Sun 21 May 53
PEOPLE IN THIS
"SAUCER", SAYS
DAVID
AT fantastic speed,
a "flying saucer"
dived over East Mal-
vern early yesterday
. . . and, according to
13-year-old David
Reese, it seemed to
have people in it.
Reese and five friends
saw the object — "oval-
shaped and as big as a
railway carriage" — as
they were leaving a
friend's home in Wil-
mot-st., East Malvern.
"I could distinctly see
dark shapes in the ob-
ject" he said. "If I had
seen the same shapes in
an aeroplane I would
have said they were
people."
Reports agreed
Reese, of St. Kilda-st.,
Elwood, said that de-
scriptions which he and
his friends later wrote
about the object agreed
almost exactly.
"We saw the object
for about five seconds,"
he said. "The thing I
cannot explain is that,
while it seemed to
move at a fantastic
speed, it also had a
floating grace."
"At the bottom of its
dive, 70 feet up and 60
yards away, it belched
out a yellow, gaseous
matter from its stern.
"It did not rush away,
but disappeared quite
suddenly as if someone
had switched out a
light," he ended.
Saucer No. 2
Another "flying sau-
cer" report yesterday
came from Mr. C. G.
Grosser, 50, of Acland-
st., St. Kilda.
Grosser said that he
saw a dull, glowing ob-
ject move across the
sky over Port Phillip
Bay near St. Kilda,
at about 7 p.m. on Sat-
urday.
Last night, he said,
he again saw the object
from a jetty at St.
Kilda.
"SAUCER NO. 3"
Yet another "sight-
ing" is reported by Mr.
Harold Lucas, of Glad-
stone-st., Coburg, who
said last night that he
and seven others had
seen a "saucer" west of
Coburg.
"At first we thought
it was a star, but while
we watched it the ob-
ject steered for
a while, and then
dashed sideways for
about two miles. We
watched it for about 25
minutes," he said.
[CENTRE IMAGE: Drawing of flying saucer with silhouettes of people visible inside, above a landscape]
THIS IS HOW the
"flying saucer" looked
according to a de-
scription given to Sun
artist, Jack Bowie, by
18-year-old David Reese.
. . . and this is DAVID
REESE.
31A
Six-minute "saucer":
Drouin—Heidelberg
[date notation: 16/5/54 8A]
A GREEN ball as big as a motor car, and with a
vivid yellow tail, flashed over Drouin, Frankston,
St. Kilda, the city, Burwood, and Heidelberg, last
night, according to Sun readers.
The "saucer" was reported from Drouin,
60 miles from Melbourne) at 8.24 p.m. and
from Heidelberg only six minutes later.
TWO YEARS
TO TELL
AIR FORCE officers
think it will take
at least two years to
build up a full and
accurate file of flying
saucers reports for
analysis.
Saucers had fre-
quently been discovered
to be aircraft, optical
illusions, falling stars,
or balloons, one said
yesterday.
Officials in the United
States found that only
4% of reports could not
be explained.
Estimates of height
ranged from 50 to thou-
sands of feet. Here is
the "plot" of its course.
8.24. Drouin. — Mr. J.
Harper, of Longwarray-rd.,
saw the object "tearing
through the sky towards
Melbourne. It was a green,
coppery color, shaped like
a football," he said. "It
descended very fast, then
appeared to split into two
sections before it disap-
peared."
8.26. Frankston. — Mr.
Ron Ould, of Campbell-st.,
Frankston, was driving
home along Nepean High-
way when he saw "a green
ball with a long, tapering,
yellow tail. It appeared to
be flying towards the city
very high and was out of
sight in a few seconds."
8.29. St. Kilda Junction.—
Mr. John Thompson, of
Spring-st., Preston, saw the
"saucer" descending from
3000ft. "A green oblong
shape with a tail shaped
like an airport sock, it ap-
peared to descend almost
to roof-top height, then
blacked out."
8.29. City. — Mr. Burnie
Lloyd, of Law-st., South
Melbourne, was with a
friend at Princes Bridge
when he saw the object
travelling high and fast
and descending. "It belched
out a long white flame and
vanished in a few seconds."
8.30. Burwood. — Mr. I.
Riseborough, of Gillard-
was on duty as an attend-
ant with a friend at the
Skyline Theatre, Burwood-
rd. He say "a big green
ball with a long red tail
pass right across the
theatre ground and disap-
pear."
8.29. Surrey Hills. — Miss
V. Scurrah, of Surrey Hills,
was with an aunt in her
backyard when she saw a
green blue-red object pass
low over a neighbor's house.
"It appeared to be like a
pointed balloon with the
pointed end towards the
ground."
A Heidelberg report at
the same time from Mr.
Kevin Maiden, of Red-
wood-st., described the ob-
ject as oval-shaped with a
vivid green light, and trail-
ing a shower of sparks.
At Kew, Mr. R. Touzel,
of Thomas-st., saw an ob-
ject fly over at "tremen-
dous speed," at 8.30. "It
was circular in shape, and
emitted showers of sparks
from its exhaust," he said.
—AND TONIGHT,
SEE THESE!
TO THE EDITOR
SIR. — Tonight, the new
moon, in conjunction
with the planet Venus
and the planets Jupiter
and Mercury adjacent)
should make another beau-
tiful sight in the heavens.
—J. Vickers-Willis (Brigh-
ton).