SOUTH AUSTRALIAN UFO REPORTS LISTING

1902-1987

Compiled by Keith Basterfield

As at 5 November 2013 ______

The format for case headings is: [Date] [Location (including Adelaide if location is a suburb of Adelaide)] [Time] [Duration] [Name of witness if in the public domain] [Number of witness(es)][Gender of witness(es)] [Age of witness(es)] [Type of event-Hynek classification] Some elements will be missing in some cases.

Updated information is sought about any of the cases below. Please forward to e-mail [email protected] ______

20 November 1902 Adelaide, SA 4mins Griffiths/Chettle/Dodwell DO “Sir Charles Todd stated that on Thursday morning, at 9.27 o’clock, a remarkable phenomenon was witnessed in the heavens by Messrs Griffiths (the Assistant Astronomer), Chettle and Dodwell of the Adelaide Observatory. The two last named were taking weather observations when they noticed a brilliant globular light having a planetary disc. It appeared in the south-south-east at an altitude of about 45 deg. It moved slowly northwards, passing within 15 or 20 degrees of the sun, and was brightly visible till 9.31 – four minutes in all.

“Mr Griffiths, who observed it for a minute, says it moved over about 20 deg. of an arc in that time. The object appeared like Venus does when it is at its greatest brilliancy, soon after sunset. Mr Griffiths lost sight of the meteoric object at an altitude of 45 deg. above the horizon. It therefore traveled at least 90 deg. and was lost sight of in the great glare of the sky. Messrs Chettle and Dodwell state that when it was near to the prime vertical it became elongated, and took an elliptical form, the long axis lying south to north.” (Source: The Register (Adelaide, SA:1901-1929) Friday 21 November 1902. Page 4.)

August 1910 Althorpe Island, South Australia NL “Captain Nelson of the coastal steamer Wookata, the second Engineer M Arnold and Helmsman G Rudd are at a complete loss to explain the meaning of curious lights which they witnessed when the vessel was passing Althorpe Island on her way to Port Adelaide early the other morning. ‘Bright lights as distinct as masthead lights of a steamer but high up in the air,’ were observed by the trio, and a strange thing was that they circled around the Wookata in a tantilising way. “It was about 8 o’clock,” says Captain Nelson today, “that the man at the wheel remarked, “Do you see these lights flying about?” I replied, “Yes there are a great many more lights about than I have ever seen here.” Just then I saw a mysterious light off Cape Spencer, which disappeared as suddenly as it came into view.

Presently the helmsman said “It is strange, but I have never seen lights on the port bow, then right ahead, then on the starboard side.”

1 “I stepped inside the wheelhouse, and on coming out again saw two lights just over the starboard side bow no distance away, but high up. They seemed to pass us. They were as bright as our masthead lights, and as far as I could judge they were from 200 to 300 yards distant. The lights appeared to be 10 yards apart, one a little above the other. I could not make it out. I said to the man at the wheel: “Did you see them?” He answered, “yes they are like a German airships flying about.” I did not know what to think. I feel sure I saw something unusual-something which in my 45 years experience of the sea I have never observed before.” The second Engineer Arnold also declared that he the saw strange lights.” (Source: Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW: 1889-1915) Tue 9 Aug 1910 page 7.)

Ca. 1913 Nuriootpa SA CE3 A farmer discovered a landed object and was ‘zapped’ by a humanoid which appeared from within it, leaving a lasting paralysis in the witness. (Personal communication from Darryl Tiggeman of Adelaide 2004 citing source as a radio talk back show featuring Colin Norris in ca. 1984.)

1921 (Spring) Prospect, Adelaide SA Evening 1M Jones Reported on 15 Oct 1956, a man recalled seeing a circular like saucer shape. It appeared 12-18 feet across and 3 feet deep. It was lightish in colour but reflected green from within it. There were no wings, nor propellers. It did however have rectangular shaped windows. It was seen in the north-north-west, and was stationary for three minutes. It then moved off to the west, slowly at first and then more quickly. When it moved off it glowed at the back. (Australian Saucer Record vol 2 no 4 1956 p7.)

