offices CANBERRA ACT Headquarters Support Command Victoria Barra cks >/"1:11' St Kilda Road 1 ~ l.rELBOURNE SC1 VIC 'f{F' 1 a r; ov 1960 SIGHTING OF UNOS UAL AERIAL PHENOMONON Forwarded herewith is a report by Mr K. G. Woodward of the sighting of an unusual~ phenonoma in Tasmania on 27th October , 1960. ~ Encl 1 .~~ &fL ~:~:~der For Air Officer Commanding._ . ' 2. 3. 4. .· Hr . K. G. 1·/ood\-mrd King Street , ~re ssy . of ob- r.Je ss of b;;er · or ob 3 •rv r . • Roa d Ga~e r at Poatina . Date n .. 1. Ill \.r..:..GIU giV'•-11 .LU '- r u.)Ur C October ... .. .......... Perioa oJ. v.... '- 2 ~ - ...... . .. . . c: ~- 6 . .!:mner or Obser-l.ltion: (.;J.V- ----~~-" _. ~wn ll?SLtion if possiol, ~ .. ·~-- : ..,'1d.Cla .. _. " i.n the oh:: • • • ) From home object appeared south of Poatina . ..... ...... ~ .. . .. . . . ......... ................ .. .. ......... .. .... . .. .. . . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 • • • • • • • 7. Where \l'as object ,'iJ.;;:ot obsaftved, e . g . o•re,.lead, comw, a hill, OV2f ~~ ~Qri~f o~. eb tc. Sta 10 onary 200 t. a ove mountain ••••••• ••• ••• • ••••••• • • • •••"- c • ••••••o•• • 8. \ihat first o.t~ractad observl3r's at.. .. ention e.g. ligl1t 1..1r (\ ~~~~ ~ ..... . ................. 0 .. 0 •••••••• ., • " •• 0 4• v .. 9. Did object appear as a light or as a •lefinite object. Like a beachball • ••••••.•• c-•• •• ., ... . ......... . ,. ••• • , .. ............. . 10. If there .. as more t.1au one object 1 uo·..r l!lany Here ther was their formation. • ~~ . • ••• 0 ••••••••• •• 0 •••••••• •• • 11. What was the colour of the light or objecc 0 th~~c dan~ changed to blue , en r e • 12 . What was i~s appare~t shape •••.•• . •••..•• Round • •••• • •••••••••• ••••••• , •••••••••••• IC' ... . ........ . 13. \as any detail of structure observable.~~ . •• • •.••••• 14. 15. 16. 17. ••••••••••o••o•••••••~•• ••••• •-•• •••• ... •••• ~las any method of propt.lsion obvio:J.s.Not .~ut .c:J.oud of sparks visible ~las there any sound. ~o , .~~i;l it .di.sa _P.Pe.are.d t hel!; there was an explosion after about li mins . Height,or angle of elev~~ion. • ••.••• Nil Speed, or angular velocity .. • • • • ••• • 0 ........... ~ •• 18. State any experience \·lhich enables observe r to be rc v about the ans• .. IOL s given to 16 and 17. Army 6 years. •••"'O O•• •• o••• •••• •"'•••••••••••••••• Since it is normally impossible to es~im3te the heib strange ObJect, it \>I ill usually be better to endeavou. the angle of elevation of the object , the angle thr !!loved, and the time taken todo this.
20. ~ f' 1 i ·~llt ri th ref'erence to lnndlur .s or St._ t1onary ............ & •• • •• ••• ••••• •••••••••• Vi~ ~•n ooJec~ rc~ln on~ straight ~th 1 devi to or u.t Stationary r 21. ............. ...... , ................. ... . For a short time .ias nny tra ... l of ej:hau~t, va.po~r or li;ht se ,., ~arks wer e visible 22. \.1-te~c ''id ooject <lisappea:-, e.g 1~ id-air, beh n~ 01 .. ~ 1, .. 101J.4:.0J1 Disappeared behind Hestern Tiers . . .... " .... .. 23 . .t:xistence of any l)hyslcal evidence such as frug.nont~ 1 photographs, Ol' other supporting evide:1cc • . ,1{1,1, . . ..... " ............ ') .......... . ........ .,111 ••••• l! I 2~ . \veath~'-r conJltions experienced a .. tiu1e (s) or o ,,, .L Very clear over Cressy, two big clouds over Western Tiers 'trie" 'l'fgnt 'was "s'lio" Jfrig" oeil.re"e" ri 'the" " c"rouds . 25. Location Ol -ny air tr~f~ic ia t~e v:ci~. sighting. at the ............ . .... ..... . .. .. . ..... .. ..... . . .. ....... .. • • • • • • • • • • • .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • $ •• "' • • .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 26 . :Oc~tJ.o~ o: 3ny ~e~eo:ological stations in the g~net Launceston Airport ••• c ..................... c •• 27. Arry ad.lition..al infor~:~ation •••••••••••••••••••••• Nil . •·•••·• ••• • •• • •••••••••c•••• •• •••••••••••••• •••••• ••••• o~ •• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••~~~••••••• ••••• o• •• •• ••" •••• • ••••••••• .... ••••••••~••••••••••••-· ~uestions 25,26 and 27 to be ans•rered oy interrocnt<s~ ON'icer ~0 ~he Jriniater 1. Herewith is a cov,y of a re p or~ ot an unidentified tl11Dg object observed b;r the Reverend Lionel Browning of Cress;r, Tasmania. 2. l otion bAs been initiated to have this report investigated b;r the senior tlUF officer Hobart. A prel1.m.nar;y anal;rsis of the &Tailable information indicates that this sighting was- some form of natural phenomena asaoCiilf8cl trith the unss~tled wea~her condi tiona. You will recall that the g ng rRevereiiCI. llilliam Gill- in the -:Boia.D&i -area of llew Guinea, which also received wide publicit;r, was ver,r similar and occurred under almost identical weather oondi tiona. On that occasion, a.fter inveatiga tion, we concluded that the sighting& were either known planets seen throll8h fast- moving cloud, or natural phenOJDena. The notable dif:terenos between the reports is tha~ objects observed b;y the Reverend .Brownin8 were dull gre7 in colour, while thoae seen b;y the Reverend Gill were brightl.7 lit and, in 0118 case, allsgadl;r containsd humanoid beings. .. .._ YJ{ / fri Cdr DJlVI(Opa)PBI Clll'ft' 00MMUNJC"'77UN CENTRE 1 I NOV 1960 AI 331 JW1D9r nm:sriGJ.'l'B UllllBIITIIIED FLTilfO OBJE~ SIGHl'DlG CRESSY AREA 4 •ov PD JlKPOJl'l'KI) :BY !BY LICJIKL BRO'II!rlNG CHIJBCH OP E!JGLJBD RECTC!tT CRESSf PD TOOR BEPOR'l' SBOIJLD IJrCLODI (A) PERSC!UL IDBESSIOWS C1P IDl BRODD'G AD DETAILS OP BAtz:QROIJIJD (B) PIBYIOOS BXPERIIIICB BBliL PHBIICIIEIU (C) A.SSOCl.A'l'IOJrS 11'1!1 tJPO SOCIEfiES (D) J1I'GL3 OOB BOlllZOW .dD l!IWlllfQ (1) IBA!1'HER COIDI'l!OJrS 111DJDER LIGli'!IIIliG :&"1'C (P) 91'AfiDI'i'fS Bf wnnssBS OfBBR THB VICARS WII'E (G) RotroH DIAGIWIS (B) An <7l'BER BLBJAI! JJBl'.tiL Pl) ATOID CO!I'fAC'f n'l'B PRBSS PD DO NOT AGREB 'ro PROVIDB RESULTS OP InES'l'ICJ.U'lCIIS PD POll HQSC 'l'HIS CO!D'IIIIlS m.mtK DAPl Jl-1 SO ORO 101655f: :LASSIFIED LY - - , SQ!J LDR P.A. LAI'G 4-3di?.AV' 406 WOCDRC~
m:c ~FORT ON AERIAL OB~CT OBST.;RVED /.f2A - of Observer ................ 2 . Address of Observer • •• .• ~(,1(<4"'4"l · . fJ.or. "!f. . • ! ~'!"'."~~ ••• • Q. •..••. •.. •• Occupation of Observer ••• ••• • • f~~f~ ..... . ...... ....... .... ... .... 4. ~~ T1~~ a~ observatior (Tine iven in 24 hour clocr. zonal time) , . ~r ... . 1 J :J~:J. .S: .E_. {;( .... ~ .. .4! .. :J( ~~OfJ. ,{.f.( . .. . . , , ...... , .. ..... , ... • 5. Per.od of observation(S) ••• •• {tr .• 1f-Pf •• 1 Pft.!'t~ • •• .~'!"'."· .S:"t':'.s • • ••• •••••• 6. f .. anner of observa,.ion: (Give details cf o .• n position by map reference if possible, or by kno'm landmarks, and describe 1ny equipm~nt used in the observation) . - . 4 # ,1''!Sf1~~~~, , , '11~1"~~4J'~, "" ,Wf't:.S,,., .) a!-{ ~ (.5,, !"f.IJ:'(t,'f • • ., • " • • ,, • • ,,, •, • • • • • • • • • • • ••••• , •••• • ••••••• •• • ••••• • ••• ••••• ••• •• • • ••••• i. ... ......... . ...... . •••• • •••••••••••• • ••••••••• •• • • • ••O ••• • ••l''' '' ' '''''''' ' ''''''•••• ? . ··/here was object first observed, e . g. overhead , com1ng from behind a hill, over the horizon, etc • • • • ~~~ •• 'ftfo,r .... :'!P:~ ... ~'. 1 • , 0 ( • • ~'f-t"!~'o.~ • • ~- ...• • • •• •••••••••.•••••••• 8. '!fnat first attract-;d observer 1 s att ention , e . g. l.:.ght or noise. IJ""' •• ' •••••••••• 0 • ••• •• •••••••••••••• ••••• • •• •• •••••••••••••• • •••••••• 9 . Did object appear as a light or as a definite object . ~ • ... • . . .• . .. • .•.• ~f'tr. . •.•. ~ .• ..••• • ••.••• • • •• .• • ••••• .• •• . .••••••• 10. If there was more than one object, hm'l !"'any -;1ere ther e , and nhat was their formation • . . . • • . • . • • f't( ••• if~~- • •• .•••••.•••..• . ••••.• . • • ..• .......... ..... . 11. ~'lhat .1as t~e colour of the lirht or object ,.11,,., 1-/f}llfr ................... .. ... · · · ·· · ······--······ · · · ··· ·········· ·· ~ ··· "'· • •t • •············· ···· · · 1 3. IVC ............................ Was any detail of structure observ-able • • • • 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ••• • •• • •• 14. ~/as any Method of propulsion obvious ; , •• •• • ;".". ••• • • ••••• ......... . 15 . ·:as t here any sound ...................... , . ~ 0 • • • •••••••••••••••••••• 1 6 H ¥f 11 n·• • XX eieht , Or anele Of elevation • ••••• • • . .. 7. •• •·•• • ••••••• • •••• •••• ? XX S · I i} olfl - ' "' lf1Nt~#r'1 (,;j c/1: ' ., !f' 'ti~T 1 . peed, or angular veloc1ty •..•.. . T.· • • ••••• ~ • •••••.• ••••• • · • •~"'• • •• · 18. State any experience nhich enables observer tv uc reasonably certain about the answers eiven to 16 and 17. xx Since it is normally iopossible ~o estimate the h~i~ht and speed of a stranre object it will usually be ~Ptter to endeavour to determine the anrle of elevation of the object , the angle through which it moved 1 and the time tal<en to do t• is . - 1 --2- B_ ~ on aerial objact observed (contd , ). 1 9. Direction of flight 11i th reference to landmarks or points of the compass, •. 'YF.rr .•. • -r.::J •• ffl. 5 • 7 •• • • '!!':-. .. • r: . . . ~Y '.'f.~"! . ~~.•i-1 ..•••.••.•...•• • . •••.•••• 20. Did the object remain on a straight path, deviate or manoeuvre at all • . . . . . . . . ~1!~ . . 0 • ~"..Eff> ••• '!1'!1'!c; •• . •. • . .• ..•• •.•.•••.•.••.•• •• ••••••••• 21 . ,;as any trail of exhaust, vapour or light seen ••••• ~~ ... . ........ . 22. '.'/here did object di::appear, e . g. in mid-air, behind a hill, Gver the horizon • 23 . 24. • • • • •• • • •• • • • • • • •• • • • • t fV • ••• ~'f•'f '~ . ..... .... .. fll •••• •••••••••••••••••••• Existence of any physical evidence such as fragments, photographs , or other supporting evidence . /11/L. ............................... ..... ............ .. ................. '"eather conditlons experienced at time(s) or observation(s) ...... . . . • . . f~~/1 .. ...• .. ... ... .. ..•.. .••...•.••......•.....•.•....•••...• 25, Location of any air traffic in the vicinty at the time of sighting. 1'/'L • • • • • t • • • • • • t • t • • • • re • t • • t • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • e • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ................................................................... 26 . Location of any meteo~ological stations in the general.area ••••••• 27 . ••••••••••••• ••• •••• "!'.'- •• • , •••• ••••• •• • • •••• , ••••••••••••• • •• ••••••• Any additional information •••• /!"! .. ff/'(l>f. • • '.C!-!'~":1~ •• t?'t.~!~r. • • '!~f-:"{f •• •• liS .. dltt#Ht" STAA. 1¥(1111;.. .&fr" l/lf&.<T r.it ~Mr liLT 'f'JME .o.vo_ ,........,,...,~ ............... ·· ·-· ............. •"''• .. ......... ' ............ - ......... -.-.· .... . • • stlllflft •• f'f! 1 :'1f • • · "'fC"'.•·, .":1.~/'I'!Jt/j, . . • ••••• • • • • • • • •...• • • • .•••• •. • •• • Questions 25 , 26 and 2? to be ans~ered by interrogator . ~ AL 4wt.a4~"«' ~ .,-k....,.) ~ ~ '._f. -.co ~ ~· u•.U . h.Ji., ~.4>4 ~-9 ¥ ~ .r~ ~ It- .e.ut., tt.4c /.k.~~v ~ ~ .... ,~ ~~Rett ,S0/1/1(4U) Dear S1r, 4/A- Directorate of Air Force Intellis-nce Depa%'111ct of Air Ru .. ll ottio .. CUBBBR& ~CT 27th October 1960 '1'bank JOU tor 70ur telesram regardJ.ag the llighUng o£ unidentified flJinB objeota in the vioinit7 of linton on 13th October 1960, and the otter to provida data1la. 2. ! would be srateflll it JOU would complete the attached profoza and include anT additional i nformation that the other w1 tn .... e misht be able to provide. Kr. Da'rideoa, llciada Done, liD~, QUD!SLUD• Ut
TELEPHONE : 690- 550 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA IN 1\ :.EASE QUOTE No 5/6/Air(44A) Secretary Department of Air Administrative Offices CANBERRA ACT Headquarters Support Command Victoria Barracks S1; Kilda Road MELBOURNE SC1 VIC OCT 1960 SIGHTING OF UNUSUAL AERIAL PHENOMENA 1 . Attached · are reports from Rev L. Browning and Mr G. Park giving details of unusual. aerial. objects sighted at Tasmania early this month. 2 . The reports were received direct from the office ot the Department o~ Civil Aviation Melbourne . Encl I /f-::::~fo'l-\.... /'./"'-.A ,-, f'b-1. (D . VERNON) r ' . Wi.ng Commander For Air Officer Commanding -
A1 - 580-1-1 39A 24/1/60 TELEGRAPH OFFICE 14 OCT 1960 CITY ROAD VIC. SC 033= MSR12 = WINTON QLD 23/21 9.35A OIC RAAF 33 VICTORIA BARRACKS MELBOURNE VIC DAFI (AU) REC'D. 17 OCT 1960 AIR REGISTRY CANBERRA UFO SIGNTED HERE 7 WITNESSES 132032 EST DO YOU REQUIRE DETAILS ... 440099 DAVIDSON MCKUNDA DOWNS WINTON CV 132032 4400992 8 380/1/1 AI-1 Phoned [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] to Mr [ILLEGIBLE] 375 [ILLEGIBLE] 14.10.60 [ILLEGIBLE] ro/15/[ILLEGIBLE] DAFI
TELEPHONE. ... X 74 1271 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA ~o /t(t The Secretary Department of Air Administr~tive Offices CANBERRA ACT Headquarters l RAAF Base 1 PEARCE A 17th October 1960 UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS - SIGHTINGS 1 . Attached is a copy of a report received by the Chief Commissioner of Police , Police Department , Perth ·•A , ancl forwarded to this Headquarters for information . 2. It is respectfully sugzested that any rePlies be made direct to the Commissioner of Police , copy to this Headquarters for infor.nation. 3. You are advised that in acknowledgement of this report the Chief Commissioner of Police has been advised that the report has been forwarded to Department of Air. Encls I 5/G/Air(5A) v~? Group Captain Officer Commending
COPY Geor e Dall K~dd Winning Sergeant 1649 Reln~1ve to: Stran e li ht or object seen over Yallalong Station 90 miles from bullewa about the 18th Augus~, 1~60, Insnector Sunter: I respectfully report tLAt I received a telephone mP.ssage at 7 , 30 om this morning from l;.r Eric FITZGERALD, the owner of Yallalo~ Station, to the effect thzt one of his employees, Leslie CLAYTON , hP~ seen a bright flashing object in the sky about 4 pm on the 19 . 8 . 60, and thought it was a meteorite, ··avelling from East to .eRt . He was unable to estimate the nei~ht or distance . ~r FITZGERALD said tnat Mr. Leslie KEYN~~. T ~ager of CUrbur Station , 160 miles north of MULLEWA, hAd also seen the phenomena , and I therefore contacted r~ KEYNES who set the time at 4 pm on the 13th August 1960 but who saw no light , but heard a noise like a cr~ck of thunder , and thought it was a jet travelling at such a speed that it broke the sound barrier , ~d left vapour streaks oehind it. He v.as at the \laell Shearing Shed between Moogan Station and Yallalong Station, with his three native employees , Fred Hemet , Mantle Winmar and Michael Ryan, who all saw the streaks . Keynes was an officer in the RAAF during the war and is conversant with the aircraft etc . He said the streaks were very high, and thefobject appeared to be travellinz from East to West . Mr FITZGERALD , who holds a Pilot License , and owns hie own plane , 111formed me tnat he had made a survey by air of the StatiOJ frcm time to time in an effort to pick up any remains of a satellite if such was the object seen, or to locate a crater if the object was a meteor ite , and he ~as reporting the ~nstance in case it should prove of value to those it concerned . I thanked him for his interest , an,, a.iv~sed him that I v.ould submit a report on the matter , and that !te would be advl.sed should there be anythint to substantiate his belief as set out above . You may deem it advisable to convey this information to t he proper authorities in due course . Sgd G. •• INNING . SERGEANT 164-9
COMMONWEALTH OF 1-!Et·tORANDffi1 for: The Sec r etary , Department of Air , CANBERRA . A.C .T. ~.:::" 1 28 ,1. 21 ~ UNIDENTIFIED FLYING O BJECTS Attached for your infor m ation is a copy of the U. S. A. F. Report and Fact Sheet dated 21st July 7 1960 on the above sub ject , which we have r ece1ved f r om the Head of A. J . s . s . 41:.;-- l Secretary .
J'uly 21, 1960 FAJ::r SHBEl' .AIR :FORCE UFO REPORT NO. 812-6o OXford 75131 A total or: 173 sightiDgs of unidentified t1.y1ng objects or aerial. phenCDena were reported to the USAF during the period l January to 30 June 1960. or these 1,73 cases 139 have been analyzed and 34 are pendiDg. Of tbt: 139 c!lSes ;;.n.~ ed 51 were c::-..tegorized "Insuf'i'icient Evidence." or these 51 ca.ses 37 ..;ere so c;£egorized because there were no o.dditiorol witnesses. It 1.8 the Air Force policy to :lttempt to dete.nnine the probable C:lll&'! of these si.gbtiDgs. However in keepiDg witb good scient1f'ic practices they ore co.tegorized for sto.tisticnl purposes a.s "insufficient evidence. " To give tull credit to these particul:lr s1gbt1ngs would be CCIIZip:lrO.ble to o.cceptiDg a.s fo.ct the results of :lll experiment which va.s conducted only once. I)Jrlng tbis same period for 1959 the number of sigbt1Dgs reported to tbe Air Force vas 175. Due to the fact thllt severul reports us\Ull.ly reach the Air FQrc:e ntter tbe end of a period, it is so.fe to O.S&\I!De tbo.t the 1 J::m - 30 June period of 196<> will slightly exceed tbo.t of 1959. Hoveve:r, the 173 cases for tbe first bo.lf of 196Q represents a sli~ decre<l.se :frcm the 189 cases re- ported to the Air Foree for the period 1 July through 31 December 1959. ~118 tbe period of this repOrt there were 41 cases reported from foreign countries. The tnjority of these sigtrt1.ngs took place in the P:>.cific and :fur East l!re:l. It is o.ppa.rent tbo.t the public is tolting tbe report1Dg of unidentified ;lerial pbeOCIIIeM more seriously. nu-1ng this reporting period there vas only one 1nst::mce of an actuo.l hoo.x. The months of April Cllld June 1960 show a fairly lo.rge percentage of o.stro- nCIIIiccl s1ght1ogs . These large percenb8es can be attributed to the excessive meteor o.ctiv1ty in April and to the prox:im1ty of Jupiter in June. Its near- ness resulted 1n ::m apparent brightness greater than that of a star of -2 . o mo.gn1 tude o.od the plo.net also appeared UDUBuo.lly large . . When categoriz1Dg sigtrtings· of unident1f'ied o.erial phena~~ena the Air Force attempts to do so prim:lrily by association to a responsible object. If the pl.nnet Venus wos detenlli.ned to bo.ve been the subject of a report the case i s categorized as an a.stronCIIIico.l &igtrtiDg. It should be noted tb:l.t 1n most inst/lDces tbe condition under vbicb ::m object i s seen is the real cause of the sighting :llld not the object itself. An example of this vould be o. sto.r or pl.o.net seen low on tbe borizon with the associo.ted refraction llDd di-trractioc patterns. 'Ibis brings to point the secondary method of c:ategoriziDg sigbtings. In same insto.ncea the evidence 1n a case will indicate the probable co.use aa a reflection, etc., but the responsible object mo.y not be as tracenb~e ns c.
pl '. or stru:. In these instances the cnses are categorized according to pr-.:rt:lll..bly cnuse. A third ~~~ethod is the ~tegorizing of those cases 'Which are determined to be illusions, prob::~bly resulting from over active im:lgin::~tions. Us~ these cases ::~re one witness sigbticgs and ult~tely ~ into the "insui'ficient evidence" category. There :ll"e still mo.ny sightings vhicb are due to the viewing of st::~rtllO£; =tur:ll objects for tbe first time; i.e. , fireb::.ll type meteors. In mo81( of these instances the object itself, coup1ed with the rel::~ti ve inexperience of the 'Witness, is the resulting cnuse of the sighting. It is significant to note the ad::lpta.tion of the pUblic to the s::~tellite e= o:f the spa.ce a.ge ::~s evidenced by only one s.::1tell1te being reported a.s an UFO during this period. The one s.::1tellite reported va.s the sto.rtllng re-entry of tbe Discoverer VIII on 7 lt!.rch 1960. To d::~te no report of unidentified o.eri:ll phenOlDenA gn~ oey indication of a. tbrea.t to the security of the united states, nor vere there indications that these phenomeno. were other tho.n no.tur:ll. UFO Report Eva.lnntion - by Category and Percentwge Breakdown 1 J:mnn.ry 1960 - 30 June 1960 Astronomi.c:ll 52 37.41 Aircro.f't 7 5.04 B:l.lloon 6 4.31 *Insufficient ~to. 51 36.70 Other (Birds, hoa.xes, seorch lights, etc. ) 19 13.67 Satellites (Re-entry of Discoverer VIII) 1 .72 Un1dentified _ 3 _ 2.15 173 lOOJ; *'l'bis category includes 37 sightings (21.381>) reported by individu:lls =d in ench cllSe there were no supporting witness a.nd no ::lddition.:U iofonn:1tion or focts a.va.il:lble to :lllow n volld scientific ev.:lluotion of the sighting. Sight- 1Dgs of this 0:1ture must be discounted becaose of a total lack of supporting d::lta. . This in effect reduces the tot:ll number of ~ses for the period to only 136 vith 102 of these evnlnnted to d::lte . In the ca.se of the other 14 s1gjlt1ngs in the insufficient data category, oddtion.:U witnesses corobrated with sightings but did not provide sufficient data to allow o vulid conclusion. Percentages are strnight m.:l.thema.tica.l computations c::~rried out to only two places b:lsed upon totals :llld sub totals or categories . Therefore when worked in reverse they will not reflect the exact original tot:ll or sUb total. UFO cases or files ore not closed and should additional informctioo be ob- tnined at a later date, it can result in a solved case a.nd/or may change the category previously assigned to the individual sighting (as in the case of :1 previously unidentifien case being changed to tbe aircraft category) . This open and policy on all UFO f'iles results in minor changes from time to time in UFO category statistics. This also applies to individual reports subnitted after the fact. These continuing inputs account for additional minor ch=ges periodically 11hicb, of course, o.re not consistent with previously released fisW::!:,a,. -2-
The tot::U. number of sigbtirtgs reported to tbe United Staten Air F~ce since 04?. 3re ~s follows: YEAR 1947 1943 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 196<> (through 30 June) OBJECTS SIG!n'ED AND REPORTED 79 143 186 169 121 1501 425 429 4o4 773 1178 573 364 173 6523 Reporting, investig~tion, =lysis and eval.U!ltion procedures h::we improved considerable since tbe first sighting of unidentified flying object was made on 27 June 1947. The study and =lysis of reported sightings of UFO's is con- ducted by a selected scientific group under tbe su~~sion of the Air Force. Dr. J . Allen Hy'ru!k, Head of the Depo.rtment of Astronomy and D1 rector of the Observ:ltory at Northwestern University, is the Chief, Scientific Consult:lnt to the Air Force on the subject of Unidentified Flying Objects. The selected, qualified scientists, engineers, and other personnel in- volved in these analyses are completely objective and open minded m the subject of UFO' s. They apply scientific methods of eJromio.ation to :1.11 cases in reaching their conclusions . The attempted identification of the phenomenon observed generally must be derived from human impressions end interpretations because scientific devices or measurements are not :l.V:lilable . The data in the sigiJtings reported are almost invariably subjective in nature . However, no report is con- sidered unsuit:J.b1e for study ~ categorization . General categories of identification ure balloons, aircr:l.ft, astronomical, other, insufficient data, satellites and unidentified. Approximately 4,000 balloons nre released in the U. S. every do.y. There ;:).I"e two general types of balloons: veatber balloons and upper D.ir research balloons . Bru.loons vill V':lry from types 4 feet in d1~ter to large types 200 feet in di:lllleter. The !Dfljority released at night carry running lights which often contribute to vei rd or unusual appearances when observed at night . This also hold true when observed ne::~r dawn or sunset because of the effect o ; the slo.nt roys of tbe sun upon the b:llloon surfaces. The large balloons , i f caught in j et streams, :mny assume n ne::~r horizontal position when partinlly inflated, and lllOve with speeds of over 200 MPH . Large types m.:\Y be observed flattened on top. The effect of the latter t w o conditions con be st:J.rtling even to experienced pil ots. Many modern aircraft, pprt1cularly swept and delta wing types, under ad- verse weather and sighting conditions are reported as unusual objects and/or "flying saucers." Wb.en observed at high ::~ltit\\des, reflecting sunlight off their surfaces, or when only their jet exhausts :J.re visible at night, aircraft can have appearances ranging from disc to rocltet in shape. Single j et bombers
nag multi-jet pods under their svept-baclt wi.cg.s bnve been reported :l.8 tlfOs or ~!saucers " in "V" fol:'IIIQtion . Vapor trail a vtll often o.ppear to glow Wi.tb fiery red or orange streaks when retleotiJJg sunlight. Arter burners are frequently reported :l.ll UFOe. ;'J The astronc:mictll catesory includes b.H.8)Jt stars, planets, comets, mJteors, and other celesti:ll bodies. Wben observed throua)l bo.ze, light tog, or IIIOV1JJ8 clouds, the planets Venus, r.Brs, o.nd Jupiter bave q~n been re-ported o.s 'u.ll- conventiont:U., moving objects. Attempts to observe astl'OIICIUI1ool. bodies tll:r'ougll band-held binocul.o.rs under adverse ak:y conditione bnve been a source of lllDliY UFO reports. ·~ '· Tbe "other" categpry includes reflections, searchlights, birds, kite~, blimps, clouds, sun-dogs, spurious ra.do.r ind1ce.t1o~ 1 boo.xes, tirevorlt d1'- pl:lys, tlo.res, :fi.rebt:U.ls, ice crystals,bolldes, etc., ns exnmples: large' Canc.dian geese flying low over o. city o.t night vitb street lights reflecting of'f' their bodies; seo.rchligbts plllying on sco.ttered clouds 1 o.ppeo.ring o.s moving disc-like ebnpres. The insufficient do.ta catesory includes a.ll siglrt:fngs where easantial or pertinent items of information are missing, JIIQk1ng it impossible to· form o. valid conclusion. These include corroboration of tbe sighting by an o.dditioMl witness; description of the size , shllpe or color or the object; direction o.nd cl.titude; e:mct time o.nd loco.tion; wi.nd veo.tber conditions, etc . Tbia co.tesory is not used o.s o. convenient wo.y to get rid of wbo.t migbt be referred to as "unidentified objects." However, 1f there is not an additional witness or if tbe do.ta received is insufficient or Ulll'elnted, the o.nalysts must then place that particular report 1n this catesory. 'lbe A1r Force needs cCII!plete 1.n1'or- ma.tion to reo.ch a vn.lid conclusion. Air Force otticials stressed the fact tbnt an observer should send a eaaplete report of o. bonn fide sighting to the neo.rest Air Force o.ctivity. There tbe report Will be pl'allptly forwarded to the proper oftice for ~ysis and evnluntion. A sighting' is considered unidentified or ~ed when a report ap- parently conta.ins all the pertinent do.ta necessary to nonnal.ly rnJUeSt o.t least one volid hypothesis on the cause or explanntion of the sighti.ng but when the description of tbe object and its maneuvers cannot be correlated with o.ny knovn object or phenomenon. In its Project Blue Book Special Report f/14, rele:>.Sed in October 1955, the Air Force sboved that eval.Wlted sight1JJgs in .the unidentified category had been reduced 'to 3 percent at tbnt time . Unidentified s1ght1ngs bad been 9 percent in 1953 and 1954 o.nd in previous years unidentified sightings bad run as high :1.8 20 percent. Project Blue Book Special Report 114, covered UFO investigations t'ran June 1947 to May 1955. Since that time, A1.r Force statistics show the percentage of unidentified sigbtings has been reduced to approximately 2 percent. Air Force conclusions for •the thirteen years of UFO sighting.s involving over 6,500 rep.>rts are: first, there is no endence tho.t unidentified si~tings were iDimica.l or hostile; second, thoro 1o no evidence that unidentified sig)'rt- ings were interpl.flne1;cry 8p(1Ce ship."'; third, there is no evidence that these unideat:11'1. .. i sightiiigs represented tect'.nological develoJIIlents or principles outside toto: rtlllge of our present do.y scientific knowledge; fourth, there is no evidence that ··these unidentified sightinge o.re a. tbreo.t to t".e security ... r tl:e .. ~ - . ,. . ' .. ..
• country; ::md t'1n!llly, no phyaica.l or materiel evidence, DOt even a mioute trag- me of a so-c3.lled "fly1ng GD.Ucer" or space ship hils eve:ro been found . The Air Force emphasized t he belief' tlnt 1t more 1m:Ded1at.e detoJ.led obJec- tive observational do.ta could have been obtoJ.oed on the unidentified or unex- plained sightings, these , too, would have been explained satistoctorily. The Air Force , eu~signed tbe responsibility for the Air Defense of the united SUltes , vill continue to 1nvest1gnte nl.1. reports of unuoue.l oeria.l ob- jects over the U. s. including objects that may become labeled unidentified Fly1ns Objects. The services of quol.if'ied scientists and technicians will con- tinue to be utilized to investig:1te and ono.l.yze these reports, md periodic public otntements on the subject vi1l be made as warrnnted. \ Tbe Air Force Inspector Geoerol 'e Brief, do.ted 24 December 1959, contllined a notice to oJ..l. unit CamDa.oders tmt UFO reports are serious business since they are vitally involved in the Air Force 'a air defense mission. Tbis Brief stressed that Commanders are responsible for seeing thot UFO sighttngs are investi~ted Qlld evalunted quickly, thoroughly o.nd accurately. Tbe Brief referred to Air Force Regulation 200-2 concerning unidentified flying objects vhich outlines the Air Force's obligation to keep the public adequately inton~~ed on this subject 1llld olso stresses the fact toot UFO sighting reports are not to be clo.ssif'ied. If an UFO report is classified i t is clnssified for other l'easons tbQil the UFO sighting itself. The Air Force is charged by DllllY private UFO groups with possession of classifi·ed information vhlcb concludes or proves that opoce ships fran other plrulets exist o.nd are visiting our atmotrphere . Nothing could be further from the truth. The Air Force possesses no info=tion, classified or unclassified, vhich proves this contention. Many ind1vidunls associated vith these private UFO organizations are self-appointed authorities on UFOs and consider them- selves entitled to be unofficial o.dvisors to the united States Air Force Intel- ligence Community. Since they a::-e not charged under law with these responsi- bilities it vould he entirely una.ppropriate a.nd even dangerous at times to exercise tbe Intelligence syste.m in order to give them, or tbeir organizations, :my notoriety or publicity. It is an interesting fo.ct that mooi; of these ind1v1dunls fail to recognize the tact toot there is such a thing as leg1tmate classified security inf'ormo.tion. For the past thirteen years these groups have repeatedly stated that their orglmizstions possess documented evidence proving the existence of stnce ships from other planets. However, vhen asked as patriotic citiz..ens to deliver this evidence to the United States Air Force or other government agencies they have refused to do so. The obvious conclusion is toot they do not possess this inf'ormation or evidence proving the existence of apace ships . From tilDe to tilile the Air Force bas been asked the cost of conducting the UFO progr3111. It is impossible to estimate the exact amount of f'unds expended by the Ai:- Force in investignting reported sigbtings of' unidentified flying ob- jects because in addition to the entire facilities of the Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center, the entire facil ities of the nation's scientific and tech- nical CO!!IIIUil1ty are at tbe d16pos:ll of the evaluntors, and the degree of use varies with each case. Also, investigation in the field can involve 1nd1 vidunl Air Force bo.se personnel and special investigative units and again, in these instances the :llllOunt of time expended and the n\DDber of persoanel assigned to a specific sighting vill vary with each case. Erro -5-
··,;I! • .... --~·~"f~~. ' . ,\" • :t_1 ~ 1'1'-. p.C.A. Sydney to Canberra D. T.O . 042339 Captain James (VBECD) at 21000' 041046Z ~pprox) sighted s pectacular falling star direction travelling to SSW appeared on bearing 280° from Pt Lookout (CoN's Harbour and Kempsey) . Altitude est 50 - 10 thousand fest much lower than previous sighting& of tbia nature . Colour bright light green head to vivid white tail. Size much larger than any crew member had previously seen, particularly before disintegration. Ill·'- ..Q ~- . ~ r .. Mc.J... .l. I)H,F ~...1.-.. ~ ~ - !..<> ~
THEPHO, 690-550 IN II.EPL Y PlEASE QUO TE No. ______ Beadq~arters Support Command RAAF f- L Secretary Department of Air Administrative Offices CANBERRA ACT Victoria Barracks St Ililda Road !lEL:BOURNE SC1 VIC SIGHTING OF UNUSU.AL AERIAL PHENOMENA Attached is a reBort by Captain L . 'Nilson, Airline Pilot , concerning an unusual aerial object sighted on 26th June 196~. \... _ _ ' i j~ D. VERNON) . Wing Commalider Encl/ For Air Officer Commanding
A?PENDIX TO HQSC 5/6/AIR(42a 1 d ,1J1T ON aERLT. OBJECT OB:>~I!YID2 !. 1 • Name of observer . ~ 1 P:r ••.• l.. , . j1 .I.I.S9N. ••• • • ••• • ••• • ••• • •••• • ••••• • •••••• • •• •• ~ 2 . Address of Observer .••.• 1 . ~~/.V . '! . ~. 'l.·.\. ~ . qJ& . ~·I]. ... ~~!" . · .. . ..... . . ....... ... . 3. Occupati on of Observer • • . ~II!.~}{ •. ~:1; .... 9::' •..••. .. •. •. .. .. .. •. . . •. •••.. . ..••• 4. Date and Time of Observation (Time "'iven in 24 hour clock zonal time} . ..... . . ?9/!5/.qQ ... Qt} ?;1 . • ~~?TP. lt • •••••••••••••• • •• . •••• • •• •• •••.••••• • •••• • •• 5. Period of Observation(s) •• 4 . • .I;Q~ •• 5 .• :;~s::;; ••••••• • •••••• • ••••••• • •••••••••••• 6. hrumer of Observation (Give details of own position by map reference i f possible , or by known landmarks, and descri be any equiument used in the observat1on) . • • . • • • • J;~;~rs> ; ;. tc. AA-::t.:r •• 11 :>rs>;; . ~VI' ..•.••••...••.•..••..•.•.....•.••.••••.•• ............................................................................ ............................................................... ............. 7. ~ere was object f irst observed, e . g . overhead, coming f r om behind a hill, over the hori zon, etc . 0 •.•••.•• -9f, F.\l} • • • a .~ . F.P .~ · • • 9J.q . • . /.r:ql!l , !-/ .C. . :- .. ~~<?Y!! .• ~ ~ ?- •• ~~ . ~!l.s . L ~! . A~~ . 8. Jhat first attracted observer's attention , e . g . lieht or noise , •.•••••• l;~p)...qli ~PJ\ . r ~. t.tl.!! P? • • E; ~ . ?.f • .': :' NV i' ~;I . " •• •••••••.•• •• • • ••. ....• •• • •• 9 . Did object app' ..J.r !lS a li ht or as a defini t.., object • • • • • • • • • ~:J • • fl . l }..s.ll t . .. .............. ... ............ . .. .. .................. . 10 . If there was more than one object, how many were theiW, a nd what w:~.s their formation • • • • • • • • • ~ p, o .~~f • .i.trl. ;t.i.s,J, tY •• 1:11 t: !1. !.~ . 9 '[I.e ••• •• • ••.•••••••• ••• ••••••••••••••• re 11 . ~/bat wa s tho colour of the light or oi:Jj oct ~!'l~.~~ . ~P .. q~{l.t .z:~ .;· . i . ~lL !> . l. u ;~ ~. ; ed and [reen edges 12 . l;}}at was its apparent shape ... ... ... ~}P .e •• c:'J..l .~ . ~. t .. ... . ................. . ........................................................................ .... 13. Was any detail of stracturo observable ••••• ~f •••• . •.•. .. • . • . • ••• .•.•.....• • ........................... . ................................................ 14. Was any method of propulsion obvious ••• ~ ~ •••••.•••••••• •• .•• • •••••••.•.••• : 5. .;as tnorc nny sound .... . ~ ? • . ••. . •• ••••••.•• , • , .... . . . ....... .. ..... . ... • • .. 0 16 .++ Hei ght, or angl of elevat-ion . !'P?.X:<?:C • .'~~ ••• • ~«:":~ . t . e .~ . !'?. ~':~ . : .. ~ ......... . 17 . ++ Speed _ ,, ' t l!uch slo er th~n no. al 1et~or . , or o.n6 .,..nr '" oc1. y •.......••.. . .•.• . •..•..•.•.•.... · •• · • • • · · • · • · · • • 18 . State a ny o qJOricnco which enables obscrv ... r to be reasonably certain 'lbout tho answer s given to 16 ~nn 17 • ++ • . . . . . . • P .t:t~«: rY.~ ~~~P . . ~!· . ~ -~ ~-:~r.s . · ........ ...... ...... ........ .......... .. . Since it is norm~y impossible to ost~~tc tho hoight and s~oed of a scrango obj ect, it wU1 usually- be;. bett•Jr to endc. wour to u<'tcrmino he ~ 1 lo ol' ol evntior o:' tt obj •ct , thw mgle "hrou,.rh \lhich it move d, 1nct th timo taken to do this . ·· · ·· ·· · 2/- 2 - Reoor t on Aqlial Obiect Observed (Cont 'd) 19 . Direction of flight with r oforonco to landmarks or points of the compass . 0 nerL t. :' .. \~ . ~ . ~, t!;t . \ . ~ .r.<PS • • .'~Q •• .a.t1£lS!, • •.••••••••• • ••••••• • 20. Did the object remain on a straight path, dov i ato or m."Ulocuvre at all, StrJ. i .'It Atl,. ......... . ............... ............................................. . 21. :las any tr.:1il of oxhaust , vapour or light s e en L~;Jl .~ . ~r. ~. i . L .. .. . . .... . 22 . .,'horo did object disappear, e . g . in mid-air, behind a hill , over the horizon • . . . . . Io.t.o .. P. ~~ tt. P . ~::~ : • ........ . ....•.•. . .•...•. .. •.•.•.• . . •. . .•.•.• 23, ....xistcnce of any physicu vid nee such as fragments , phovogr~phs , or other supporting evidence • • , .• ~:r_, • •• • •• • •••••••• •••••••• • • ••••••••••••• ••• ••••• • ••••• ••••••••••••••• 24. •<ca.thc.r conditi ons oxporionced at time(s) or obscrvation(s) . P).q~ .l . l . e .~ ~ ..-. . J ~ :-.\ •. r~P. r: . :? . . ~~ ~r ,i , ~ f! : . .... . ....... . ........ . .. .. . . . 25. Location of ;my air tnffic i n tho vicinity at the tim"' of sighting • • o other kno~n /c • ........................................................................ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • !t •••••••• • •• 26. Locati on o f :my :noteorologic.ll stations i n tho gcnor'\J. aroa . LT • ......................................................... ............... ........................ . ............................................... ........................................................................ ........................................................................ Questions 2 5, 26 nnd 27 to be 3Jlswcrcd by interrogator • ........ .... .. . ...... . ...
