UFO sightings in Australia

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

## Contents

* 1 Pre 1900
* 2 1950s
* 3 1960s
* 4 1970s
* 5 1980s
* 6 1990s
* 7 See also
* 8 References

## 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

* Bass Strait Triangle
* List of major UFO sightings

## 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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Pre-20th century|

* Tulli Papyrus (possibly 15th century B.C.)
* Ezekiel's Wheel (circa 622–570 B.C.)
* 1561 celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg
* 1566 celestial phenomenon over Basel
* José Bonilla observation (1883)
* Aurora (1897)

20th century|

* Los Angeles (1942)
* Kenneth Arnold (1947)
* Roswell (1947)
* Mantell (1948)
* Chiles-Whitted (1948)
* Gorman Dogfight (1948)
* Mariana (1950)
* McMinnville photographs (1950)
* Sperry (1950)
* Lubbock Lights (1951)
* Carson Sink (1952)
* Nash-Fortenberry (1952)
* Washington, D.C. (1952)
* Flatwoods monster (1952)
* Ellsworth (1953)
* Kelly–Hopkinsville (1955)
* Lakenheath-Bentwaters (1956)
* Antônio Vilas Boas (1957)
* Levelland (1957)
* Trindade Island (1958)
* Barney and Betty Hill abduction (1961)
* Lonnie Zamora incident (1964)
* Solway Firth Spaceman (1964)
* Exeter (1965)
* Kecksburg (1965)
* Westall (1966)
* Shag Harbour (1967)
* Pascagoula Abduction (1973)
* Travis Walton incident (1975)
* Allagash (1976)
* Tehran (1976)
* Petrozavodsk phenomenon (1977)
* Operação Prato (1977)
* Valentich disappearance (1978)
* Kaikoura Lights (1978)
* Robert Taylor incident (1979)
* Val Johnson incident (1979)
* Cash-Landrum incident (1980)
* Rendlesham Forest (1980)
* Trans-en-Provence (1981)
* Japan Air Lines (1986)
* Voronezh UFO incident (1989)
* Belgian UFO wave (1990)
* Varginha (1996)
* Phoenix Lights (1997)

21st century|

* USS Nimitz UFO incident (2004)
* Campeche, Mexico (2004)
* O'Hare Airport (2006)
* Alderney (2007)
* Norway (2009)

Confirmed hoaxes|

* Maury Island incident
* Aztec, New Mexico, UFO incident
* Morristown UFO hoax

Sightings by country|

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Types of UFOs|

* Black triangle
* Flying saucer
* Foo fighter
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* Green fireballs
* Mystery airship
* Space jellyfish

Types of alleged
extraterrestrial beings|

* Energy beings
* Grey aliens
* Insectoids
* Little green men
* Nordic aliens
* Reptilian humanoids

Studies|

* The Flying Saucers Are Real (1947–1950)
* Project Sign (1948)
* Estimate of the Situation
* Project Grudge (1949)
* Flying Saucer Working Party (1950)
* Project Magnet (1950–1962)
* Project Blue Book (1952–1970)
* Robertson Panel (1953)
* Condon Report (1966–1968)
* Institute 22 (1978–?)
* Project Condign (1997–2000)
* Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (2007–2012)
* Identification studies of UFOs

Hypotheses|

* Ancient astronauts
* Cryptoterrestrial
* Extraterrestrial
* Interdimensional
* Psychosocial
* Nazi UFOs
* Trotskyist-Posadism

Conspiracy theories|

* Area 51
* Storm Area 51
* Bob Lazar
* Dulce Base
* Majestic 12
* Men in black
* Project Serpo

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