Nov/Dec 1932 Mount Gambier SA 1945hrs NL Close to the horizon a “strange orange coloured light…from which flashed vivid lightning.” “I was able to make out the shape of that which it emanated. It was like a blunt-nosed torpedo and the orange light was in the ‘propeller’ end, and thirdly, the speed at which the shape was travelling.” (Letter from observer, dated 29/7/59 to the Australian Flying Saucer Research Society (AFSRS)-Victorian Branch)

22 December 1932 Langhorne Creek SA 1530hrs 1wit Harvey DO Driving a harvester, a man looked up in the cloudless sky and saw “a comet shaped mass of brilliant flame apparently falling away from the sun…this huge ball of electric-like fire rushing towards the earth at a terrific pace.” “about 200 feet from the earth it suddenly broke into shower of fragments and disappeared.” (The Advertiser, Adelaide. Mon 26 Dec 1932 p10.)

5 Feb 1947 Lock SA (0700-0800) Flavel DO “I saw objects in the sky between 7 and 8 o’clock the same day as you record a report from Port Augusta. I was walking in a north-westerly direction to the house after feeding the pigs. There were five of the strange objects and they seemed to be coming up out of the sea like a shadow with smoky grayish color around them. They were oblong with narrow points. I saw them quite plainly. They seemed to be floating in the air from north-west to south-east and caused a shadow.” (Adelaide Advertiser 17/2/47 p.2.)

5 Feb 1947 Port Augusta SA 0900hrs Multi wits incl 1M Ellis DO “Strange objects reported in sky.”

“While working in the yard at the Commonwealth Railways workshop yesterday morning Mr Ron Ellis and two workmates claim to have seen five strange objects in formation pass across the sky from north to south.

“The objects were white or light pink and shaped like an egg. Mr Ellis said that he could not give an accurate estimate of the size of the objects, but they were casting shadows

2 and judging by his experience with aircraft in the RAAF during the war he considered they were about the size of a locomotive.

“Although the objects kept on a direct course at a height of about 6000 feet they appeared to be quivering he said. Owing to their great speed they were out of sight within a few seconds.

“Any question of the phenomenon being an optical illusion was dispelled by the fact that a few minutes later both Mr Ellis and his companion gave an identical description of what they had seen. Their description was verified by another member of the workshop who said he had also seen the objects.”

(“Adelaide Advertiser” newspaper. Friday 7 February 1947. Front page. Copy originally provided by Darryl Tiggeman of Adelaide. Original viewed in the State Library, Adelaide on 27 January 2011.)

22 April 1950 Prospect, Adelaide SA 1wit Sterp A woman reported seeing a white object, moving fast across the sky. (The Advertiser, Adelaide Sat 29 Apr 1950 p1.)

27 April 1950 Gilberton, Adelaide SA 2100hrs 5mins 3wits Stratford A “pale golden disc” travelled rapidly across the sky, going east and rising as it went. “It was followed by a tail like a comet.” “The disc finally rose steeply and curved,” then disappeared. The Government astronomer said it did not tally with any astronomical phenomenon. (The Advertiser, Adelaide Sat 29 Apr 1950 p1.)

23 May 1950 Mt Gambier SA 1255hrs 4wits Blackmore/Blackmore/McQuade/McQuade “Four men claim to have seen a flying saucer at Koondi, Messrs F & J Livingstone’s station 23 miles from Mt Gambier. They were Messrs J A Blackmore, C Blackmore, L McQuade and P McQuade. Mr J A Blackmore said they saw the flying saucer at 12.55pm on May 23 flying south-east, probably five or six miles high, travelling very fast in a straight course. He said they had not reported the saucer before as everyone they mention it to asked them if they had been drinking.” (The Advertiser Wed 31 May 1950 p12. “Saucer sighted near Mt Gambier.”)

2 June 1950 Bordertown SA Two men, Tippett and Granger saw a round object high up in the sky. It was moving at high speed going north-east. It looked “like a tadpole with a glowing tail.” (The Adelaide Advertiser 3 June 1950 p.3.)

1950’s Woomera SA (reported September 2007) A man who served as a security policeman at Woomera for many years was shown an interesting ground marking by a colleague. Hew was taken out onto the test site to a place where a 20 foot circle was “melted’ into the ground. It was about 2 foot 6 inches deep, surrounded by three small circles 2 foot 6 inches deep and also melted into the ground. On another occasion excavation at the site exposed a huge opal deposit which was loaded onto semi-trailer vehicles and taken away while the rest of the deposit was covered over.(http://www.uforq.asn.au/sightings/sightings2007.html retrieved 6 February 2011.)