')..<: ~~le- I'! 1'1 " .. ,.. ..... - .. 7_...,~/t/d - ,......_,.....,..._ .. ... ..,a!..)1 ... 690- 550 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA IN REPLY PLEASE QUOTE No..______ Secretary Department of Air Administrative Offices CAN:BERRA ACT ROYAL AUSTRALIAN All\ FOI\CE Eeadquarters -~~po.t Cou~~nd ~ Victoria Barracks St Kilda Road L!ELBOU?.NE SC 1 VIC 2 9J.UN~ SIGHTING OF UNUSUAL AERhL PH.ENQf,:ENA Forwarded is a report by Captain James Kemp, Ansett-ANA pilot , regarding the sighting of an unusual aerial object on 13th June, 1960 . ~ER*' ng Com.mander ~ Air Officer Coomanding
~CSJJ.~dix- t o ~~~It ~.(~ ~VED H QSC 5/6/Air Ft 2(40A ) 2 9 I~N 1960 1 . .-came of observer •• • . ·""1r., .. '\":"\S. :;~m.JL~ .QI:~'! .(~) . . . . . ... .. .. . ... . .. .... .. .. . 2 , Address of Observer .• CV.-:. \1\:::.~t:t: .-~ ·.1!• .. '! -:. • • • •••••• • •••••••• • ••••• ••• • • •••••• • • 3 . Occupation of Observer • • • ·\:l,l;J.:I.rl~ - ~~J.Q\ ••••••••••• • •••••••••. • ••••••••.• •• •• 4. Date and Time of Observation (Time given in 24 hour clock zonal time) • • •••••• ••• • •••••••••• .:C~Plf: .:l. JQ<l~Q ••• ,J, ~g . . .....•. . ... . .•....•. • . . . . ....... • 5. Period of Observation(s) • •• 4 . (~~ - ~q~~ . Q~{q~~ -~~~~~e . q~j~~~~ .. .....••••• 6. l·.anner of Observation : (Give details of own position by m:1p reference if possible , or by known landmarks, and describe any e quiur.tent used in the observation) • Visual observation •Y crew (3) - flas h in~ red liP,ht and .................................................... ......................... . . • • • .. • • • • .. • .. • . .. . . voi~fJ . li~l:rli . l21i!IJW<! . . . . ............ . . . .. .. .......... . . . ........................................................................... . 7. IVhere was object fir st observed, e . g . overhead, comin:'! from behind a hill, over the horizon, etc. 8. lfuat first attracted obsrrvcr 1 s attention, e . g . li~ht or noise • .. • • • .. • ~ ~WP.g. 1'PA ,l..i.,gP.t.. NlA. ImP. >4\.i.t.e. .l..iJY\t, .. .. . ...... . .. ....... . . .. . . 9. Did object appear ns a li ~ht or as a defini te object, ......... . . .... ... ... . A ;IJ.gtl.tp •••.••• •• • •• • •• • • ••••• • • • .• •••••.••••••••••••• 10 . I f ther e was more than one object, how many were the~ 1 and vmat was the i r formati on • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . .. . . . Pt>~. JQls>m ••••• •• •• •••••• • •••••• •• •••••••••••••• ••• •• • 11 . ..!hat was tho colour of the light or object l.I:PA .~) • .Ar.<\ .l. loC~:V . e. ,J.i.gilt 12 . ,.:'!Ut was its apparent shape •••• J~ t. .}Ql~ ••••••••••• , ••• •••••••••••••••• •• ............ ... ._ ............... .......................................... .. . 13 . ~las any detail of structure observable •• Jl.Cl~ .~Cl i\T\ •••••••••• • • ••• • •• • •••••• ............ .............................. .................................. 14. Was any method of propulsion obvious • • • J~ ,. , ..... , •.• .••.••.•. • ••.•.• . •. • , 5. w~s there acy sound ....• . .. . • ....•...•... --:: ••••• .• • .• ...• . ...•..••... •.•••• • 16. ++ Height, or angla of ch:var.ion .. ~QQQ .~ .... QEtJ.Q'i ,-; , .1.~'!1\ -~~ , ). -~~Q .. ......... . 17. ++ Spct~d , or ll11gulnr v ocity • • • fV}\ • • ~~ .~q ..• -: ,l , \f!i:lt:~ .~J.\g' .t:l..V: ,J.q~Ett; •• . •••••• 18 . Stato nny experience which ·nablcs observw r to bo ruasonably certain about tho answer s given to 16 ~nd 17 • ++ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1\/.C( . ti~"(i.l!'\fi5.qq , ~qqj,J}~ql}1j .~11'! .!l\ 1 ,q1j -~~t;:¥lll<l'l· • ••• •.• • Sineo it i s normally impossible to estimate the hoight and spood of a strange object;, it will usually bo batt('r to endc:wour to clot onnino the angle of elevation of the object, th o mgle throusb 11hich i t move d, .n~ tho time t.a\r.~.:n to do thi& .. . - 2 - ·"!boort on Agtial Object Observed (Cont 1 d) 19. Direction of flight with refe rence to landmarks or points of the compass • . . .. ~ .. ~:~ .. Y .~ ... i?P:>~ . ,tp, !1--:. :-. r;<, Jlp;orpf-.-. ?-.s ?~. "r~!! . s : • . .. . ..••... • . •• 20 . .Jid t ho object remain on a straight p~~.th, deviate or manoeuvre at all. lal,intained !.fii'G VAR Track ......................... ............................................. . 21. .Jas any t r:1il of exhaust, vapour or light seen ........................ 22 • • .mar .. did object disappear, .. . g . in mid-air, behind o. hill , ove r the horizon • • • • J.p. &:J.PAA ~. f,~. P.PUPPf! •• l'!W • •• . ••• ••• •••.••• ••. ••••• •• • ••••• • ••• ••••• 2J, ~xistcncc of any physical ._vid nee such as fragc<.nts , photogr--.phs , or other supporting evidence . ... ... .. .. .............................. ..................... ......... . 24. •leather conditions ~:xocricnc cd at ti'lC(s) or obs;:.rva.tion(s) ••• YJ.:!!W-. !!PP?-Jt-)..Q"[l,S , JJPt-}.}.. ]7.,, f.?. P-!!U!'fl!!>. ~.· •• •• ••••••••• •••••••••• • •• 25. Location of o.ny .:~ir tr3l'fic in the vicinity at tho ti••lL of sighting • • • • J.. rJs-. fF-7. ;.;>. 1r:-s;J<.. •• .3P. Prn~~ . s •• r1-. •• :-. }., !-IP. :'. ?-7 •• ••. •••• •••• •• •.•• . . • l.fJ./ t~ . Pll. PJ'J. PW.. ~£) •• PtPt. !VP • . cYJ).) • • z • .•.•.•••••..• •..••••.•••••••• 26. Location of any l!ll.Jtoorologic1.l stD.tions in the guncro.l area • . . . :1.- . • ~w:t ..... ...... . .. . .. .. ........ . ... · .. .. . · · · ·. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · .. 27 , Any additional informo.tion ••• • P'Pfl.d}(. J'I)..I.J\. Jl.,f.. •• fl.,'f,. J>t~t).o/IP, p.,t, l'PK ••••• • • • U..v ... ~ Pi>J... J.~ Cflt . e9- . no. N.c. »TP. OTP.,e, • ••• •••••••••••••••••••• ••• ••• e I. I I e I I • I I • I I I I I I I • I I • . I • I . I I I • I I I •. • I I I I I I I I I I I e • I I e I I • I • I I I I I I I e I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I* I I I I I I I I I I I I I I e I I. 1 I I I* I • I. I. I I I e e 1 I 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I. I Questions 25, 26 an~ 27 to be xns~~rcd by interrogator • ........ ....... ..........
Encl 33A Letter from "Royal Flying" Saucer Research Society" transferred to 554/1/30 00 Encl 60A ——
/ lo rfflv CICitltr .\"" 9/6/25(7A) Director of Air Force IntP.lligence, Department of Air , C.C'BFRH . A USTRALI AN E M BASSY , WASH I N G TO N , D.C. 4t Y .arch, 1960 Sighting~ of Unidentified Flying Obj~cts Enclospd herewith is a copy of corrPspondence received from t be U . ~ . A . F . in answer to a request for comment on AustraliaD rPoorte of 11 flying saucers" . The~e Au~tralian r Poorts were forwarded by Denartment of Defence under cover of memorandum W . lSJ/59 of 16tr December 1959, ~na contained detailed individual renorts by observers in N"''oo Guinea and islands of the 4ustralian territory there . At thP r~"quest of th" Head , A.J . S. S. , these r"Ports wera forwardPd to the Aer ospace Technical IntPlligence rentr~ for Pvaluation . 2. It i~ felt tnat becau~ .. of Praviou~ly PXOTP~qpd intArest in mattPrq pPrtaining to IT .F .O's, in oarticular a n .0 . lPtter froJL Wing Comman-ler Burn dated 26th "ovell'ber 1959, that if tr.e~e commPnts could be r"lated to th" orjginal raoort~ they roay provp of ~ome use within n . A . ~ . r . ~eo(tj; /) ',? r;~ C.H. Spurg,.on Wing Coll\1118J1der RAAF Intelli~encP R~ores.,ntative
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RE?CRT ON AERL\L OBJ""CT CR ... ~::D Name l"lf nbserver FJ-.ederic.< .Dou.<:lna SCOO'T .. ................................. ....... ........ 2 . Address ?f' Cbserver • ,1~ . ~T!1f. ,..~..a~· . • 1 .1\; q_~~~ ~ .¥ . . !C'! . . ..• . .. • • .• ••. • . . •• 3. Occupatioa of ;0'"' • .m re!U ub_ ::,.., -v mt (Clerical) " .... Observer •. . "l ••••• ••••• •• •• •• •• • •• •••• •• ••• • ••• ; •• • •• - 4. Date ~nd Ti~e of observation (Ti~e iven in 24 hour clock zonal time ) ?6th arol:: 1Ci60 Ti 1e: 1 ... 1 hours . .. ... t'il ..... "' """' " ••· · .. ~··It"''' . .. .... . . . 'l t l'l· · · · ~· · • -t •••• • ·· · ······· · 5. Pe!"iod of observation(S) •. .. 1F:-l~ • 8 !lS:':~a ••.. . ••... . .. . •. •.. . • . • . .•.•• 6. l anner of ob!;erva+ion: (Give details 01 ..:>~,n position by map reference if possible, or by kno'Wn landmarks, and describe any e~uip~ent used in the observation). ~s ~- ;chin~ vapour ~rails of jet aircraft which wns travell1 ~ in ~astP~ Y . . . . . . ... .. .. .. C' .. .... . "l.. . .. . ··· · ~······# ......... ··· ··················· · · · ~ v o tr ·1 on 11 be!!.rin of 130° • • •• iU~q,ct;~.Q:g •• Dl>l~ .. t , PQJ;~fu~ • • a;». tt.f • • A . • " ••••• c • • It • • •• • • • • • • • • ••• • • •• ..... ....... ........... ..... .... ...... .,.,, ......... ,, ......... ........ . 7. ahere was object first observed, e.g . overhead, com1ng from behind a hill , over the horizon , etc. :\bou+ 10° from 'lcrtica.l. • •• • .: ,, \ •• • • • •n• •• • ••• c .. ,•• • ••• • • • •• • • • • • • • • ••••••• • •••• ••••••••• 8. Vfuat fir st attracted obs e rver 1 s attention, e . g . l1ght or noise • • • • • • ~~p~l(: t l"~ • :PT' . ~.!. p-. 1' ,1;, ~~ 1;c_r, f'\·, • P~Je,c , t, Cf~ • \ N~ .. ;t~: ,IT.o;:':: .~1. :'~ · • • f'f. trai 1 1nd movt)d <.~.nder it . 9. Did object a~p&ar as a lirnt or as a definite object • • , • , .lla:'fin.i. t..,.c. obj~t . , • . " ..... .... . , ..•••• • • .. , •• • • , .• • • • • . ••• , •.. • • • • •• • 10. If there as more than one object, how nany were there, and \l'hat was their formation . • " • • • <:.'\~. ~!J '\Y . • " • • • • • .. . • • 0 • • • 0 • ••••••• • ............. .............. . . 1 2 , ',Vhat was 1 ts apparent shape • • • J:lphconClll. •••• •• • • • • • •• • • ••••• • ••• • ••• • • o • •• • • ••• • .. ••• ••• • • • • • • • ••• • ••• • •••~ • • •• •• ••••• •••••• ,• • • • •• • •• •• 1 3. VIas any de tail of structure observable •• ~OJ'!~ •• - . e~ , ••• •• • • •••• • •••••• •• c.o oC> • •••• •• • • •• •• • •• • •••••• • • • ••••• c• ••••• •' • • ••••• • •• ••• •• • •••• • 14. \!as any •. ethod of propulsion obvious ;;iF •• !Qwrrh ••• • • •• • ••• •• •••• • •• 1 5. ·/as there any sound .. . VJ" ..- r .ws::r 0 t:,t. 'PAf\;:,~·· . , ... .. c. ••••••••• ••• •••••••• 17 . xx Speed, or angular velocity , .5/.f.;I';J. Jv>.o,tp ••••• • • , • • •• • • ••••••••••••• 18. State any experience \'lhich enables observer t-:l be r"asonably cert11in about the ans19ers <'iven to 16 and 17. xx Since it is normally impossible to estimote the heir,ht and speed of a stranre object it will usually be better to endeavour to determine the anrle of elevation of the object, tho snr;.le through 11hich it moved, and the time ta~en to do this. ~~ · p -1 -
- 2- R~ on aerial object observed (~L ). 19. Direction of flight <1i th raference to landmarks or points of the colilpass • • . • •. . 1.3P~ •....•... ...•.• . ..•. •.. • •..... •.. .•.• ..• • .•••.• . ..••••• ••• 20 . Did the object remain on a straight path, deviate or manoeuvre at all • . . . . . . ~ .:ffiq~t. ~C! ~h •.•. •••••••••••••• • ~ .••.•.• •• ••• ••••• •••••• ••••••••• ·1 f h t 1· · t ,ro. 21 . fias any tral. o e.x aus , vapour or 1.gn seen ..... . . .......... .. . 22. Where d'd obJect disapr,>ear, e .g . in mid -air, behind a hill, over tt':e horizon • 23. 24. . . . . . . ~ . s: . ~ .of-: . '!r. ~ ~. ~ i . ~;~~ ... .... ...... . ... ..... . . . ....... ........... . ~.xistence of any phvsical evidence such os fr~g~bnts, photographs , or other supporting evidence . :'il ................................. .......................... ........ ···ea ther condi t!ons experienced at time ( s) or observation( s) ...... . ?ine and cleor, .................................................. ................. 25. Location of any air traffic in the vicinty at the time of sight ing . • I • I I I I I I 11 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I • • e • • • • I I • I I e • I • I I I • • I I I I e I I I I I 1 I 1 .•••.•••.•....•.•..••.•...•................. ... .....••.•• .••.•••..• 26. Location 01 ar.y meteorological stations in the general area • • ••••• lllftll••····· ·· ········ ··· ······ ············ ······················· 27. Any additional information •••••••••• • ••• •• •••••••••••••••••••••••• •··•••·••··•••••••••·••··· ···•·•··············· ·····• ···• •·••···••• ..••.•.•••.•.•.•...••........•....•............. .•.. .... .. ... •.••• • ........... ., .. ............................................ ........ . Questions 25, 26 and 2? to be ans·1e!'ed by ir.terrogator . . ~.. ._. .· .· :.1 ••
• - . ' CoMMONWEALTH OF A USTRALIA fN R.I:P\.Y Quem: 128.1. 21 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE CANBERRA, A.C.T MEMO RANDUM fors The Secretary, Department of Air, CANBERRA. A.C.T • REPORTS O F SIGBTINGS O F FLYING OBJECTS R 196U Reference is made to our memorandum No. 128.1.21 of 8th March, 1960 and subsequent correspondence. 2. The Bead of the Australiaq J oint Services Staff in Washington has now forwarded evaluations of the above reports by the Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center, Dayton, Ohio. A copy of the evaluat i ons is •••• attached for your information. ~~- r Secretary.
Tll.e information presented in tllie report ie too ek:etchy to allov a aoWid concl~aion. hom the intorm&Uon prortded by Mr. benett, aeallllliua that hie h&D4 is approximately four incbee wide, and vas held approximately 18 inches avay from hie eyes; at the mdn1p•m distance of 500 teet (the etated altitude of the object) this object vould have been 106.3 teet loll8. Mr, benet t' • accOWit leads us to believe the object was Jalch further avay and therefore oorreapolldiagly J.arser. Probable explana- tions ot tbie a18bt1ag are that it vas a lara• search l1811t ehlllill8 on a cloud, or a reflection of some other lisbt source on the ground, lUAe 1958 - Bishop Doyle (Sideia) Tll.e intonation is not sutticie.at to allow a a~aation as to ~at oou.l4 bave bee.a r esponsible tor this s18ht1ng. Oot~v 1958 - (Bishop Doyle) The information is not suttioient to allow positive idantitioat1on. Rovner. thle object vas definitely not a &atellite. R>eaible cau.ae tor both these a18htings is an aircraft. May-lune 13 - (Bishop Doyle) Both theae eishtings vera probably caused by very brignt meteor• (fireball class), The description of these objects and the high rates of apeed tend to aubetant1ate the conclusions. 'Zl rune 8:JO P.M. (Bienop Doyle) .&.t this bour Venus vaa just belov the hori:r.oD to the northwest and at a stellar -gnitude of -4.0. It is qUite probable that the cause of thls a~tias vas retraction just prior to the setting of the planet . 24 Mtq 1959 - Mr. R. C. Orvill, Mr. R. L. 5mith (Balliora) To \he west of the vitnesses at 1900 ho>urs vas tb.e ••ar Sirius, Jlla8Xli- tu4e -1.6. This star vas appro:rl:mately 15° above the h.ori'l;Oil, about an hour before setting. It is probable that this bright star, vith possible retraction before settins, vas reapoll41ble for •bis sighting. 'Zl-28 l.me 1959 - F<. 1.., Smith, ft. c... Orvir. It is quite probable that the planet VeDus, ~1~n a~soe1ated retractioD at eettins vas tbe cause or this report. Tne wltness 1nd~cates tb&t the object eou.ld not nave beet. V011ua because UeTOA .blys le.~or ~he planet wae seeD &Dd vas higher and tur;her to tb~ south th&.a the slgbted object (uewa.ias sam& time). liDtil &bolt 4-5 1u.l.lo ¥en~a' aprarent 1110t1on was tow.rd the south and incre&sing 1U l!lllgle of ele •tiou. Tbe general
•--l~ioa t•4e k lM.io&te \bat Ve~~U waa reapon.eible tor this ~U.... a. .... - U -.. tor \kat ot Biahop Do7le 011 27 1U.De. tM •Jen 91.wM • Mr. llld.t~ at 0050 oa 6 .T\11;1 C&JUlOt be 4etermined. ,.._ tlae aftll&\~ t.ater.aUoa. tM ,..SU~ .t all lawn aahUUea wv. ob.ecke4 tor the 4atea or -... ~tiap, .- U ... &etenalAecl tbat ~ ot t'beae aiptinga vas ....................... 2 .aHINGTC>fl, ('. C.DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE CANBERRA. A.C.T. 14 MAR 19 60 HEHOJA!:ntn. ror : '!'he Secretary, Jepartment of Air, C.-u. BER.':\A • A • C • T , !,EPORTS OF S IGilTINGS OF FLYING OBJ'..:CTS ~ (\ ,., Jnf'.~T. : /] ~13 ~ ..z$?n /' ... o/'3 Reference ~s made to our memorandum N .12&.1. 21 of 8th Harch, 1960, concerning the aoave matter . 2. The Head of the Australian Joint Services Staff in London has .forwarded the text of: a reply received by the Air Hinistry from the Bristol University, which reads as follo·.-~s : - "Clearly the authors of the various reports have seen an or.ject of consid.e!'able size, having a definite s~~pe - and perhaps even colour. I see there is no refe~ence to any noise , while the apparent size suggests that the object was within a fe~ niles . As you lmo...,, our 'Iork entails flying very large plastic balloons ~;hich sometimes give rise to accounts o~ strange flying objects. Such a balloon ~Jould be of the right size and shape 7 hut •rould not move rapidly in the manner descr~bed in the reports . lfe have no kno•;ledge of any agency conducting such experiments near the latitude of Port Horesby. It is dif:ficult for us to comment further ;rithout kno\dedge of the amount of activity by conventional aircraft in this area" . it-.~ r s e c ~ e t q r v
I.Jrt IUPLY OUOl~ 1 28 . 1 . 21 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA L.,,., ~ !ID'(TM for : The Sec!'et.:try, Denartment of Air , .~.d.ioinistrative BUilding , CANBERHA . A .C .T . DEPARTMENT OF DEFEN CE CANBERRA, A .C.T. : 8 M AF • ., REPORTS CF SIGffi'INGS OF FLYING cBJ'.cX:T~ Attached is a copy of memorandum No.58126 of 4th August , 1959 with enclosures from the ~apartment of Territories. 2 . We referred the ~bove matter to the Heads of the Australian Joint Services Staffs in London and ashington for any interpretation of the reported phenomena which they could obtain from the United Kingdom or United ~tates authorities . 3. The comments furnished by United Kingdom authorities are contained in the attached memor~um of l~th February , 1960 from the Head of AJSS in London and these may be or interest to you . 4. \ye have not yet heard from ~.Jashington but ,..,ill let you know should any information of interest be received . ~J.-- r Secretary .
... ~ .H10 CA"t-NI\4 VO.t' """tTO•to DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES, Canberra, G •nc:~ - ~ AU ,.). The ;:iecr·ctury , D~:: · r tmL.nt o · De ·ence, . , 1"\ . • ... . i{e;. v. "~D o:ii J:.TLJ!, 0£.-' 1.': l-·~ '!.'E·'l~!J ''1.'fiNG ..>~JJo:t.:T ;-i'~' Htb~lA;.lA. • : Ur -=. BAY DI .::r_::~.I_CT 1 . • 1':<1 TOHY OF t· ~ 'h .n1,D 1-.r:. I r,.; ·r~ . .c.A. (Your ~er~rence 1~8 . 1 . 1(~1)) l:'n.rt.h~::r tu r.zy rneruoranaum 5d/2f. o: l t th .T•l.!ll~ , 1~'\a, "~""tP•rii nc: the ab,.,ve subject , I attach t'or your ini''>rmatlon co_.~es of' c rrcs1out'ience rece tly r~cerved Irom the Ad'1inrstt•ator or· ha!'Ua 1:111d ~'ew Guinea . Conie.> o~ thj s rne;Jorandu·n <~no attachrnnt.s have also heen l'o.•war ter.1 to the Depart;me.rts or Air' Ji Vil Av1est1on a1ro l'lutror,oJ. Jeve.!.oprn.;:nt res ec':ively, and to the l:Otronon.-lesl th Scienti1'u:: and Industrlal f<.~.Jearch Ora.,. iz•.l t on . ..])S ~~ J\""'1 c.-.~......e. \...V ·-' ret: /C. c<a-~ .. /~ " .:.:.. (C . H. Lamhe"t) ~ o~cr~tar~ · JTie Secr.:tary , Deuarunent o~ ~err1t o c i es, c. .J. !E..'{ itA. D.;nJ~:~ rtmeut of the Admir.L;tr &tor • t-oe t r.iore.:~by 22nd .Tuly, 19"i9. Ref'e1•ence i a made to rny m.:unorHndum AD . 93/5/2 of Jrd June, 19~9 . 2 . ·.iri tten re •orts of the occurrence referred to in tr e above raerno:randum have been received t·rom two Nsti ve A!"f'airs of'f'icers, !.iessrs. R. G •. Orl9in 1:1nd t . L . Smith. '"1-)e::Je re!_)orts are e !"'.CL aed as At taci"!mel' "t3 1 an,.t 2. 3 . 1Ar . E. ~ver~ett of ~a!larai h.~.; a Vt;n he :U • .s<;ric1- C:~rnmuJsioner . J"marai, a n account of' another "..;i Q;htinp" in t ~ e rollowin~ terms : - 11 On the night of' the 2~th June , I was at GIWA about ei ... ht miles b elow Raniara in Gooder.011 <7h Bay. I had just 1 i -;tene<l to the eve •.in"' news thrd "hetwee!' 7 . 1 5pnEni 7 . ~'' :" · m. weJ'+ outside . I saw ar object "'PPt'onch • f'nrn a north to north-easterly nu•t::ction , <ii'!<~~P.~ and thP.r, hover in r.he sky about 500 feet up . It 1'1&3 at an a1.~1e ot' tibour Lt50 uo rro"l me ana wh8ll I s: annP.ti my hand ont i.u· !'roJit; r>f' rne to ~:~ea.; r"e it , my h~:~n·~ si-Jielded ~bout h~:olf of' it from view with -he rernaininrr ··~r t Vl.Sihle . I t seeme d to rne t.• be abnut ,:;, lPet lont-, It had +r,e silhou~.::tte of a "~' ''!""'er f'oott-.1'111 , 'iDt'i had a kin~ or rin,., arounn it with qh~ 1t · 'l)nT' semi - oomeo uorthole::t vi~i"hle in t ht• ;irJe rhat 1 c o,;ln •iee : A ...,1,.,.,., wH; comin"' f'rom theae ! ortholes. It. remained hoverina r'or about r·onr minu tes tmd t.llen r'lisatma r .:::rl Nl!"jrUy ln "~ snuT.herlv r'liP•:lction . '1' •e -fnll owin'"' 1110rr.inu I went. across to a v iJ..lare i 1at he ow ~OI-\:IITAT ~nd '"her~;: the nat.ived ~::!kt:i 1'1·' _!I h~l1 se::e a the 'new Americul Air -;' reP. ' -t:hHt h<trl a! ,~,H·eil the previous evenino;" , L • The f'oll . win,. re ort ht< ;~ bt:eu :t'ur:.isroP.r'i hy Ris,..op lloyle of' t.re toruan G~t1 holic 'is::~ion Ht titdein :- " In .fnne, 1';1'Jij, traere cflr>le f't•om a <:ioutr,t::rly direction a ronno object ~:~hnut the size of' the moon uale blue ir· colour :lnrl emi ttinz lloht hrlrrhter -than the rnoonU aht . 80e1nt:d to hover in the sky at about AS hiP'h as the .. 1oon , ovel' the J.:ission prope!·ty. .....1 ter about l·l.ve minutes it moved ir1 a no,•tht:r•ly direct1on and disa~1eared in mid-s«y. (d ·en by riv~ senior 3c 1ool boys a~ the ::~arne t.ime) ,- 2 - About l:H~ Oct;""'er o.· e.:."'lV HoYt:n~er 1••50, on t"'O evenin"';:; about 7 o'clock e. U.t'ht abo t. tn~ "':.ze of' "' !'ior t .>1.:.r , ~.~ 1 te 1r. colotlr, '11 ved 1i.,.. 1 ucro.s.s the .~e3tern .s}cy • ror<1 r • " · to o:. . " Or. tho..: ~eccn:t occ .,,;ion thl! l.1. ht wad 1 o • ._n .:;~ant itu+ ' <:<:r • 1 tc ~ Ls.; . or. tnti o!:t' 'it ,. ~<"llur int I''lal:, of' ~-t'>f'nt t•vo <~ec<' n "ls . 'i'hj .s J,~her.oru~nrJn \•Fls ol-serve J oy J t•m••t::r or the ,..~ ti1e r::~, ~rot.hera "" v:,.,tl. ca3 H lt•·,.,.e n11nhe• or ac ~-'no l c"'ild ,.e n On~ Sot:tH•nay in '!11y this year 11 larrre ~reer ellr trcal nhject N~d ~~~· b, rlne ::~~nPoJ. ho~:a . I .. "/8.;1 ·J•Jen v or,..,.er· trJB" a a tar ~ • ,.. ·~ ov~cl ,. .. , i "11 v. On June 1 ; th 'trlj:3 ,•re'lr tt &l>Cint ,:: , 1'i !' · '11 · +::1 •.v Olll rooy.:; J!l''' so el!ptical obie~t ~:~hont.the sL:~:e of' a I'aot'l-.all , a .Pl' etty ""een colour t'i.;tCe very !'ast l:U ,d l ow ~:~ct ·oas the .C:;,.stern alcy tOWRt'd~ the l'orth E·~st . At ti . jO p . m. on Jw1e 2/th thio year two ot· the Brothers saw a lar..,e !'iery ohject about h!jl1' tne sl<;e of' a full moon in the .ve~te ... •n s.icy rnovin.., slowl y ei tiler down the ,'(,,.stern sky or a wuy x·rom • he o. se!'vers in A .~d-erly airection. At one ats~e tiP obj~ct o, wr ici tr.e li ant was appearino- t c, diminsh to a !;in1•oint, Sl!ddenly glower! ,,r; ""htly aaain. It turned blLle net' re f'~nally ai sa1 ,;;ea ri n~r . The whole 1 henom~r.on lasted about ter. m1nutes''. s. ~ncl sed as Attacbmer,ts 3 and L are !'e 1 orts of further siphtin~a r eceived f'rom '•essrs . Orwi n ana '=i'nl th . 6. At one stsrre , the Harl)our ·~aste r at clamal"ai .v~:~a inclined tc the bel~ef' that it wa, the i>1>1uet Venus Vlt 1 cl wa.; he ; n,., seen. lie atated that this t·l H'et so•:'letimes h~s tr•tl hat>i t of erni ttina "!Jlue , O"reer ~l•t'l ''t!rl •'!ashe:~ or 11 cot t , and Also th~t li.17ht rer'J•actlon t111e try te r'"!•''ltllre ct'l"''CS in thtl l:l tlltOt:J!·here Pi ves the i .npression of the ula1 et rnovl n .... 'r'ow~vo::r , the l.>ia•rict Ot'f'ir.er fiB::> r~ce• tly ... t 1-\flf'inr •• r•n•l lil::ICliJ.;ed fhi" m t~er '•'.;onlllly w1th :,.;r , IJrwin 'Jl•tl oiltr;~r l'tlOpl e t.lttl"~ Wfl() h:~ve :; r•j ... ~•1 tm•.se Objt>t:1 $ ' 'lr<l I •• 1.:3 inc ll l H.d ln U •l hell~.:!' ti J'"t t;•.,: ,,; .&l .. , t n'"'d ill' ·· rwt tr) hE: di Sllll->JE:ti ll"htly ur•ll tht~t . lJ r'•oct , Slllll<!t l ''•"' H.r 11 '"'M •tnrt aa :ve t IIJtJ<nown WI.I.J • •·uly o• .;t;!' VP."l uri n"' <"'if' • ~ •tr.:J 1 Cl n•:rl 1 1, l.he l'•, Ot'itn" Q!: l'lc:,..1'3 . 'r't':! li • srr•to.:t .:o111l•.::l·sior•H' .,tJ'/:.J tl~:~t 1!1'. o, •w ' n uJ~N/ot he • •3.Ve ,., 1 1.1 ;~ .&"~~ .. o " llP..'.I b O' ' C'IL' t'" ' c:•·J tH' l~ •!Uti,~ convJ. n ~~d tat tlley Hl'<" no• .J 17) t,J.Jt• til*"' 11 •"'t 11 v"C tiU~ 11 • i . 'L'ne le.,.tonJJ l)•rr1ct;.-H• . Att l 't o~.v " t'ti '.; IJ J.J h~o::l' "<.:J't f'lllly J.Ji i'O r ;1~:•i Ot' tht> , e nf! Ot• •,w , • t: ., "r (D . • "' .•r, ' ( L ttncl mcnt,;) rt'")!p ~
B11h IH, t ,..i ct. lll'r'i ce , B.<\ I ,,J \ . ' !1lne ~ay D! H."'ict . Ui'·I i))·: ~ :. r:'T•:n •• ... YI. (} (.. . ~··' .i "·;D "(l)'l ,.._ r o\ Jot. - ..;..,y L- ;:,',;.'<{ __ "!' ----------- On the nit:Yht ot' l:itm1ay thf.:l ?• th 1 •Y, 1 : "9 . l ·va:i :>ittinR on tht:: Vo:H'u ldah or' tll.l' honoe 11, co.qr,ry '?ith '" · 'LL . Smith, Cadet 1-at.rol o~f'icer . 'Phc nlcrht V/'J, vr~r\0 clear '\<itll I;(') cloud s at.cl rnun.v ..;tt~r· ;;~ . 1 not.t.c~d a t>Brt.lcu.l rly 'brl,..ht l1crht ricrh in ::.he s ky to .. !'\~ ;vest o!' Buniara . A .. :'ira,. 1 thouart -,,~;~ .. _ t ., " . '1'/e he~· a briaht atar but the ohject berHn tc m~ve iu nn er~at1c uir'"::ct:on to the south west , T e object .vn, .1 ·,• si?hted 1t 1 900 hours 1:11.·1 ;v:l..; unaer con.::.ta nt oh.iC::r'VHtion •::-o 1 "'•<.or, tlme . ·r e i'ir.st tirne it wa.s .sin::.ted i• aJpe"""~d - t:- he e.n1 ttin~ a .,l'i "''lt blue li"rt . 4.::; it 1'<!<7~ 1 t" mov., ;; wsrds t.he .:;ouch west, ao:netiml:!~ t'&!-·id.ly did ;:>O·'l•;:!tlme:J OJ!lv ·erce!.t:'J'hly it ch t'ln~>cd colotlra t: •o; t blue to b ri.,.ht ..,.r•et:n n o t:l.t:::n c.tao WC'Ill.r1 be term in •. ted by a.11 Ol'an P'e l'lash. mhe c110 n(I'Jllrr li ooh r.s 1:1 1 eF.l rt:cl ·.o come t'rom th€: bot:tom or the ot'lject . At 2015 hours , ·,r· .t:t' i:luin,.,. k~Jlt llrt•t~r clo~e obaervation, ~he o~ject fi nally n s~:~ruehrea in anuth- ae.s·erly Oi1'ec-:;ion. It w~s not oo.:;sihle with the nuked eye t) iJete.:o"'i. ne t1.e .sha~e or Ue object 1:1n 1t Jio r..ot t3ve t.he l •. ~r·g~'&!""<.:e o" a St<.1 r o_• ,,J~ttori te . : t S.£ f'P.&•·~d , ,• tht:: J at~:~nc.::, :.::~ 'o;: !1 re""u.l 1r ~ ha~ b• t 1~~ ~ize cvulc no~ ~e es i1u~ed , (»~a) ,"( , r , U.rww .- . ~·) Sub-District Office, Bani are, Milne Bay District, T.P. & N. G • 17th June, 1959. UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT SIGHTED FROM 'BAl•IARA - M. R. D. On the night of SU.t'lday the 2l..!tb May, 1959, an apparently unidentified flying object was siqhted ~om Babiara . 'l'he t'oll owi~ description of' the object is as accurl'!te as possible to my observations. At 1900 QrB., on the said date, an object was sighted, hi~h in the sky in a westerly direction from Baniare. In the first instance 1 t was stationary. The predominatinq colour of' li~ht emitting ~om the object was of a brilliant irridesce nt blue . Soon after first si~htinP the object, it commenced to descent erratically in a south- westerly direction ; sometimes quite rs ~idly end at other times almost cominu to a halt . During these movements, the blue colour would change for an in$tant to a bri~ht ~reen , terminated by an oran~e flash . The::1e colour$ appeared to come from a lower position on the object - as if from its base. The object c ompletely dia, ppeared from view, in a south -we~terly direction at 2015 hrs . (Spd) R.L. Smith •
The District Com:ni~sioner , /Ulne Bay District , ... A.JffiAl . 31-1 - IJ/11 u th July, 1959. SIGHTING 0"' F.uYII<G OBJECT - BAHA'~A {eference is msde to my radio~ram 6 or 29th June , 1959 and your 17-2-4/1 34 of 30th June, 1959, t o the Asciiatant Administrat or, co!-Y of' same beinu minuted to this office . The followinq report based on the siqhtl.nQ'S of' ~.1rs . R. G. Orwin and l.le s sra . R. G. Orwin and R. L. Smith is s1hmitted for your infor111ation . On Saturday 27th June , 1959 , at 19!10 hou~a ~w . ~ . L. Smith noticed a briPht white s~heri cal l i ~ht NNW f rom Baniara ~nd hi~h in the sky. It appeare~ to be netween ban~ 9 tho1aard r·ee+ frnm "the <>round. Both t.!r . and Mrs . Orwin also saw this ob j ect after Mr . timith nrew t heir atte t1o~ to i t . 'l're objec+. remained .:ltstionary 1'or some t ime ru.d tl e .• slowly heaar 'TiovinP. across the sky i n a weat.e t'ly direction. It had the a 1•pe arance of' a " s parkler" wl-)ich is commonly used in f'i ,.eiVO!"k displ ays . Also arcs of li~ht e nanating f'rom the object aroea~"eCI +o be blotted ou t a t re~ar intervals . n p,reen li.,.bt alsr ~""'ear ed at r ecrular ir.tet'vals at v ar.~.ous 11o1nts of the object. There Qid not appea r to he a~v ~e finite order in the a •peararce of this liaht. Tre object looked as thourrh it had 3 r~o hase or that a red gl ow was or ~qinatin~ .~. rom i~s ha se • .11.t t lte time ot' siP,htinp and wtd.le the ob~ect was under o ·'servation there we re many stars present ~:~nd t ew cl o\1ds in the area where the object was to he seen. There was a definite reflected glow on the fe w clouos in the area 11re1 the ohject 11aosed in close proximity t o them. It was '1131" not~cea tl"et there was a ref1.ection like:: t1 hearn ol 1117ht or the wa tet' between the mainland a nd 7.he ~~l and and t nis em~'la ted !'rom the object . In contrast the reflection o! the star <~ in the .,,.t~ r, whic h .vas ver.; smooth, were similar 'to pin )Jointa ol"ly . As the object slowly moved across a,,•d dow!" ·ards in a westerly direct~on it ~Vas K:ept nnder !'c-nstant ohserva-~'.on . "'"n'!l tie wharr it was then seen tha+ trere wt~s whq• '~"t ·3red t' he~ t'Clund bronze coloured dioc hel ow a1 d t('l t•·e T'l<'~ t o" t hP " i<'ht l11~ht . As the li,.h+. mover'l S') ntr. this tiisc kee"'ini'T th<" same "!stAnce, about 500 t o 100•')f't,each time . 'T'his W'id ·'t~"s• rot lcf'~ flt 20?.5 hours . The briR ~ t li~ht and disc ho+r fi nally 1so p nred h~~tn~ cloud low in the western horiz o~ st ?01J~ ~ou~s . On Snnnay 2oth at 182"1 ho,rs t"o hr1 ~r+ licoh ··, o -ain seen by r·lr . ant'! Hrs. Orwin . It & 1 Jpo!!s rer'l 1 n t hP s.ct·~e na • 1 <'n a, or the pr evious ntrrht al thouah i. t was not as hri "l't 8t f •3t . A 2 )01 hours the bri11 1t l11'7ht moven at ,.ret•t s. eeo ::oll"r>"' re ..i8!'1e track: t:I S 1 he reVl.O US O~"ht b11t l.O A rnin11tt> cnverar1 t:he .;i<i"le rjj ::1 - tar ce tt had tak.:ln halt •Jn hour to cover !Jl'~vtously . "'~e li ... ht =>t::came ver;, brill'ht durinp thi.:l ra~ ul ,ov1;3·nen a::~ cl ts r flect1o n on the ;:;ea. IeuropptlCl about I:,JQO- n~et durinro t' e -e" od a. 1 f rom my o:vinion ~ t look:ect as thou11h it was c-oiw;r to 1 th~ north we'=lt oi' t nt~ sttttion or. t he maln.J.an~ . Tl e li1'1ht. wa.,; :eeut under o •) ::~e rva tion tiur1n11 th"' r upid movemel"t nr1 'lr . Ort.in ron t.o the w~ art' I' or "this puryose . It 9l owed ut a cl re <1eined in the weiltern- 2 - sky and remained thereuntil it slowly rj i Sd • tlPArerl ucrain low on the horizon at 2115 hours . The bron2:e dis <' wnJ aguin 31.,.hten in the same rela t1ve .-osition s::~ +he nioht be1'ore . Mr . Smith was present with lJr . Orwin to keey ti-e briO'ht licrht under observation trom 2005 rours until it disa~peared. This office Iss been Advised thRt thp pla~et Verus couln be expected t o be seen rrom •re sta~ion in al,proximqtP.ly t.he sa~e direction as the bripht liq;ht was 1'irst seen. liowevP.r t.ht: llli~et Venus was seen onthe 4th July, 1c5q by my3~1r qnd The N~v~l Intelli~ence Officer who w a~:~ visi tin~ the d1 strict, and from 1 ta eighting I am of t te opi nion that it was not t.he bricrht li~ht ~een previously as this li11ht wa<t much lower than Venus »nd more to the north or the 90S i t ion or Venus . Forwarded for your information, ,lease . (St>d) H. Orwin a/A~s istant Diatrict Officer .
