Oceania1959-06-28civilian claim

Boianai Follow-Up Reports

The Boianai mission reported additional UFO activity on June 28, 1959, the night after the primary sighting, and again during the following weeks.

Brief

The Boianai mission reported additional UFO activity on June 28, 1959, the night after the primary sighting, and again during the following weeks. A total of over sixty separate sightings were logged from the Boianai and Giwa mission stations between April and August 1959, according to regional mission records. Gill had written to Reverend David Durie before the June 26 event describing an earlier sighting by his assistant Stephen Moi of an 'inverted saucer-shaped object.' The sustained activity over multiple months, logged by mission staff across two stations, was what prompted parliamentary questions in Australia and triggered the RAAF's formal investigation. Gill later said he felt no fear during the encounters and treated the figures as curious rather than threatening.

Metadata

Date: 1959-06-28
Year: 1959
Location: Boianai and Giwa missions, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
Region: Oceania
Status: unconfirmed
Tag: civilian claim
Primary: Father Gill / Papua New Guinea Sighting
Source type: catalogue
Sources: 2

Key Points

The Boianai mission reported additional UFO activity on June 28, 1959, the night after the primary sighting, and again during the following weeks.
A total of over sixty separate sightings were logged from the Boianai and Giwa mission stations between April and August 1959, according to regional mission records.
Gill had written to Reverend David Durie before the June 26 event describing an earlier sighting by his assistant Stephen Moi of an 'inverted saucer-shaped object.' The sustained activity over multiple months, logged by mission staff across two stations, was what prompted parliamentary questions in Australia and triggered the RAAF's formal investigation.
Gill later said he felt no fear during the encounters and treated the figures as curious rather than threatening.

Most Interesting

Gill had written to Reverend David Durie before the June 26 event describing an earlier sighting by his assistant Stephen Moi of an 'inverted saucer-shaped object.' The sustained activity over multiple months, logged by mission staff across two stations, was what prompted parliamentary questions in Australia and triggered the RAAF's formal investigation.
The Boianai mission reported additional UFO activity on June 28, 1959, the night after the primary sighting, and again during the following weeks.
A total of over sixty separate sightings were logged from the Boianai and Giwa mission stations between April and August 1959, according to regional mission records.

Timeline

1959-06-28 · Encounter
The Boianai mission reported additional UFO activity on June 28, 1959, the night after the primary sighting, and again during the following weeks.
2005 · Source record
Father Gill / Papua New Guinea Sighting is the preferred source material attached to this encounter.

Sources

Father Gill / Papua New Guinea SightingUFO Evidence, 2005
Papua or bust, the Boianai UFO sightingsPNG Attitude, 2011