1951 Halidon SA 1F CE3/4 A Mrs A was out rounding up cattle when she came across a landed object resting on legs. Three male figures emerged and floated to the ground. They were of normal human appearance, wearing silver suits, silver boots and a hood over their heads. She was taken willingly into the object, into a room where there were, what today, would be called computer consoles. The beings communicated with her verbally and told her things

3 about herself they should not have known. She was then returned to the ground. (K. Basterfield 1995.)

4 February 1952 Nr Morgan SA 1215hrs 7mins 2 wits Suter DO A noise like a car was heard approaching a house. The witnesses went outside to look. A bright, “circular object with a forked tail” was seen travelling in a NW direction. The tail was visible after the circular object had vanished. (The Government astronomer said it was not a meteor.) (The Adelaide Advertiser Sat 9 Feb 1952 p2.)

5 February 1952 Berri SA (1700-1800)hrs 3 wits Gates DO “A strange rocket-like object was a shining nose and trailing vapour” rose vertically in the north-west sky. It flattened out and travelled to the south-east until it disappeared from sight. (The Advertiser, Adelaide Wed 13 Feb 1952 p1.)

28 April 1952 Woomera West SA 0345hrs 15secs 3wits NL Three men waiting for transport, noticed at 45 degrees SE, a light in the sky. This light was moving WNW parallel to the ground, lighting up clouds and the surrounding terrain. It was visible through breaks in the clouds. The bus driver remarked, “They are firing rockets early today.” One witness replied: “It was not a rocket.” The light had an estimated size of one third that of the full Moon. (1. National Archives of Australia. File D174, control symbol SA 5281. Adelaide Office. Statements of observers. 2. National Archives of Australia file D250 56/483 p1. 3. Australian International UFO Flying Saucer Research Society magazine August 1985. Citing G. M. Newall, guard, at Woomera as the source.)

4 May 1952 Adelaide SA 1216hrs 1M Skinkfield “An engineering student…saw a small white disk that vanished over the house-tops he watched. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p126 cites date as 3 May 1952.).)

“An engineering student saw “a small dead-white disc” travelling fast to the south. The disc moved in a straight line and disappeared over housetops. (The Argus, Melbourne. Mon 5 May 1952 p1.)

27 September 1952 1. Woomera SA ca2050hrs 5 secs 5 wits NO Five witnesses were at the Woomera West Open Air Theatre. They sighted an object, variously described as a “cigar,” an “airship,” and “cylindrical” with an “exhaust” at the rear. It travelled horizontally from west to east, possibly NW to SE. One witness reported “…two portholes with internal lighting.” It was moving quickly, with no noise noted. (1. National Archives of Australia. File D174, control symbol SA 5281. Adelaide Office. Statements of observers. 2. 1954 Turner report.) 2. Burra SA 2050hrs 2 wits Byrne/Bevan Standing outside a shop, an object was seen to the north-east. It was moving too fast to be an aircraft. It had a white light at each end and left a trail of vapour behind it. It travelled in a straight line. Many people across South Australia saw a similar object at the same time. (Burra Record. Tue 30 Sep 1952 p7.)

8 October 1952 Woomera SA 1345hrs 44 minutes 1wit 3 Radar While tracking an aircraft, a target was acquired by radar. However, no visual object could be seen by the radar operator. “The signal to noise ratio was at least 5 to 1 which is similar to that obtained from a large aircraft.” At one stage between 1345 and 1400hrs the target approached to within one mile. Between 1405 and 1429hrs the operator tracked the invisible target at heights between 1500 and 5600 feet. “At times during the movement of the target smaller targets seemed to detach themselves from the main target and drift away.” Weather was fine, 5/8 high cloud at 25000 feet-84 degrees F, north wind at 25-30 mph.

4 Comments by the Security Officer included (note it snowed briefly at 0900hrs the next day): “…it was most probably that the snow cloud had some connection. However, the possibility of a neutron cloud is not ruled out…” A ground plot of the radar target was located on the file. (1. National Archives of Australia. File D174, control symbol SA 5281. Adelaide Office. Statements of radar operator. 2. NAA file D250 56/483 pp12-12 3. 1954 Turner report.)

