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UFO sightings in Australia

Topic: Unsolved

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This is a list of sightings of alleged UFOs in Australia .

Pre 1900

  • In 1868, an alderman in Parramatta, New South Wales Frederick Birmingham spotted what he described as an ark, more appropriate for traversing the water, floating in the sky before landing in Parramatta Park.[1]

1950s

  • 22 January 1954, three people in Gawler, South Australia spotted a white UFO flying overhead followed shortly after by a RAAF jet.[2]

1960s

  • 19 January 1966, a farmer from Tully, Queensland reported seeing a large saucer shaped object, as well as a so-called "nest" of reeds in the swamp where the UFO was spotted.[3]
  • On 6 April 1966, many students and some staff at Westall High School in Clayton South, Victoria said they saw a UFO fly over their school, and then descend into a paddock.

1970s

  • The Valentich Disappearance occurred on 21 October 1978, when 20-year-old Frederick Valentich disappeared while piloting a small Cessna 182 aircraft over Bass Strait to King Island (Tasmania). Described as a "flying saucer enthusiast", Valentich informed Melbourne air traffic control he was being accompanied by an unknown aircraft.

1980s

  • On 21 January 1988 a family reported seeing a UFO while traveling across the Nullarbor Plain in South Australia. The family described the object as a "big glowing ball".[4]

1990s

  • On 8 August 1993, Melbourne woman Kelly Cahill said she saw a large craft hovering over the road as she and her husband drove through the Dandenong Ranges near Belgrave, Victoria.[5][6][7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1868 Parramatta Park UFO landing remembered through walking tour". The Daily Telegraph. https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/parramatta/1868-parramatta-park-ufo-landing-remembered-through-walking-tour/news-story/f5fbece7811ea12e62d6dd6a0c98967f. 
  2. ↑ "Curious Adelaide: The history of UFO sightings in Australia". ABC News. February 23, 2018. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-23/curious-adelaide-ufo-sightings-across-australia/9466950. Retrieved January 26, 2023. 
  3. ↑ B. J. Booth (1966-01-19). "The Tully Saucer Nest, UFO Casebook Files". Ufocasebook.com. http://www.ufocasebook.com/tullysaucernest.html. 
  4. ↑ "Close encounters: Shedding light on South Australia's X-Files" (in en-AU). ABC News. 23 February 2018. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-23/curious-Adelaide-ufo-sightings-across-Australia/9466950. 
  5. ↑ Chalker, Bill (2005). Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence of Alien Abductions. Simon and Schuster. pp. 49–67. ISBN 1416510249. https://books.google.com/books?id=hMh5hBuKZhMC. 
  6. ↑ Miletic, Daniella (1 February 2016). "The Oz Files: Who is Victorian 'abductee' Kelly Cahill and what did she see in Narre Warren?". The Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/the-oz-files-who-is-victorian-abductee-kelly-cahill-and-what-did-she-see-in-narre-warren-20160201-gmic19.html. 
  7. ↑ Neal, Matt (26 September 2020). "'Holy grail' or epic hoax? Australian Kelly Cahill's UFO abduction story still stirs passions". ABC News. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-26/ufo-abduction-book-kelly-cahill-encounter-eumemmering-australia/12661498. 




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