' I Sub- District O~fice , Baniara , Hilne Bay Distr .ct. 7th July, 195~. As stated in the attached report, the ori~inal object was night si.t<hted from the 4th July onwards. The planet Venus ho·never was visible. D\>ri:J.g the early evening of Monday the 6th ot' July, I watched t'or the original object hetweefl the times of its previous appearances. The planet Venus was visible at this time only. However, I awoke durinP' the ni~ht at 0050 hrs,, happened to look at the skY a nd noti~ed a very bright light, On o~serving this liqht more closely, I was convinced that it was the same one as aeen between the 27th of .Tune end the 3rd of July. Venus was not visible. The object appeared to be lower in the sky thap on previous occasions and closer to the point o~ observation. The hronze was not evident on this occaston. After watchin" it for fifteen minutes, and object like a fallinq star seemed to come f rom near the base of the object and shoot earthward a• a tremel'doua speed eno at about forty five degrees to the ~round. After about rive more minutes this procedure was re~ated by an~ther similar object, but this one went to the other side . It is realized of course that these objects could have been shooting stars, and could have come f1•om sorne distance behind the ohject. After observin~ the object for almost an hour, it moved away in a similar 11 rection to be!'ore (westerly) al thoup:h when :first siphted it wa:; more to the south than on previous occasions. F,.,rwaraed ±'or your inl·ormation please. (tiP'd) R.L. timith Cudat ~trol Orficer.
OFfiCE OF THE HIGH CO MMISSIONER FOR AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIAN JOINT SERVICES STAFF, AUSTitALIA HOUSE. STIIANO, ,._ .... llRL4'f/ 1960 19/112 16th Peb~uary 1960 lONOON, W.C.J ~lut &a.ore tary , ~t ~£ Defence, 491'. REPORTS OF SIGHTING OF FLYING OBJECTS rhe Air Ktbistry replied as £ollows:- •z am directed to reg~et that the investigations, excep~ 1n two instances, were inconclusive; you will understand the difficulty of long range study. Boweyer, the Air Ministry remains open minded upon this subject, and although not wishing to dismiss tbe reports as the results of imaginative obse~vati on, •~111 tee1e that there i s a natural exolanation for ~ eyente as bas been the ease in 95%- of the reports zoeee1Yed. The other 5% were inconclusive because of lae!t ~ inf'orroation." ~ ·. fie Air Ministry state that they would be pleased to rece1Ye any fUture reports for examination . ~ !be Director of t he Meteor Section, The British Astro- ~oal Association, has repli ed in the fol lowing sense:- " •• .A further reason for the delay has been the difficulty of checking the reports in question, whi ch has proved to be an unprofitable task . "The only r eports which could feasibly rar er to meteor s are thole o£ 'one Saturday in May ' a nd June 1 3 t h., in para 3 of the report of D. M. CLELAND, and i n t hese two cases I 11h1nk the identification is quite certain. The other two objects referred t o in this par agraph could very well be meteors but £or their dur ation : 5 minutes and 10 minutes respectivel y . No r'leteor £light is visible to a given observer £or more than a mat~er o£ seconds, half a minut e woul d be quite exceptional . Unless the duration has been ~rossly ~xag~erated - which is not unli~ e ly - the objects could not h~ve been meteors . "Tbe remaining repor ts qui te de!'ini tely do not re!'er to meteors or anything like them. The dw•a tions are obviously too great and the movements are most un- meteoric . In £ac t I cannot reconcile the desct•iotions with any known c~lestial phenomenon, and can only assume that t hey are either wildly innccurate, deli erately fa ls ~i e d, or a~e bona-fide reports of known or unknown objects o£ terrestrial origin. The 2 2 FEB 1960 2.
• / • 5. \ > -2- inclusion or estimates or size and height that cannot possibly mean anything unless the re~l nature or the object is known casts a shadow or doubt, but I shall have to leave you to assess that ror yourselr. "I am sorry that I cannot be more hel,!>rul on this occasion, but we must hope that ruture enouiries will yield something more use:ful. " · The Royal Greenwich Observa tory z•eplied as .f'oUows:- "The only possible astronomical exPlanation ot these various reports would be that they v1ere o1' the nlanet Venus, which at this time was very bri~ht and visible in the direction indicated in some or the r~ports . However , some of the observers at least apoear to h. ve been aware o:f this possibility and so this seems an unlikely eXplanation. "Little reliance can be put on the speed, si ze and height quoted in such reports due to lack o:f comparison scales - ' about as high as the moon ' means absolutely nothing. "With so many independent reports in a .fairly short time it seems obvious that someth.inp unusual 1·1as observed but I am a:fraid that the only comment we can give is that the phenomena was almost certainly not astronomi cal." Captain !'or Air Vice l.!arshal Head , Australian Joint Services Stat!'
CONFIDENTIAL
UNCLASSIFIED
From: Flying Officer W.L. MASON (022631) [ILLEGIBLE] 51- 8534/1/38(94)
[ILLEGIBLE]
Provost Marshal
Department of Air
Victoria Barracks
St Kilda Road
MELBOURNE C.1
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
Dear Bill,
The attached was received at our office this morning.
As these reports are apparently in DAFI's court I'm forwarding to you for attention.
Yours
Bill Mason
Flight Lieutenant B.W. FEARON (024945)
Directorate of Air Force Intelligence
Department of Air
CANBERRA A.C.T.
UNCLASSIFIED
CONFIDENTIALUnidentified Flying Object
Report From: Mr H.D. Stratton (ex RAAF)
16 Hiredale Ave
Hawthorn East WB3591
Date/Time of Report: 0945x 1 Feb.
Report:
At approx 0910 1 Feb. Mr Stratton
& three members of his family saw
a very bright object, emitting
sparks & flashes moving across
the sky from WEST to EAST, at an
estimated height of 50,000 feet, at
very high speed.
First sighting was approx 3/4 of
way to zenith from west, on the
igon, and lasting on to for 2 or 3
minutes to approx overhead at
Hawthorn. Mr Stratton phoned his
brother-in-law, Mr John Read of
Hawksburn, who with his family
went out and saw the bright light
for approx 2 minutes.
Mr Stratton phoned Herald, then
Duty Officer, Depairmello.
Action by Duty Officer:
0950 Phoned Met Office Essendon, they did not
have a balloon at this time and knew
of no phenomena.
1000 Phoned Central Met Bureau. No explanation
1005 Phoned A.T.C. Essendon. No explanation.
1015 Passed info. to W/O Gittos. Duty S.P.
1030x 1 Feb. [ILLEGIBLE signature]
Duty OfficerIXY 550 ~- ) r ... -.-.- - - .... -~ .£;t£-_.- 'l-)>v/t('~c{Jv} COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRAUA IN REPlY PUASE Q UOTE No • 5/6/Air( 38A Secretary Department of Air Administrative Offices CANBERRA ACT Headquarters Support Command RAAF Victoria Barracks St Kilda Road t:ELBOURNE SC1 VIC - 4 FEB 1960 SIGHTING OF AN UNUSUAL AERIAL OBJECT 1 . Forwarded herewith is a report of sighting of an unusual aerial object at Newstead Launceston, by R.R. LlcQuestin. 2. The report was received at this Headquarters from the Department of Civil Aviation ::elbourne who stated that, although the date of observation is not shown on the report , it would be about the 23rd January, 1960. Encl/ / ( 7"' c... ? ..... --A------ (E . B. COURTNEY) Group Captain For Air Officer Commanding -~ .... NHT Oil ~LJ. OBJECT Ofl.,~1!!@2 obcervor .•• R..::J • • ~tresT!l1 . • •••..•.• . •.•••.•.• • • ••..• • . •. •.••• • ••••• 2 . -~c!d:-~ss of Observer .•. • } .KeJzyQ.R.Street, . Uew te ~ , .W\I.Ql;Oet9~ . . . •• . ..•.•. J.. Occupation of Observer . • •• • . .•••.• •• ••.• • .. •••• • ••••••••••.. • • , • .••• • ••••• 4 . D~te and Time of Cbservation (Time given in 24 hour clock zomJ. time) ••• O)~OQ.SSf • •••••• . • •• • • ••••• • ••• • •• • ••• •• ••. • ••• ••• ••• • •.•• • • , • •••• • • • 5. PnriCX: of Obscr ration( s) • ••• • C"J:ltilmoU&: • •• •. • ••• •• • • .•••• • •••• , • , • • ••• , ••• , ~. :·u·~:er 01.' Ol;~·ro.vaticn (Gi ·e details of Clr.l p~sition by map rcrerenco if FS:I.ib;<::, b:· !a.:>•.m. la.udrulrks 1 and describe My equionent:. u:,ed in the obsorvatlo"l) • . ............ ..... . .... .... ~ •• .,., ••• ::: · · · · ··· .. · ·· ··., .. , .... ..... . ..... ., ... ... < .. ,. • • •••• •• •• 0 • ••• ""' • "'" ••• - ""•••e•• "•l:ter • " ••• • •••., •• •••"'•" ••• ••••••• •• • • •••• • ••• • • • • • • 7. "le:n 1?-..:: objcc'· fl""&~ .bs •• ;.::d: e . g . cnerl1ead, '('"'.;ne fr:n behind a hill, o'7er th '""•t' .i?-.:1 '3tc . 8. ..'!-.at fi•·~t attr:1ctcd observer ' s attention, e .g. llg ti' or :loi'lo , .. ~~- ......................... ....... .... ................ ... .......... 9 . Jici objrc~ e,pca:: as a li~'lt or as '!. definite c'Jje.::'~ • . "' ... " ................ ' ..... , . iv . If there ;·,s mo::-' .. ~lfln ot.c o'Jjec~, he" m.:t"'y 1-'e::-c. t~1e t";lln·.: uh..t w.,s t<,,)ir fo-:-'lt :on . • • • XJd.n. l.ightA.. . . .••••••• •. ., . .. ...... " . . . .. ., . . ... ~ •• !'- . . .. . ........ . . ..... ....... ....... .. . 11. ~.~ut ~·J.s tho c~:i..onr of the light or object ~ J.l.tlht. ...... ...... . .. . 12. ··'h..'l'· ~ns its aorarJr.t :-h~pc ••. • • ,No:t:.~ • ••••••••••••• •••• •• • •••• ...... ,. .. ........ , .... ···"'1·~····· · · ... .. ... ,.. .. ~ ..... . ,,. . .,.., .......... , ........ ... ,. ... ..... te 13. lis,,; fl' ; r" •r\::.·• o" :.lb;·1cl :rc obSCIT'\blo .Nil,,. , ••• •• ..... • •• • "•,. • . • •, • • •• ..... ........ n. .... . . . ... .. ... .. ~ ....... .. ...... ........... ~'" "" .. ~., ... , ...... ,. ... .. .. .. ..... ~ .. .. 14 . v.''l:: 'lny n<"+hod. o"' oropuJ.sicn ob-icua • • .• J{Q. ••.••••• •• ••••••• • ••• ' • •• • • • •••• 15 . I:J.s th,..~·., n 17 ~Ol'L'll .. • • .. • • . • .. • . • • • .. • l'{Q • • .. ..... ., • • ••• • ••••••• • • • 16. • > H.; igh<,. or c:nzlc Q:.' r .Lc,·o. tio:1 ... .... , •.•.••• ,2,Q 0 . -. .3.Q~ • ., ........ ....... .. 17. H s,~o1, ~,. nn;·- ... - ··. • · :; . .... •..•...• .UO\dng .abo .t .slol"Zl.Y .011!U: .st .. ~Qil.!U'ds 18. State nny oxpcricnco w!'dch <"''ablcs obsc':'Tur ..o ~~ • '"'C~.,..,,,.. · • va.J.n A.bc ;t, tho lll'l'3;•·r!l give!'! to 16 and "!.7 ............... ~ ......... "~- .......... ......... ~ ..... ., ...... , ....... ·-- ............... ,_ ....... . Sine !.v is no•'lllo.'llly impossible to ost.i.:ra~c tho ;!'J:'..gh'!; o.nd sp od of n str~gc object, ,;., ~ wm l'sunlly bo b~ttor to ondc:tvuur '"o <mtcrcinc the anglo of elcv:J.tio!l of th0 cbj<'ct, th;: 1'lglo throug.~ ~;hie~ it ,..,ovod 1 1nri. tho tia:o • <i.:cn to do thi:; . . . .... .. 2/- 2 - fieport on ggJial Objeet Observed (Cont'd) 19. Direction of flight with rcfcronce to landmarks or points of th._ compass • • • • Y.-mAA ~P .V. AA .c.el\.t'J:!3 • .0.'1!31'. At.-. H.O~ . ........................ 20 . Did the object r.:;main on a straight p..<tth, deviate or manoeuvre at ell • . • i\A }A):} ••••.•• • •• · • .• ......................... ...... .............. . 21. was any tr~il of e~ust , vapour or light seen ••• •• • •••• ••• •••• ••• •••• 22. ,b.Jra did object disappear, e . g. in mid-sir, behind a hill , over tho horizon • • • • • • A1:i;i..l.l_ .t;;)J.et:.e. .'WlL ~w .r. . rft. . t .~ ••....••.• . • .• ••.•.•••.• • •. •• •••• 23. .wcistence of any physic.:U ~.:vid~nc o such as i"ragments , photogmphs , or other supportin~ evidence . J~ •••••• •• •• • •••.••••••••••••• • • • ••••••• • •• •• • •••• • •• ••• • ••• ••• ••••• ••• 24. J~~thcr conditions ~xoc riunccd at ti~(s) or obscrvation(s) •• F.l.A~ .6 /.S. .!l~\q _ qq._ .l l¥.~ )_qqq .-. .¥-W.~ -~ .. ... .......•.• .•. •... ..•• 25. Location of :my air tnffic in the vicinity (lt the ti. .... of sighting • .. .. ~ . •• •.....••.... .. ........ ............... .......... ....•..... •.•• ....••. ......•..•...•.....•....... .......... .... .••..... •. .••.•..•.•.••• 26. Lo~tion of :my mcteorologic:ll stations in the gcn ·m.l area. 27. a~ additional information ••• ••• •• • ••••• • • •• ••• • • • •••• •• •••• •••••• •• ••• •···••···· •············ ·········••····•·· ··· ·····•··· •••··· ··•··•· ••·•·• •. ....•... ..•..................... ..•.. ....•...•..... •. ...... ........••• Questions 25, 26 :mr' 27 to be mswcr-..d by int.-rrogator.
e Secretary , epartment or Air , PRIME MINISTER ' S For 1nrormation and aey couments . 59/6733 (8({1- ~ - ·~c.~~- (P.J . ......!;unt1ng Secretar ~I24A Copy of reply to request by Minister for Defence for report on alleged sightings of UFO's in Boianai Area of New Guinea by Rev. W. B. Gill. Enclosure 24A removed placed on File 554/1/30 [ILLEGIBLE] 13/2/60 [signature]
23A Enclosure 23A removed & placed on File 554/1/30 - 15/2/60 [ILLEGIBLE] [signature] Sighting UFO's in Boianai Area of N. Guinea by Rev. W. B. Gill (covering letter).
22B Enclosure 21A removed and placed on File No. 554/1/30 [ILLEGIBLE] 13/2/60 [signature] Unidentified Flying Objects Boianai Area - New Guinea
No. 5/2/l Air(62A) The secretary Department of Air Administrative Building CANBERRA ACT ROYAL AUSTRAUAN AIR FORCE Headquarters Operational Command RAAF PENRITH 1\'l NSW 2 0 OCT 1959 REPORTS ON AERIAL SIGHTING Attached hereto is a copy of a report received from Headquarters RAAF Base Darwin relating to an unidentified flying object. /f/ /~,~ ~v _);.-.J~ (U.J. J.:OORE) ~ling Commander r For Air Officer Commanding
----------------------- -~-~. c 0 p y as . 5/6/A1r(32A) Headquarters Operational Command RAAF pENRITH 1Vl NS1'; Headquarters RAAF Base DAR·.:n~ NT lst October , 1959 UNUSUAL AERIAL SIGHTING 1. Following is a report received through Overseas Telecommunications Centre from Mr . Carter of t.~andorah, describing an unusual aerial sighting on 24th and 25th September, 1959:- " A large object 80-100 feet ,,.as seen at 1830 hours on 24th September 1959, between Mandorah and Doctors Cully. It was a large black shallo\V object just above or close to the surface travelling at an approximate speed of 80 - 90 miles per hour. The object shot up towards Delissaville Creek. A green verey light shot off from the water in a direction east ~r north fro~ Mandorah, after the object was seen . At 0715 hours on 25th September 1959 the same object was seen again off Mandorah and shot up Middle Arm." 2. No confirmatory reports have been received from other people \vho may have sighted this object. Submitted for your information. Sgd. (H.~. PEPPER) Flying Officer for Officer Commanding
MXY 550 IN 1\EPL Y PLEASE QUOTE No •• ------ 5/ 6/Air(34A) ·ctoria Barracks ,.~.")~ S Kilda Road ,. _ •'5.~'\ l!OURNE SC1 VIC \ ~ . ~.._\,\~ ~' ' ~\#J.~ ' j 3 0~7 1£59 ~· / Secretary Department of Air Administrative Buildings CANBERRA ACT SIGHTING OF UNUSUAL AERIAL O BJECT Command 1 . The attached report of the sighting of an aerial object 60 miles south of Wonthaggi was received from Department of Civil ~~iation, M elbourne. 2. The observer is an Ansett/ANA Airline pilot and it is noted that the report is not signed nor has the date of observation been stated but it would be about the 12th October , 1959· f JL . (;~ Grottp Captain vFor Air Officer Commanding Encl "
, 1. name or observer ,, .P.J1lT ON AERI..!. OBJECT OB:..~JiVED ... . -. .............. ' ... .... ..... ............. ................ . 2. Address of Observer . . ~. :- •.• • . • .•• , • , • , •••.•••••••.•.••••• •.. •• . .•• ••••• • •.• . 3. Occupation of Observer • • •. . •• .•• -.-.- •...• .•••••...•• •.• .• . ••.. . • •.•••.• .•. .•• 4. Date and Time of Observation (Tilr.e given in 24 hour clock zonal time) • •• • •••• • • J •• •• •• ••• & • "' ••••••• • •· ~· · • • • ••••• • •• • ••••••••• • •••••••••• • ••••••• 5. Per ..:.oJ of Observation( s) • •• .• • •.• • .- •••••••• •• ••••••••••.•••• • •• • ••• • ••• • •••• 6 . Han:.:"l:' c-f' Observation (Give details of own position by map reference if 7. possible, or by known landmarks 1 and describe any equip!!lent used in t.he observation) • • .,.. . ~. ,. ....... ~ -·· · ,. ... ... .,. • ., • • - . .. .. .... .-- . .. ..... . ............ ..... . .............. f< . •••••• • • • " .. ~ • • • .. .. ... • • • • • • .... . .;; . . .. f ..... " :- .. .. . .. .. . ......... "" . I' • • • • ;--,. . . ... .. . . . . - . :- • ........ ·~· - ~ -..; __ "' . . . .. ..... .. .. .,. .. . ... .... ._ ... ... ...... .... ... .................. ............. ..... . Where was object first observed, e.g. overhead, coming f rom. behind:.a hill, ®er the ho!"Uon., etc. •' I • • • ••• ., e "e • • • -•• ••••••••• • ••t• • • • ••• • ••• • •••• • •• • •• • • • ••• ••••••••••••••• • • • 8. ~~t first attracted obs~rver 1 s attention, e . g . light or noise . " • • • " • • .. " • c • • It • • • • .., l.l, • • • • • • • • • • • • e • " • • • " • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ' • • • • • 9. Did objecc appear as a li ~ht cr as a definite objoct • • .. • • .. • .. "!. .. .. . . . .... -.! ~ .......,. \#. • • • . . ..... ... ... . . . ' .. . . ... ....... ........ . ......... . 10. If there wns more ~han one objecc, how many were the~,and what was their for.:. ... ion • . .... . . ,. .. . .... . . ... .. ... - ... ""J ... · .. ,.. .~ ... ...... . ... .. ..... . .... . ...... .. . . ... ..... . 11 . lfuat ~·:J.s the colour of the light or object ......................... . ..... . 12, ~~~t was its apparunt shape ..... .. ~ ... .. ... ... ... " ............... ............. . $- ... . ......... ,.."' ....... . .. " • ••••• • ·· · ······· ·~ ·············· ·· · · ···· · ····· ··· ····· 13. l·!aq """lj. .. dota.:J. of structure obsorvablo .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . ....... . . . . ... . ... · · · • .. .... ,.,. .. .. ,. ..... ........ ... ,. ... - ...................... .................... . 14. ~fr:ts arw mot hod of px·opulsion obvious .•• . • ••• • ••••• . •. • •• •..•••••• • • • • · • • • · • 15. .4n s thcr~... any sotl.nd ... .. " .. .... , .... , • . ... .. .. .... ... ... .. "' , • • . ... • •• . •. . · • • • · • · · · · • • • 16. ++ Hcig 1 ~: or angle of clevntiotl •• . :::, ~~ ·· ........ • • .. .... r .. . ... . ....... • • • • • • • •• • • • • • 17. ++ Speed, or a ng -- · ·· .............. . .., ................... ,. ............. . 18. Stc.to nny expcrict1Ce which enables obscrvvr to b( reasonably certain ~bout ~-e ~ns·~~~ ~~vcn to 16 ~nn 17· ++ ~··• ...... ,, . e •• •••••f'' ••• l't • •• , •• ,.. , .. . •• • • • • · ~• •••• • • •-•••••• •• • • •••• • •••••••• SincJ 11:. is no:rm'\lly impos~ible to ont.imote the heiGht o.nd spood of a strongc cbj.,.ct, i t will \lSltAlly bo bctt,,r to ondo::wour to tlotcrmino tho o.nglc of elev . t .• n o.l th< object, thv mgle through ,•hich it movod, a..n<i th·J time ~"l...:Cn • .., C:e thi., . .. ... .. . 2./
- 2 - Report on Aciial Obiect Observed (Cont'd) 19. Direction of flight with r o forenco to landmarkc or points of tho compass • .... ........................................... ........................ . 20 . Did the obj ect remain on a straight p..a.th, deviate or manoeuvre a t all. ......................... ............................................. . 21 . •~as nny tro.il of exhaust, vapour or light see n ........................ 22 . .v'horo did object disappear, e . g . in mid-air, bohind n hill , over the hori7Jon • ........................................................................ 23 . ,_,Jdstonce of any physical ~o vid <: ncc such as fragments , photogrephs, or other supportin~ evidence • ........................................................................ 24. llc3thcr conditions eXPCrknced at ti "Je(s) or obs~rvation(s) ... .... .. ....................................................... ........ 25 . Location of any a ir traffic in the vicini ty a t the tim~ of s i ghting • ..... . ......... . ..................... .. ..... . ............................ 26. Loc~tion of any mcteorologi C31 stations in tho general area. 27. A.ny adcli t ional information .. . ... .................................. • • • · • • ......... . .... . .......... ... ............................................ .......................................................... . ............. ........................................................................ Questions 25, 26 and 27 to !)<; answer- d by interrogator • .............. . .. .. .. . ...
I The thm"""R"'» Rig!lt Honore:> J.e .~ . l.i . Menzies , ':: .H. , ~ . L ., U.H.R., House ot Representatives, C!llBERRJ. • .A.C.T. November 25th, 1969 Dear Mr. Menzies, Tbe enclosed report describes a series o! recent, tactual sishtinge ot unidentified !lying objects (UPO•e) seen over .!lew Guinea. The principal witness is the Reverend Patber Gill, a J'OUDg .Anglican priest who has spent more than eight yeare in the Territo17 on llli881 on work. There are thirty- eisht corroborative witnesses. Tbe observers saw the UP'O •e on more than one occasion. e n two consecutive days the crstt hovered above them !or several hours at an altitude of approximately 460 1 • Pather Gill is adamant that he and hie fri ends observed humanoid beings aboard the croft. One possible explanation emerging from the evidence ie that the New Guinea UFO 'e are the secret w£ apons of a foreign power, in which case an infringement of Australian · terri to rial jurisdiction has occurred. This possibility has ·1 already been adumbrated to the Directorate of Air Force Intelligence by the Victorian Plying Saucer Research Society but in ita reply to the Society dated October 15th (nearly !our months a!ter the sisht1nge occurred) the Directorate claims to have carried out no investigations into the incidents. We teel strongly that an investigation eb.ould ~ aade into a matter ot euch vi tal concern to the security ot .luatrolia. .A frank report should be made to the Australian people . Should you desire any further into~stion perta1ning to the lew Guinea sigbtinge or to the UPO enigma senerall~ 1 may we reapeottully offer our utmost co-operation 1a U8hnJ18 70\l• Yours truly, J.P. Stone, Hon. President, AuatX"Blion Plying Saucer Research Society, 22 JJortboote Street, .Kilburn, South .Australia. s. Seers, Bon. President, Queensland Plying Saucer Research Bureau, P.O. Box 111, Borth Quay, Brisbane, Qld. (Mrs.) E.P. Haynes, B.A., Dip, s.s., Bon • .Aotizlg President, Tasmanian Plying Saucer Research Sooiety, i Roalrn A venue, Ungston Beach, Tas . Dr. II. Li.ndtner, Ron. President, OPO Investigation Centre of 1'f. S. W., »!o. Box 1120, G.P.o., Sydney, N.s.w. · P.B. •orr1e , LL.B., Boll. Preeldent, Viotorial Plying Sauoer Reeearob Soo1etJ, 100 Colliu Street, Melbourne, iliotoria. ' .l ~. J I \ I I 1
THE VICTORIAN FLYING SAUCER ~SE A RCH SOCIETY. P . 0 •. Box 32 , Toorak. ~U:LBOURNE . Vic . A 11 STRA LL\. THE REVEREND WILLIAM B. GILL ' S REi'ORTS O F UFO ACTIVITY OVER BOIARAI ANGLICAlt MI SGIO N' AND VICINITY, PAPUA- N EW cunn:::t.--;J:'959. Introduction to the Boi anai Re por ts . The reports descr ibed in th ~ following pages constitute the moat remarkable testimony of ~~ten o ive UFO ac t i vity reported to civilian inve et ·<.gator s in the entir e his t ory of UPO research . The sightings are unique in that, for thP first time, credible witnesses have reported t he presence of humanoid beings aes ocia t ed w ~~h U•~•s. One important aRpec t of the Boianai incidents i s t hat the UPO's were ob:Jerved clooely by the witnesses for a total period of some hours ; accordin,l y , the reports should be examined exhaustively for soMe clue as to the nature anc -- I origin of the craft , and for poes1ble points of corre la~ion \ with other credible reports . BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS OF FATHER GILL , TH.E PRINCIPAL WITNESS: Aged 31 years. Married with two children. Educated Trinity Grammar School , Melbourne, and St.Francie Collee;e, Brisbane. Ordained priest of the Anglican Church. Licentiat e in Theology. A qualified teacher, he completed over eight years of service as a missionary in New Guinea. FATHER GILL'S RELIABILITY AS WITNESS : VPSRS invee~igators found Father Gill at all times co- operative and obviously deeply interested in UFO 'e and the implications of their presence . Prior to hie e1ght~us be discounted the possibility of their existence as manned craft, He exhibits an impressive scholarly detacbme~ and hie objectivity is evident 1n reading the report whicl1·. follows within. Father Gill still remains reluctant t t.· speculate as to the origin or precise nature of t he UFO'e a~ lecst, until he has bad an opportunity to complete some research into the subject . THE COPw~OBORATIVE WITNESSES : These numbered up to a total of 38 persons during t he principal s ightillge at Boianai, 27 of whom signed the original statement examined by VPSRS investigators. The witnesses were all Papuan natives, several of wbom were educated teachers and medical assistants . BACKGROUND TO THE PRINCIPAL SIGHTINGS: The Boianai eight1ll8S climaxed a relatively abort but remarkably acute period of UFO activity 1n the vicinity o! eastern New Guinea. UPO• s were observed by both Papuan natives and Europe~s . Sightinge were reported by educated Papuans and by totally illiterate natives relatively untouched by western civilisation and quite ignorant of "flying saucers". \
Introduction (continued) TYPES OF UFO SIGHTED AT BOIANAI AND RANGE OF AERODYNAf, I C PERroRMANCE: T~es: Large, manned craft with el aborate eupe r etruct·lre an smaller apparently r emote- controlled discs with no apparent protuberances . Performance: Hovering, pendulum swinging, tremendous spurts of speed. The manned UFO obs rved on J une 27th was seen to erose the Bay at Boianai (a ppr Jximately 30 miles wide ) in l ese than a ee~ond. Even allowing f or t he admitted inaccur ncy o! such a calculation made by scientific laymen the range o! the UPOe' performance is staggeriil8 , The reported changes of colour and light intensity are especially interesting , EVALUATION OF THB BOIANAI SIGHTINGS : !tis submitted that th e foll owing propositions ma ·1 be cited as established by these sightinge :- 1, The principal witness is veracious and psychologica ' ly stable. This is admitted l y a subjective impressi oll gained by investigators, but is supported by the bal ance of probabilities arising from a consideration of tht witness's professional standing and training. The Legion of corroborative witnesse s supplies eupport1Il8 tes timony o! an objective nature. 2 . The Boianai UPO•s are not psychological phenomena. ;he undoubted psychological element present in some UFO sightings has been demons trated by Jung in his recent treatise, However, the limits of operation of this factor are still undeflncd and it would appeal a r bitrary to relegate the Boianai sightings to the category of mass hallucination. The reader is especially referred to Pather Gill's prefatory remarks within. 3, The Doianai UF0 1e are demonstrably not ele~trioal phenomena, meteors, birds, conventional air-craft, and cannot reasonably be attributed to any of the gamut of accumstomed physical rationalisations. 4 , The Boianai liFO's are advanc ed craft , manned by human.oid beings, capable of a fant as tic range of aerodynamic performance. 5 . The Boianai sightings do not PROVE ipso facto that the UPO•s are non-terrestrial spaceships ; they indicate a strong LIKELIHOOD that they are such. s·. liFO researchers need no longer enquire as to the !~ o! the UPO's but only as to their ORIGIN . \........ """'::------- \ i I \
REPORT ON UN IDENTIFIED FLYING OBBCPS Boianai, Territory of Papua and New Guine a , 1959 By W . B. Gill at Boiana1 14/7/59 INTRODUCTION. These reports o! observations together wi th releva~t material combine to describe with fair accuracy what i3 thought to have been a series of activites in the sky at n1ght3 over and near Boianai by U.F . O. •s . Main recordill&S were m ade on the evenings of June 21st , 26th and 27th . As chief observer and sole re~ o rder and reporter of the Boianai phenomena on thoee dates (at Boianai) I would now hesitate to re-st ate without fUrther long consideration backed by scientific investigation any opinions or theories as expressed in my personal letters hastily written in that period and which are included in this present material . The value (personal) lies in their subjectiveness against what I hope is objective observational data , and in the complete change of mind from scepticism to the conviction that the UPO •a as observed by me cannot be explained awe;y in t t>nne o! natural pheno~ena in the light of past knowledge and experien::e. Consideration to the following possible !actors, however, cannot be overlooked if this paper is t o have any valae at all ae an attempted objective record. 1, Hallucination Sketches in the body of the r eport may be figment of imagination or hallucination . Hallucination may havo been experienced simultaneously by the 27 eye -witness~s who se nBIIIes appear on the signature list . 2. S~geation as an influence to "witnesses" T~re may have been undue influence by suggestion o! a European observer over a less sopheeticated or inexpel·ienced native body; there may have been influence caused by Jub- servienoe o! the native body of "witnesses" towards the European observer. 3, Illusion It is possible that "freak" atmospheric conditions or eubjectiveneee on the part of the observer (e) r esulted in a mis-interpretation of natural phenomena. 4, Unreliable Observers Inexperience in astronomical observation . IFnor~nce regarding such natural phenomena ae fal ling stare , meteors, comets, electrical disturbances in the atmosphere; the appearance and usual movements of these .