25 October 1952 Freeling & Adelaide SA sev secs Multiple wits NL 1. Freeling 2300hrs – a red glowing object in the sky was reported, travelling at speed and seemingly spinning. 2. Gilberton, Adelaide 2315hrs – a woman saw an electric blue, ball of light travelling very slowly. 3. Camden, Adelaide - a man saw a pale blue, round object travel south to north. The Government astronomer said he thought the object was a meteor. (Morning Bulletin Rockhampton 8 Nov 1952 p7 & Adelaide Advertiser 26 Oct 1952.& Sydney Morning Herald 27 Oct 1952 p4.)

28 October 1952 Woomera SA 1400hrs 45 minutes 1 wit Radar Moving to 120 degrees. Speed 27 mph. Height fluctuated between 1500 and 5600 feet. (1954 Turner report-appears to refer to the 8 October 1952 event above.)

1952 or 1953 Nov-Dec Calca nr Streaky Bay SA (2030-2100hrs) 2M NL Driving they saw a large white hovering a few hundred feet above a house. They stopped the car and got out. The light approached them. It hovered over them for 30-60 seconds then took off at great speed seawards and disappeared. (Debbie Payne AUFORN 2005.)

2 January 1953 Berri SA A 2m long ‘animal”, with a scaly body, reportedly hissed from a tree, at a group of residents. The animal leapt from sight. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p126.)

5 March 1953 Quorn SA 2M A disk shaped, silver coloured object moved at high speed and at a high altitude over the town. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p126.)

24 July 1953 Woomera SA 0145hrs 1 wit NL White oval light (detected by doppler) Overhead, moving NW then SE. Speed greater than 80 degrees/minute. Dimensions 10-12 feet. (1954 Turner report.)

29 July 1953 Woomera SA(1030-1530hrs) Brief intervals Many wits IFO Objects seen at 1030 & 1038hrs. One observer Moore thought one was round or flattened disc. Elsewhere “…a round object had been mistaken for a bomb being released…and a series of photographs had been taken…” At 1400hrs two Security personnel saw spherical objects moving rapidly across the sky through binoculars. “It is believed that the objects seen were balls of thistle seeds and vegetation.” (NAA file D250, 56/483 pp23-25)

White round objects at high elevation. X10 binoculars used. (Thistles) (1954 Turner report)

15 October 1953 Eyre Peninsula SA 0404hrs 2mins 2wits NL White light. Level ahead. Moving E. TAA a/c rear light. (1954 Turner report)

14 November 1953 Woomera SA 0145hrs 1wit NL Sighting of a “glare” believed to be an aircraft. (1. National Archives of Australia. File D174, control symbol SA 5281. Adelaide Office. Statements of observer. 2. NAA file D250, 56/483 p34.)

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22/23 November 1953 Woomera SA NL Three groups of residents reported objects: a. 22 Nov Moocalla to Birthday Siding 2200hrs 2wits Shaped like an inverted saucer, green/teal in colour, travelling in a northerly direction at speed, emitting bluish coloured exhausts from rear and sides. b. 23 Nov 90km out of Woomera 0200hrs 1M Saw a bluish green circular object in the sky travelling northwards at high speed. c. 23 Nov 0230hrs 1M Bright object proceeding north at high speed. d.23 Nov 0315hrs 1M What appeared to be two flares dropped vertically to a position NW of the lake 15miles from Pimba on Port Augusta road. Colour was orange turning to pale blue. (RAAF papers located in U.S. Project Blue Book files. Ref: 8/110/2/WRA)

6 January 1954 Mintaro SA 1wit Long “While loading hay I saw a square white object in the sky which spun away even though there was no wind. Its speed was a amazing. I followed its flight for about 20 seconds until it looked like a pin in the sky.” (The Adelaide Advertiser 14 Jan 1954 p.4.)

8 January 1954 Hindmarsh, Adelaide SA 1049hrs DD “A family who were sitting outside their delicatessen shop in Port Road, Hindmarsh at 10.49am yesterday saw a flying saucer flash across the northern sky. Mrs L M Hornby who runs the shop with her husband, Mr W J Hornby said “suddenly my son John stated that he had seen a flying saucer flash from west to east. We didn’t believe him and were discussing it when 10 minutes later the object reappeared, this time flying from east to west. It was crescent-shaped and orange in colour. It didn’t remain in sight very long and disappeared in cloud.” (The Advertiser Saturday 9 Jan 1954 p3. “Suburban family sees flying saucer.”)

8 January 1954 Adelaide SA 2100hrs 1M Venow A parachute-shaped object glowing brightly and moving slowly southwards. (The Mail, Adelaide 16 Jan 1954 p.8.)

8 January 1954 Kalangadoo SA 2130hrs 2M Ferguson/Buddle A bright object sighted in the north-east sky. (The Mail, Adelaide 16 Jan 1954 p.8.)

9 January 1954 Adelaide SA 0300hrs 2wit NL Lying in bed a Mr Scherek saw a very bright light about the same size as Jupiter but brighter. It moved down about three degrees, then stayed stationary for some minutes then moved 2-3 degrees south. Another intensely bright light moved around the original light at great speed, then it disappeared. A woman also saw this light. (The Mail, Adelaide. Sat 9 Jan 1954 p11.)

9 January 1954 Adelaide SA 0230hrs 45mins 1 wit NL. White/yellow light. Seen bearing 310-303 degrees, elevation 10-7 degrees. Moving down and SW. Jupiter. (1954 Turner report)

10 January 1954 15mls nth of Morgan SA 1940hrs 6mins 2wits Booth/Furness Flying an aircraft between Broken Hill and Adelaide, at 8,000 feet, two pilots saw a strange object. Initially they thought it was another aircraft, but a check with ground control revealed there were no other planes in the area. The co-pilot Furness “said the object seemed to move back and forth across their line of flight as though circling.” “It disappeared several times in the haze and cloud layer.” The sun had just set. The object was dead ahead of their aircraft and “appeared to move quite fast from side to side and slightly from east to west.” After six minutes it became too dark to see the object. “Both men said the object must have been an optical illusion, but could not explain how it occurred.” (The Adelaide Advertiser. Monday 11 Jan 1954, p.1.)

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12 January 1954 Burra/Moorook SA 1000hrs 2wits 1M/1F Saw an object streaking along north-west over the river districts, leaving a trail of white smoke. Clear sky. (The Mail, Adelaide 16 Jan 1954 p8.)

14 January 1954 Mallala SA 1. 1120hrs 5secs 1wit DD Silver square. 190 degrees bearing, 25 degrees elevation. Moving W. Disappeared in mid- air. Balloon with tin reflector. (1954 Turner report) 2. 1125hrs. 1M Huxtable saw a shiny silver object which moved horizontally at first, and then shot up at high speed and disappeared. (The Mail, Adelaide 16 Jan 1954 p.8.)

14 January 1954 Ferryden Park, Adelaide SA 2355hrs 1M Dallow Saw a banana shaped object, brightly lit moving at high speed, from the direction of the hills above Magill out to sea. (The Mail, Adelaide 16 Jan 1954 p8.)

15 January 1954 Mallala SA 2105hrs NL “Silver object in straight flight with yellow tail disappeared in mid-air. Object in sight only momentarily. Passed overhead in Northerly flight. Sound like a/c with motors cut assumed to accompany object.” (U.S. Project Blue Book card entry & RAAF file)

16 January 1954 Croydon Park, Adelaide SA 0005hrs 2 secs 1 wit Hughes Lying on his front lawn, a man reported seeing a bright round, yellow object which crossed the sky at speed. (The Mail, Adelaide. Sat 16 Jan 1954 p2.)

17 January 1954 St Morris Adelaide SA 1810hrs “Black object to East appeared to be stationary. Object flew West then flew North and finally dropped after a 15 minute observation. One object. Initial observation at 45 degree elevation. Looked like two saucers joined together by a span. (U.S. Project Blue Book card entry & RAAF file)

An object shaped like two flat black discs, joined by a rod, was reported. It looked like a dumbbell. It was hovering, due west. It moved east, then finally went north. (The Adelaide Advertiser 18 January 1954 p.1.)

26 January 1954 Wasley SA 0200hrs 3mins NL Yellow light bearing 290 degree elevation 30 degree moving to 290 degree. Disappeared over the horizon. (1954 Turner report)

4 February 1954 Adelaide A reported flying saucer was probably a Meteor jet aircraft, says Squadron Leader Jewell of Malalla RAAF station. (The Adelaide Advertiser 6 February 1954 p.1.)