~ - . - the following relevant f actJ con~c~·nins:: the con:Ju,·t:i.ng of th! main par't of the observation and exe<-"ltion of procedure in guthe! · ~ng , ev1dence end writing the rero~t: 1. The sketch of the! UFO on r~r,e :. l'f tht r.:;: • tt was drawn by Papuan obse!""Ver St ephen C111 r.;oi . It is important i.'"l one significant detail from later slcf tchef' . The "ur.derside'' is described by him and drawn as showinr. fou:r "black e:pots" . These markings are replaced in 5\ "~"q•wnt descriptions and drawings by what appeared to be f ,}q~ st r aight legE< or stands pointing diagonally downwards from the "base" of th<J IJFO . Can it bo asoomed therefore that sug~estion play~d no part in respect of this detall upon ohe minds of observers in sub- sequent sight! ngs when all, including Jtepilen G. · ~oi , i:tdepen 1 - ently thought they saw "legs" , though descriptions of the gen •ral shape of the whole "object'' we re 1n feeL rmch the 9ame? 2 . Drawing up of the report we.s coliductcd in the followint; w y: (a) On the night of June r6th i~~ ~di ate ly fol lvwing the d:s- appearance of the l1FO throU€h cloud , 38 witnesses were brougot together into a well- lir,hted room . (b) On separate sheets of pape r three observers , namely IVilliBll Gill, Annnins Rara'tP. and Stephen Gill /t!oi , dre • what they tholl8ht they saw . ~ach w orked in separate parts of the r oom . Then the sketch~s were compared and it was found that each r t-sembleJ the o ther diff e ri·~g only i n size of drawing. (c) Representatives of grOUJ'IS who th ought t hey observed "m<n" on the UFO wrote their signatur~3 under the respective beadi ngs (see pager ). (d) All observers were briefly address ed by the r eporter ar.j given the opportunity of Sifni ng a paper stating that a UFO as described in the sketches was seen by them. It was ,pointed out that they rnwt be truthful and sign onl • i1' they believed that they s:tw the UFO as represented b 1 the three drawings. 27 observers of a t otal of 38 voluntarily signed . {e) The data (1) on page ~ of the report is a copy of the original recorded during the ac;ual time of observation by the reporter. (f) Diagrams on T'n&e 8 were ml\de by the reporter ano s11 ned voluntarily under the same c0nditicns as descr1bed in ~t- . (d) except that the s1gnature~ are representl\tlved o~ groups only . (g) The sketches on page l! were made as pert cf a written statement by the Rev•d . D. Duri e , Acting Princ ipal ~ f St . Aidan ' s College, Dogura. This s tatement was d~nwn up by him a few minutes after the obser va~i on . (h) The UPO•a described on page 9 arc eignificantly different in appearance from any previously described , NOTE : The reporter not being a mathematician has attempted eatimates of size and distances. It is suggasted that the measurements should not be reRard ed as indisputable. \- 3 In this respect, as r .:sul t of f11rther practice vri th hand-r ~as•.Jre ment as noted on page 8 o f th~ report , the reporter has tc ~en the liberty of making alteration to ori~1nal d~ta . The HA~ > PAN which originally read as 6 inc'1·:s new reads as five inche ~ . Other estimated measurements ~~~O'-tld therefore 1::-e ad~usted accordingly. (sgd) Willin~ B. Gill
- 4 - Dear David , Have a look at thi~ P.x~rao rdin ary d~ta. I am nl~ost convinced about the "visitation'' th..:ory . There hrtve been r lit-e a number of reports over the oonths , from reliabl<> witnes&c! . The peculiar thing about these most recent reports is thnt the ~ · s seem to be stationary at Boian~i or ·o travel from Boianai . The Mt. Pudi vicinity seems to ba tha hovering area . r myself ~aw a stationary white light twic l! on the oame night on April 9th . but in a different place each tJ.me. I believe yo;r students h ve also sighted one over Boianai. The A. :. .o ., Bob •.,].1;,1 P.nd '.!r. Gl ver have all seen it, or similar on~o on different occasions - gain , over Boianai, although I t hink the nnninra peopJ.e said they watched it travel across the sky from nu~ direction. . I should th1nk that this is the first time that the "snuccr" has been identifie as Juch. I do not doubt the existence of these "things " ( . ndeed I cannot now that I have seen one for mvself) but my simple mind still requires scientific evidence before I can accept the rom- outer-space- theory . I am inclined to belJ.eve th'lt probsbl,. many UPO •s are more likely soma form of electric phenomena- or perhaps something brought about by the atom bomb exp~osio n s , etc . That Stephen should actually make out a saucer could be the work of the unconscious mind ns it is very likely that at some ~1me he has seen 1llustrations of some kind in a m aga~i ne , or it j 1 very possible that saucers do exist , but it is only a 50/50 ch on~e that thet are not earth m ade , still less that they should c•rry men (more likely radio controlled) , and 1t is still unproven thlt they are solids. It i s all too difficult to und -rstnnd f o r me; I orefer to wait for some bright boy to c:ltch one to be exhibited i1 Nartin Square. Please r eturn this report as I have no copy and I want flor . to have it . Yours , Doubting William . RE?ORT 0 ?; UFO 3IGHTING Place : Boianai . Time : 1 a .m. Sunday , 21st June , 1959 . Weather Conditions : Patches of l ow cloud , otherwise clear. Moonlight . Name of Observer: Stephen Moi, T~acher . Description: (as told to W.B. Gill by the observer 23/6/5~ at BoianAi . On coming out of the house at one o 'clock on Slnday morning (21st June) I saw a bright light (white) s1lently coming out of the sky from a point about a quarter of a mile out to .aa, slightly west of the Bo1anai atat:l,on. It descended from ,qhat seemed a great height and I watched it for the space of about th•ee minutes moving and descending eastward s and parallel to the coast. It stopped at a point a little to the east of the station an- at a hei~t of about three hundred feet . There 1t remained stationa1·y for
- 5 - perhapl'! half ::1 minute m·l r · ro.~ .. .ll;r i~;;<.·r•Ja.~<tn i:1 brilli .nee until the shape of 1n invert"'d zru.~er f•nul·~ be .li:lc:t'rne·l , wh; h was tilted .s l i ~;nt ly l'ac kward.;; w1 tl: piP'' of t h · tJn, u v1sibl c The ob joc L then m oved upwar dt' ar.d d 1 snpr e!u·ed !':·om Vlcw 1n to the c cuds . When firs t sigh· ed , 1 tho~.<;;ht it to hwe betln a 1 ght similar to t hose ·J r oprad by · ~lanes •lunr.g the w•u· . ? . · . Underneath t he Sfluc~ r 1 saw l'lb'>ut four round bl ac, s pots . ( sgd ) C:t e phen Gill /.lo1 (OBSt:"'VER) !lOTE : All t his 1nfr oma tion was vol unteered wi thout any mow l edge Ol""previous Slghtine •. of UF'O ' s by !?teph en , nnd when que ~t ion .ed afterwards , Stephen Moi clOl::lcc never to have henrd of •· flying saucer s " . I usk~ d hi:n i f \.: was :t lti t.: ;wr~o t he shf!pe ' " the o bj ec t was like WI inv<) r t..,d ~'auc ur and w :~.- not , f or inst .ne e , the shape of n plate , or lik ~;; a " s ixpence•'' , or " l ike '' l tll". He was quite c~rtoin in h i ~ mir.1 th t it wns m ore like e sauc ~ r t han anyhti ng else . CC:J Dear David , ( sgd ) \HlliBJ:J B. Gill (:tEPORTER) ,/ -- ·x Oc 'l,; .,.: .... tfCA ' - -- 1 A ?,""o ~ CL.Ovc :·:~ ~ c~ 1 ~ .3u o # I -'--"""'"7:-----L X O " h 'lv i>l Anglican Miss.on , Boianai. f:7/6/S9 Life is s trange , isn ' t i t ? Ye s t erday I wrote you a letter , (which I s till intend stnd1ng you) expressing opilions re the UFO •s Now, l eas than 24 hours l ater I have charged m y vi ews somewhat , Last n1ght w~ at Boianai exper 1enced alout 4 hours of UFO activi ty, and there is no do ubt .vhntsoever t l 'lt they are handled by be ings of s ooe kind . At t1mes i t was abso1..ttely breathtaking . Here is t he report . Pl eas e pass it r ound , but great car e must be taken as I have n o other , and thi s , 11~ ~ the one I made out r e Stephen , will be s ent t o N or . I would E.)preciate it if you could send the lot back as soon as pose . Cheer s , Convinced Bill P . S. Do you think P . M o r~ s by should know about this?
- 6 - ( N. Cruttwell is at pr esen~ 1n t he Daga country and will no \ be returning h~me until 16th J uly at earliest . ) I f people t h i n < it worth while, I will s tand cost of a radio cor.versat i~n of rou care to make out a comprehensive repon fr om the ma t erial on ay behalf !l It •s interesting Terri tor y news if nothing else . IV . B . G . 26/6/59 U.F. O. Boianai DATA (1 ) ~ ~ (p .m. ) Patches 6,45 of low oloud 1 clear over 6,50 Dogura and Menapi 6.52 6. 55 7 . 00 7 . 04 Cloud ceil-7.10 ing covered sky c, 2000• Clear sky here , heavy cloud over Dogura . Clouds !orating again Clouds patchy 7 , 12 7 . 20 7 . 20 8.28 8,29 8,35 7 a.5o 9. 05 Sighted bright white light from front direction N. W. Call Stephen and Eric - Langford . Stephen arrive s . Confirce not star like other night . Coming closer , not so bright . Coming down 500 ft? , orange? , dee • yellow? Send Eric to call people . One object on top , move - man? Now three men - moving , glowing , doing somt!- thing on deck . Gone. Men 1 & 2 agaiu, Gone again. Man 1 , 3 , 4 , 2 (appeared in that order . ) Thin elct . blue spot light . M en gone, spot light still there . Men 1 & 2 appeared - blue light. Spot light off, men go . UFO goes througb cloud . UFO seen by me overhead . Call station peoJ'le . Appeared to descend, get bigger . Not so big, but seemed nearer than before , Second seen over sea - hovering at times . Another over Wadobuna village . Another to the east . Big one stationary and l ar ger - the original (?) Others coming and going through clouds . .As they des cend through cloud , light reflected like large halo ont ' cloud - no more than 2000', probably less . All UFO•a very clear - satell1tes? ''Mother" ship still large , clear , stationary. Nos. 2 , 3,4 gone . I I I
9. ::.o ":.!,..·~,,., ... !'l:i! ~tc-ne - &l\'1 nr ~eel l t h t. :;C'. 1 "~nt: {~vc:-t:cad) 1nt ~ "1C"th1 . 9 . 20 9 . 30 '':.lotl:c!'" t:"ne act·c.ss -"C"1 tcwa:·d3 G .va - white, ~ed , ~lue, gc-ae . !'.46 10 . 00 10 . 10 10 . 30 Overheaci v . F . O . re-appear::~, is hc-v t•ing . Still there, s•a•ionary . Hoverin, , Pc-ne behinti cl rol4d . Very high , h -,vet·if16 1.n .:lear patc-h ,.,f sky be tween c- l ouds . 10 . 50 11. 4 Very cn·rc;ai't , ne sign ef U. F .0 . Heavy J;ain. 1 Q A . ! ! ! Data sheet of observatic>n ,..f l .F . O •a 6 .15- 11.4 p .m. 26/6/59 . (Sgd . ) William n. ~ill . R ~ ugh sketch e f 0 .2 .0 . na it appeared fr om Dosition '/ of observati:)n . · ; ' , , .. T r r r;Lfl '- L. l(..tl T l - 4 men ,. lear y seen , appea ·ed in this crder at 7 . 10 p . m. from waist up) "men" 1 llumins · ed •. A~arancea o·f men at ? . 00 ~ l and 2 -Ylriiiam B. Gill Stephen Gill Mc-1 Ananias Rarata Ness i e Moi Appearance A ot' men £!!1,9_)_~ t shaft at 7 . 10 ~ "" · L_ -~~ ~d_ []:£!i:_ t]l_aj; __ c>T_d_!l:r:r--- Wil.ha'11 a. Gill . Stephen Gill Moi Ananas Rarata Appearnnces of men l and t and light shaft a~ ~·~ William B. Gill - Stephen Gill M oi Ananias Rarata This pa?er d r awn up and sisned by chief ol>ser\' rs at ? . 30 p.m. 26/6/59 .olt . lfuanua , ' 'II I I .._ \ \ ' ... / I ~- 8 0 Mt . Pudi , ' //'''' ' ' Diat~ce from M t . Pudi t ' coas t 4-5 miles. Positions of U.F . O•e obs erved from N i oanai Station at 8 . ~8 p . m. and 9. 15 p.m . 26/6/59 . (Sgd . ) IV1ll1nm B. Gill Stephen Gill M oi . WEATHER VARIABLE SKY - SCATTERED CLOUDS to CIEAR AT f'IRST , BECOM I NG OVERCAST A !!~ER 10 . 10 p.m. APPHOX. HEIGHT OF CLOUDS - 2 , 000 ft . N OTE . Thi s determined by relationship o f clouds tc hignest po int visible of oountnins. As U.F . O•s were often bel ow (under) clouds and tneir glow gave eft a wide h·llo of ligh't r eflected on clouds, it follows th:tt U. F. O•s de· .-ended to below 2,000 ft . The first sighti ng ov er the sea seemed not more than iOO ft . above the water a t. time s . Size of U. F.O. " A" (across) (as nppeurod) PUll RAND: sPAN at arm •s le J'l&th (8 inches) when U.P. O•s a t cl osest . ~ / '' "HJ £ cii-f~"' L' f= 0 C• l , ur . Dull yellow- perhapa pale or ange) except when ~~v ing , then very bright . When finall y moved away at gren• speed at 9 . 30 - co:our ohall8ed from thin white to dee~ red , then to blue-green . A rough sketch of U. P.O. as observed between 6 . 55 p.m . ru.d 7 . 22 p.m. by 38 witnesse s at Boianai , T. P . & N.G. , Friday Z6- t -R9 , This sketch i a u reasonable reproduction of U.F.O . whi rh waR clearly visible an~ mostly Rtationary for ~ 5 minutes . (Sgd . ) Will iam D. Gill , Priest 11 St ephen Gi ll Moi - Teacher 11 Eric I<odaware - Schoolboy .
0 0 NOTE ~ad li panels of bright "windows" on near edge. " 11 I I I \ \ £ SIZES of U. F .O' e "'('ii:SappeRred) "E" about i" a r roes lt CIJ tl It tt " B" " 1 11 " " "-" d·eep "D" " !" a l' r oss . Four of the five O. F.O's seen in the s~y at the one time between a.ta p.m. and 9.15 p.m . (asthey appeared. "B" was direfltly overhead . ) (Sgd . ) " " , Will i am B. Gill - Prio 3t Stephen Gill M oi - Teal'her Eri r K odawara - Schoolboy. BOIANAI. Saturday, 27/6/59. Large U.F .O. first signted by Annie Laurie at ~ p .m. tn apparently same position as l ast nigh t (26/ 6/ 59) only seem·~ d a little smaller, when W.B.G. saw it at 6. 02 p . m. I oal l1d Ananiaa and several others a.nQ we st ood in t he open to wat"h it. Although the sun had set it was quite light for the following 15 minutes. We wat~hed figures appear on top - !our ot them - no doubt that they are human. f easibly tbl same objsl'lt that I took to "tie the "Mother" ship last night. Two smaller U.F .O's were seen at the same time, stationary. One above the hills west another overhead , On the largE one two of the figures seemed to be doing something near the centre of the deck - were occas ionally bending over and rt1Aing their arms as though ad lusting or " setting up" som ething t :1.ot visible) , One figure seemed to be standing l ooking down at us (a group of about a dozen) . I s tre tched my arm above ~y head and waved to our sUrprise t he figure did the s ame . Ananias waved b .-th arms over his head then the t wo outsid t figures did the same. .A.nanias and self began waving our arms and all four now seemed to wave b a ~ k. Ther e seemed to be no doubt that our movem ent s were answer ed . A!l-m!qs ion boys made audible gasps (of eot her joy or eurprise pcr hap • both) ,- 10- As dark was beginning tn ~ lnse in , I sent Eric Kod wara fl'lr a tor• h and dire ~ ted a series of long dashes toward :. the U.F . O, After a minute or two ., f this , the U.F.O . appSJently acknowledged by making several wavering motions ba~k anr forth . Waving by us was repeated and this followed by nore fla f'!lee of tor~h, then the U.F.O. began slowly to beoome bigger, a~paren t ly coming in our direction . It ceaaed after perhap s half a minute and oame on no further. After a further two or three minutes the figures apparently lost interest in us for t1ey disappeared "below" de c-k . f..t 6 . ::!5 p . m. two figures re-appeared to carr~ on with whatever they were doing be:ore the interruption(?) , The blue spot light came on for 'few seconds twice in suecession . · The two other U. F .0 1 a remained stati onary and high up - higher than lat>t night (?) - smaller than last night . 6,30 p.m . I went to dinner . ? .00 p .m. No . 1 U.F.O. still present bu1;, appeared ermewhat smaller - ebservers go to ~huroh for Even~ong . 7.45 p .m. Evensong over and sky • loud eovered- visibility V. L. 10. 40 p.m . A terrific explosion just outsi de the Mi~~on House , Nothing s~en . Could have been an electrical atmospheri• explosi• n as whole sky ove r•ast . At ll . OS a few drops of rain. This may or may not have something to do with U.F.O. The explosion seemed to be just outside the wind ~w NOT ordinary thunderfllap - but a penetrating 1 earsrlittin, · 1 explosion . It woke up people on the station. SUNDAY - 28- 6-69. To sign of U.P .O. 6 p.m. 6.45 hi8h 1 only U.P.O. practically overhead - slightly north· - very , but •learly distinguishable due to hovering. . 7 . 30 p.m . Same U. F .O. -moved to southern r • stti•n but still more or lese overhead. 9 , 10 l.m. 3 U.F.0 1 a in almost straight line - all high , elcy o ear. 11 , 00 p.m. one time. no activity 8 U. F.0 1 s - . thi s the greatest number yet One f airly low, but ex. ept for occasional seen on board. · Appr ox . po&ition . COAS r X oa s c Rvc~ . /- --.......__ seen at have·, ( MT • NUANUA ) ........ ---- I \
- ll - To bed <l!ld U. r ·'·' 's still there . --------- MONDAY I 29-6...~~~- A .M . Roof examined. No a~-par~nt ~ign of rnark or der. ~ , vibi ,.h one might expect ai'ter last night's noise . --------- Dear David , A.M. Boianai . 30-6-59 . Have b~en having i'urth er experiences nightly vith U.F .O, - ~ounted 1 large and 7 small over Saturday night, l large and : small Sunday night, l large and ·~ small Monday night. Believe it or not, .'\nanias, Mlssion boys and elf exchanged hand signals (befcr._ dark S•Hurday) V1.l tn the occupants of the "mother" ship n l.ittlo:: after c.' p . m. Th re ieno doubt that she Ot' CUpl.ed by At la~st -l men . ..\ssw 1.ng that men are the same size as ;.;ver~ge of earth, I have wo1 ICed 01Jt size of the ship - Top 'tie .. k" - :::o' diameter ) the "11 1ther" Bottom "de~k" - roughly 35 • ) shir. Distan .. e of operations, theref~re , As we have sighted, have been, at highest altitude :,~00 feet ; lowe~t altitud 450 feet. That's all for now, .must nwny on patrol . Yours, Bill . P.s . No "h1lman" activity has Y<!t t-een observed on smallel U. F.O•s , whi• h seem to be c!i sks r.atho:>r than sauc-e1's. Unidenti.fie:l Fl,vinf OhN• ts. Date, t.londay 6th JuJ.y, 1959 . At shout 8.40 p . m. T notirod a white g low thr~ugh the cloud , similar to that ,.aused by the moon . Posi•ion - North West - a few degrees above ~ub~~auna Point 'the Point is about 3 miles from the College, . The flow changed to a brl.lliMt spot of white llght . It descended and moved a little to th~ South . The brillian·e faded to a glow ana then to a faint glimmer . After 5 minutes it glowed again brilliantly and moved i~ n circular motion (see sket,.h) anticlockwise . Then it move· further south ~d down until it bename obscured by the Point \
, •. I .- 1~ - of land at 9.oo p . m. 01 Through th~ binocul3rs I nvt~ced t c our and sheped like , d _ : ,: . 1 to be or~e 1 1 This wa::; observ~d by ~.~!':> . --.. ., Gill d ·-- !"l.(!"l«: , ."li!V. ~ . !liU:lJ , R v 1i an more than ten Coll~~~ m~n . ~ · · l•lovcment: Guba!'launa Point . B:ly . PAPER SIGNED BY IIIAJORIT Y: OF '.YIT~1E SSES A~ 1- 45 p .m :' 26/6/M . Signatures of WITNESSES OF U. F . O. Observed on the n!fht of 26th June 19q~ )JO!Ai\J 1. ?:.Eu,\ . William B . Gill Dulcie Fred , Guyoro Po - Tenchcr Ilma Violet Io1·cre - Teacher Er i f' Kodawara Ida Mary Giriabo - Tea ~her Love Dnisy Kol:.tt."la - MeJil' al As.:~iotant A~~ie Laurie Bo~ew~ - Medi cal A~sistnnt Mil ton Bor=ruu. l.mos Nud:1i R-u-o -:.e Ananias Rnr~~a - TcRcher Lily Davis !,:.ni•.arn Annie G-race Y:.weige Mauri • e Sangford Totinnawai Ronald W. K. Daisy Ponewew, Nurst Mary Gtmauln Jane Raratn Fr ank Gunuala Randolph Cill J<aw~ewa Nessie Moi Stephen Gill Moi - Tencher Kipling Guveropa - Tea"her M ontague T1.luwarunan1 Car son Kivaue Ce•il Tyonai \
.. 9th .:uly 1~5 !:' _ Lnst night I went cut 01 my hou.:>e betwc.:n 11.:.'10 nd midnlght and I sa•v "\ l:-ri !_'!l t "b..?::! . .rn of 1 igh t shinin,r ,,..1 f\B the sea near the shore and t' "\rnllel to the beach . The light was whi<~ ~ n , 1 it lit un YI"\Ves of the e a . I thought it wn::> cor.ung f1 1;1 a t>o"..t tutd . o I returned to the house. I h~ord no noigc . (D,·d . ) Kingsfcn-rl Dibeln , Teacher , n0~urn . It is reported thnt Richard , TeactHn· , was dazzle l by a bright white light in ni :ht of July 8th (nbout midr _ght) . No per sonal statement has b ~en ,;aken rrom him b~· .na . Richard lives on the be.:lch b0lvw Doguro. ?latc'\u . It is said that he describe s tha light as ori~inatin~ ir the direction of Guvanayba Poin~ "lnd that it lit up th~ cJast line beyond Wednu . The boat Kekaha (?) was at Wed au wharf on the e\·eni116 of July 9th . If this information interests ~·ou 1. t r mlj be worth che ,.king on the movement and a• tid. ty of th:- t boat then. Gubanauna Point i s ::.·oughly 4 miles west of We:lau wharf. ------------
5/6/Air{36A) Secretary Department of Air Administrative Buildings CANBERRA ACT SIGHTING OF UNUSUAL AERIAL OBJECT VIC Fo~varded herewith are two reports of sighting of unusual aerial objects as follows: (a) By Capt i4cDougall on 11th November 1959 at 0220 EST 2 minutes south of Rosebud enroute Melbourne-Launceston (b) By News Rooms - Radio Station 3BO Bendigo on 11th November 0945-1700 EST . Cocmand (tJ.' jDOWLIN ) Grou'p--e'aptain For Air Officer Commanding\· 1 . 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. ~~e of observer .. ~~~~~:.~~9 . ~~~~~g~ . ~ .. ......... ... . ............•. Address of Observer -~eq • • •••• • •• • •••••• • •• •• • • • • •••• • •• • • • • •• • • ••• • ••• • Occupation of Observer ••...•..•• • • . •.. •.•..••••. • . . • ••• • •••. . ••••• • .•.••••• Date and Time of Obs&rvation (Time given in 24 hour clock zonal time) :1?:~:1?:~-?~ • •• ~lt~ .:. ~?<?'? . : .. .... .. ................ .... .. ..•.......... .. ......• Per iod of Observation( s) .. ~? . :. H~? . '!" . .... ........... . . . .. .. ......... . .. . l·:anner of' Observation possible , or by known observation) . (Give details of own position by map reference if landmarks, and describe a ny eqUi,..,r.tent used in the Observed by many people in the Bendigo area. .................................. .......................................... ..................................... .. ...................................... ................................................. ........................... 7 . Where was object f irst observed, e . g . overhead, coming f rom behind a hill , over the horizon, etc . -~~ ~ -~ .~c::~ .t:~If - ~~~.$<? ~ ................ . ....... . ... . .... . . . ..... . ... . . 8 . ...'hat first attracted obscrvar's attention, e . g . light or noise • ........................... . ..................... .. .......................... 9 . Did object appear ~s a li {ht or as a definite object • ...... .. ......................... . .......................................... 1C . If there was more than ono object , how m.::my 1.1ere the N!, o.nd what was their fonnation • . ~ . C?~~t;c:t: ~ .. . ... .. ... . .. ........ . . . ... .. ... .. .. . ... . ......... . . ...... . . . .. . 11 . ~fuat was tho colour of the l ight or obj ect .~ . •• •• •• . ••.•••••• • • • ••• 12. r;lla.t was its apparent shape ..... ...... . ... . . . . . . .... . ....... . ........ . .. . .. . . .. . .. ...... . .. .......... .. ............. ........................................ 13 . ~'las any d~. tail of str•.1ctur,.., observable ...•. . . • • • .. . .•...•.•...• •. •.•. . . .. .• ....... ...... .. ...... ....... .. . ........... . .... ........ .. .. ..................... 14. Jas any nethod of propulsion obvious • ·• •••••• •• • • • • •· ··· · ·••• • ••••• •• •·••• 15 . las ther" any sound .. .. ... ................ .............................. ..... 16.++ Height, or an3l~ of L l ~ vo. t ion .~~~~ .~ .~ ~····· · •• •••• ·•• • •••••••• • • • 17 • ++ Speed, or anguln.r v ~ ocity -~~~ .~~~~ .~ .Df:l.~~ .<!'!%:¥!~~~~~ .c:F: .~~l!C:~""ft!-R<?n . 18 . State any e -pcricnce which cno.bl cs ob:.~r'l_r to ba ruasonably certain about the a nswers gi ven to 16 4nd 17 . ++ •· ·····••· ··· ····•· ••· ..... ..... ............ ....... .. .... ... .......... ..... . . Since it is norm~ly impossi blo to estimate th hvi;ht nd ·pood of ~ strango object, it will. usually bo butter to "ndc:wour to dotorminu thr 11nglo of olev&.tior. of l:.h" obj ct, tho nngl throu::h 11hich it rnov~d , .nrl tho till!o taken to do this . . ....... 2/t - 2 - ~ ~ .... )ort on Aeti. aLQQ.i§.ct OQ~o rv·e d (Cent 1 d) 19. Diroction of flight with reference to landmarks or points of the compass . . . ................................... .......... ....................... . 20 . Did the object remain on a straight pP.th, deviato or m..'Ulocuvre at all. 9~~'09~?-:ti-$l!l . !ll'Pf~: . to. -!DH-~!1 ••••••••• •• ••• •••••••••• •••• •• •••• •• •••• 21. (·las any trail of cxluust, vapour or light s een ........................ 22 . ·•'h.:lro did obje ct disappear, o . g. in mid-air, behind a hill, over tho horizon. ~P ff~~ - p:~. f199. ;. ~~P. ~:m. :4~~-p~~. ~~- J;~:. :PJt!': •.... ... •. .. .•..• . .. .. 2J. ~stcncc of any physical ~vid nco such as fragments , pbotog r~phs , or other supporting evidence • ................ ........................................................ 24. ...:ather conditions e::rooria nced '\t tbe(s) or obs ... rvati on(s) .......................... ........ ...... ................................ 25 . Location of :my air tnffic in tho vicinity a t the ti." of sighting • .................................. ...................................... 26. loc:,?.tion of ~ny meteorological st..'\tions in tho general area . ~:: . ~ !'! !"-?~~ ...... .. .......... .............. . ... ..... .... . ... .. . . . . (' be of an immense size. Size Slld colour ch,anging. • e e e e e e e e e e e e e • e e e. e e e * e • e e e e e • e e. e e e e e • • e * e • e e e' e e I e e • e • e e e e • e e e e e e • • • e •••••••••••• , •••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • ••• •• •• ••• ••• .,.$ Questions 25, 26 anr' 27 to be answer..:d by interrogator • .......................... ~ ,,. P.Jl1T ON ri.ERL.J. OBJJ:l.T OB-;1~ 1 . .. ... ~ une of observer •.. ~tAm .MG. ;Q<B.t~ ••• ••••••• • ~·A·A· •. .. . . .•. •...• . •... , •• C/- T. A.A. Essendon. 2 . Address of Observer •••••.• •• ••••••• ••••• • • •••• • • •• • • • • • • • • · • •• • •••• • •• • • • •• J . 4. 5. 6. Airline Pilot Occupation of Observer • •• .•••••••••• •.•.•••••.• . ••• • •• • • • ••. • •• • • ••••.••••• Date and Time of Observation (Time ~ive n in 24 hour clock zonal time) 11th Novomber, 1959 0220 .. .. .. ............................... .... ......................... .......... ( 4 minutes Period of Observation s) • •••••••••• • ••••• • •• • •••••••.•••••••• ••• • • , ••• • • • •• harmer of Observation : (Give details of own position by map reference if possible , or by !mown landmarks, and describe any equi'OI:lent used in the observation) • A/C was positioned 2 minutes south of Rosebud enroute Melbourne to ··············· ··················· , ......................................... , Launceston • .......................................... ........ .......................... ..................................... ........... ................ .......... .. 7. Where ~~s object first observed, e . g . overhead, comin~ f rom behind a hill, over the horizon, etc . Flash was in direction of Southern Cross constellation • .............................. ' ..... ........................................... 8 . .·1bat first attracted observer's attention, l . g . li!::ht or noise . Light • ..................... ' ................. ....... ....................... ........ 9. Did object appc·ar ns a li?,ht or as a definite object. Brilliant blue f lash • ......... ................. .... ................... ....... .... ... ............. 10 . If there was more than one object, hmo~ many wero theze, nnd what K'\S their formation • .... ............. . .. .... ........................... .......................... 11 . ~fu~t was the colour of the light or object :Blue 12 . ..llla.t was it.s appa.r~nt shape . .... . .. . .............................. . ..... . .. . ............................. ............................... ........ .. " ..... 13 Wa d·tail f t Fl~sh left blue trail to southern • s any o o s ructurc observable • •••• • • • •••••••• • •••••••••••• • • . ••••• horizon which disappeared after 4 minutes. ··· ·· · · ····· · · · r ······~ · · ····· · · ·· ··· · ··········· · · ···· · · · ··· · ········· · ···· 14. Was any method of propulsion obvious •• ~ . • • •••. .• ••••... • •.• •••• •• • ••••.••• 15. ·-las there any sound ... ;:,.,.,., .... .... , • • , . ...................... ....... .. 16. ++ Height, or ~nglc of c l ~vntion ••• ~, •••• •• •••••••• , •••• ••••••• •• • • ••• , , , ,\,,. 17 , ++ Speed, ~~ "n~•,n- v. it · ' ""• """ 1:5~· OC Y • • • •. • • • ' ~ • •. • •. • • • 111 •, • ~ ~ , • • • • •• • •• • • • . 1•' • I • • • • • 18. ++ State a~ o:~rience which enables obsorv~r to bo reasonably certain about tho answers eivon to 16 and 17 • .....................................,................ ,, ........ ·····--······· Sinco it is normally impos3iblr to o3timatc tho hbi~t 1nd soood ~f s s~r~gc object, it will usua.lly be be:tt. r to cnde:lvour to determine tno anglo of elc~-ation o~ the object, thv mgle: throus:h 1~hich 1t mov<ld, nnrl tho time taken to do this . . ....... 4.'
- 2 - ~por t on Aotial Ob!ect O Qsorvod (Cont'd) 19. Direction of flight with reference to landmark~ or points of the compass . ................................. . ............. ....... ....... ......... . 20 . Did the object r emain on a straight path, deviate or manoeuvre at all. • • • • • • • • • • • r. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 21 . Iotas any t r .:til of omaust , vapour or light seen • B.W.e. .t.r.e.U. • • •• •••••••• 22 . .vborc did object disappear, o . g. in mid-air, behind o. hill , ov r tho horizon. over southern horizon ........................................................................ 23 . ~stence of any phys ic~ ev id ~nco such as f ragments , photogr~phs , or other supporting evidence • ............. ., .... .......................... ...... ' .................... . 24. noathcr conditions cxocri onced ~ t tL10(s) or obscrvation(s) Fine nil cloud • .................................. ...................................... 25 . Location of a:ny "l.ir tr:lffic in tho vicinity at the tiu ... of sighting . Nil ................................................. ..................... .. ... ........................................................................ 26 . Locati on of any m 0toorologi c-'\J. st.'ltions in the gcncrtU. area . • • • JlL, .11 ..L!1 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .. • • • . ~ltsbt - ....... .. . ...... .. . .. ... .... .... ............. . . .... . ...... . . .. .. . ............................. .......................................... "' ..................................... .................................. .. Questi ons 25, 26 and 27 to be ~swerod by interrogator • ... -.. ... .. ..... ..... ..... . .
Enclosure 17A removed and placed on file No. 554/1/30 - 15/2/60 [signature] Victorian Flying Saucer Research Society The Rev. W. B. Gill's Reports of UFO Activity Over Boianai Anglican Mission & Vicinity, Papua - New Guinea, 1959. For Rev. Gill's Report on this file see Enclosure 19A.
CONFlWrnTIAL reuft.toNe: Penri th 2331 f:,....O f} , , ~~ I .. ,d L -- / 'ft~Tt jutlo/ 7 &..../ ... ') ,.,-r 1 ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR fORCE IN RE" EASE QUOTE No. 5/2/1 Air(60A) Secretary Department of Air Administrative Buildin, CANBERRA ACT Headquarters Home Command RAAF PENRITH l'n NS ll 2 .; SEP 1~:~9 RF~ORTS ON AERIA~ SIGHTING Attached hereto are copies of reports received from Headquarters RAAF Base Darwin and RAAF Provost Service , NSW Section, Sydnel' relating to unidentified flyinc objects. I f.~ J~~IJl~~ ( J. UOORE) W · c Commander For Air Officer Commandin, Attachs . CO~NTIAt --------~~------------~--~--
BS 5/6/Air(JlA) Headquarters Home Command RAAF f.ENRITH liV NS\V Headquarters RAAF Base DARWIN NT 2nd September, 1959 UNU§UAL AERIAL SIGHTINg 1. Forwarded herewith is a copy of a report received from Mr . McKay, concerninc an aerial object sighted on 30th August 1959. 2. This report forwarded for your consideration. Sed (B.A . PEPPER) Flying Officer for Officer Commanding
An object was first sighted at approximately 20 de~rees from the horizontal, falling earthwards at an angle of 4' degrees from south of east. DESCRIPTION Deep red centre with white flame surrounding, leevine a trail of black smoke, and at final sichting approximately five degrees from the horizontal, it glowed white and disappeared from view in a direction due east of the observers. SKY CONDITION Checked with meteorological section, gave cirrus with a visibility of 20 miles. The track cut throueh the cirrus was completely visible for ten minutes after siehting before the smoke of trail started to dissipate, and up to 30 minutes after sighting the angle of descent was clearly visible in the highest cloud layers, but the lower levels bad broken up into straight lines following the cloud pattern. ESTIMATED DISTANCE Estimated distance from the observers of the final sighting was approximately 12 to 1' miles. ESTILIATED SIZE From point of observation, the old control to"er of Darwin Airport is visible and the size of the object including the white glo" was approximately half the size of the top of the control tower, i.e . , the water reservoir. An attempt was made to get a compass reading from the Danish ship discharging at the Wharf , but this was unsuccessful. Later, a position fix was taken by map and confirmed other sighting at the time of disappearance as due east of the observers. ~OINT OF OBSFRVATION. Entrance to Stokes Hill Wharf, Darwin. C. McKAY
20/98/AIR Assistant Provost Marshal SYDNEY J ~---i/'- 1\,1 '>rlitjJo('J~ 7·~.1'- All870 Set Quinn N.W . Field Security Section RAAF Provost Service NSW Section SYDNEY 2nd September 1959 REPORT ON AERIAL OBJECT OBSERVED 1. On the 1st September, 1959 the writer in company with A25570 Warrant Officer Jameson , M.L., interviewed Mr. David Osborne Moo re and his wife at 15 Nareon& Road, North Manly, in response to a telephone call requesting that we visit ~ him in relation to the si,hting of unidentified aerial objects. ·~J Attached three (3) sighting report forms as completed by Mr • . , 1 ~ ~ and M rs. Moore. r. 'Z vl 2. Mr. Moore's interest in the sichting of unidentified aerial objects is well known, cognate reports from ~~. Moor e have been dealt with on our 20/98/AIR dated 6th M~ch and 6th February, 1959. 3. The Brookvale Control and Reportine Unit had no ~~,c~ record of any unidentified craft being picked up by their ,r equipment over the relevant periods. 4. The reports together with a sketch of the si,htin, made on the 30th August, 1959, are forwarded for information . Sgd. (NOEL V: . QUINN) Sergeant1 ' .... 2. 3 . £Ql:X Nane of REPORT 0~_! 1,L AL OJJECr O BSERV:SD David Osborne MOORE Observer • . .•... . ....... . •. . • .. • • • .. · · · • • • • • • • • • · • • • • . .•. Addr ess oi' 15 Nargong Road , North Manly Observer ........ . ........ . .... .... . . . .....•.•.•....... Occupation of Instrument Maker Obs erver .. ... •.•... . .•• ... • ... .. . .. ••••.•. • ••• ••. . 4. Date and TiDe of observation (Ti~ e give n in 24 hour clock 1550 hours 30th August , 1959 zonal tioe ) ...................................................................... Period of Twenty minutes observa tion( s) .•.•. •....•. ••. . .• . ....•.••..•.•••.•.••• 6. :.=...nncr of observc.tion : (Give de t c1ils of own position by map r ef erenc e if possibl~ , or by known l andoar ks, ~nd de scribe any equipoent used in the obse rv~tion) . Naked eye 20/50 binoculars. North Manly .l...Z. •••••••••••• •••• • • ••••••••••• • ••••••••• ••• •• • •• • •• • •••• ••••••••••••• seen in Southern sector of the sky • ........ ...... ........... ............................................. ...................................................................... 7. "lfhere it-s object first observ ed, behind ~ hill, ov ~ r the horizon, From east over sea to south • '3 . g . over h ee>.d, conin ... fror:1 etc . ........ ...... . ........... . .... .......... ..... ....... ................. 8 . l?hdt first attrc1cted observer ' s c~.tt e ntion, e . ~ . li t::ht or noise • . . . . . . . fP:'.t.t.ip,c . .................•.....• . ...................•••.••...• 9. Did obj~ct dppe~ e1S a li ght or as a definite obj ect . Object lime creen through binoculars - silver t o naked eye • ................................................. . .................... 10 . If there Hc1S nore thcl.n one obj 9ct, ho ;-1 l"'.a.ny '-Ier e therz , and uhc. t \l.:o.s their forr~ tion . One ...................................................................... 1 , • 12. Wh::o.t ·.:as Lime green to silver t he colour of the li~ht or obj ect • •••••••• ••••• •••••••• iVha t \Ic.s i ts appc1re nt Tound shape • •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• .................................... .................................. 13 . No ~as c~.ny de~il of structure observable ••••• ••••••• ••• •• ••••• •••• ....................................................................... 14. ';ld.s d.ny nothod of propulsion obvious .•• • !l. 0 •••••••• • ••••••• • •• • • • • ',7d. S No there a.ny sound • ..... .. .......................... • • • • • · · · • • • • • 1 6 H · h 50 , 000 feet a nd rising • • *X e1g t, or engle of e l evation ••••••• •. •••••••••••••••••••••.••• • • 1?.AX Spe~d, or anguLar ve locity ••.•• ~}?~ ........... ...... ....... . ... . . 18 . State any experience •thich e nablos observer t o be recLsontii.bly certc.t.in "'bout th ~ ;.,ns :~ers c iven to 16 .:>.nd 17 . Observer for 14 years Warrin~ah Sky watchers .......................................... ............................ *X Sinc e it is nornally i n.,ossible to estirld. t f' the hci eh t ..s.nd sp c.'h 1 d of .;. str-nge o"bject it •ill usu ... lly be bet t er to ondo-vour to det or iiino the ..J.nule of clQv,..tion of tlu ob j ect, the an c;l o thr ou~h '1hicb it nov -.d, .... n.d tho tic-" t...•con to do this . _ ,_
Q.QfX - 2- fuw.ort on aerial. obj e.f!..t ~ e rv~J£..o!l .tfi~ ·l 19 .~ Direction of flight •lith r ef er ence to landoa.rks or points of the coopa.ss. East to South ...................................................................... 2Q . Did the object ror.ain on a str c~. ight path, deviate or oanoeuvr e at <lll . Level flicht - returned a little - hovered then elevated A- B - to c • ..................................................................... 21 . No Was any trc..il of exhc.ust, va.pour or light s een • •••••••• ......... 22 . Vfuer e did object disapp oc~. r, e . g . in nid- a ir , behind a hill, over the horizon . Rose out of sicbt • ..................................................................... 23 . Existence of any physic ... l evidenc e such as fra gn €lnts , photo- graphs, or othor supporting evidence . No, but witnesses as below • ..................................................................... 24. Weather conditions experienced at tirH:J (s) or obs e rvc~.tion(s) ••••• Cloudless sky .................................................................. 25 . LOCal tion of any air tr .... ffic in tho Vi cinity at the tioo of • •••• sighting • ..................... ' .. ............................................ . Civil air t r affic lane • ............................... ................. .... .. .......... . 26 . Loc~tio n of any neteorologicul stations in the g cner~l c~. r e~ ••••• Brookvale ..................................................................... 27. . Attached report. Any add~tion~l infornation ••• • •••.•••••••• • • • .................. . ..................................................................... ..................................................................... ..................................................................... Qu-.stions 25 , 26 d nd 27 to be .s.nsHer ed by interrogator . Mrs. Bartlett 68 Baroona Rd., Northbrid,e. Mrs. Reddinc and Mrs . Carter~ 22 and 24 Hillside Cresced ,Nth . Manly. also family at above addresses . Family of Mr . and Mrs . Moore. Seven persons in all.