10 February 1954 Karoonda SA 1225hrs (5-6mins) 5 wits Thorpe Having lunch, a man heard an aircraft noise and saw 18 objects flying in formation above an aircraft. They were in a v formation, and later broke formation and formed the letters A and J. Later still, they resumed the v formation. They were of a glittering aluminium colour and travelling north-west, but after resuming the v formation went north. Noiseless. (The Mail, Adelaide sat 13 Feb 1954 p4.)

20 March 1954 Murray Bridge SA 2wits Elio “In the sky ahead of us was what looked like a blazing golden coin. It shone like a sun in the darkness. It arched upwards at tremendous speed and was gone.” (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p127.)

7 8 April 1954 1. Kilburn Adelaide SA 1530hrs Secs 1M Bean Mr A Bean of Leader Avenue, Kilburn claims he saw a flying saucer so low “he could have almost touched it” at 3.30am on Thursday. “It must have been flying at 1,000mph at least,” said Mr Bean. “It went past my window in a split second, but I had time to see that it was a round object with circles of light around it. I should say it was going towards Riverton at the time.” Mr Bean said that a “tremendous roar”, like a motor car or a gust of wind, heralded the approach of the saucer.” (The Advertiser Sat 10 Apr 1954 p3. “Could have touched “flying saucer.””)

A round object with a circle of light around it went past a window at high speed. A roaring sound was heard. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p128.)

2. Winkie SA 0856hrs 5mins Multi wits “Many residents of Winkie, near Berri, yesterday reported having seen at 8.56am a cigar shaped object of a silvery color. It came from the west and seemed to turn on its side as if to turn and then it slowly disappeared. It was in sight for about 5 minutes. Mr and Mrs Harold Colby and their son Lance, Mr A Setterberg and Mr Eric Ridgeway reported seeing the object.” (The Advertiser Sat 10 Apr 1954 p3.)

3. Kapunda SA 0845hrs 10mins Multi wits Children at a Primary school and an assistant teacher saw “an object shaped like an unopened umbrella with a rudder pointing upwards from it nose.” There was no sound. It appeared from the south and disappeared in an easterly direction (The Adelaide Advertiser 9 April 1954 p.1.) . Mr Bywater, a Kapunda teacher said it was not a plane, meteor or balloon.(The Advertiser, Adelaide Mon 12 April 1954 p3.)

Mr H E Prosser of Angaston said he saw a cloud of a similar shape east of Angaston. “It appeared to be a high flying aircraft leaving a vapour trail. “Within a fre minutes it broke up and formed a cloud.” (The Advertiser, Adelaide Mon 12 April 1954 p3.)

10 April 1954 Karoonda SA 3wits Pellizzari, Howard, Lewis Three men returning for a rabbiting expedition, saw “what they believed to be a ‘flying saucer’ travelling south-east of the township. Two long streaks of smoke were coming from the rear of the object. It circled around for a while then disappeared. (The Advertiser, Adelaide Mon 12 April 1954 p3.)

3 May 1954 Henley Beach, Adelaide SA 1945hrs 4secs 2 wits Taylor/Killian DD “Miss Marlene Taylor, 18, of Wright Street, Henley Beach and Miss Ethna Killian, 17, of Marlborough Street, Henley Beach, yesterday reported having seen a “saucer shaped” object in the sky while they were waiting for a tram at Henley Beach terminus about 7.45pm. They said they saw what appeared to be a mass of fog drifting across the sky from the north-east. “It suddenly formed into a solid-looking saucer which glowed eerily,” they said. “It drifted across the sky for about four seconds and disappeared into thin air.” (The Advertiser Tue 4 May 1954 p3. “Two girls sight “Flying Saucer.””)

5 May 1954 Woomera SA app1630hrs 5 mins 3 wits Radar/visual 1. Radar echo of misty grey disc. Bearing 355 degrees 35 mls greater than 60,000 feet. Travelled S then E. Visual observation aided by binoculars Dimensions estd 10 feet. Speed 3600mph to E (measured on trace). (1954 Turner report.)