,, ..B c " c:"'_f#l>f't'J t:'~~,, ;1 Jv/,"1,- /'7,A/ /8/',$ ,//,4-,7;~ ,j ,,,. ~~~~-v- m/' R V:Wr ,;'i'p,;_,f-r- .> 3-so P'1 lh'S<:....aJ, ~/G 3t!J "1:Z;,c,_f/f'S'1 II/ j.? 1G s ..,.r j='&:;,/ibff # " =- // ~<"Nr4 /ltf,{ l5 .::. ~ If .., <;ouift<ltv S'<><"M e; ,-. .S k'y _,.1? , Y' <'} /1/r/, 'tiM ~ J Wl\1'1'11-t dl9 'f ~ k'{ c? .4 vr/1 ,...t s .. / ; c o~-~~ -> DREX INSTRUMENT WEEKLY TIME • COY. CARD CO~l~IE:\C!:>."G .................. - .••..• ·-····-· .. ············-·-········· RAT£ PER HOUR. ....••..•..•.•.... - ~(ON DAY JB NO. Ord. O"Time OT,\LS ... TUESDAY WED!ItESOAY THURSDAY f"'RIDAY Ord. O"Time Ord 1 O"Timo Ord. O"Time Ord. O"Timo IPRODt:CTI\"E. ........................................................ £ R. & ~1 ..... -······-···-··---·----·-············-- SICK. ..._... _ .... _. ___ ·--·········-···-·----- HOLIDA Y ---··-------····----···-··--- 0/f PEXALTY·-·-·-··--····-·-··-··-········-··· TOTAL SATURDAY Ord. O"Time s TOTAL RATE Ord. O"Time Ord. ... OT. Po:na>ry ~a;-.e of .i\ddrass occu~a."li uat.e "'"' 20 · ~ : ~ ... ... pcr~o .. nn• ~f:~f e~ui 0 ..... ~ .• 1 ..... ~ ... .... ... . . . .. . .. .. . ..
2 . 3. c 0 p y Nar:e of REPORT O~_A];.'!LAL 03JE~ David 0 Moore and M . E. Moore Observer ...•.....•....•.•.... . • • • .. · · · • • • • • •••....••.... Address of 15 Nar ~ong Road , North Manly Observer . ... ............... .. . . . . . . .. . ............. . Occupo. tion of Instrument Maker Observ~r ...•. . .•.... ••.••. ••.. ..•• .•• ••.•.•.••...• 4 . Date and Tine of obsorvation (Time given in 24 hour clock 20. 5.59 1830 and 1905 hours zonal time) ................... ......................... ......... ................. 5. Perio.d of observc1tion(s) • ...•••... ...... .•• ...•••• • . • • ••••.••••• 6 . I;...nner of observation: (Give detcdls of Oim position by ca.p r eference if possibl~, or by kno~n landoarks , ~nd describe any equipoent used in the observ~tion) . Object posed over Manly Hospital. Observed as redish coloured ~~ .................................................................... light also at 1905 hours 2 lights observed . 1 small white ............. .. .................... ......... ........................... light - 1 lar~e red li:ht • ..................................... ................................. 7 . "ilhere \lc.S object first observed , e . g . over hec:..d, conin£; froo behind a hill , ov~r the horizon, etc . 15 degrees above Manly District Hospital ...................................................................... B. ifua.t first attr~cted observer's a.ttention, o . 6 . li~t or noise • . . . . . . . . PP!l.s.u!l}. P?.s} ::?!1. ?!. }!-. g~ . t.s ......... ............•... • • • •. •. • • • • 9. Did obj?.ct appe~r o.s a light or as a definite object . Yes • ............................................................. .. ........ 10. If there \laS nore than ono object , ho\1 t'\c:..ny oer e thers, cind \J.I'k.. t w ... s their forr!4 tion . Two • .......... ............................................................ 11 . ·:lha. t ~;a s the co lour of the lic;h t or . Red and White . ob J ACt • ••••••••••••••••••••• 12 . i'lhat \lc..S its appa.rent Diffused and Circular shape •••••••••••••••• ••••••• •••••••••••• •• ...................................................................... 13 • i7as cny dct...il of structure observable ••••• N .o; •• • •••• , •••••• ••• • , • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • e • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 14 '•"""S -' OY "'f> .. thod of 1 i '" i No . • ~ •~ - 11. propu son oov ous .••.•• ••••••••••••••••••••••• 15 . 1 •7u.s there o.ny sound . •••.• " • . ~0. • ...................... • • • • • • • · • • • • • 6 Hoi 10 degrees above hill 1 . xx ~ ght , or ~ngle of alavation •.•.••••..••• • •••••••••.•••••••••••• 17 .ftX Speed , or angular velocity ...••••..•... • ..•. . •• •••••••••• ·· · · • · •• 18. State any exlJorienca .1hicb er..ables observ"'r to be reasonably cer~in ~bout th ~ ClOSlers civen to 16 a.nd 17 • ................................................... ' ................. . ** Sinc e it is nornally in.'ossible to es tinCl ta the height .. ,nd sp<h'd of c. str ... nge objcc t it \:ill usuully be bl'!tt()r to anda.vour to dcternino the d.Ot.lr• of alov .... tion of tlD object , the anGlo throu6h 11hich it nov 'd , ... nd the tina t-'con to do this . - 1-
COP .Y - 2- ~~~~ ·_s~~~~~~g~ eryy£ (con~~~l with rereronce to l~ndm~rks or points of the COtlf'ciSS . N/A ...................................................................... 20 . Did the object rer.ciin on a straight path , deviate or nanoauvre at o.ll . As above • ......................... ............................................ 21 . Was any trail of exhaust, vapour or No . light s een . . ...••...•••..... 22 . Vfuere did object disappear, e . g . in oid-air , behind a hill , over the horizon . Ceased to be • ..................................................................... 23 . Existence of any physicc:..l evidencE such as fre~. gnen ts, photo- gr aphs, or other supporting evidence . No • ..................................................................... 24. Weather conditions experienced at tirH3(s) or observc1tion(s) ••••• Heavy overcast 10/10 Cloud ..................... .... .... ........................................ 25 . Locc. tion of a.ny air trJfic in the vicinity at the tiuo of Civil air lane. sighting • .................................... ................................. .............. . ......................... .. . . .. . . .. .. . . ........... 26 . Loc~tion of any net~orolo6iCul s~tions in the ~enerQl c1re~ ••••• ..................................................................... 27 . Any additio~l infor~tion •••••••.••••••••••• .................. . .............................. ....................................... ............ ......................................................... ..................................................................... Qu ·,stions 25, 26 and 27 to be ansm~ r ed by i nterrogator . M.E. Moore D.O. Moore witnesses.
c 0 p y REPORT 0~~11 ;ti. 02.:LZC r OBS3RV:::D Nar.e of Observer • • ¥t9 , . ¥~tt~ . ¥qq\~ ... .. •. ..... .......... ........ 2 . Address of Observer .~ ? . ~~reone Road , North Manly ..... . . .. ... . ... .. 0 • • • •••••••••• •• • •• •• 3. Occupation of Observer Domestic duties .. ..... .................... ............... 4 . Date and Tioe of observ~tion (Ti~e given in 24 hour clock 1140 hours 19.1.59 zonal time) .................................. .................... ................ 5. Period of observation(s) • •• • • • ?~~ - ~:~~~~ ................... .... . 6 . t:C...nncr of observation: (Give dekils of Qi·m position by tlap r eference if possibl~, or by known landoarks , ~nd describe any equipnent used in the observQtion) • ./._~ .. ..................... .................. ................. .. ........ ............. .. ........................................................ ............................... ....................................... 7 . 7lhere 1'/ .... s object first observed , 0 . g . overhe.,.d, conin;:; froc behind a hill, over the horizon, etc , 20 degrees above horizon • ........ ..... . ................. .. . . . .... ..... . . . ...................... 8 . .lhc1t first attrc1.cted observer ' s c1ttr.ontion , e • .; . lioht or noise . Light - brilliant • ...................................................................... 9. Did obj ect c1ppe~r as a lilh t or as a definite object , Definite object • ...................................................................... 10. If there \leiS nore tbcin on'-"l obj~ct, ho·."l nc..ny 'dero there, dOd 11hc.o. t ,.,. .... s the ir fornc:~. tion . One • ..... .................... ............................................. 11 • . lha.t ::a. s the colour of the lic;ht or . Chromium Plate obJ~ct • •• •• •••• ••• •• • •••• •.• 12 • 1'/ha t va.s its appd.rent Clear Shape sha.pe •• ••••••• • • •• •• •••• • •••••• •• • •• ••• •• • ...................................................................... 13 . No. 7/as .. ny d'!t....il of structure o!>servable • ••••••• • •• • ••••••• • •••• • • ........ ... ...................... .. ........................ ............ 14. Wa.s No . any ne thod of propulsion obvious •• • • • ••• ••• • •••••• • •• •• • • • • • • 15 . No . there c.ny sound . . .•.• • • • •...•••.•. • .•. . • • ••.•. ..•. • . • · · · · • • • • 16 . ~x Height, or ~ngle of el evation • .•• • • • ••••••••• • ..••••••••••••••••• 17 . K*: Speed , or angu l a :r velocity ... . ••. .. ... . •. . • . . .• ..• . . .. •••.. ··· • • • 18. State aoy exoerience 'lhich enables observer to be rea.so~bly certain ,.bout th'! ... ns·;ers ~iven to 16 d.nd 17 • ...................................................................... Sincfl it is nornally ir"ossible' to estirld.tf! the hoight u.nd speed of a str ... nee object it : •ill usu ... lly be better to onde .... vour to doter nino the ..~.n..,la of olov~tion of th:J object, the anGlo throu~h -.1hich it novod , ... nd tho tine L!t~n to do this • _,_
- 2- ~aport on a.eri~l ob J ec~.~pJLe~g rcontd .l .., ~---- 19 . Directton of f light •li th refer enc e to lando .. rks or points of t he conpa.ss . East to W est ......................................................... ........... .. 20 . Did the object r ec~in on a. strQi gh t p~th , devia t e or nanoeuvre at all . Straight path and appeared to return on same course • ..................................................................... 21 . \'las any trail of exh~u st, v~p our or light s een • •• J\o ••••••••• ••• •• 22 . Vfuere did ob j ect di sappodX , e . g . i n o i d- a.ir, behind a hill, over the horizon . Faded • ..................................................................... 23 . Existence of any physic.:..l evidenc e such d.S fragn!:!nts , photo- gr aphs, or other supp ortin ~ evidence . No • ..................................................................... 24 . Weather conditions ex perienced a t tir\e (s) or ob s erva tion(s) ••••• Cl ear • ....................................................... . .... 25 . Locution of uny air tr~ffic in th~ vicini ty at t he tioe of sighting • ..................... . ............... . ...' ..... ..................... . .................. .. ...... . ....... ..... . ..... ...... ...... .. ...... .... . 26 . Locution of ~ny nct eorolo g ic~l s~t ions in the gc n er~l dre~ ••••• ......................................... . ........................... 27 . Any addi tionul inforn~tion ••••••• • •••••••••. • •••• • •••••••••••••• ..................................................................... ..................................................................... ..................................................................... Q u ' Sti ens 25 , 26 and 27 to be ans v:ered by int e rro~a tor .
TelEPHONE: .ray 550 ,t) PLEASE QUOT£ ,No _ _____ 5/6/Air( 32A) ,/ Secretary Department of Air Administrative Buildings CAN13ERRA ACT Headquarters Support Command R.A.AF Victoria Barracks St Kilda Road ,.. ' MELRHlRNE SC1 VIC :,... 14 SEP 1959 SIGHTING OF AN UNUSUAL AERIAL PHEN()}JENA 1. Forwarded herewith is a report of a aightill8 of an aerial object at Mildura on 30th August, 1959. 2. The Report was received under cover of a letter from Department of Civil Aviation, La Trobe Street Melbourne, dated 10th September 1959. Encl
L ~:.. er ...... ......................... .. ... ...... ......... .......... 2. Address of Obse~or .• ;:?-~: . ?~ :-.. ~-i~: !! . •• • •• ••.. ••• • . • .• . .• . . •••.•.•••.• •• J. Occllpation of O'!>server •• : . :'1: ~.'7 . . ~·. ~: .. . . .. .... .. . . . . .. ..... .... . ........ . 4 . Date and Time ot Observation (Time given in 24 hcu.r clock zonnl time) • . ?. ~ .' . . ... . • 9. ; . . f:; : . : • • ••••..... •.•... . .• . . . .....•... . .. .. . .. . .• .. •...•• 5. p, ... io.1 ot Obset"l'a";ion(:;) . .. . ::';':-: ~: . ~; . ~ •• .;-!. ~~., ......... .... .. . .... ... . . . 6. lhn~e~ of Obse~..a~ion oossi't:' , o.· by l.LO"' l 0: ""crva"'io.:l). (Gi•e details of own p-sition by map referen~3 if landmarks, and describe a~y equiornent used in the 1 eo .e~ c·1:: •• len binocular from re •• o' Louse • •••• "'~\ ~·~C.C• , •• ,.,, , ,. ,..,,.. • ••••• • • • , , . , •• , ., •• f'I'O • "f'' t t t •"'>"'f'II ' ''' ' ' "' O~ ttt tt tt t ....... .. ~ .. .... .............. .... ~ .... .. ... .... , ...... .......... ., . ., .......... .. . -·!'" · ~·,.·· · ·· ·· .. ········,····· ··· · teo-••• • · .. .. .. . ......... ... . . .. . ... .. . 7 . ':!ere was object. firs· -~ s.:.ved; e .g. cverheai. o· ing fr.:>:l behind a hill, cr.e::- the ·,~1.'iz-:'l ~tc. 80° to -~t Ol~ house movinE •• .c. . clirection • ... . . .. . , ....... . ..... . .. . ~·· · ••• ~'" · •• · · ··· · · · · · · ·····.,··· ·· "' ·· 1···· · "'·· ······· · · 8. l'!'.at !'irst a"ttractcd obs ·rver ' s attention, e . ~. l'.s!it or noise • . ~~~. ~ ~· ~ . ~: . ~*~;!1. !l?:>. ~~~:' ~ ~~~~f~: ... , . . . . - .... .. . .. ...... . .. .. .. .. . . 9 . Did obj ec ~ a!"pc:c ns a liYI t or as a definit~ cbjec ~ • .. ~:?4-~ . '?~-;':~~ - - . ...... .... . ...... . ..... , " .. .. ' 1::. If t1e:.·e ,;-:ts mor~ than one object, ho~r man;' w..:::-c t~lell":un·l t-rl,at was thoir :or"'~t;o:>'1. One ,,..,,,.,.,.,.,,,r,fl. e #IO • •• • • • •• • ••••• • , ,.., ..,, , ,, ,., ,. ,.,. ,.,. , ,. ,.. ••• •• •• •••• • • r •• •• •• ••• ••• 11 . \;x;.+ 1~s tho colo'U' of the light o~ objcc-'; .Ll •,-er ....i~ vi c~ C<.. es .. .. .. .. ..... , ....................... . 12. {,f...i·:t ~ t....''"' s i :.s appa.r nt s: ... ~f'C • --: . ,~~... • • • .. • .. .. .. .. • .. .. • .. .. • • • .. • • . ... ... . .. ....... . .. . .. ....... ..... .. . ............ .. .,."\' .............. .... .. .. .,.~ ..... ...... .......... , ...... ....... . 13 . !\as l'' ·r d -t:t'2. of str~cturc obscn·ablc , .~ .... . ,,, . . ... . . ....... . ... . .. . . .. . ••• • • ••• •• • •• • ••r••• • • • •·· ~ • ••• •• •• • • • ,. •• ..,•• ~ • • • ••• •• • •'" • •r, • •• •"' •••r•• •• 14. Wa:;: c.Il" rcthoo or propulsion obvious •• ·. : • •• ,. . . • ••• · .•••• • • • • • • • • • • • • · • • • I v · ~ .... . .. ~ - · ~ ···· .. -- .... ....... .... . 15. las thn-, · t.n'T scun 1 . . ...................... .... . nr ~n~lc of c lev'1tion 0°/90° heir; t UT" .. _ 077r ...... , .. .......... ,. .... ., ................ .. .... .. .. ~ .. .. . . 17 . ++ ~:v,::cci, ,~. ~r .. ? .. . .... <I • • •• ,. • • • • • .. • .... ~ ... . ....... . ... . .... . .. . 18. St::..o -.ny o.::pcricnoe which e:•lllblcs obsct"l· ... r to br :cnsor.~':l1v =~rt."..i."l nbout tho r>ns<~ ~r;: g:,-. 1 'o 16 'U\fl ·,7 . ++ . ... ~ . .. .. ..... ~ ............ . S!r.c~ ~t is :10:. :'1lly impossible to cotimn~o the 'eight :mel sp<"od of a strange c~ject, i~ will usuaJly be better ~o ~nl~avollr vO uoto~ino the anglo of oloYaticn o:' .. n ohj oc•, tho :mglo through 11hic, it 11ovcd, 3.rti tho tiluo t::-.l~n to de thi. . ····· · ·· 2/ ·~ ~ >:.":'r . -. .. . '•#• ·~. - :; i ..- 2 - on Actia.l Ob j!'ct Ql)servcd (Cont 1 d ) Direction of flight with rofercnco to landmarks or points of the compass • . ~ .,..,. ... . ........... . ... ............................ ..... .................. . 20. Did t he object romain on a straight ~th , devi ate or manoeuvre at all, ~ • .ih -t •• ........... , .... ......... ................................. ............ . 21. Wils any tnil of exhaust , vapour or light seen 0 ............... ......... 22 . ·•horu did object di sappear, e . g . in mid-air, behind n hill , over the horizon. e .. e L ~1ei "' " .. ... .,.. ... ... . it .. ... . ..... .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. . ........ ..... .. .. .. .. .. .... . . 23. ~xist c ncc of any physical ~vid ~n ce such as fragm~nts , pbotog~phs , or other supporting evidence . 0 ........................................................................ 21.. w cath ... r conditions eXPCrionced :J.t tit;o (s) or obs<Jrvation(s) .... 1 ~e.s ... ............ ...................... ...................................... 25 . Locati~n of :l.DY :J.ir tnffic in the. vicinity at tho til·~ of sighting • • ::...1 ...... ..... , ............................................ ................. ............. . .. ................... . ............................. .. .. .. ..... 26. Location of :J.Dy met eorological s~~tion s i n tho general ar ea . liiJ 'l..::'~ ... ................................................................... ..... 2? . Any adO.itional in£-onr.:ltion • :u!' • • ·~ . r. . . ~. v. ~~ . ~. :~ .-.t ••• e • • ~ •. ~ •. s.e ••. ; . e .~.- •.•• • ¥ ... ~ .s li... ~ si • o~e. .... sc --" sur. clirn;~Y o . i "· • • • • • • • • • • " • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • r • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ...' ........ .. ..... ...................................................... Questi ons 25, 26 an~ 27 to be answer~d by intvrrogator • ............... .......... i 1. l·.( c incideo rtith flicht of: t . bnllocr r' is ~o=sitle e::::: 1 .r.-'tior •• ~·e
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA DEPARTMEN T O F CIVIL AVIATION t..t•pli~ : Jt:W1:: 68 0101 POSTAl. ADDIIE$$ T•l~ Addr.M '" " AVIAT. IIIUUAKJ:" The Secretary , -- ... Department of Air , ~ ~13"arracks , ~ BOX Ko I, PO &Rt&IAIIt: AtltPOBT K t 2 REPORTED SIGHTING OF ASTROUOMICAL PHENOME:NA . The attached correspondence reporting the sighting of astronomical phenomena in North Queensland has been received from our Officer- in- Charge , Normanton, and Hrs . E .A. \•/as sell of Silver Plains Station, via Coen, and is forwarded for your information. ~ r).AJdf. (L . B. :./ILLIS) For Regional Director.
The }.fanager , Civil Aviation Department, CAI. JS . Dear Sir, Silver Plains Station, Via COEN . July21st , 1959. You may be interested to know that a very bright object , greenish in colour , flew across the sky in a westerly direction past our homestead , just after dusk on !!ednesday evening July 8th. It was so bright it lit up the ground and appeared to be q u1 te lot.1 . It even ca lsed the dog to bark madly . ~Y son David , saw the object also . south of the homestead at the time . He was 1~ miles Yours faithfully , (Sgd . ) Mrs . E .A . Hassell.
.- S .A.T. '"' . TO~SVILLE . Subiect COMHONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Department of Civil Aviation , Government Aerodrome , llORl-'ANTON . 29/7/59 . Unidentified Flying Objects : Normanton . The Communications Supervisor , Townsville has requested that I endeavour to make some enquiries reference reports of lights ("Flying Saucers") allegedly sighted in the Nor manton Area . Please find attached an account which I have had prepared for and signed by one , Mr . A. Charles who is the Marine Pilot stationed at Karumba . Also attached are the names of some persons who were in the vicinity and compared notes with Mr . Charles at the time of sighting and who if contacted should provide reliable corroboration of' the facts set out by Hr. Charles . \vhile the exact addresses of these persons are not known it should not prove difficult to trace them and solicit a statement should it prove necessary or desirable . The only other report that has come to my notice was one from my Senior Groundsman who in company with his daughter , reported seeing , just after dark on or about July 5th, a round multi coloured light moving in a rortl 'South directio•l at considerable height to the East of Normanton Aerodrome, and in the motion appeared to be in a horizontal plane and the object was visible for ~0/60 seconds and then disappeared , Signed (S .A. Aldred) Officer- in- Charge . THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR BRISBANE . Forwarded as requested . (Sgd . ) G. Do~gl~s S . A . LC. 3/8/1959.S .A . T . C., TO\VllSVIL:.E . COloiMOHWEALTH OF .AUSTRALIA Department of Civil Aviation, Government Aerodrome, NORMANTON . 29/7/59 · Unidentified Flying Ob:lects : NORHANTON . The facts listed hereunder with regard to my sighting of an unidentified flying object have been supplied by me at the request of the Normanton Representative of D. C.A. and are listed under separate headings for ease of description and assimilation . TI~E OF SIGHTING : 6 .40 P.M. 8/7/59 . PLACE OF SIGHTING : On the Norman River , approximately 5 miles west of \-!ills Cr eek . (See Military Hap No . 1411 Burketown 4 Mile Series . ) DESCRIPTION OF OBJECTS : Luminescent object s i milar in shape to a wind sock , esti mated 25 to 30 feet in length . Considering the direction of travel , the smaller end of the object was foremost and was glowing a very dark bluish colour which appeared to gradually merge through reddish and orange shades to a pale , almost faint whitish colour at the rear end , giving something of an impression of an oxy torch, with the light being less intense away from the source . HEIGHT : Estimated to be approximately 2000 feet to 3000 feet . FLIGHT C~~ACTERISTICS : From my vantage point the object appeared to the Northeast , travelling in level flight in a direction from Southeast into Northwes~ There was no suggestion of engine noises , and if any sound was emitted by the object it was not audible . The object gave an impression of extremely high speed and was visible for an estimated 30 to 50 seconds from the time of sighting until it was no longer visible. WITNESSES : The follO\dng persons were in the vicinity at the time , si ghted the object and compared notes with me . I am not sure of the correct addresses , but , because of their prominent positions they should be easily traced if corroboration is sought . Mr . J . HORN ••. A Director of General Motors , Melbourne , Victoria . Mr . \~ . Green •• General Manager of Eagers , Brisbane , Q. Dr . Athol QUAIL (Spelling may not be correct). Specialist , Brisbane , Q . Dr. Harsh RENOU •• Melbourne , Victoria. From a report from a llr . R. PAVLOSKI , residing at Karumba, it is concluded that the objects line of flight lay between our position and his place at :-:arumba. Signed A.C. Charles (Original signed by Hr. Charles) . (Sgd.) S.A. Aldred Officer-in-Chars~.
~EPHONE : I.IXY 130 ;- IN t. f PLEASE QUOTE No,_____ _ 5/6/Air(30A) Tiepartment Of Air .:.di .. inistrative Offices CJJ\.ai::.u..=tA ACT Headquarters Trainine Command RAAF Albert Park Barracks ;IELBOURHE SC3 VIC = 7 AliS i953 SIGH'!'lNG OF UNIDENTIFIED AE.-d.AL 0 :IJ:ECTS Forwarded are seven reports received from the Department of Civil Aviation {Victoria-Tasmania Region), La Trobe Street welbourne. concerning sighting of unusual aerial phenomena in the t.rrLDURA , !.i.EltBEIIf and ROBINV ALE districts at night between 17th and 20th July, 1959 . Encl '~ \d~f. J I /f.f;>'1 ~.~~ 1" 7 .:i. TALBERG) ~ling Commander Far Air Officer Commanding . [~ TCDd,>tlT ON AERL ,J. OBJECT OB:;JlR_'@ •r • E. • EN D. ... CO':'l' Nac!e of observer ...•. •.•. ••••.•.•••••• • • • •• • •• •• .•• • • •••• • • .•••••. • • , • , •• , • •• • :So.x 3?1 P.o. .ilillr:i Vic . 2 . ..... dd.i:"3SS or Observer ...... " .• . .. .. ..••.. • ..• .. •...................... ~ •••••• J . 4. 5. '.eweoro .. o :J,c.U observer ~- - I of ~ .,, Occupation of Observer ••••••••• ••• • • ••• •••• • ••••••• • • • •.••• • . •••• • • •• •• , , • , · e"'e<>rolo.;ic:.l Jffice ,.e,-oo. e • D , • 1 c. Date and ':'i!:lc of Observation (Ti.me given in 24 hour clock zonal time) 20 '7 5q 2235' t.~e -~rrox . plus or -anus~~ n•te •••••••••• • •••••••••• f • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ~ • ••••• • P9riod of Obscr•lation(s) 2235K Por sever~l sec. ~ ..... ................ .. ............................. . 6 . 1-''ln"le- <' • ..>se-vatic-.n (Gi'l•e details of own position by m:r.p reference 1f possib~~. or by known landmarks, and describe any equinment used in the observ'lt · o."l) . Ob;:rect~ si • ted frvm .J.n open -osition adjacent to ll t .nd lie., bu liinb • • ••~,.•~·· • ·•• • .. ... ... .. .. . oe •••~ .... ...... , . , ••••• • • •••••• ••••• ,. ••••• • •• ••• • • •••• Aerodror e l:ILDORA VIC • ....... .. , .. ......... ,., ....... ,. .. ., .......... . ·········· ··························· . .. ... ... . .. . ,. .~ ···· ··· · .t; ····· · ······••&••· ·· ·· ~ · · ·· ····· · ·····~,,.,,.t,~ ·· · · 7. Where was object first observed, e .g , overhead , cominz f rom behind a hill , over tho horizon, etc . Objects ca~e nto view from beuind trees as I f3ced the ~ direction ' ' ''" " ' , ,, .... .. .. ........ .... .......... , ............... ........ .............. . 8 . ,fuat fi r st attracted obse rver's attention, e . g. light or noise , Line of turae br:~t .igh•s tr~velling ~t hiJJ s eed ............ ,. . .... ... ....' ... ................................. ., ....... . 9. Jid object app~a~ as a li5ht or as a definite object. apx;eared aa three distinct li&:-i:s, ye'low to oran,·e exhaust f;,,. a, .:1ve ill' )ressian ill. .. or, th.rae · jBi · nircra.rt: · · · .. " .. · · .. · · · · · .. ~ · · · · · · ·,,, · · · · · · · · · · ...... .... ...... . If there was more than one object, hov many were there, 3nd what 1.ns their fOT tio.,, Three oDjects, fir~t a~ aared ir lie , one be.lnd the other, se~•r~tei br two de ~ee in.erval~ . Durinz latter 45 de~ees o~ ~r~, tue o J~ to a~~eared • '" • '' • ~ • • • • • • • • • • ' ~ • • '? • • l:' • t~Y, I I ' H.'' t • • ' l' • ' '· ~ '•" 1' • ..t. l• • '" '' ll.' 1.• a" · • to be 1n a sta ereCl forma·non , Wl.T;Jl r;oe .ra1 1n 0 ooJea• cu-~ng.Jl., <:.. a•..t e al:..(!Iltly. 11. 12. ~ll..1t ~ '.S tho cJlo..ll' of' the light o,. obj eat •N'H·."1 :•."'. h r: ~t . ;!'1'/'' \ (. f! -' /~1;:'; •• Wlnt was its e.~:-ar•nt shapo ... r~~ . ~~ .. ;~ .. ! . ~~ . ~~::;'P •• ?:~: . :?;· , ; . ·~ . :~;: : .. ---<:::::'::> ~ - ~ "''" "f tt • t • l • · • ... .. ,. ... .. ~ ... , •• ,."'."'·"• *••· •t•• ,. , • • • • • • ~ ••••••• , ..... , •••••••• ,. 13 . W~~ ""lY doUt:Ll of structure obsnrvable , , ., ,, • • r~ 1 , ,, •• ,.,,,.,,.,, •• • •••• • •• • •• •• , • • • J . ,. , •• , .. , .. . .. . ... . ..... ,. .. . .... ,_. •• ••••• • ••• ••• • •• 17.•' S~c d. or ~n: 18. ++ St .t.o ""lv o :po::>-iC'n~"o which ~P~l s .. bs,Jrver +;o be r<.asonab1y certain about t. t"l:;:· ".: g~.•·o·1 to 16 o.nd '7· E::.eve1• e!U'a sei"";CA with Buren of 'eteo:rolo~ d1t1e aasoc'i"LtP.:l. with obaerv1ng bi~u alti".-~.ie _ o ns by P.tl 1:1 "' - e and.r'ldll'· bo.th. dur~ng, nimt <ll\Q. daY. • • .BaNe. PDBBrllaoi. ,tM ~h.e~~ ~. t~tJ. i. "~ . ~..! _ t).Zlo~ ~ S .ni;mets,,~.;-oal!"e '.Uill'lClEi~_, .x:<!PK:et nose cone·· _ _.'tTh ..,, au. ,__Vlt!d or .. lrct-~.t ~ 1c "'" ~~ l'loxn'\lJ.y l.!llpos51bJ.c to csti.mtlte tne hoi~ t an spood of .. strange o.JJr\...: ... t •.'i.D. usua''y bn bettor to endo::wour to d;;,;;cmin ~~ho n.r:glo of o~.ovction 'l4 t.hc ohj"!C't, thJ mg).e throu~h which it movvd, 1nrl tho timo t-.J~ ...... ' c. thi . I h,ve always ridiculed previously reportei str~no~ o JfC~ , aa here ahould be 8 logical explanation for euoh phenomena· the objects wb'icl I ~ ted were neither in • h ·• t .n.Acb 'he obje.:t known space vehicle cateeory , or meteorite ols~d· as t e ~r~~r•••• ·•r • • ~ travelled ~a not fa~t enough , 1nd yet travelled at a spetd ~ 4n excess o1 ern jet cir•nft. . tu
19. 20. 21 . 22 . 23 . - 2 - on Aqial Ob ject Observed (Cont'd) Dir~ction of flight with roforanco to landmark- or points of tb~ c oopass . 0\..JeOt<> trr..,.,l:ed in an ~rc approx 250 degre s to ~··o ie Te .. o ~ 1ne t rcr.. Ws .. t;(). sn:. ¥1:Ul>~ . . ~~ ~. ).PP~P 7.. 99. dJ!iu~rSl• "'· s>l>JP.r-. RJ JP. J).fl~. e..d for :: r t 4'1 e 'a'ees then a eareq to for:~~ a st~ trere Ol'llb t.on, tt. le ~er .u_low- ir :;~o .. ihod ahead , second obJect ollO'Iflnc. slibll Y h1. ·her . -~rd. o Ject u Di<i t:ne object rccain on a straight ~-th, aeviaw or manoouvrv at all. "ouorlng • ~P.J~?. t;>. :~; • • -!l!'l!i. ,ip., !':F!'i~: .. P!".t!'. !!;r. ';'_Of:. ~! . ~~:'?!- . '!If. · . .. ~;; ·f ..... ~~~§a~ al ti- ob ect p e~red to aver pr1or to a1sap e~~nce . llas any t r ;1il of exhaust, vapour or light seen ••• • •• ~~ . ''! , 13 , t , ,t,r, Ff- • ••• , .:t~o r._ did object disappear, e . g . in mid-air, behind n hill , ove r tho horizon. nbj ects d> 3 ~o gared towaris horizon, final si~htin~ obscured b Airline • • • y , ' • ' • ' • .....-. • 'P .... ' ' • '. ' • ' ••••••• ••• T8~' n ' o. ' l ' 'b\lilding·.' . '' . ' • · ' ' ' · · · · · · · t.xistoncc of tmy physical evidanco s uch as f r agments , photogr l:'.phs , or other s upport ing evi denco . Nil ............ ................... " ........................... ............. l4. Weathe r condit ions exPerienced at tit~ ( s) or observation (s ) •• '1'J.rll3 • .C.l.o .tJ.d)..e.s.s •• V J..s • .3$) • • trt;..l.e.s •• •••• • ••••• • •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 25 . Location of ;10y nir tr;1ffic in the vicinity at the ti,. .. of siGht ing • ........................................................................ ........................................................................ 26. Loc.:.tion of ~ mctoorologi c.li stations in the g .. mc r .u a r ea • ............................ ..................................... ....... 27 . ·"iff1' addi t ion3.l infol"JD.:ltion •.•••••••••••••••••••••••..•....•••.••••••••• ........................................................................ ........................................................................ .... . ................................................................... Que stions 25, 26 and 27 to be answ er ed by interrogator. In l!ne ahead f¢rmation for first 45 degrees of arc. then ---<::::::) stage.ered fo~~t1on during latter b lf of aro . 'lfitb biBher an.re:lr object aprearing to waver and c~~~ altitude radioly. ... rr ' , ..,. ~.A
1: • t&rtc of observer J . l'es~;er ...... ............. ...... ..... ................... ....... ........ Government lir ort · ~ildur 2, Ac1dr>3SS of Obsc::ver • • •.••••••.•••••••••••• • •••• • .•• • , •• • ••••.••••••• ••••••• ~e .eoro4ogical Observer Obsen,er . ..... . ... . ........................ . .. . ... .. . . ...... ... . 3 . Occ~.tpation of 4 . Date a nd Time of Observation (T~e ~ivan in 24 ho~r clock zonal time) Aporox 2230 E .... . ... . . . .... . f" .. . .. . . . . . ..... ...... .. .. .. . . . . ....... . ...... . . . ......... . ....... . . 5. P~=iod Ol Obse vation(s) 45 sec • • ....... ... . ....... 'r . " .. .... . .. ..... . . . . .. . . .... .. .... . . 6. !hn.;er or C'!:!se::va:~ion (G:•:ve det.ail::r of o-.m p~sition by map reference ii' f.=ssib: .~, or b~' kl::)•JD landJ'larks, and describe e.-..y equi"'!lent used in the o::~erJat.ior..) . Object a" e':l.red from be.rind screen at Drive-in ttle-tre ••• "' • ••" ""'er••• •' ""'• • «>•• >~ •• ••••• .,• •• • ••• "'••• • • • •• • • • "'*'"'"'•~· · · ~ •••• ~> •• ••••• • •• • •• • ••••• •••• •• ••••• • • •• • • • • r •• •• • •••• • ••• • • •• ••••• ••••• •• • •'•~"~ • ••""•••• • • '" ..... ......................... .. ...... ...... ... ................. ................... 7. lf--:~.:-.:l .. '<'-3 objcv~ flrwt :;;.s ... ..-cd: e . g. overhead. '"'l' ir. ~ fr.:>:>l behind a hill, over tne c .... ~iz '"~ l'!!tc .. ... .. . .... .. . . . .. ~ ................. .... ,. ..... .. .... .. . .. .. ..... . .. ..... ... ... .......... . S . ,ru..:tt firsv attr"\ctod obscrvcr 1 s attention, o , g. liz.lt. or noise , -ie;...ts ••••••••• • ••• ., ..... . ll ............ ... ..... , ... .... .. .. .... ,., .. ..... . .... . . . .. . . .... . . . . . 9. ~i1 otjrc~ ep~~ n- a li?ht or as a defJ~t~ cbjec• li 6 l.ts - J.bout 3" in diamet e r (in persoective) .. ~ ..... . .. .. , ...... - ...... .. ...... · ·-~ .......... .... ..... .... ... ......... ._ .. . iv. If ~1ere 1::ls mo- ... th1n on-3 ob,iect, hoH m::m;.r werv t.ht?:Y ;and what was their for ti'):t. Five object.> in "V" form tion ,.-radually cb.. mging to " line-:lhead " and disappearing · ' ·one oy ·one: ~ · · · · · · · · · · · · · ... · · · · ... .. · · · · · · · · · · · · ... · · · · ,. · .. · · · · · · · · .. · .. · ... · · · · · · · 11. Glowing oran a-red ... ,. .............. .... .. ....... ... ..~t 1 "'-S the c.>lour oi' tha J.ight or object. 12 '1- ~ . +- • nil • l'~~ tns ~ ... s a~ar ~ tl~ anr''O::! . ...... ... ..... " ..... . ,. ... , • •• • ,. .. ..... . .... 4 ... .. .... .. ,.. ••• ... ............. . ~-~ - · ... . · · - ·~ · -· · ·· ·· · · · · · -·· · · ·· .......... ............ . ~ ....... .... ... . . 13. ·r s [',...~1' e .... t,._'1.:._:. o"' struct~re obsor-"lblo ~·-~ ~~ - ~ · ~· ·c·~· · ·· · - ......... ... . ... . . .. ·· · ···· ··-·· ··-- ·~ ... .... .. .. ......... .. ...... ... .... -" .. ., .... " ~.-~ ..... ('., ..... .. ....... .. . 14. W~~ 1n~ r.cthcd o~ p•~pulsion obvicos ap~rent jet like flaMe extend .., to ooe~ ... ._ ... , .. ........... ... ........ ......... ... .. 15. no ~~as thcr~ any ro1md • ·•• r ......... ... a .. •• • ••• •••••• •• ... ,.,. ..... .. ,. •• "7. •+ Sneed, O"' ~"'g y obJect~ ·~ eared in ~ ~ ·ect~or s~ ~~ observer and di~~~;;~;~d ·i~-~ ·m; ·ci;;;~ti~~ ~ ·.t;; ·i :.;~~. ·;~·;;·sky. 18. S';3.':.e :ll"Y experience tho ans·.:-rs g::.vo:1 to which .::~abl<'s obscr- ... r ~ b~ =~'l~cnn'b1 • : J. tab acout; 16 and :.7 ++ .. . .... . ... . ... . .... " . ................ ., •••• (' .. ... .. . .... ... . ........... 1'0 . .. . Sine i~ is ~or~illy impossible to ootima.o tho ~aight and spcod of a strange ohjoct, .i. .. w.:Jl •tsU'l.'.ly b' bett()r to endc .vour t;o dotormino th;:l nr.glo ot olc,·ati.on or t hi" ob> ct, ;,r- nnslc tl.rough ••hich it. -oved, nnd the tirno ... nltcn t.o do thiJ . . . .. .... 2/- 2 - '"9.~oort on Acti.al Obiect O?~orvcd (Cont'd) 19. Direction of flight with reference to landmarkc or points of the compass . Tr- ck oarr :.el .-.1 t.J. UJ/'Y trg,clr · ······ ... ~ ... ··•••····•·•·•····•··•·· ··•·••· ... ·••···· ···· ········••··• 20. Did the object rocain on a straight :oath, deviate or manoeuvre at all • 21. 22 . . . • . . . . . . . . . • . • . • . i:ir· .. i~ t . '~~*'t-:4 • • . •..•. •• • • •• • •• ... .••••.•..••• •• •• .••• • ~<hs any tr.:~il of exhaust, vapour or . ihor ... did object disappoar, o . g . in tt.~.i-air licht~ ~ e~rei to 01 light soen • t . , ... , , .......... ~ · ~1~~ mid-air, behind a n!ll , ovor tho horizon • .. ........ ..... " ................. ................................... ... . 23. ~stcnce of any physic.~ cvid~ nce such as fragments, photo~.pbs , or other supporting evidence . nil ............................... .................................... ' .... 24. Jc.:~thcr conditions exoc ri ~nced at ti10(s) or obs ~ rvation(s) See accompun: 1nb report .. ....................................... .............. .................. 25. Locat.ion of any nir traf'fic in the vicini ty at tho tiJ;~~,; of sighting. nil ........... ., ........................................................... . ............ . ........................................................... 26. Location of ~ny mcteorologi~ stations in the gc n~ral aroa . 27. Note:- . . Items "n eared as 5 11., ts in "V 1 ' f'or:t'-t1on ~l:..ich Acy addl. t 1onal in.forma. tion • •.•. •... •......••••••..•• .•.. . .•.. . ••••••••• ch 1 ~d to .n- •• ne f r1 tion an~ dln-- eared arent!y J.r 'lli.d. "1. r . i'1 e t.aken to cover ;:;;, to "3 a-rc o red to be about ~5 sees a - • • • • • • • • • • • <'I • ••••• • • •••• ,. ........ . . ..... . ... ... .. ..... ............ . ....... . ~ppeared as pulsating li •hts simi ar to jet exhausts - ali .htly reddish ....................... .................................................. or:~.n ·e . 'ITo no ... .oe w .a ~o~ari but au.,.routJdi liie ce r., lai'e f • .le Questions 25, 26 and 27 to be answcr~d by int~rrogator , -P. -~ena . ~"T ;1Afi. ll"f Sgd. ........................ . 21/7/';)9 · Reports frorn observers 10-15 miles north of this yosit1on !\re beine; sought and will be for .• arded, if obtai• able - also will forward cuttings from loc~l newapu~er3 . O"f.cer-. ,_~lla.
"'fffOO: Cc r -I .... Pt_!ltT ON a.ERLJ. OBJE<.;T OB.:.~RVED -- . 1 • ~ &.me of observer . . ~"'!!~ .. '{.~. · . F.it:filt: . .IN¢. • • • • • •• • •• •••• • •••• • • • • •••• •• • ••••• 2 . Address of Observer . • f!/..G.r.~ .. );# . . . . . -Rfl.lf .~ 7.0X. . •• ••. •• ( !?:.~ .tl1-tF. t'Z-1 .'i'J-> r .u8 J . Occupation of Observer • • . . • /IP&7:1t:.vJ-."fYtew r. ..... .. .. ... .. ...... ..... .. . 4. Date and ?ime of Observation ('rime given in 24 hour clock zonal time) ...... ~? i1j..Jfl. .. ;<,.v-fP .. 1 .. .... . ....... . .... . ... ..... . .... .... ............. . 5. Period of Observation( s) •.••• ~:: . :'l. ':{/f'!llf. C..S. • ••• 9-P.A«.J< •• •• ••••• •• •• , , •• 6. ?~er of Observation : (Give details of o~~ position by map r eference if possible, or by known landmarks, and describe any equioment used in the observation) • .. .. . ? . o.c:trrc~/'1 . :- . . ~i?"f~~ .. . 41/.tJ. NtJfr;;;!f • • ~~f! • .t1f(frA'{"~~ . tt~O.~t.w:-;- .... . . · "' .~ . sf. . "1.~~~~ ... .f':W.~ .. ~I~A·if<'l •• l¥.'H~~'f . !'Yo k..Y~ . NrW. fl~~~e ..... a I)Ji!f/?slttli A~ . :; • • I( w.8.~c . ................................ .......... . 7 . Where was object first observed, e . g . overhead, coming from behind a hill , over the horizon, etc • . . . • A'-!t;; . f/.tf~:r: . . n eio.l ~ . . /:I.e tet.'"'ktr f'l . ............. . .. .............. . .... . 8 . What first attractod obscrver 1 s attention, e . g . li~ht or noise . Lc11'1' ..................... .. ..................................................... 9 . Did object app<;ar as a li1ht or as a definite object • . . ~l?f?:I/1!- .C/) • • l?f .. '=~ - ~$_1;/ft;J. ~ . !..t.~l.f:'C . •• f~ . :-. ':-1~/:{.()rl. -;'. ~.,.~ ... ••..•. 10. If there was more than one object, bow many were thetiD, and ~1hut was their formation • . . . cf!! ~Y. t;M .. 9.~~~~ t: ................ .. ...... .. ............. .... ........ . 11. ~lhat was the colour of the light or object fl.f . l~ .. f ...................... 12 . ~lh.:l.t was its apparent shape .... '?f!ftd -:t~ . 7.C! .f:.fl'$- . vP. . .S:?.tf ............ . ...................... ..................... .................................. 13. Was any detail of structure observable ••. ;: •••• , •• •••. . . •• , •• • • • ••••• . • • ••• ................... .... . ... . ........... .. .................................... 14. Was any method of propulsion obvious •••.• • ~ • ••. •.•.••.. • ••.•• • • • •• • ••.•. •.• 15. .·/o.s thoro any sound .•••• , •.•••• • ••• •• • • • • "i.1 .':. •• • • • • •••••• ••• • •• •• • •• • • • • • • • 16. ++ Height, or ~n~lo of elevation •• •.•. •••• • •• ~ •••••••••.•••••••. • .•••••••.••• • 17 . ++ Speed, or angular v ocity ............... ~ ........... . ... . ............... •• 18. State any e..<pericnce which enables observer to bo rvasonnbly certain .:~bout tho answers given to 16 and 1? • ... ................................... ' ........................................ Sine~ it is norm4lly impossible to estimato tho hei~ht ~d ~ ood of st~ object, it will usually bo better to endc.lvour to dc~ormino tho anslo of elevation or th< object, th~ 'lllglc.: through ~thich it movod, nnd the til:Jo takt.n to do this . ······ ·· 2/- 2 - 'liii'6eport on Acri. al Ob ject Ol?sorvod (Cent 1 d) 19. Direction of flight with rofcronco to landmarks or points of the compass • .. . -:':if fi.V.e J.f.,.~'ll!i. ... . ~(9§:f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . •.. ........ ..... . .. ..•. 20 . Did the object r ecain on a straight pPth , deviate or manoeuvre a t all • • • . ~/te';l/~t/:1; . CtN . t.!ri~ ········· ···· ············ ······ ··············· 21. Was any t r ail of exhaust, vapour or light soon .Aftt. ...•..•.•.•... ...• 22 , .• borl did object d i sappear, o. g. in mid-~ir , behind a hill , over the horizon • .. .. fl. /. i?f, • • ftc /(/.":(.C.I)i • ............. . ..... . . . ... . . .............. . ... . . . .. 23 . ~xistcncc of a:n.y physical cvids ncc such as fragments , photogr".phs , or other supporting evi denco . ~ ............ .. ............. ... ................................... ' ..... . 24. 1JcJ.thcr conditi ons "xoori unc ed at ti•,e (s) or obscr vation(s) F;NcC'I~. t,\L ,c.~ .s -S- I ~r. r~...- ''""'.,._..- •1$ ~ -:- JlA11,.-c:- • • , • , •• • "~'- • . .. ~'YH , ~-c: ·. , •. , • H.'Y .. I • l'f?, .....,, . • • Y.'• • • .~ • •";' .-;~ • •, • • , • • 25. Location e>f any air tr'tffic L"l the vicinity at the tiut.. of sighting • .. .. tf(~'i(.;)J!r.. .. I! :1: fie.~ .. .. ~iff!lt?.t;~t> •• ~~lf~ .. ':C:~ .. -~~'t') . f.!':' • • . • . IJ1. . ~/)J%.11. •.. .• ~ . tltf{~ /~ .l/1-iV~tX . 8:r . -ri'l1.~. PF;~If'.tt:Q.rf , t{.) . . .. ••• 26. Location of any m otcorologi ell sta~ions in the general a rea . . . . . fl:('WRfl. ... 1/ .~~P. "!t=: . ....... ..... . .... ................ .. . .. .• 27 , .U~y additional i aformation • Mo.£;.;{F.9 . 1l..-9h~~;t,C~I. .. ~r.~f..P.t:U -1 · . ... ..... .. . • • ~0 .. <i'I!II.Af. f'A.f(i.<ji J~Jtr •• ~!f!7 ~ .i!'f/1.1'. ••. -t'~':l(!f. li~~f?!'tt,:; ,/l:r.. ;J; I':I~ .. (V!'('~~#":y. .:"r~P.;' Jl/.;i ~~¥. . 71-. *~ - "ft:- .Q/7 :/.li .1 .. ............... . . . . . . . !?':'.D. :'!'? :r:. !~ .JJ!t:t¥<1 .~'.1:!"! . ~7."'"1.:.~.- .• .•.... .• ........••... . .• •. Questions 25, 26 one 27 to be ans wcr~d by int0rrogator . fLAN£-'f' (evuS fe>~t{joroJ J1-r -r;,.,e &F.$it:ilf-r'"'~ fll"'r~~ /J.ZI1'11li'1'H C<(Cf • 0 ~ elefl'q-(io,.J ~ • 6 c. S8.>6~~ iay ~eo.t)uL•-;-.; /1'7"J¥er6C!~61..<.«•C"~<... .._'\ 7"...'1-r.o.-J /'{//...L).Jif'~ H~ M • ... ~':1 . ~~t? .~-?~:.:. .... j)c.r-ry /'of£ r. f)aJ~~,!e N• 1 • '"" Name of observer .:.. PJttT ON AERLJ. OBJECT OB.>ERVED llr. P. l'<ilcock ............... .. ............. ............................. 2 . J. 4. 5. Address of Observer • . •. fl.o}' ,t)J. . ,e,s.t. ;~e;,r . b .e)A •••••••••• • ••• • • ••• •••• •••••• • ••• Farmer Occupation of Observer • • •.••••••••••.••.• • • • ••••• ••• .•••• •• . . ••• • ••••.••••• Date and Tice of Observation (Time given in 24 hour clock zonal time) 2235E 20/7/59 ................... ........ .. ............................................... Period of Observation(s) at least 15 seconds ....... ~ .......................................... . 6. Hruuer o: Observation ; (Give details of o'Wil position by map rererence if possible . ?r !:ly knol!ll landmarks, and describe any equi.,ment used in the obser<:J.tion) . F"lcing North at lderbein Town Hall . ... .. . , .......... . ...... ..... .... .... . , ..................................... .. ........... .. . .. , •• o~~ . . ... .... .. ...... .. .... .. ~ . 4 ····· · ······ ·· · · ········· · ·· · · ·· · · ·· · · ····· .. . . .... , . ... ... . ,. ... , . , 4 •'"~• & .. • • • ~'•e ,. ,.•-., •• • ••• • ••• • ••••••••••• • ••• •• ••• •••• • • •• • •• 7. vlhere was object fir st observed, e.g. overhead, comin ~ from behind a hill , over the horizon, etc, Overhead in position Nr. of observer ·· · ~··· · ···· ,. ·· · · ·· ······ · ·· .._ ................ ........................... ... . 8. •/hat first attracted obs ~ rve r 1 s attention, e . g . light or noiso , Nu~ber , spacing and flight of objects. 9. Did objec\. appuar as a li~t or as a definite object • • PbJilCt.i. llP.!.e.ll;rtld. ~. ~ 'b}'igb,P).y, ;t,..;pm.a.tfl~ :;p!lflrPP. !.. Zl:J. ;i..J..>~..tllC;t . f r PUJ... flares) 1u . If there lol:l3 more than one object, how many were there,and .~hat w.ls their for:.~tion. One object w~.s thought to disappear behind a building but when emer •ed, there ~r~~F~~. :P.~~.t~. ~~~PJ¥ . ~P~9~~ . ?PJ~p~~- ~~!P P. ~1P~~iV,~. ,P~P~PF~. ~~P~~ .. tr~ck and elev tion . 11 . ~fuat ~~s tho colour of the light or object • • ~,~~~~P . PF}P~'·· · · · · ···••••·•• 12. ·~at was its apparont shape . rP~~~-~j:P . ~~}t . Pf. ~~Ff~. ~r~P~~~~,p~jy, pj~~~'d at intervals from the various spheres. ••• • •• • ,. . .. , , ••• " •" r "• ••• •'"• ~~t• • •• .. •• • •••• • • • •••••• •• • • • ,. • •• •••• • •••••• • •• • •• 13. Ha'l · :r• detail of :.tructure observable ••••• P? •• • •• •• ••••••••••••••••.• . . • •• 14. 15. · · ·· ~ ··· · ...... . ........ .. .. , .. .. . . . , ..... . . ... ... . #1 ••••• •• •••• • ••••••••• • • • • •• • ••••• • The apparent ejection of BP,rks was Was any method of propulsion obvious · · ·· · ···· ·• ···· • ······· • • ••••••••·•· · ·· illl!lledi' tely thought to be the trethod of propulsion "like a rocket" Jo.s thC"rc an:r sol.lllrl ~ .. . ., :o • • tts> ~ ,. ........... ... . ...................... . .. · •• · · · • • • • • 16 · ++ Heier. :. 1 or n n ~lc of cl ova tion .. . .. t!-FP~91- • .39. (it~.,;; ................ . .. • • • • • • • • 17 . +~ Speed, or n.n~·· ... · -· • • • ~ . !'-PP:'S>~ : ~ . ~!l~t . ... . .... ·. · · · · · · · · • • · • · 18. Stc.tc :\ny e.:pcricnce •·hich ~nablcs obsorv ... r to be ruasonably ce rtain !lbout t'1o Pnc;:·:r:; given to 16 nnd 17 . • 9~~~rY~r . ~~~~9~~t(l.o~}eP~.~~~-~r,~l~.of . ~r)y~~ • • . • ..• •.. •. . .. . ..•••. • .• •..•. Sine"' ~t is noronlly impossible to estimate the hei~ht ~d ~pood of ~ str~gc object, it vill nsually be better to c nden.vour r.o dotormino tho nn~lo o!' elevation of the object, the ·"lllgle through \thich it r.lovod, mrt tho timo ~ .a.l:o 'l t., C:o thi:J . .. · ····· 2/
- 2 - ~ Reoort on Aerial Object O'lsc>rveg (Cont 1d) 19. Direction of flight with refcroncc to landmarks or points of the compass . \'lest to E•tst - .'!.ppeared in Nw and dise.p ~eared in NE ...... . .. ......... .. ............................. ........................ 20 . Did t he object remain on a straight pnth, deviate or mnnoou~ at all • . ~~~~~~ - ?!l. !3~f'!'~ .. ~: . ~ -t~: ... . .. .. ...... . . . ..... .. ......... .. •...... . •. 21, Was any tr:1il or c:xl:uust, vapour or light seen ooc~sional s~a emmitted 22 . .1bcrc did object disappear , e . g. in mid-:>.ir, bohind a. hill, over the horizon. disappeared in mid air but some uncertainty due to the very bri~t mo,nli ht · ni!b.t · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 23. Bxistenee of any physical cvidDnce such as fr~gmonts , photographs, or other supporting evidence • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t~'-~ - .. ............ .......... ................ .... . 24. 1Jeatncr conditions .. xoori enced at ti·~e(s) or obscrvation(s) 25. Location of ~y 'l.ir traffic in tho vicinity at the ti .k of sighting • . . . . . Qil . . . .. . .. ... . . . ...... .. ........... ...... ... ............ . .. . .... . • ........................................................................ 26, Locat i on of ~y m~tcorological s~~tions in tho general a rea • . . . . W.cJ'J.n -~l:r99f~ . •. ... . ...... •• . . . .. .. . . . ..• . . .• . ..•. . . . .•. ... . .•.. . • by objects . stopped o~ and continued observ tion. Daughter ali~bted r~~~ · ~~~ · ~a · ~~~ ~i;d . that.th~; · ;;;~ · ~i~g · ; · ~~i;; ·~ iik~·th; · ;i~d~ :··· obaerver r~ii ' thai ' ~bj~~i ; · ~;~·~~i; · ;~ii ' ~~d · q~ii; ' ~i~~; :: : · ~;;~ · th; · r~~~ · ii ' ; i s feren ' t ................. .. ........ .................................... ......... connected because he could see moonlight between them. Questions 25 1 26 and 27 to be answered by inturrogator • 23/7/59 Sgd. ..... 1 ! 'il'"'..,...; , ... ..... ,, ........ .. ........ off.cer-in- Charee :.til dura.
·'· .P':i,ilT ON .ti.ERLJ. OBJDCT OB5l'fRVED ..-: ~ lol.r. norm Biggins 1,~~ame or observer ..••• 0i: · p~~~ · o!ri~~ - a~b~~~~: · vi~:········· · ······· · ··· · · 2 . Addrass of Observer .. ............................................. .. ........ J . Occupation of Observer .... .. .................................... ...... .. ... 4 . Date and Til:le of Observation (Time given in 24 hour clock zonal time) 2235 20 (7 /59 •• • ••••••• • •••• • •••••• t • •• • •• ••• • • ••••••• •• ••••••••••• • ••• • •• • ••• • •••••••• • • about 20 second3 5. Period of Observation(s) . ' " ...................... .......................... 6 . l·!runer <'~ bse-vatie>n (Give details of own position by map reference if posslblE', or by l:nown landmarks 1 and describe any equinment used in the observ~li:!.o:1) . Township Robinvale situated about 60 Uiles • . ......... .... .. ........ ...... "" ""•~t·~· ·· ·· · ······· · · · · ··· · ················· ·· ···· ...... ,. .. ... . ., ... ...... . . . . .. .. et~"• • e • 't •••••••••••••••••• ••• ••••••••f'••••••••••••• •••• •••••• ~ . , , .. , •• •·· · ~•• •~ o·~· • • • • •·· ~ ·•••• ••••••••••• •• • • •••••• • •••f•••• '' 7, Where was objact first observed, e.g. overhead, comin ~ from behind a hill, over the horizon, etc , at>peared from N :t direction . -~· ·· · . .. ~ ... , .... ...... .. ........ .. ... , .... .. .., ...................... ~ .......... . 8. What first attracted obsorver 1 s attention, e . g . li~ht or noise . 9 . 10. 11 • Size of o~oject . ••• • • •• · • • • • •· ~· ·•• ... ••• ,. •••••• • ·••• , •• • co ••• ••• ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Did object app·ar as a li ~ht or as a de~inite object. only .. .•...• -~~~~t!~ -~~u;t!~~~~ .w~~ .~~l!'!~~ -~~~~ . ~~ .~~~~ .. . . . .. . . .. ...... . ...... . If there w ~s more than one object, how many were theno, and what was their fo"C-l.ti~.,. Four 1n line ahead formation . . ... ... , • •• ••• •• .•. • ,.'! ... . .... . . , .. ~ .. .. . . .. .. .. ............... ........ .. .. . ... . ~fu~t \~s tho colour of the light or . Reddiab. - front object ob J eat .. 1 ••• , •• .1 •••••••••• • •••••••••• • apfearea brl~•er 12. Wh:1t was its apparent shape .... " .. ~~':n<:<:l .... ..... .. ........ ............ . .. .. ........... .............. .... ~ c- · ···· · · ··· --· · ······· · ·············· ···· ·· ···· ··· 13 . w~~ r~y dctni1 of structure obscrvablo ~ ······~~ ......... ... . .. . ............ . .. ...... . .. t~ .. ~···· · ···~· · ·,···, .. . ... . ,. ., , •••••••• lll •••• •• •••• • •••••••••••• • ••••• • no 14. Wn~ a.n~r mct.hoc\ of proprtlslon obv;;.ous .... , .. .. ..... . .. . ... . ... . , • • •• ••• ••• • • • • • • • no 15 . .hs th"r~ O.'r''f flound 16. ++ Hc~gt~, or ~n~lo of .. ,..,., .. ... , • .,"'~ · ··,• •• • ~ •• •• • •c•.» •• f>•• •• .,• • •• ••• ••••• •••• ~ . nat an easy eye level" f"!! lO'V'Rtt10n • ,. •••• • ; • ••• ~ ••••••••••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • unable to determine • ..... . .... . . .. '. ............ ... ............... . 18, Stt..';c •.ny oxpcricl"ce 1mich .;-wblc~ obs~rvo r to be rcasone.bly certain about t!1o l\"l":·:r:: g:.ven to 16 lllld l7 . ++ . .... ~ · · · ·_. · ~ · :t· ... · · ···· · · ·~ .. ··· ····· •t••········· Sine' it is nor~~ly impossible to estimate the height and s ood of a strango o~jcct, ~t ~~1 ·~sually be better to endo3vour to dotcrrnino tho nn~le of oJovnt.ion or tho object, tho :mgl.., through 1:hich it moved, nnd tho time t~Yrn t' ~'this. ········ 2/
.. - 2 - ~ 'Rcoort og lioti al Ob ject Observed (Cont 'd) 19 . Direction of flight with roforcnco to landmarks or points of the compass • •• • ~ . :~~;,;4!<! .~~ .-:~~'!'!~ . '!~~~*'~~ . ~1:~~ .~'! .:<? .1'?· ..• ....................... . 20 , Did tne. o. joct remain on a straight ~.tb, deviate or oanoouvre at all. 21 . was any tr.:til of oxhaust , vapour or light seen no ........................ 22 . .."hero did object disappear, e . g . in mid-!lir, behind o. hill, ov1 r tho horizon. Object:. apr·et.red out of the distance a.nd disappeared into the d at·J.ttce, seeming · i~ 'bi~~d · i~t~ · 2 · ~; · tb;~; ·b~;~;~ · ,~ ri~~ii; · t~iii~B · ~r;.;: · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 23 . hxistoncc of any physical evidnnce such as fragments , photog~pbs , or other supporting ovidonco . no ................. .... ................................................... 24. Weathe r conditions eXPeri enced at til~e(s) or obscrvo.tion(s) CloudJes,., bri,;ht moonlight .. .. ....................... ............................................. 25. Location of any air tr::1ffic in tho vicinity at the ti''" of s i ghting. nil •• •• •••••• •• • • •••• it • • •••• • •••••••••••••• •• ••••••••••••• • • • ••• ••• • • •• •••• ........................................................................ 26. Loc~tion of ~ny mctcorologi~l stations in tho goner~ aroo. . 'lildura 27. ........................................................................ . . . . Object appeared faster thw srutnl.k but nny add~tl.on.al informatl.on .•.•••...•.• • ••.•••••• . .••.....• . ••.••.• • ••• • seemed to be com aratively close. Ur. Higgin3 M3S fare~el ing so~e ouest~ ............. .. ........................ .. ..................... .......... ( •r. Kni ht and. ".r. Walsh of Robinvale) when the ttenhon of a-1 three -r s ....... .................................. .......... ..................... a tracted to the ohenomena • ........................................................................ Questions 25, 26 and 27 to be answered by interrogator . (Inform"ltion was phoned to M.ildura as a result of <>.n article appearing in the Sunraya1a Daily) . ., ' .... :..~ .. . ~· . 1~:~. ~ ..... ... Officer-in- Ch, ge. 23/7/59
~'JilT OU RERLJ. OBJECT QB..,;';;.f!VED •• ; • 1~e of observer 2. ...... ~~~ - ~~~- ~~~ : :· .......... .. .. .. .................. Aod::ess of Observer .••••.•••• , ••• • •• • •• ••• • .• • • ••••• • . • • • •.••. • • ••• • • • • ••• • 3. Occupat:on of Observer TECHNICAL OFFI~ C. S .. • . 0. . ....... ...... ~ ... .. ....... ............. .... 4 . Date and Tine of Observation (Ti!:e given in 24 hour clock zonal time) 5. 6. 2!J/7/59 2240E . . .. ................ . ... .. 4 • ... . . . .. .. . ... . . ..... . ... . .. . .... . ............. . .... . Pn~ioe of Obscrvation(s) more than 25 seconds ..... ~ ................ .... ......... .................. . ~~~~er c: Observation poss:".blc, or by .7.0~r-" o~zerv."' ti.o:l) . (Give details of o~ p~sition by ~ap reference if landmarks, and descr i be any equiumcnt used in the Observed from 111ldura 360 deg3 to about 045 degs • .... .. f't ... .... . .. ,~ . .. .. .. .... "'.~· ·· .,·· ·· · · · "· ·· · ·· · ~ ···,··· · · · ~·· · ·· · ···· · ·· · · ··· · .... .._ ....... ".~ ·· · ··- · ·· · ··· ···· · ·· · ., · ··· ····· ~··c. • ... , .. . .. . . .... . ... l'l ... . ........ . . ••• • • " ••••:0''" " • • •• • ~> •• • •• ••••t-• • • • o • • • ll•4•• • '•"'~"' • ••••••••• •• • ••• •••• • • •• • • • 0' --..,.._ W'1erc h'aS object first ,'.Js.:.."Ved. e.g . overhead: ::omi.ng fr:>;n behind a hillJ over the t:~t'i7~:'l qtc. - object movine, like meteorite 1n the dist ~nee ,.,...•• •• • #' ~' •• • ••••• • •• • r • ,. • • • •., • ., ., ., , ., , ,.,#• • ••• •• • • ••• •• • • • • - •••• • • • ••••• • ••• 8. ~ i"t first 'lttract'ld observer's attent5.on, e.g. l;~;.t or noise . •• •• ~'• •a·-• - . ... , • • ,. ... .. .. .. .... ..... .r • • "•" • "" •-· • ..... • • •• • •••• • ••• • •••••• •• ••• 9 . !)id obiec~ a,,p•.;ar a::: a li-sht or as a definite ._)jec~ . . . . t'!'!'i ' .;. lit;~~~!.H'!'! !'!~'!'!~~>! ... - J.~ .. i!~ .. .. . .. ............ .... . 10 . If .n~r., was mo··:: vha 1 on:J oojec~, hm1 macy werJ th~N',"nd vhat was their i'c ... , "\"l fou; object in line ahead - .......... "' .................... ........ ...... .. .............. .... .... .. ........... ..... ... ... . 11 , \·liut t..-:ts tho colou.,.. of tho light or obj cci. .O:t~l . Et. -::t~<L .fi:i.IV:i.h:t. to.·. • • • • • sate_lite but bi .,-er nd bri ;bter 12. w'h,,t t.."l:: i~s ~Pr'lr,•nt sh ~po • . :q:\.J, -~~~ ..... • .. ·- •• • •• • • .. • • .... • .. .. • • • 13. movement tended to produce an impression of elongation ................... . ....... ... .. .. .................. , ..... ...... , ... , .... ,. ....... . appeared like an unucual meteorite ~!~s ar.v dot'\ ·; of structur e obso:rwa~fag . 'a 'tailink' ~Hichsx~ · wM.bh' gave"· .. • .. • ••• •. • ••. Uil . • • •. . ••• . ••• •. ~~~7?~?:?~.?~.ro~~~:.P;?~~~?? ........... . 14. Was ~n:· t::ot.h')-1 J propuJ.sion obvious .• ••• , •••. abo1o1t 25. 4egrees ••• • •• • • • · • • • 15. unkllown· .. ................. ... ~ ....... "., ....... . .... . .. . *" . ... .. ... . .. 16.++ H~i~"+ ,....,.. nnCI'l.O: cf clc"VUtio:""l .... ................. #>.,. .......... .. . ,. . .. ,. • •••••••• • · · · · ·• • 17 .++ Speed o~ n~ • • • • • • • :t • • • • • • • • • • • • r • • • • • • • • • • • • • • " • • • • • • • • • 18 Sta::.C r..ny oxporict.ce woich onablos obso;~rvor to be •'C'I'COn'\"1· • rt .• in n't:out tho ans\r::: g >c~l to 16 n.nd 17. ·· ·- ··~·· · ·· ............................ ,. ....... . ........ .... ~ ....... ~ ................ ....... .,. ........ . -.+ Sine .. i.t is 'lora llly impossible to est.il'k'l'Ze tho J-ryi"ht nnd -,,..od of a str .ngc object, it will usu~lly be better to endc~vour ~o ~otorQinC tno anglo ot olovaticn o;:" th" object, the wgJ.o throu~h Yhich it "'ovod, nnt'l tho timo •.,:o. l::c•t to do thi .. . • ••••. •. ?./
-- - 2 - ~ oort on Ayri al Ob j ect Observed (Cont'd) 19. Direction of flight with reference to landmark~ or points of the compass . West to Eaat ........... ..... .. .............................. ........................ 20 . Did the object remain on a straight path, deviate or m.:~.nocuvr.:. at ill. Str i.;ht path ......................... ............................................. . 21. ~las any tr~il of ex:hilust, vapour or light seen no ........................ 22 . ..ihar .. did object disappear, e . g. in mid-air, behind o. hill, over tho horizon. 23 . ~xistonc ~ of any physi cal ~vidJncc such as fragments , photogr~phs , or othor supporting evidonco • ........................................................................ 24. 1Joathcr conditions oxperionced at ti.me(s) or obs<.!rvation(s) ...... ... ............ .......... .... .................... .... ........ .......... 25 . Loc.ition of any a ir traffic in the vicinity at tho ti•'l<;; of sighting • ........... ~ ..... "' ..................................................... . ............. . ................. . .................................. " ..... 26 . Loc.1tion of any m::tcorological stations in tho gcnenl area • .......... ~ . ~ ............................................................ 27 . .1.ny additional iofoi"''C:l.tion .•••••••..• • ••••. ••• ••.•••. • · · • · • • · · • • • • • • · • • ............. ,. .................................................. ....... . .......... " ..... ........................................................ ........... .. . .. .......................... ...................... ........... Questions 25 , 26 and 27 to be answcrud by interrogator • Sgd.. ...... J. .. !J~ . tt.1!~ ..... Officar-in- CLar d, 23/7/59
1 • 2 . 3. .l .P A1T ON AERLJ.! OBJECT oa..,~ X. :Joy Name of observer . . . . . • • • . • • • • • • . • • . • • Address of Observer Box 50 9~h· ~~·: . . • .... ... ......... • .. ...... • .. • . " ... ..... ............. . • 1 . • . •. .. • • • ... . ..•. .• ••.••••••••• Occupati on of Observer 3uil-ier • • •• • ••••••••• • •• • •• • • •••••••• ••• • • ••• 0 •• ••• • •••••••• 4 . Date and Time of Observation (Time given in 24 hour clock zonal time) 2235E on 20/7/59 ................... ... ,. ....... ..... ....... ........... ..... .... ............. . 5. Period of Observation(s) • • • • ?9 . ~~?~~~: ........ .. .. .... .. ...... ............ . 6. Man~er o: Observation possible , or by known observat.ion) . (Give details of own position by map reference if landmarks, and describe any equir.ll!lent used in the Near Town Ball Clock in Deakin Avenue Mildura • • ,0 too"' r t t t ~ r t • fl • • "" t ' f'l ~. t e t t ' e t t t t t t • • t lo f t •• • ~. t 1f1 t t •• • t •• t t ••• t t t. t e • • •• ••••••• .. ..... ..... . ........ ... ... · · · ·· · · · ~ ·· ·· ...................... ················· •• • •• • • •• • " • r•••• • " • • • •~• • • "'~ • • •••• • • •••• • • •••••• • •• ••• •• • • ••••• • • • • ••••••• •• 7. Where was object first observed, e . g. overhead, comine from behind a hill, over tho horizon, etc. In mid air - looking along 9th Street and anparently moving from .1est to South. •••••• • "•" ••• • ••• •••• ••••••r • .- ••••• • •• ••••• ••• " • ••••••• • • • •• ••• • • • • •• • • ••• •• 8 . What f irst attr acted observer's attention, e , g, l i eht or noise . 9 . Did object apJXar as a li~t or as a definite object • ....... ~~~.r~~r.~~~-~~~ - ~~r~~~~9~~:~ : ... ..... ...... ...... ... .............. . 10. If there was moro than one object, how lllllllY were then;;,and vlhat \IJ.S their for·.::.tio'l • • • • • • , .. " ..... ... . . JPkl-r. !-t't. J.~ttt . iiPP~ , ...• ....... •.•. • . .. •• ..•••••.• . • • •.•. • • orange red. 11 . What ":as tho colour of the light or object ... ...... ...................... . snberic:ll 12. ~twas its apparent shape •. . . •. • • .•••• • • • • • • • •• • ••.•• • ••.•• ; ••••••• •• •••• ... . ... . ........ ... . ... 'i' ... f' .. .. . . .. , • • ~ ··· ·· ·· ' ·· ·· ··· ·· ··· · ··· · ··· · · · · ····· · ·· · ··· · 13. no ~y dota~ or ~tructuro obsorvablo ~ ···· · · ·~~ ·· · · · · · ······· ·· ····· · ·· · ·· ..... ...... .. ~ .... .... ...... ....... .. ... ... ... .......... .. ... ........ ......... ... . 14. WRr. any method no o~ nrooulsion obvious ···· ~ ·· · ···· · ~·•r. • •• • • • • ••••• •• • · •• • •• no 15 . ias thrrc any sound .... ~···••,.,lf' • • •• •.r • ·· · " ····· .. ~l:·"' · ····· · · ··············· 16,++ Hcigt~, or angle of c lo~t ion approx 20 de 0 re s • • • • • • • e • • • • '" • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • West to East - 50 second., . ........ .... ., ................................. . 18. St!..to r-.ny e.:pcricnce \.lhich , ':lablo~ obs..:rvur to bo rcasonnbly certain about t!ll" :l'lS'"l3 givon to 16 u.nd 17 • •• • , ~·· ···· ··· ... ........ . . . . ..... ('" .. .., .... ~ • • • !), ... ~ . ..... .. ,.. • • • ••••••••••••••• • ••• • ++ Sine. it is norn~lly impossible to estirnnto the hoi~ht and spood of a strange o~jcct, it will usually be botur to cnd~~vo~ to dotcrmino t~o an,lo of olovatio:J o!' the objoct, tho mgl throug:h \lhich it moved, and the time t~~n ·~ ~o thi • . . . . .. . . 2/·' - 2 - eoort on Aoti.al Ob j ec~ Ohaorved (Cont'd ) 19. Direction of flight with roforcnc.._ to landmarks or points of the compass . West to Ea .. t ............................. . ........ . ........ ........... ............. 20 , Did the obj ect r omain on a straight path, deviate or manoeuvre at all. Remained on tr&i~t ine. .............. . .......... ............................ ....... .......... . 21 . no was any tr~il of exhaust, vapour or light s een ........................ 22 . w'her u .did object disappear , o . g . in mid-air, behind o. hill , over tho horizon. objeo~ a. e .re.:l t.o breJ.k up ~.:.. disappe .. r i dd- ir ................................. .. ..................................... 2) . ~xistcnce of any physic~ ~vidan c c such as fragments , photogruphs , or other supporting evidence. no .................... ..................... .. ......................... .... l4. w~athcr conditions exocri cnced a t tiMe(s) or obs ~ rvation(s) . . .... . ~~~'Qt . ~QQ~ . ~14t . Q~~4t .... . .. . ...•.. . •. .. •. .. . ..... .• . •. . .. •...• 25 . Location of any air troffic in tho vicinity at tho tiln.- of sighting. nil ............................................... ......................... • • • • • • • • • • • • • # • • •••• • •••• •••••••• ••• •• ••••• • •• ••••• ••••••• • •••• • ••• •• •• • 26 . Locst ion of o.ny meteorologi cal stati ons in tho general area • • • • • • • • • • • • ·:~~~~';''! . ~~~t <?~ ~ . ........ . ... ..... . .... .•... . .... . . ..... .• ...• 27 . ..ll"ly- additi oll3l. i nfornn.tion ...••. : ~! -:. ••••••• •••••••• •.••• ••• ••• •• ••••••• ........................................................................ ........................................................................ Questions 25, 26 (l.nd 27 to be s.nswercd by int.-rrogator • .... . 1.. //'!.'\ : ~~~ ....... .
, __ ,...,. 62- 0131 T~ A.Uor- .. A\'\AT .....,.,.,..._ .. , _ _ , toX 11)9 o. 1'4. tu::tA.CTW ,..01'0 ~c.t . Secret&ry. • Department of Air, Victor ia Barracks, St. KUda Road, JdELBOURNE. VIC. r :YSt./t /; C IVIL AVIATION 1.::) :::> < q- - / I I I ......_/ ., Lf1T1..£ COLUNS S'n£ET, l\CEUIOVJlNJ!, C.l . 6S61lnr u .. Porn.rded for ycAJr aotion please is a copy of a letter r eceived f'rom a Mr. s. F. North of Yount Barker . Western Australia. rt:::nn~~ for Director-General of Civil Aviation.
The Department of Civil Aviation, 88 St. George 1 s Terrace, PERTH. fl. A. Dear Sir, Muir Road, JdOUNT BARKER. W.}., 15th July, 1959. I direct this letter to you, as I have no:ld.ea as to what other body or Department I should write, and know that, if you are not the organisation concerned you will forward the letter to the proper place. I feel that the incident, although perhaps unimportant in itself, yet f!83, with other reports, build a basis for any investigation which rmy now, or in the future, be oarried out. The incident i taelf was the appearance in the sky of an unexplained light. It occurred at B. 20 p.m. last night (Tueada,y, 14th July). I was standing with three companions when I first observed this light travelling from West to East. At first I thought it was a meteorite in flight, but quickly saw that it did not follow the usual flight and characteristio11 of such a body. I drew my companions' attention to it, and we all watched it, making coa:ments upon its appearance, course and flight, until it disappeared. I immediately committed to mind such features as I could observe, with the object of reporting thea. When first seen it was about twenty degrees West of South, a:nd was in eight for about ten seconds , dnrlng which time it travelled to a point about sixty degrees East of South. Its path was flat, without trajectory of any type, neither did it appear to be gaining or losing height, but I do not know whether its course was straight across my line of vision to the South, or slightly angled. Ita line of flight was twenty to twenty-five degrees above the horizon. For some reason I gathered an impression in my mind that it was reasonably close, not more than a Kile South of us. When it disappeared it did so suddenly as though it had turned away from our vision that plane of its body which had shown the light , but we could not discern any darker body in the sky. It is possible however, that its line of flight bad interposed Mount Barrow between it and our line of aigbt. In shape it was long and narrow, 1 ts height being about one- t enth of its length. Its length was between three and five degrees. About one-tenth of the distance from the front ap'!)eared to be a dark break in the line of light. The light was white, faintly bluish, with the same intensity as a nonDBl star; the edges appeared to be clear-cut, without any eff'ulgence. It had the same clarity as an aeroplane caught in the searchlights, but of course, there was no band of light either in the sky or in its Vicinity. I especially looked to see if this could have occurred by its being in the beam of ear lights, but could not discern these, and moreover its 1ength of flight was too long for it to have been so held. Whilst it -s in sight no sound or any nature was heard except the oooasional oolllllents of ~self and companions.
- 2 - The night was oold, clear and still, with the anticipation that the morning would bring a :f'rost. J.!y companions were Miss Brown, a telephonist at Mount Barker, Rev. Father Cryan, the Parish Priest at Mount Barker, and J.fr. Richard Kopec, an officer of the CotmiOZJWealth Bank. We had just finished Choir Practice in the Catholic Church, and were standing in f'ront of that building when the light was observed. Distances and dimensions are given in degrees, and are apprarimate only , because five years of Arf1t3 training accustomed me to the quick method of measuring degrees by the outstretched hand method. I1' this information is of interest I trust you will use as you find necessary. If valueless, I will not be disappointed if the letter is consigned to the w. P. B. I t' you lmow what object passed across 1cy vision last night, you will earn Icy everlasting tba.nka by satisfying ~ insatiable curiosity. Yours faithfully, (Sgd..) S.P. North
IN RE EASE QUOTI: No 5/2/1 Air( 56A) Secretary Department of Air ~dministrativ~ Offices c ... tffiERRA ~cr RF.PORT ON ~ERIAL SI GHTING 7 AUG 1959 Attached herewith is a report on a fl ying object from Constable Taylor of Burren Junction. A suitable letter of thanks has been forwarded to t he Constable . At tach . tJ~cf!i c<- r-?; ( J.!. J . t:JORE) . ang Conur.and~r For Air Officer Commanding
Felice Station, Burren Junct1~n . 17th July 1959. The ~e~artment of hir, and Research. Subject: Strange flying objects sighted in the Vicinity of Burren Junction. I wish to inform you of strange objects seen flying in the sky at night in the Burren Junction area. Firstly on the night of the 7th July 195q at 9.~ pM I was patr~lling the ctock route about 12 miles due Sou~outh rast fro~: Pnrren Junctior. in my car. I saw a bright red light in the sky and stopped my car on the side of the road, alirhted and observed that the bright red light was or arreared to be an object of a kind . It was reddish on top and from the bottom shone a very bright to blood red lizht this came out in a cone shane from the botto~ and thinning out in the middle of the cone it hovered over trees, backv.ard and forvard, and side\vays. It did not appear to be very high in the sky and I fully expected the object or light to pass over my vehicle at any moment and in fact I had my spotlight which is powerful ready to shine on it if it did pass over me. Then it appeared to go away s1ov;ly to the •· Pst, North 'est and v.ent out of sight , I could see it for some distance going away. At the time I thought to myself it ~as so strange that no person 101ould believe me if I told them about it. .t.t 'L.I;m_l was inspecting stock about 3 miles further on down the roaa-Tafter I had kept this object under observ6tions for at least 10 to 15 oinutes) . I mentioned the subject to a ~r . Barton who was in charge o! the stock , and with two young lads who were droving >.ith him, he told !':e that he sav. strange object near the roadl?ay on the stock route . He said that at about 7 am that morning be mentioned to the boys that, what ~as the big grey cattle float doing on the side of the r oad, he didn' t think anymore about it, but later the t~o boys roce their horses witr.in several hundred yards of what they thoueht was a float and ~tated that they saw a large grey thinf which lookPd like a triangle on the bottom with a dorne on top, they stnod watching for several minutes and then became almost ~rightened, ~hen suddenly the dome di~ap!eared and then the bottor as if by magic. At exactly 0 . 20 pm on the night of the 17th July 1950 I wa~ in \','atPrloo Street, Burrn Junction when I sal~ the objegt or li&ht in the sky "gain, it was nearly due \''est of Burren Junction and appeared to be moving around in the sky slowly . Hr . George . Herrinr: of " Rothesay" was passing in his car and I stor-ped him ana he al~o observed the lieht in the sky . It did not come close and was about 6 !'1iles av ay or ll'ay be a bit less as it H s hard to tell it was still red on top with the bright red r,low corning from underneath, and from this distance it appeare~ to become bri~ht and then dull . It then appeared to come to earth and disappear, this I i magine would be the light going further a~ay an~ only appearin to come to earth . Sir, this ~ay sound silly as a saying is but it is in fact what I saw and how I can describe it, I can only tell you of the object that the drovers saw and it must sound very immaginete to you as it would have sounded to me, but ov.ing to the :fact that I saw something in the sky it c~uld be right - or could not • • . /2
- 2 - This file is being forwarded as confidential, not to be released to newspapers or the like but for your benefit only 1f it is of any use . 1 read in the newspapers of some object heine slt:hted in the liorth of Australia and this is Ninly what prompted me to write to inform your Department, after seeing the light to- night . On the papers attached I have triPd to draw the light how I saw it and the object as described to me . . ' -.,... ~r. . ~.;.~:.~~. . ..~~~~ . ·.c~. ·J~Io ..... 1 Sincerely . Sro. C.A. Taylor Constable lst Class 6109 •
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347 RECEIVED 21 JUL 1959 HEADQUARTERS HOME COMMAND
TREPHONE: f'enr 1 th 23Jl • IN R t!:.:" ~LEASE QUOTE 5/2/l Air( 55A) Secretary Department of Air Administrative Offices CANBERHA ACT REPORT ON ~ERIAL SIGHTING 7 Headquar ters Ho~e Cocmand RA.~ PEh'RITH l',·,• NS 7 AUG 1959 Attached is a report received from RAAF Provost Service, Townsville relating to an unidentified flying object. J~ tlfcc c ,.~ (~·. t.:uuR~) Wing Commander For Air Officer Corr~anding
17/2/Air(lA) CONi-~ -> Q Q E X u c s 1~8 D #~I"/17i7J~~ 1-""fJ"-v' RA~F rrovost Service North QUPPnsland Section 13 Sturt Street Townsville 22nd July, 1959 .. Provost t.;arshal Department of Air !'elbourne S.C.l. Copy to: - Headquarters Home Col"lllland (D.P . ll. ) Headquarters Home Command (Jntell Off) UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT 1. On the 16th July 1959 , this Section was advised by the Intelligence Officer , RAAF Base Townsville, that a report had ~een received by hie, from a member of the ~ . 7 . C, Department of Civil Aviation, Garbutt , regarding the sighting of an Unidentified Flying Object. It was claimed that the unknown object had been sighted by a civilian, namely, Mr . Clive Robertson , Psrk Lane , Hermit Park, Townsville, at approxima~ely 0900 hours on the mornin~ of Tue~cay , 14th July, 1959. 2 . Mr. Robertson when interviewed stated he was the Chief FrojectiQnist at the Regent Theatre, Hermit Park . At about 0915 hours ~n the day in quest ion , he was engagPd outsioe the theatre , repairing a neon sign . i\t the time he was standing on the awninr; roof . l'r . Robertson said he had completed the repairs, switched on the sign and whilst looking up to see if the latter was working, not1ced a round object, bright silver in colour , flash across the sky in a south easterly direction . It ap~eared to travel with a jet likP covement. There v.ere no vapour trail~, neither was there any noise . r·r. Robertson said the obj,.,ct appeared to be perfectly round at the hase and tapering to a smaller circumference at the top . The outlines of which appeared t o be blurred . It was about 3 ft. in 0iameter. 3. In answer to ouestions, ~r . Robertson said he could not estimate the height or speed of the object, however it was visible even after passing behind clouds . It was sighted for about 1-1; minutes . Mr. Robertson said due to the fact he was alone on the roof , it was not possible to get anyone to v·itness the incident . The matter was reported to the D. c . A. Garbutt . 4. Enquiries carried out at the Metrological Section, Garbutt, disclosed the following information:- At about 0915 hours, 14th July 1959 , the visibility was estimated at 40 miles . The ,o;ind was 4 knots per hour, travelling in a south easterly d irection. The cloud formation was estimated at i at 12,000 ft. high. General remerks, a blue sky and more or les~, a perfect day . A met . ballon wa s r eleased at about 0900 hours , tha t same day. Civil Police were contacted, but no corroborative evidence was forthcoming. 5. Fro~ personal observations Mr . Robertson appeared to be an intellir.ent, level headed type of man, and not ~ne iven to hallucinations . However it is possible he sighted the rJet . Balloon , although Met Section, Garbutt, state the balloon would only drift at a V• ry slow speed, due to the velocity of the wind . 6. ~nclosed for information are newspaper reports, pertaining to similar incid~nts, in and around ~'orth Queensland area . Sgd . (,;,J . N!- ' AL) \'arrant Officer in Chart RAKF Provost ServicP North Queensland Section TOiNSVILLE
liS II aucer Seen Near Karumba - 0 U L!..._r.:fl J - .... ~';===~-- Nati'!es Terrified by ' 'Saucer"- HUGE RED OBJECT LANDS NEAR T.l. BRISBANE, July 14.-A huge glowing red ob - Ject is reported to hove landed on top of o htll on Prince of Wales Island, 10 miles off Cape York Peninsula. Native..-.. o n the 1one1y tl\ln.nd t~r-e terrified a..r•d ri!'!U.Sl: to go n«>ar lhe un\dentlned obj•ct, " rt'port r~Ol~hlng Tburadll.)' l sla.Dd ch>.imod to-night. EYEWITNESS A nu.ttve. wcm:w.n. ){rg~ N~ .. :p:tu Abcd~t!go. of Thua-,dn.y lt~IIUid, wbo mo.de tho> o·oport ·when ~e and her tamtiY re- l un\fod 1.0 th"'T hom• l•huul to-ni~<bl. se.td th•y bod ""on tho obJeeL She told a ~•dent 1t "a."j on top of a hdl IU Pon Lahou. on tbc tsJo.nd'll r.outh· tl'n Up. Port Llbou Ill 12 miles from TbllN<Ia~· I•IMcl Tho ob)cet bad \antlod th••r- on Wedn.e=ada~t mgbt. th•• nJgbt four c1'0COdUr huntr-rll •ighted an unld•ntiO•d object ov~r lhe !\onnan Rsvpr. The woman aid tb~ obJeCt on tbe tult could not ~ .et"n ln the d3.yUme but it g:we on a r@ddiS-b glow at ntJ:bt T..h~ hland•s tnb.Db•tanu,.;-.. 12 hatl\te$'-"P. e-re wn too ternll•d to lnsJ>t'Ct 1t. On Wedn•><IG)· night ..,,_ era! Thursday lshnd reol- dents report\.'d &ttf'ing a g""'n object nymg to" over Thursdav L'lland On u. • . "8.mc J:lfgbt. a sb"nog,. obJC<'l ha.d also be•n rtport~d at MtlJ)OOn hti.s.sion, on lho west c:oast of Cnpe York-- - ~ · The .;;ect•ctary, Department o.~. Dei'crce , Ci\NBm.!:Lh ~ . ; . 'I' . 58/26 Furtba~ to my .nemorandum 58/ 26 of 17th June, 1959, regarding the above subject, I attach i'ol' your in.formo tion copied of correspondence recc.~tly rt".ocei ved t'rom t~e Ad~ini~trator of ~apua and Ne~ Guinea . Copi ea of this me:norandum and sttacbments buve also been forwarded t o tbe De~rtmerts of Air, Civil Aviati on and National Developnent res_.ectively, and to the Carunon.ealtb Scientific and Industrial {esearch Organization. The Secre tat•y, Dep~;~rtrn~nt ot' the '\i:c, CfiJfBERRA . A. C. T, Copy 1'or infot'lnation. ~ ( C. R. Lamber t) Secretary. -{!.;IC.~t.t; (c . R. L&-,be}•t) ~;ar decr~tacy .The tiecretary, Department o:f Territories, C \l BE.t~:{A . De,l A rtment or the Adminidtrutor Port Morel:lbY 1\D. 93/5/2. 22nd July, 1959. REI'ORTi!:D SIC1-H'I'INGS 0~=' pr.YING OBJECTS Re:fer~nce 13 made to my memorandum AD. 93/5/2 o:f 3rd June , 1959. 2. Writ t.en repoL'ts o:f the o..:currence re:ferred to in t Pe above memorandum have been r"'coived from two Native A!'f'airt~ officers , JJe.asrs. R. G • • Or•.vin and , . L. Smith. These reports are e~cl~.aea aa Att&cLmenta 1 and 2. 3 . ~ . E. Bvenett of ~emarai has glv~n the D~atrict COGl!lli~sioner, Samara!, an nccount of another 11 Jighting" in t e rollowi ng terms :- " On the night o:f the 26th June , I waa at GI 7A about eight miles below Bsniara in Goodenough Bay. I had just li.atened to the evening news and between 7 . 15J:lll':li:l 7. 30 p . m. went outside . I saw a~ object approach :from a north to ncrt h-ea.aterly direction, descend and then hover in the skY about 500 :feet up. I t wa.a at an angle of a.bour 450 up from me and when I spanned my hand out i n front of me to mea~ure i t, my hand shielded about halt: of: 1 t from view w1 th the re11aininu part vial.ble. I t aeeced to me to be about 60 feet long. It had the silhouette o:f a rugger :football, and had a kind of ring around it; w i th about :four semi-domed porthol es visible in the .:>ide that I could see . A glon was co~" from these ~ortholes . lt remained hovering for about four minutes and then disappeared rapidly in a southerly direction. The followin~ morning I went across to a vi llage just below BOIANAI and the~e the na t1 ves asked m~ ... :r I had sc::e1. the 'new America! AiL' Force ' that had u.i-~JeaJ.•ed the previous evening" . 4 . The :foll wing rei>ort ha~ boen furnished by Bishop Doyl e of the domaJ Catholic ~fission at Sideia : - " In June, 1958, there came from a ~outherly direction a round object about the size o:f the moon pale blue in colour and emitting liubt brighter than the moonli~ht . s.~emed to hover in he 3ky at about as high as the moon, over the ~i3sion property. kfter about .t'i ve minutes 1 t moved in a noJ.' tberly direction end disappeared in mid- sky. (~ en by five senior school boys at the 3ame time) .... - 2 - 1 About late October or early Movembor ~58, on two evenings about 7 o'clock a light a O'Jt the size of a bright star, white in colour, moved high across the ,/ea tern sky from N.w. to s. ' • On the second occasion the li ght was not conatant but a ~peared to f'laah on and off at r egular inte rvals of' about two seconds . Thia phenomenon was observed by a uumher of the Fathers , Brothers as well as a l arge number of' school children One Saturday in '.lay this year a large green elip t i cal object wa~ oee~ by nine school boys. It was 10uch l arger t han a star and moved ravidly. On June 13th this year at about 6 . 15 p.m. tw~~ ty odd boys ~aw an ellptical object about 1he size of a football , a pretty green colo\U' rt~ce very fast ar.d low across the Ea~tern aky towa rds the North East. At 8. 50 p.m. on June 27th this year two of' the Brotbers saw e large fiery object about hdf the aize of' a :full moon in tbe Reatern sky movin~ slowl y either down the Western sky or away from t he oboervera in a iVedterly direction. At one sta ~e tt.e ob ject of' which t he light waa appearing to dirnimb to a pinpoint, suddenly glowed br ightly again. It turned blue before finally dj sappearing. Tbe whole phenomenon l asted about ten minutes" . 5. &ncl ~ aed as Attachments 3 and 4 are t'e11orts of' :t'urtber sigbtinga received from 'tfesara . Orwin and Smith. 6. At one stage , the Harbour Master at Samarai was inclined to the belief' that it waa the planet Venus whi ch was bein~ seen. He stat ed that this plane t sometimes has the habit of' emit ting blu e , ~reen arA red flasheo of' li~t, and also t hat light refraction due to te 1perature chanRes in the atmos~here gives the i~presaion of t he planet moving. However, the Dist rict Of'ttcer was recent ly at Baniara and discussed tbi;3 m ~ tter ~-ersonally with fir. Orwin and other people there who have sighted these objects and he is inclined to the belief' tbat t l.eJe sip:htinP,a are not to be dismissed lightly and that, i n ract, something strange a nd aa yet unknown was truly ohserved duri ng periods mentioned by tbe re. orting Qtf'icers. The Di stri ct Co~ l saioner says that Mr . Orwin ~~other eye witnesses to these occurrences are quite convinced t hat they ard not si~htinp: the planet "Venus" . 7• Tbe aegional Director, Attorney General ' s D epartment ba$ been kept :fully in£ormed of these re1orts. (4 f<ttachmeata) (D . LI. CLELA N D) ADt!Il:I ">'!'!{AcTORSub District Office , BANIAI!.A. r~ilne Bey District . 17th June, 1959. UNIDENTil<'IED FLYING OBJHCT SiatrrED FROM BANIA.RA - MILNE BAY DISTRICT On the night o~ Sunday the 2Lth Uay, 1959, I was sitting on the verandah of my bouae in company with Mr . R.L. Smith, Cadet ~strol Offi~er . The ni~ht waa vory clear with no clouds and rao.ny stars. I noticed a particularly bright light hiph in the sky to the west of Baniara. At ~irat I thought that it may have bee_ a bright star but the object be~an to move in an erratic direction to the south west. T~.e object wa.:> first sighted at 1900 hours and was under constant observation t~om that time . T~e first time it was aighted it appeared to be emitting a bright blue light. As it began to move towards the aoutb west, sometimes rapidly and aometlmea only perceptably it chu.oged colours frOin blue to bright c:treen ~·d then tbi::~ would be ter:ninated by ar. c.range flash. The charu?ing li~hta a:ppeared to come from the bott om of tbe object . At 2015 hours, after beinu. kept under close observation, the object finally disappeared in a aouth- westerly di,•ection. It was not possible with the naked eye to determine the sha~ of the object and it did not have the appearance of a star or meteorite . It al>.PeS.£'ed, at the distance , to be a re~ar shape but it::~ size could not be estimated. (8ad) R. O. Orw~n .
Sub-District O~ce , Baniara , Milne Bay District, T. P. & N.O . 17t h June , 1959. UNIDENTIFIED 1<'LYING OBJECT SIGHTED !"ROM BANIARA - l4.B. D . On the Idght of Sunday the 24th May, 1959, an ap~rently unidentified flyi~ object wa~ sighted from Babiars. The rol~owino description of the object is as accurate as possible to my 0 > 3ervations. At 1?00 bra •• on the said date, an object was s i ghted, high in t he sky in a westerly direction from Baniara. I n the 1. rat instance it was stationary. The predominating colour of light emitting from the object was of a brilliant irrides cent blue. Soon after first sighting the object, it commenced to descent erratically in a south- westerly direction ; somet imes quite ra1'idly and at other times olmost corning to a halt. Duriag tr.e~e movements , the blue colour would change for an instant to ~ bright ~reen, te~inated by ar orange flash. The~e colour3 appeared to come from a lower position on the object - as if fro~ its base . Tne object ·ompl etely disa ppear ed from view , in a south- westerly direction at 2015 bra . (Sgd} R. L. Smith
---- COPY. ~ Tile Distri ct Com;nissioner , Uilne Bay District, ;:,A!.UiAI . 31 - 1-4/11 4th Ju1y, 1959. SIGHTING o-.;- FLYING OBJECT - BAl'"'ARA Reference is made to my radiogram 6 of 29th June, 1959 and your 17- 2-4/134 of 30th June, 1959, to the Assiotent Adminiotrot or, copy of same being minuted to tnis office . T .e following report based on the siq;htin ps of Mrs . R. G. Orwin ahd Messrs. n . G. Orwi n and ~ . L . Smith is sub~itted for your lnf'o!'ma ... ion. On Sat. trday 27th June, 1959, a t 1940 hours Ur. R. L. S::Ji th noticed a bright white apherical light ~W :from Baniara and high in the sky. It appeared to be hetween 8 and 9 thousand feet from the crround . Both :lr . L nd .Irs . Orwin also saw this object after ~ . a~ith d~cn their attention to i t. The object remained stationary for aome t~e and ther slowl~ bepa~ moving ac.•oss the a!cy i r> a "Yeaterly direction. It bad tht> appearance of a " s~arkler" which is co~only used i n firework displays. Also ai.'C3 of liP'ht e:nanating from the object appeared to '!:>e blotted out at regular intervals. A greeL lip:ht aJ.so appeared at regular inte!•yals at va1'ious points of the object. There did not apv"'""-'·' to ba any defi nite order in the a peararce of tbia li ~bt . T' e object looked as t hough it h~d a r ·d base or that a red glow was ori~inating f rom ita baae . At t te ti~e of sighting and while the object was unaer o aervetion the~e wore ~any stars ~resen t and few clouds in the f.t'ea .Jhel"e ... he obj .!Ct was to be seen. There was a def1ni te r eflecteJ. g.low or the few clouds i n the area whe" the object .t>ll33ed i~ close .L1roxi mi ty to them. It wa::J also noticed that there wa;;J - renec ";ion l ike ::. bean of l i ght on the water between t he lila1nland 81·d the isls.ud and t hi<3 emanated from t he object. In contrast the reflect1on o ~ the ::Jtars in t.he ~a~er, which was vers ~ooth, ~ere similar to pinpoints only . Aa t he o~ject alowly moved across ard downwards in a weaterly di~ect ion it was kept unner constant observation. ~~om t e wharf it was then seen th~t there was whnt arpeared t o be a round bro~e coloured disc below ar.d to t he ipht of the bright l~ght . ~s the li~ht moved ao did this disc keepin" the same dis t ance , about 500 to 1 000~ach tlme. This wa~ first n~ticed at 2025 boura . The bright li~ht ard o1dc both finally disappeared ~ehind cloud low in the western hori zon at 2045 hours . On Sund~y 28th a t 1820 hours the briut t lipht f9S a~ain deen by Mr . and Ura vrw1n. I• apJeared in the s9ne •oa!tion as on the previous night althoupb it wao not as J.'ipht at firs t. At 2001 bo~s the ~riq t li"ht moved ~t orest J~ced alonP. the J-•e track aa t he ~roviou3 Di~ht but in a minute cove~ed the sane dis- tu•ce lt bud taken half un hour to cove r previou.:~l y. The liaht ,uca.n~ very bri11ht d· ·:-ing thia rs 1 id :nov~ent ·;& diC.. its r et'lection on the oea. IrJr o~ped about 5 00 feet during the uerl od and from my o~lnion it looked as thou~h it was ~oin~ to Lond to tha north we3t of' t h~ stution on t h(; :n lnlttnd . Tr.e 11 ht wa:J kept; under o J&C C'vation rlur.1ng the ru~>id moveJ,Jc!mt c:~nd .tr . Orwin ran to the wl .arf l'or thia pu~~l'oa e. It slow~:~d u.P <~nd re • .:lined in the we:Jtern
- 2 - sky and remained thexeuntil it slowly disappeared spain low on the horizon at 2115 hours . The bronze dla- wao a~s1n diahted in the same relut~ve ~ oaition as the night be~ore . Ur . Smith was prese•.t with 'lr . Orwin to kee:; the bri~ht li~ht under observation :from 2005 hours unt il 1 t disappeared. Th1o o:N'ice t,as been advised that the planet Venus coul.d be ex.ected to be seen :from ~he station in approxim~tely the same direction a~ th~ bright l i ~ht wa3 first seen. However the ~lanet Ve<.ull was oet3n on the 4th Jul.y, 1 g59 by myself' and The Naval. Intelligence Jfficer who wa~ visiting the district, and :from ita sighting I am of' t 'e opinion t hnt it was not the brirrht lil7ht seen previ ously as tbio lipht was much lower than Venne ond more to the north of' the _.osl tion of Venus . For•warded ~or your inf'ormati on, pl ease . (Sgd) H. Orwin a/A~si3tant Dist.rict Of'!'icer .
Sub- D1Dtr1ot Ofri ce, Baniare , tlilne Bay Diatr t ct. 7th July, 1959. PF'JIDU' l'U 31-1 =4/11 Aa ~toted in tbe attscred ~e.or t, the ori ginal object wa3 night sighted from the 4th July onwarda. The pl onet Venus however Wd5 visible. ~~ring tho e~ly e vening of .londay the 6th o~ July, I wstcbed ~or the original object between the timee of its Frevious appea~a r.ce3 . The pl3nat Venu3 WQ3 v13 ble ot this tim.:! only. However, I awoke durilll' the nicrbt :1t 0050 b!'a., happened to look ot tt;e sky and notived a very br1eht light. On observing th1G li~ht more cloaely, I was convinced that it waa t he sane one as aeen bet~~en t he 27th of June ond tht~ 3rd of July. Venua \988 not v1aible. The object a~paored to be lower in the sky than on previous occnsiona end cloaer to the point of observation. The hronze waa not evident on this o ccasion. After watchine i t for rifteen minutes, and ohject like a !"allin~ star see~ed to como .t'ro:n near tbe b3ae of' the object and shoot earthward at • trema ~oua speed and at about t'o.1.•t y 1'1 Te degrees to the !tt'Ound. Arter about !"1 ve more ~uutes th13 procedure waa re~ated by a ~ ther similar object, but th13 one went to the other side. It ia ~ealiz ed of courae thst these objecta could havo bean shooting star~, and could haTe coaae t"rom soma distance behind the object. After ob.:Jerving the object f'or alinoat an hour , it moved owoy in a similar lirection to before {resterly) alt hough wben f irat 3ighted it WSJ more to the south than on prev1oua occasiona. F 0 rwarded for your inf or.nat1on pleaae. (dpd) R. L. dmlth C~de t Ptrol Officer .~o:emorandum 1"1 JtCPLY ouan 128 .1. 21 ( 20 ) C OMMONWEALTH OF A USTRALIA ,;q DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE CANBERRA. A.C.T. REPORl'ED SIGHI'lrfG OF FALLING OBJECT - TERRITORY OF PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA Atta.ched is a copy of a memorandum dated 17th June , 1959 , from the Department of Territories. It is noted that additional information may become available and this will be forwarded when it is received. 2. If, in the meantime , you are able to throw any light on the incident, your advice would be appreciated . ~-'- ( Secretary.
The Secretary, Department of Defence, Victoria Barracks, I>!ELBOURNE. Department of Territories, Canberra. No . 58/26 17th June 1959 RbPORrED SIGHTING OF FALLING OBJECT - TERRITClRY OF PAPUA AND NEH GUINEA I have been informed by the Administrator of Papua and New Guinea that he recently received the following radiogram from the Assistant District Officer at Baniara in the Milne Bay District :- "Apparently unidentified object sighted from Baniara 1900 Sunday ~th May in westerly direction appeared high in sky but comrrenced to descend erratically in SW direction colour was of brilliant blue alternating at long intervals to a reddish glow and ending with a green flash object disappeared at 2015' hours" The Administrator is obtaining a full report on the occurrence, and I shall furnish you with any additional information that may c ome to hand. (Sgd) C.R • .Lambert Secretary.
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':TELEPHONE; rJXY 1)0 - '"' 1\EPL Y PLEASE QUOTE No, _ _ _ ___ ~ Headquarter s Training Command ' / ~ ~rt Park Barracks -A \ IJELBOtlRNE SCJ VIC • 5/6/ Air(28A) \ 1 4 ~,A\ l959 1 Department of Air Administrative Offices -- CANBERRA ACT SIGHTING OF UN-IDENT I FIED AERIAL OBJECTS Herewith is a report received from the Departm ent of Civil Aviation (Victoria- Tasmania Region), LaTrobe Street hlelbourne, concerning the sighting of an aerial object at Launceston, Tasmania on or about 2nd May, 1959. I Encl ./ (li (~ Group Captain Yor Air Officer Commanding Rt~ a'-J ~T------------~------------ ----------~~----~------~
1 • i'lame of obsei""V"er •• ••• • . : • •• • • ••• • • • ••••. • • • • •.• • •• • •••••• • • • ••• :· • •••••••••• 2. "ddress of ObsP-rver . •• ••• •• • ••• •• ••••••• ••• ; •• • • . ••• • ••• ~ •.• ." •••• • ••••• •• • • 3 . Occupation of Observer • •••••••••••• •••••• •••••••• • •• •••• •• • . . •• • •••• •. ••••• 4 . Date and Time of Observation (Time .ivcn in 24 hour clock zonal time) ................. .. ......... .. ...... .. ...... .. .................... .. ..... ... 5. Per iod of Observation(s) ........... .. .. .............. ..................... . 6. f·anner of Observati on (Give details of mm position by map reference if possible, or by lmo1.1n landmarks, and describe any equiooont used in the observati on) . ' ~ ' • •.• •• • •• ; ; ;- • •• ;. •••• .• •.•••••••••• : •. !' •.•• ~ • .• ••• • •• ••• : ••••.•••• •• :- • • ! ••••• ~ ~ - . .................................................................... . ....... ................................................. . .......................... 1. Where was object first observed, e .g . overhead, comin~ from behind a hill, over the horizon, etc. i. • _..... c.; ............................................................................. 8. ~at first attracted obs~rvcr 1 s attention, e . g . li~ht or noise • .. .... . - ...................................................................... . 9 . Did object ap? ar as a li~ht or as a definite object . - -- .)..,. ....... . . . . . ........ ... . ...... . r- •• • •••••• ••••••• • •••••• • • • • • •• •••• • • • ••• • • •• •• •• 10 . I f ther e was more than one object , how many w~ru the~ , and what WlS their formation • ........ · ... .......... - .. - ....... ). . .. · ........ : . ... ~ . ... ~ ..... ; ......... · .............. 11 . ~~t was th~ colour of the light or object t~: .................... ............ 12 . ..!ha,t was i ts apparent shape • • • • • • • • • • • • • : • •••• • •••••••••••••••••• •• ••••••• ............................. ...................................... . ........ 13 . Was any de·~il of structur~ obsorvabla •• • •• ••• ••• • ••• •• ••••·•••••••••·• · ••• .............. ..................................... .. ....................... 14. ~as any mcthocl of propulsion obvious • ••• ••• •• • • ••• ••······••••••••••·••• •• 15. .~o.s thcrt any so\.U\d .......... ..... ~ .••..••• • .••• ••. •••••. .. ..• .. • . ..•• . ....••• • 16.++ Height, or angle of el evation •••• • .• : ••••• ••••. ~ • • •. ....••••.•••••••••• ••• • 17 . ++ Speed, or ~gular v~ ocity • ........................... . ... .. ................. 18. State any o.q>cri cnce which enables obs ... rv~r to bo rtlasona.bly certain ~bout tho answer s given to 16 ~d 17 • ++ ............................................................................ Since it is nor~~y impossible ~o cstimntc tho h i~ht and ~~cod o~ . str~gc object, i t will usU.:l.lly bo b1. ttor to cndc cvour to determine the analo of el evation or l:.ho object, th_ mgle throuo. uhich it movod, 1nd tho time taken to do this . ~~ ······ · · 2/ I
Repor t on Agtial Ob ject Obsorvocl, {Cont'd) 19. Direction of flight with rofcrcnco to landmarko or points of the compass • ............................. ................... ........................ 20 , D i d tho objoot remain on a straight path, deviate or rnanocuvr~ at all, ..... : •• --. ••••••• • c-."1 .1 • •• ••• •• ....... ...................................... . 21. was any tr.:1il of exhaust, vapour or light soen c ........................ 22 . w~ere did object disappear, a , g. in mid-~ir, bohind o hill , over tho horizon, ••• • • •.. . .. ~.. • ..... o •• • ~ •••• • ••••.•.. . .• ~ ..•.. • •....••.. .• .• .• . •.• • •.• • •.•••••• 23 , ~xistence of any physical evid ·nco such as fragmon ts , photogr1.phs , or other supporting cvidenco , ....................................... .. .... ........................... 24, \Jeathcr conditi ons ~;;xocricnced at tinc(s) or obscrvation(s) .............. - .............................................................. . 25. Locati on of any nir tr~ffic in tho vicinity at tho tim._ of si!!hting. - ,..., - ... ,. ~ .. " ,... c -. ................. -. ...................... .............. ...... - ... •'• ........ .,; ..... . - - - - ,, J.:. · ······· ··············· ~···· · ················ ·· ················· · ···· · · · 264 Loc~tion of ~ meteorologic~ st.~tions in the general aroa. - . ' ........................................................................ 27. Any' addi t i onal tnformati on ••• • • • ••• •••••••••••••••••········ •·•• •• ••••• ......................................................................... ........................................................................ •.•...•...........• ......•..•..... .... .........••.... ...............•••• Questi ons 25, 26 and 27 to be answered by interr ogator , ... ...................... ;1-- r ""'ONE: MXY 130 IN II.EPL Y Pl.£ASE QUOTE No.------ 5/6/Air(26A) Department of Air Administrative Offices CANBERRA ACT Headquarters Training Command RAAF Albert Park Barracks MELBOURNE SC3 VIC 2 ~APR 1959 SIGHTING OF UN- IDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECTS 1. Enclosed is a report submitted by Mr. J.W.Follett of Carrum, giving details of ~ sighting of an un-identified aerial object over the sea at Carrum on 17th April 1959. 2 . The first report of the sight ing was phoned by Mr. Follett to the duty Operations Officer, Training Command on the morning of the incident . On checking aircr aft movements with RAAF ACC, DCA and Moorabbin Airport, the Operations Officer was assured that no aircraft had been anywhere in the area at the time . Commanding Encl
1. 2 . 3. 4. 5· 6. 7- 8. 9. 10. 11. 12 . 13. 14. . ~ 0 REPORT ON _... ~ I!A'L J~~!S!fdi~ t Name of observer .1o fl t/.:. W. ~-~ .K. £; . ~ . · .. [ Q L L. f. J: T .. . . . . . . Address of' Observer /(f .IJ.5.J. ~ P. .A.f<. .f) .... 5.fR Y.'. {. f- .5. T . A.I . ~O/I) Occupation of' Observer fii/.1}/(J}.G.~/;.· . ....... . .. ....... ...... . Date and Time of Observ,tion (Time given in 24 hour clock zonal ..... . ·f . . /1. • M : . ... .(. {'J • . !Jf~ I.~ • ./ ~ r_~) .. • . . . . . .. • .. • .. .. ~~~e ) Period of Observation(s) . -~~ - ~~ .•• ...•• •... • • . . Manner of Observation: (Give d~ails of own position by map reference if possibles or by known landmarks , and describe "flY equipment used in the observation) . . /;J. .~k -~r::_~r~~~-7'~ ~ rA<. . fd~ w.tku •. kt 7 ~ . J/1.,.. .'$'J . .lfv.. .. r!J. ;r. . ..w. .4-k-. 4-1. k .J..U.....t.f~.., -~-..! Where wa fl object first ob&erved ~ e. 0• overhead , coming from behind 8 hill, pver the 1lOrizon ? etc • .u . .;a. .. F .. A4 ·7:. -~ -. ~ . -~ ... ...... Wast first attracted observer s &tte~tion e. 0 • li:ot or noise . ;L .. ~ .~~ .. ~ d .. M A . ,l~~/.~ Did object appear as al{ibht or as a definite Object . j1 M..~.~ .a/~~ -~~ 1 ./MVW.. ,. &~ If tnere was more than a object, how many were there, 8 what was their formation . ::::. :::. :::. ::::::~~ ,:~=~~~~i~F r . .~ .. ~ . -~ .. ·r · . . ~ ..... ... . .... . ... . ~::_~~- ~:~~~~~. ~~~~~~~~,~ . ~ :'t~ r· Was any method of pro puls ion obvious , . ~ c-;- .•.•••••. • • 15 . Was there any sound •. .. .• -~ r..... .. .. . . .. .... ... .... 16 • .A:Il3e1ght, or angle or elevation~.~- d~ .. .OttY.~ ... /<-1 l] • .A:IlSpeed, or an~ular velocity • ••••• ~~ . ~ . ~r .......... . . . 18. State any eJi t>er1ence which e ne::>les observer to tfe reasonably certa1r. sbout the ane :1ere. ::;i ven to 15 and 17 . J t.-.fk~ .. ~b~LW. :#.KJ.~~ - ~f...tr.tfn<-.~70': .... --:-tr'l'~ A* Sinc~t is normallyJ(mpossible i6 est~ate th~ ~ei3ht nnd speed~ of a strange object it will usually be better to ende&vcur to determine the angle of elevation of the object the angle through wh1~ t move~ ar~ the ti~e taken to oo this. 4/.( "' ~ I .... ./219. Direction of flight with reference to landmarks or ooin t£ of the compass. 20 . 21. 22 . 23. 24. 25. ................ .... .. ........ .. .. ............ ........ ....... . Did the object remain on a &trsight peth, deviate or manoeuvre at ell. _f__ (_ . . ~t. . ~ - /no-. . tK . . ~~- . . -~ Was any trail of exhaust. vap o light seen . ~!7 •...... . . Where did object disappear~ e . g. in mid- air , behind a hill, over the horizon • . 4 . ·~ .. ~ . . 4v ... ~ .. .4w:i+.~~ d;Jt- ~ Existence of any physical evidence such as fr agment~ photo- graphs, or other supporting evidence • . (.~{ . . ~ . r .. ~ .. ~ .k- .. ~~--='~"'"'· d ...... . W~ther conditions experienced at time(s) or observation(s) . ~ .~ . . ~ . a.. . ~ .~ .. ~ . ~ . ~~-; .~ Location of any sir traffic in the vicinity at the time of s l .snting • ............. /.vi. ....... ........... .... .................... 26 . Location of any meteorol03ical stations in the ~eneral ares . ......... . ~ . .. .. .. .. . ..... . ..................... .......... . 27 . Any addi t1onal informs tion .. ... ..•. ••. .•.••.•... . . . ...• . ... . .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 4 ••• ............................... .. ............ .. ..... .. .. ........ ........ . ........................... ., ..... ... .. ......... ...... . Q uestions 25s 26 and 27 to be answered by interrogator.~~----~--------------------------~----------~------~----------------- .- I .... COMMON\\.EALTH BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY .. Ul ~ausuauieatioa. to bo edd"'I!..W ~~ Tht- Dirrclor of \Jtl"ro10f} 54/-566 The Secretary. Dep~tment of Air , Victoria & r c's , St . Ial.ia rCl . I .:E480URNE Sigh tine: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Il l+ /I// , 7 ' .At~ention P.O. BOX 1289 K liELBOlJR);£, Cl. "9021 Ttl•pboo•ze Tis; 8th pril , --53 . - Unidentified F'lying Object The attached report, originally f0~varded to the Deputy Director , Bureau of eteorology , Tasmania , is enclosed for your info~ation . !tf~l/. 4-- ( .J. '!IMs) Actin~ Director of W.etecrolo~v
Account o1' S~g:hting of Unidentified Flyl.n Objects at Risdon, T smanis or- Thursday , J~unry Sth , 1959, by .L. rewton , 10 ... c Guinness Cresce1 , _.enuh Valley , a.ntl , . JJ . Sha~. , 4 :Brooker Avo:; ., oone.h At 9 . 00a.m . on 8 . 1.59 Newton and Shaw left the .ydro - Electri... ~o ~ssion ' s oon~ Offices for isdon hith tn object of planning alter ticns to a hi h voltcge underground cable ter~inal structure s ... tu ted in Risj n ~d . , on the per~ eter of the r.orks of the .Electrolytl.c Zinc Company of /Asia Lt.1 . ,t 9 . 20 . n . Sh-1. , r.ho w.,s lookin up t the top of the .,.... structure c stl lly re? e'>'1ton ' s ttentil"nto wh:-t appeareu to be piece of newspaper caught in <'n u draught and high in the air over the .z. ~ompany ' s prop~rty . Its · ltitude woul~ b~ about 1000 ft un~ both ~en atched it eradu lly flo t to e rth. hen it 1,a., ..1bcut 200 :ft from the ground it accelerated to a hi "'h speed and disapeareu between tv:c bui dJ.ngs in the E. Z. Company ' s orkshops ar.,& abo \At one quarter of a m~ le 'lWay . It \vould h· ve been bout 30 -~· ~rom th ground travell~ne bout 60 m. p .h. and possibly 9ft . lor.oe 1hen it daappeared - It had the appe·u-aDce of a pure wnite linen sheet and w· s quite flexible . (A subse.tent intensive sear~h in the area 2! hours later revealed notning hica coulu account for the phenomenon) . As the object was nearly to the ground , ' ewton sighted a sll:l:;.J. r object ~ ... bot., Shaw anti Ne\ ton wa.tc u tm.s disappear rapidly in a downward d.irection in n area bet"een the E . ~. Company ' s Administration block ana: tw: wharf several sec nds after the disappe ranee of the first object . ihi:!.st conject:.trin~ on tho:! n ture of tnese obo.~ec-s 1nJ whilst still lookin. to th, north est. after the disn.ppeo.r:'>noe of the seconl o ject, S1aw dre1 ~;;Htor ' s attention to a hif'b flying object nich ~ved t tremez.dnus olo'eeu l.n a Northerly direction dis.,ppearing behind ount :Jirection ( ltitude 1469 ft . ) . This object was Sl!L.."lll, f laslunp, brilliantly with an intense I• hi te lig...1t wl th a frequency of about 1500 cycles per minute nd £1ppe red to be et on altitude of at !east sev~r 1 thousana feet. This sightin lasted about one second durin~~; 1 hich the object tr·welled tnrough about t .. enty degrees of the ~.;ompass . Both men then looke back lon the course of the flasning object < nd immedi te.q noticed c;. sim:i.lllr object sloHly describing a large clockwise circular figure slightly to the North East of the zenith a.nu over the Derwent River . After one complete circuit 1t began to hover and move on . It d~a tnl.s several times until it w s close to t.1e sun 1.hen it became st tion ry though still flashing in a simil'l.r manner to the other object described in the preceuing par agr ph und at a simi ar altituue . Suddenly two jet black elcn~:;ated objects c..ppeared s ... ightly to the i;crtn of the object and be~an to 'floa ao1vnwaras towards the river . To make t~e most of tne sighting it s greed t •. at :ie1 ton wou.u give his a~tention t~ ~~e f tne bl ck objects ~u Sh 1 would watcn hl'lt I' s assumed to be t 1e p"...r.ent body . Tne black object floateu downwards <md beg n to have the aopearance of an inverted skittle lith a ball attac +~ the ena of the handle . Its descent w~s le_surely and the ' skittle ' rotated slo ly .bout the b _l 1hich was leading. It cou.t.u h ve been from 3 to 6 ft . lona a..-.,d m·ly noss1bly have reduced its dl1nensions fls it neared the surf~ce of the river . hen bout 100 ft . from the surfEce of the river its descent w s arrested and it bes n to move hortzontnlly in a southerly directJ.on for about 100 f+ . ~~en it gin descended vertic lly nd entered the wat er abou~ 1800 ft distmt without any apparent disturbunce . HoVIever t o se gulls wh1ch ,., ere flyin slo 1ly upstr ~n the Vl.Cl.nl..ty dived s. rply to the surf c ....ere the t'bject ais p eare bu.,; r.hcelet! l<Hil nu m de off . The tJ.me 1 s no 9 . 4'l .m • . ./2 ·:~ . .. ; .. . , -~ .~;. -
Dur1~ this t1me tue paren~ body w sin t1e one · s tion but slo ly decreas1na in size unti. i~ uisappeared bout the s e ti e es the bl c~ object hit the ~~ter . Its brilli~ce was ~n iminshed ~n intens1t d 1 s easy to see evetl tnough it w s v~ry close to t sun ' s d1sc . The 1e ther t t .. e tie w ple ss.nt r.mt1 sunny ith near clou less sky anJ ~ ~iant southerly drift of air from the r1ver . S;d . . L . !.ewton) Electric 1 Encineer (11 . D. Shaw) Electrical Engineer A.. I.£ . (Atst . ) . ,... I
\ .F. Form A 60 (Mar., 45) MINUTE SHEET ,. .. j \ [0\I::Jl
TUEPHONE: - I~ .~PLY ..Pl~SE QUOT,F ) 51~/I Air \3'>A No. SPcretary ~epartment of Air Victorin Barracks 1!ELB0t1P.UE 'llC Headquarters, Home Command Penrith I . W. New South Wales 6th August, I058 REPORT 01-T 'JNIDE:JTIFIED FLYinG OBJECT Forwarded here~ith is a report receivP.d from Headqu:u'ters R . A. A.F . Amberley, on an unidentified flying object . $~-~~ / . G. lAI.:TZIER) 7 N ng Commander r Air Officer Commanding
Ipswich 405I 'BS .5/209/Air(7A) Headquarters , Home Command R. A.A.F. PEliRITH, I . ... , N. S. Yl. OYA:L ATTSTRALHD AIR FORCE Hednquarters R.A.A. F. AUBERL...'!:"Y, Q.LD • 31st .Tuly 1958 J};tTSlJ.,J, SI }R:'. GS REPORT ON U!:rDEIITIF~ FLYlllG OBJECT I . Eorwarded herewith are two copies of a report on the sighting of an unidentified flying object in t~e vicinity of Amberley on the !4th ~uly IQSS , When this Headquarters learned of the sighting the Ease Squadron Intelligence Officer Flight Lieutenant Taylor \'18.5 Despatched to interview "!!embers of the group of men alleged to have observed the phenomenon. Having discussed the subject with all the witnesses, Flight Lieutenant Taylor decided to take detailed evidence from the man who first sighted the object and the most highly trained witnesses only. Ho~ever the evidence given by the remainder ofthe group generally conformed ~ith the statements of the two main witnesses . 2. Following Flight Lieutenant Taylor's first interrogation of the ~itnesses I interviewed at Amberley llr. Bruce Stephens the Constructional Engineer who had the presence of mind to train his theodolite on the object. Unfortunately the theodolite was the conventioned type giving bearings and angle of elevation only and was not a modern range-finding instrument. Had the theodolite been equipped for range - fin~ng other valuable evidence ind uding the altitude of the object could have been calculated. 3. Mr. Stephens impressed me as being a most intelligent and reliable witness. He explained that he was positivP that the object was solid and was neither an optical illusion nur a meteorological phenomenon . He explained that he had not reported his observation direct to the R.A.A.P . because he was certain that the object, b~ing solid, would ~~ve been tracked and recorded on "your radar." As a matter of' fact, the Amberloy O. C. A. 7'as still unserviceable on the day of the sighting. Ur. Stephens could not be induced to esti~te the size, speed or altitude of the object . He stated that it 'l':as moving during the entire period of his observation; was omitting no noise and he v·as impressed by the brilliant whiteness of the undersurface . 4 . Having examined the evidence and intervie~ed Mr. Stephens I can offer no satisfactory explanation of this occurrPnCP and I earnestly recommend that thi~ sirhting be t~ken seriously. (D.R. CHAPUA!r) Group Captain Officer Co~-anding . )
I.= tinn: Ti 13451\ 14th July 19;8 1 5 minutes thi. pllenom non was sighted on the 14 i-..h July 1958, .in!' rm ion w s not made known to R.A.A . F. au~r0ri~ies until July 2ls .::R, Lng.i.neer of 66 P!Ifl!: MG:JNTAIN R AD, N "J-: IP.:.'t.'Ili!', an e R. A. A.F. learned of the matter through dis·ussion witr Mr. MERVYK J \..1~ • Mr. NUT'LR pas~ed the inform<>tion to !LA.A.F. Amberley Mrl 4nv s~i tions waro comm nc)d on • e l2nd J~ 1958 . rhe obj ct under discussion was si~~t~d and obs~rved by twelve(12) members of s const;ruction gang employed nt t 1e oartiaJ..ly "lr •cted electric liuntin{'; a'l.d mnrsl alling yru-ds • t WULKUR~A 1 miles We:Jt of Ipzwict: . It rcmilicd vi::ible until 1400K, and was .first noticed by llr. AROLD • VY!l JA.;!iv.rrz, plant oper~tor , :~f 78 om-m STRE11', NO!fi'H IP.,.n..;, who described t1 c features ns round, silent and cloud-like, givina off lit;ht reflection, solid in construction, but emitting no sound or any obvious m~ans of propulsion. lhen si{':hted, it was to the !lorth- • est and apart fr m one slight period where it appeared to hov~r, the direction remained -.:onstant until visual c:"nt ct w9.s lost . Corrobor tive ev;i.denc"' to this eff et. "' s Piv n ry ot er wor~n . u-. RRUC S!li:PHENS, 'onstruction mrineer, of 5 LIMA 'I n', AUCHEh'FLOw.i:R, BRISBAl , wt o 'IJII.S "ngnred in line level cbecklno at the loco.tion, whe notified, made observations of the phenooene through his eodalite for noprox '1-tely e · cht minutes, until it dis.r.pneared bel w terr'! ln. is desc ption is ar. follows : A solid body of definite ah3pe (see attach d sketch) 1.11tb brilliant unders~de lirht reflection, not caused ~ sun. e w~s unable to ~sse5s toe altitude, distance or means of propulsion and t 're was no parent sound. Path of travel W"S North- lest 'With c<Jnstantc direction. Bearings ".nd anguler elevation were as follows : - L 06° ·,o, BRG 316°T L 02° ZJ. I II .311° 05 'T L 01° 3.3 ' " .3100 2l ' T Weather conditions at tf!e time 1.1ere : FU-e, cloudless, sli ht haze . fhe po~iticns Of ~iehting fall witnL~ the R. A. . F. ~ontrol Zone, Ambcrley rnd passes through the Instrument let-down area. o R . . A.r. or ~;ivil aJ;rcr:~ft were airborn" or operatine within these conf.lnea nt the Ill stnted (It is mnndat~ry for all civil ~roffic ~o request clenr~c~ from .A.A.~. Artoorl Y r rc proco ine through this aren) tl-"'refore t e po 9ibility of it btl · IUl airer ft i 1:1 st unlikely. t e 1\ly i tiloon. On 1nt rrog>J.tion the ob ervers nnn:ed~ gnve strai t forward 1nfor t.i shewed no tendency to cmbollish llnd t ir details were id ntica.l thnt o" shape . Thl. can b understood rendily ~ Mr •• TEP _, ad t o ·f + les~opic as ~ce ov r t of the ~ed eye nnd .ua.lific t:.io!'ls rior to tr t of tho e>t .r bs x·vers. ~tb dO-kf (ac. ( .. ~. rMt. > ~liebt Lieuton t- El'Cl (1) ~~ . Jackwi~z's description of object observed with naked eye • .4: TCH (2) TI!EODOLITt. OBSERVATION SOLID CLEARLY DEFI~~ uTRUCTURE PRESENTATION A.'l illustr'l.t.i n of Mr. Steph.,n 1 s drawing of the obJ ct b rvcd thr "h n heodolit.c . A c y of lr . Steph n 1 s or .iginal ske tc ther ui th his th obj cts elev::ttion i :U. o t.t; ched
.. 1. Na~e of Observer ·-- __ <: . "ddress of Observer --" !! _ ~n· ..,!' ·~ Phone. - ~ .. --~-- - 3· Occupation of Obser ver .Pl.! ~ - 4. Date and Time of observation (Tice given in 24 hour clocY. tonal ti~e) - - --1 ~!' t)T_ 195S Per iod of obaervation(s) _ 140Qb: - -- - - - - 6• kenne r of obser vation: (Give details of own position by map rele r enc~ if possible, or by k~ landcsrks, and describG any cquipcent used in the obse rvat i on) . ______ _ ___ lflSll.U. CSS~l'-TICE- - --- - ----- ------ _ --- - - · - '9B.G _Z7n° T 7. ;;here was object fi r st obser ved , e. g . overhead , comin& f r or:: btlhind a hill , over the horizon, etc . a. '·•hat fir st attracted observ ... r' s att~ntior., e . g. li~ht or noise . 9. Di d object appear sa e light or as e definit e object . lOo If t her e v~s mbre thbn one object, how ceny wer e ther e , end ~hat was t heir f orostion. 11. •met wa& the colour of the light or object. _ _ _.,; ,z ~ ~'oud .!..il:2 __ _ 1;,. . '..bet was its appar ent shape. _ _ 13. • • .a.a any detail of structure o'bservsble _ __ ~~--- _ ---- 14. Vias any m~:thod of propulsion obviou& _ __ ______ !) __ 15. Wns ther e any aound 16. •• Hei ght , or engle of elevation 17 . 1111 Speed , or angular velocity 18 . State any cxpt..rionce Which enables oboervcr to b~ reasonably c~rtoin about the answers ~iven to lo ond 1~. Since it is normo1ly imposeiblt to osti~~te th~ heiGht and rp~~d of a strange o~ject i t will uaually ~ bctt,r to cndeovour to d~tcrmin~ t~ aagl of e l eYation of th~ objoct , th~ angle through which it uoved, ~nd th t~ taken t o do thi.-.
CONFIDENT AL 19. Direction of f l i ght with ref er ence to landma r ks or points of t he compose . 20. Did the obj ect r ema in on o straight path, deviat e or m anoeuvre at ell. 21. ';',a s any trail .of exhaust, vapour or light see II - ---0 <.2 . lihere did object disa ppear, e . £. in mid- a ir , behind R hill, ovr: r t he horiton. • • • E.!..!lE!LEP.:::l-1 -'l.!:'J.ON •• - •• -- -· · - - - • 2), Existence of a ny physi ca l evidence suc h a s frngcents, phot ogr aphs , or other supporting evidence . W eather conditions expr:rie nced et tima(s) or observetion(s) -----· "' .o~ I - ~_:J:__ ___ ..::: .. "'·- 7 .::." _ z __ - -- - ---- - - - 25. Location of any air traffic in the vicinity at the ticc of sighting. ---·-- -- *"-- - ·--~ - - · - - --- - ------- -•--..------- . ..... ' - --- 26 . Lccetion of any meteorological stations in the ge neral ereo __ __ Any additiona l inform~ tion Questions 25, 26 end 27 to be o ns we r e~ by inturrogator .
• il(il( l. Name of Observer --·- _ B:ttuCE.. ST~"S- • _ 2 . Address of Observe r _ _ 5_L!Mt sr2EE!, AUC~~VEE . Phone . ____ :-:-__ Occupation of Observer 4. Date end Time of observation (Time g iven in 24 hour clock zonal tics) 5. Period of ob&ervation(s) _ - __ _ .!;.. !![._ 1JI g) - - - - 6,. t.anner of ob servation: (Give details of own podtion by map r efer ence if posaible, or by known lendms r ks, and desc r ibe any equipment used in th;; ob&ervat1on}: ---·- •I · , ~ I ... ~..:..r.&lDOl .l.:Il'.:. • ---~-- - --- - ------ - - - - - - - _ _ _ ~~ _I...r.u;;__ZJ_0_J7 1S. __ . LONGJ. 15.2..' k4.' E \ ---- _ --- -- _ ::~ 21 .0~ J ~ MllJS .:Wl·' !P .3WI.a!:l. 7. \,here wa e object first observed, e . g . over head 1 coming from behind s hill, over the horizon, etc. 8. \that first attracted observer ' s attention, e . g . light or noise . 9· Did object appear a s e light or as a definite object . 10 . If ther e Vl8s more than one obj.tlct, how me ny we r o ther e, and Whet was their formation. 11 . ~nat was the colour of th.; light or object . _ _ -. 1· ft-+ Wi. t!L..l!~. - 1:1. \.nat wee its apparent shape . _ _ ....::;:;!:.....!:-._ ,... • .B~ __ 13. •:1a s a ny detail of structurE observablo 14 . V i as ony method of propu1sicm obvious __ _____ !!.:li.. ~e~nbl.e _ _ _ \'lea ther e eny sound __ !"1.\l •• 16 . •• Height , or e ngh: of e levet ion 17. •• Speed, or angular velocity 18 . State any expe. ri unc~ which enable• observer to be r easonably c rtein about the ~nswe r s given to 16 ond 17 . --- --- -- ' .11.:!" \!I.!L ~J J.!' ...... -.L- - - --- --- Since it ia normr1ly impossible t o estim~t c th ~ height and spe ed of e strange object it will usually be bottc.r to ~ondo;evour to d~t.rmint th, 1.1r.::;le of elevation of the object ,tr ent;lL throurh which it c;ovcd, ond the tioc taken to do this.
. /- 19. Direction of flight wi~h refer ents to landmar ks or points bf the eompese4 - ..llarth-.wllt.el:l:1~~~- -- - -- -- - -- - ·-- - ----- bid tho db~ o ct r emo iri on a stra i ght peth, deviate or ma noeuvre at llii & fr.;dnl ~r:igd . .ol..~BUJatlgQ ;_li:fl»~ ~ ll~l!!lt path . 21• ':.as shy trai1 of exhaust, vapou r or light l!een .lDlz......~ra~ Z'!f!~ £2 , Vmsre did obJect disappear , o. g . in mid- air, behind B_hill, over the rorh.on. L3. Existene~ of a ny physica l ev id e nc ~ suc h a s f r ngoents , photogra phs, or other supporting evidence . _ __ H u,:q ____ - - \'leathe r conditions expt.r ienced s t tic:e(s) or obs erveti on(s) 25. Location of any oir traffic in the vicinity at the time of sight i ng . 26 . Location of any meteorologi cal stations in th ~ gener a l a r ea ______ __ 27 . Any additional inform~tio n ___ _ _... _ ___ ... _____ ___ .. _- - --·--- -------·- .... --·-- - ~ --- - ... - --------· .. -- -- - ---- Questions 25, 26 end 27 to be answered by int errogator . • • · .. \.
TELEPHONE: <'· ":11 IN REPL t PlEASE QUOTE No. 5/2/1 ... 1 r{39~) Secretary Der.art~ent of nir Acninistrctlv~ ~ff i ces Cn BI:'R.&; ;. .• '"' • ~ . Headcu" rtP~ • o- R:.<~F FElffiiTH 1 I 18 t h Februar y 1059 (ntter-tion : D . ... . F.I. ) N. REPO FT v.~ ASRIAL SIGhTING Attached i~ a report obtained from tr . David Osborne l'oore and his l?ife of 1 5 Nargong Foad, North ''a nly , New So nth '"ales by the ... ssistant Provost l'arshal, Sydney . #(~~p f1ng Con:oancer for ... ir Officer Comr.anding Encl .20/98/AIR Assistant Provost l.arshal SY.J.iEY ~ u:n ~ 25570 H. Off. .Tame eon M. L. Field Security Section // ~ > 1 '- R. A. ~ . 1". Provost Service 1":1-r , /} o(J., J r.. s. •· Section ) IIV' SYDNEY 7r"''-t'?# 6th Februory 1959 1. On the 5th February 1959, the writer and No.A21 6306 Sgt. Shept srd E. D. or this section interviewed .r • .Javid Osborne l:OORE end his wU'e, residing at 15 Nargong Road, l~orth r.:anly, io re.t'er- ence to the sighting of a strange light in the sky on the 1st February 1959. (Our 20/98/~ir- 6th March 1958 deals with a cognate report from · r. Moore). 2. It appears that at 2025 hours on the 1st February 1959, ~r. Uoore in coupany with his wife saw a bright white lightj described by Mr. Moore as similar to a 200 watt electric light gl obe. The light is alleged to have appeared from the South Vest, travelled over North f&anly in a North East direction; under observation for·approximately ne (1) ~inute then suddenly dis- appeared. 3. ff.r. Moore is a member of the U.F.O. organization, during conversation he mentioned numerous aigbtings of objects observed in the Manly area by members or his Society. At about 0830 hours and 1130 hours on Tuesday 3rd February 1959, Mr. Moore allegedly saw an object in the air immediately above the Brookvale Control sod Reporting Unit, be described it as being the size of an omnibus radiantly illuminated. Later inquiries by the investigators disclosed that a civilian helicopter had in fact visited the locality at the times stated on that date, the craft had l8nded in~ private- ly ..:>wned clearing between the accommodation and functional a. A. J.. . F. areas. This information suggests that l!.r. Moore ' e sighting 1vas correct but his interpretation or what he saw was influenced by his genuine - although to the investigators - a~parent fanatical enthuaiasr. for spotting unknown objects , all or \VI.tch he a1'firws cofue from outer space and are manned by beings either friendly or hostile to our country. tr. !oore decries the ass~ption that the objects could be ethereal. 4. rhe area in which ~:r.l. oore siGhted the "light" reported i n this instance is one of the lanes used extensively by civilian aircraft. The Brookvale Control and Reporting Unit have no record of any unidentified craft being picked up by their equipment over the relevant period. 5. Lr. !:o~..re extended a cordial 1ov1 tat1on to any officer or the R.A.h.F. at neadguerters Home Command to attend a funotton to be held at his home, commencing at 1930 hours on the 21s t February 1959. Guest speaker vtill be Dr. G-eorge .iWAMSKI from ~~erica . ~r . Adamski is associated with the U .F. ~ . organizativn and will s~eek · n ~uter space objects; he will be eccom~eoied by J u ne I ARSDEN well known astrologer. 6. Attached is slghtinc form as completed by lr. loore • .-fn·A·~ r ~->.i:"~ r:;:-t( vt;~.:~soN > ~~tp' ~~~ -~~~ ff1cer
1. 2. ,, ~ · 5. 6. I!~J .~' o:'~ ... ::..-qiAL OBJ'LCf OBS::RV ..::..J lfsme of • - I/ -,., - O'bse rve 1' •••••••• I' • •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Address or 11 ""'1.., rr,.o' 'r 1 ,;J-/ I>A/ Observer ••••••••••.••.••.•••• , .••.•••• • •••••••••••• ~ - ~ c - A;W£~ Occupation of Observer •••••••.•.... ; •.... / . ~ ..••• •••••••••• • •• Date and Time ~f observstiJo (r ime giv ' n 1n 24 hJur clock zonal ... ..., . .;,. o :J~~ <::,.... )~- ,..;:> '"'- time) .................................... ·- .......................... Period of l.iE!nner all' ret'erence equipment I /' t/_. / --1' observ ~ t1on (s) • • .. .• •••.••..•• .• .• • ~ ••• ~ •••••••••• observE~tion: (Give a.etr.ils 0!' own p~sition by mElp if possible, or by !cnown l e- ndmarks, and describe soy used in the observf'tion) . . - ~ . ~ ~:.?~ . ~ .......... ~ v.~ .... .................................... . ............... .............. . ........ ... ..................... .............................................................. 7. lhet'e wes object first observed, e . g. overhead , coming from behind a hill, ~ver the hori~on, etc • .... .... ~ :~< .... ??~ .. .. . !:a~liKd. ..... ........... .. ... . a. ./hat .first adr.lcted observer ' s a~ ·tention, e . g. light or noise. ~I. 'l/'7 ••.•••••• 9: • ..............•......••..•.....•...............•.• 9. Di d object ~ppe~r es s l i ght Jr ~s s definite object. ....... ~ ~ ./;;:'(". ............. . . .. . . . ............................ 10. I f there was more tihan one object , how many ·yere there, and whst wfls their formatio n. ( \...- ..................................................... ......... 1 1, .fuat ·..res the 1 f ~h 1 •' b . " ~ CfJ our o "e l.,jnt ')r o Jec~.~ •• •••••• •• ••••••••••. ~ h -..!.{ c " ~Lf[~ 'C L, ciif'~" U0E. eppa.ren {I s Clpe ••• •••••••.••••. • .•• ••••.••• r. .. ... HhE:t w s its ....... . . .. . .. . . . .. . ................... . ....................... 13. iss any de t~ i 1 1f' s true ture observable •••••••• .#. ? . .• · ......... . 14. 15. <~- ~ 6. Jl :.. 7. 18. ......... .. . .................. ..- .............................. . Vif'S ~ ny met hod O.f propulsion Ob Vious •• • • • • • • .£( .. • • • • • • • • • • •• w~s there eny sound •••••••. . • 4/_t! •• .............................. ~-r..c? -- Height, or angle of elevet1on •••••••• ? .. ............. ...... . . . Speed, or angul r velocity •• • • •••• ~~ • • • :~ ·· · ··•••••• •• • ••• ••• Stste any experience which en bles observ~r !io be reason8blY cert ain about the answers gi v~n to 16 and 17. ~ ••.•.••• • )! •• ·~ ..•........ ·•··•·• ••••• •••· · •••··•··••·•···••• Since it is nor tally iml;)essible to es-.imste the height t-nd speed of El strange objec-t it 11.11 usually be better to endeavour to determi ne ~hu angle of' el .. 'nt1on of the object, ~he oogle through which 1 • moved, and 11e time .,nken vo do this. -1-- 2- 0port on aerial obJ ~ct observed ( c?nt. ) 19. Direction of .fli.;ht wi Gh re.f'e1•e nce t., lsndr.1 1rks or points oJ: t ho CJmpsss. .... ....,-0 v- ............................. ... .... ........................... 20. Did the o~jec t ~v~ein on s s ·r a ight path, deviate or menoeuvr~ at ell. ..:::. ............................. .... .............................. ~1 . /as ~ny tr-il or exhaust, ve ~ our or light s e en •••••••• C ..... . 22. here did objecG disappeur, e.l. in mid - air, behind a hill, over the horiz:>n • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .<! .'!: . .- .. ·. ~<r.Z ..... .............. ........... . --- 23. ::::xis-;ence ')f eny physicel evidence such as rregments, photogrl'phf: , or ., t;her suppor ·~ing evidence. I C ........ ..... .. .......................... .. .... ............. . ~ .leo,her C')Oditi Jns experienc~d at ti~e (s) 0r observatl?D (s) 25. /( ............... ,. ,. .......................... .. .................. Lccsti?n or en~ sighting. ir tref!'ic in i;he vicinity a~ the time of t " ~ ............... A<\ ·········•• c-f' •······························· ............................ ... "" ............. ..................... . 26. Loca tion or an:. mo:Jteorol?gical sta ,ions in .. he gener<:>l area ••• I . t I ... ., •.•••.......... •..........• ~~ -··········· ~ ··················· ,, 27. ~ny additional infonnati-::>n. ... . .... : ••• · •••••••••••••• ! ....... . ................ ..... ....... ""' ... .............................. , ............... ~ ............................................ . ~ ··························· · · ··········· · · ··· ······ ······· · ·· ................................ ............................ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • < •••••••••••••• • ••••••••••••• • . ..... 1Uestions 25, 26 and 27 to be E>nsw.:Jred by interrogator. lh. I'· :>~~· r ~£ '& ."'~~ ~ -
TtlEPHONE : lllXY 130 ~ -- ~- !) .... - COMMONWEAlTH OF A~~t, IA ss f - - - " "' - >/'-' /l <J.~~r- 4'-f'...:Z.~rvlull~l,AN AIR FORCE IN REPLy PLEASE QUOTE No. _ _____ 5/6/ft.ir( 23A) Secretary Deuartment of Air Victoria Barr'lc:<s • ....::J..i.iJ::>URN:E SC1 VIC Headquarters T~~in1ng Command R.A;U' Albert Park Bat·racks ?UELBOURNE SC 3 VIC 30 J N 1 9 SIGHTING OF tlNDENTIFI:SD .AERH.L OBJECTS Attached is a report concerning the sightings of unidentified aerial objects at Risdon, Tasmania. Encl ~ ~ouu Ca::tain ?or A~-brfic~r Commandi~~ -~~~ - ----------------~-- ~-----------~--
Headquarters Trai.nii:g Canuud R. A. A. F. Albert Park Barraok:s JJelbourne S.C. 3 - ~ WSTRAL!Alf :1\h - • \}~~artara 'l'osmanian Squadron Air Training CCirp& 8 Pibroy Plaoe HOBART 21st Jawary 1959 SIGHTING OF UNIDENT.IPIED AERIJIL OBJECTS RISDON. HOBART• eth JA!~ARY 1959 1. The attached statement giving details of sighti.~ of unidentified aerial objects at RISDON, Hobart on the 8th January 1959 by Joleaers NRW~>N and SHA·.r was received fran the Depart~~~~tn+. of Civil Aviation, Hobart, on t he 16th Jawary 1959. Prior to passing the statement to this Headquarters the Officer i n Charge ot the Department satisfied himself that there were no looal civil aircraft movements or meteorological conditions which could be associated with the sii!Pt~. 2. On the 20th January Messrs NEWTON and SHAW ware intervie111-ed by the writer. Both men are staff electrical engineers with the State H;rdro-Electrloit7 CCIIII!Iiasion az!d give the impression ot being very mature and stable individuals. When asked t o give verbal accounts of the sightings each did so with cont'idence and. certainty. In each oaae the verbal account WIIB in eDot conforroity with their written statement. }. Bot h men were 111earing sunglasses at the time of the sightillgll a-1- were therefore abl e to visually f'ollO'II' the course ot the seoond flashing ob:.c to t he tenninal point near to the sun's disc and to make their sii!Pti1181' ot th& blsclc "sld.ttle shaped" object "llhich appeared to ca:oe from tbe flashing object. 4.. SllA Y is an ex- aircrew navigator and is 34. years of age. re·.rroN u J d age. S. The writer is of the opinion that actual and definite sightings '"'" made by SHA•f am NE'IITON and that the matter deserves further investigation.
, Account of Sighting of UDidentifiod Flying Objeote at Risdon, Tasmania on Thursday, January 8th, 1959, by . L. trowton, 10 ~c ~uinnoss Crescent, Lenan Valley, and A.D.Shaw, 4 ~rooker Avenue, :.Ioonah. At 9.00 a . m. on 8/1/59 .rewton and Shaw left the Hydro-Electric Commission's ~oonah Of~ioes for Risdon With th e object of planning alterations CD~C to a h1.gb voltage undel:'ground terminal structure situ.a.ted in Risdon Rd., on the perimeter of the works of the Eleotrol~io Zinc Co~any of A/4sia Ltd. About 9.20 a . m . Shaw, who was looldng up at the top of the structure oasually drew Newton's attention to v~at appeared to be a pieoe of new~aper oauS):It in an updraught and high in the air over the E. Z. Company• s property. Its altitude would be about 1000 ft lllld both men ''atohed it gradually float to earth. rrhen it was about 200 ft from the ground it aooelerated to a high speed and disappeared between tr.o buildi~gs in the E. Z. Coapany•s florkshops area about one quarter of a mile awa-;;. It would have bean about ~ ft. from the ground tre.velli.llg about 60 M.P.H. and possibly 9 ft. long when it disappeared - It had the appearance of a pure white linen sheet and was quite flexible . ( A subsequent intensive search in the area ~ hours later revealed nothing which could account for the phenomenon) . As the object was nearly to the pound., Newton sighted a similar object and both Shaw a."'d ll'ewton watched this disappear rapidly in a downward direction in an area between the E. z. Company' s Administration block and the wharf several seconds after the disappearance of the first object • . 7bilst conjecturing on the natura of these objects and whilst still looking to the North ~est after the disappearance of the second object, Shaw drew Newton ' s atta!ltion to a high flying obj eo.t w.b.ich moved at tremendous speed in a Northerly direction disappearing behind Uount Direction (Altitude 1469 ft). 'l'"nis object was amall , flashing brilliantly with an intense white light with a ~equenoy of about 1500 cycles par minute and appeared to be at an altitude of at least several thousand feet. This sighting lasted about one second during which the object travelled through about twenty degrsas of the compass. Both men than looked back along the course of the flashing object and immediatel y noticed a similar object slowly describing a large clockwise circular figure slightly to the North East of the zenith and over the Derwent River. Attar one co~lete circuit it began to hover and move on. It did t:Us several times until it was close to tile sun · .·ilen it became stationary though still flaslli.ng in a similar manner totbe other object described in the preceding paragraph and at a aimilGr altitude. Suddanly two jet black elongated objects appeared slightly to the North of the object and begen. to float doml\'rards to.tard3 the ri Vfr • To make the moot of the sighting it was agreed that .rewton -rro his attention to one of the black objects and Shaw would watch what \VSS assuced to be the parent boccy. The black object floated doml'l'llrda end began to have the appearance of an inverted skitt~e with a ball attached to the end of the handle. hs descent wtl6 leisurely and the • sh.'"ittle' rotated slowly about the ball which was leading. It could. have been trom 3 to 6 tt. long and mny po.51bly have reduced its dimensions as it neared the surfao"" of theriver. Uhen about 100 ft .
from the surface of the river 1 bori~ontally in a Southerly direction for about 100 ft verticall~ and entered the water about 18oO ft distant disturbance. Hoqevsr tao sea gulls which were Vicinity dived sharply to the surface ~ere tne object slowly and ~ade off. The time was n~ 9· 45 a.~ . Duril18 this time the parent body was in the one position but sl< decreasing in size until it disappearedlbout the same time as the blac~ hit the water. Its brilliance was undiminisb.ed in intensity and waa e even though it was very close to the sun' s disc. The weather at tne pleasant and sunny rlith a near cloudless sky S.."\d a light Southerly dJ: air from the river. . .. Jltw.:. ( .... D. Shaw) ...
SECRET SUBJECT SECRET File No. Part No. 580/1/Air TWO Subject: Reports on Flying Saucers and other Aerial Objects [Column headers repeated three times across page:] 1 Referred to | 2 Minute or enclosure for attention | 3 Date Referred | Actioned by Initials | 1 Referred to | 2 Minute or enclosure for attention | 3 Date Referred | Actioned by Initials | 1 Referred to | 2 Minute or enclosure for attention | 3 Date Referred | Actioned by Initials [Row entries - handwritten, partially illegible:] [ILLEGIBLE] HFt Reps) PA 7/459 DFI [ILLEGIBLE] (05 Army) 20 [ILLEGIBLE] PAy [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] (11) Allt 9/1/59 [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 3 AN 7/55 [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 1/4/[ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] A/DAFI 9A 5 Aug [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 7/[ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 13A 13/[ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 14[ILLEGIBLE] 17/[ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 1 [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 17 [ILLEGIBLE] 23/[ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 17 [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] DAFI 17S [ILLEGIBLE] A/ops 25A 14/[ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 26B [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] PA File 7/5/60 3[ILLEGIBLE] AFI 33A 9 Mar [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 26B 9/[ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 27A 11B [ILLEGIBLE] DAFI 30 4 [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 31[ILLEGIBLE] D O (CES) 32A 1.6.[ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 33B [ILLEGIBLE] AFI File 29/[ILLEGIBLE] PO OPS 33A [ILLEGIBLE] AFI File 29[ILLEGIBLE] PO OPS 34A 1/7 [ILLEGIBLE] IA File 4/8/60 [ILLEGIBLE] DAFI 35A 5/8/60 [ILLEGIBLE] AFI 35A [ILLEGIBLE] 7/[ILLEGIBLE] P/D OPS 35E [ILLEGIBLE] PA FILE 8/[ILLEGIBLE]/60 [ILLEGIBLE] DAFI File [ILLEGIBLE]/4/6 [ILLEGIBLE] PA File 16/9/60 [ILLEGIBLE] DAFI File 31/[ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] PA File 3[ILLEGIBLE]/[ILLEGIBLE]60 [ILLEGIBLE] DAF(Mil) 37A 8 27/[ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] PA (ADI) File 34/9/60 [ILLEGIBLE] DAFI 35B 20/[ILLEGIBLE]/60 [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 31/[ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] DAFI 36[ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 36[ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] PA [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] 39/60 [ILLEGIBLE] PA File 23 B 60 [ILLEGIBLE] DAFI File 6/11/60 [ILLEGIBLE] PA File 7/11/6 [ILLEGIBLE] DAFI File 20 2 60 7 PA File 21.2.62 [ILLEGIBLE] MIFI File 1/[ILLEGIBLE]/62 [ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE] File [ILLEGIBLE]/1/6 [ILLEGIBLE] P O File 26/3/6[ILLEGIBLE] [Stamp bottom left:] SECRET [Stamp bottom right:] SECRET [Large stamp bottom centre:] SECRET [Red diagonal stamp, partially legible:] [ILLEGIBLE] 3/1/61 [ILLEGIBLE]