2. “Harry Turner told me of a radar case that impressed him most in his study of the DAFI UFO files that lead to his classified 1954 report. The case, originally classified ‘secret’ describes a UFO event over Woomera that was witnessed by an English Electric scientist and a radar operator. The English Electric scientist was outside talking to the radar operator when the radar confirmed the presence of a UFO. The scientist watched

8 the object with binoculars. One of his functions at Woomera was to monitor rocket tests, he was experienced in observing movements in the sky. The radar tracked the UFO until it went out of range. However, they were unable to confirm distance and size. Some tests were being undertaken with a Canberra bomber in flight. The UFO was moving in formation with the Canberra. The Canberra crew could not see the UFO, but both the plane and UFO were confirmed on radar.” (Chalker, B. (1996.) “UFOs Sub Rosa Down Under:The Australian Military & Government Role in the UFO controversy.” )

5 August 1954 Adelaide (2030-2045)hrs Mult wits Strange lights were reported over the Port Adelaide area, moving east. Explanations put forward suggested three reports were of a meteor and others were an aircraft. (The Advertiser, Adelaide Fri 6 Aug 1954 p5.)

6 October 1954 Woomera SA 1520hrs 10 mins 1M Willis DO Gnr Willis is reported to have observed, and photographed with a Kine Theodelite, an aerial object. He was looked at a Jindivik aircraft when he sighted the object. It was silver white in colour, half moon shape, no details of structure and no sound. He estimated it was at 40,000 feet travelling at “medium speed” travelling NW to SW in a straight path. There was no exhaust, vapour or light seen. It was lost to view “out of view at same height.” Three seconds of photography was undertaken. The sky was “very clear” at the time. A Department of Air Minute dated 28 Oct 54, records “The negative of this photograph has been handed to the Director.” (National Archives of Australia file Series A705 control symbol 114/1/197 date range 1953-1955 digital pages 71-73.) Department of Air reference 901/1511/P1 (7A)

16 October 1954 Port Pirie SA 2120hrs 15mins 2M + 1F Sykes, Egel & McHughs NL Two policemen and a woman saw a white light at 10-15 degrees W. It faded from sight. (Pages 93-100 of digital copy of RAAF file 114/1/197. Original reference 5/3/Air (8a) Mallala. )

21 October 1954 Woomera SA 2125hrs 6mins 3wits NL Observations of what witnesses described as a “dancing light,” from adjacent to launcher apron number 1 range. Azimuth 215 degrees T at approximately 3 degrees elevation. The light’s colour varied from deep orange to a deep yellow. Described as three times the size of Venus. The planet Venus was at 238 degrees T 1 degree elevation at the time. The light was seen to move around in a small area. Weather 70F, wind NNE 10 mph. 3/8 cloud at 15000 feet. Scattered ice crystals at 30000 feet. No noise heard from light. (National Archives of Australia. File D174, control symbol SA 5281. Adelaide Office. Statements of observers.)

Mid 1950’s Glenelg Adelaide SA 4wits NO Four people standing by Jetty Road, Glenelg saw an object hovering in sky. It was oval, like the bottom of a large saucer. It slowly disappeared upwards. Vaguely aware of a high pitched sound. Recalls story on front page of Advertiser next day about car load of people seeing something. (See 29 August 1957 Glenelg report from witnesses in the car). (Hotline call 3791 Investigator D McNamara AURA.)

1955 Adelaide SA 1F CE4 A ten year old girl, Janet X, was being treated for a slight nervous disorder. While under hypnosis she spontaneously recounted a story of her interaction with aliens and a flying saucer. Whilst in trance she spoke of being in a saucer with three "men", and of visiting a planet with an advanced society. (1. Chibbett, H. S. W. (1969). "UFOs and Parapsychology." Flying Saucer Review Special Issue 3. pp33-38. 2. Interview between Pony Godic and original investigator Peter Thomas in 1989.)

9 Jan 1955 Ferryden Park, Adelaide SA 2125hrs 1wit Bushell

9 Witness sighted a moving red light in the north-eastern sky at an initial angular elevation of 30 degrees. It descended to an elevation of 15 degrees. It then hovered and finally was lost to view behind trees. (Australian Saucer Record vol 1 no 3 1955.)

22 Apr 1955 Tintinara SA 0745hrs Moyle 1M CE1 Upon glancing to his right while driving a car, a man was surprised to see a three metres diameter silvery sphere, surrounded by a flange, giving it an overall diameter of ten metres. The object crossed the road some three metres behind the car. It then turned and moved roughly parallel to the road, and he followed it for some twenty to twenty five kilometres before it climbed rapidly into the sky. There were no external markings or portholes visible. (1. UFO Research South Australia (UFORSA). 2. Australian Saucer Record(ASR) 1/2/8.)

11 May 1955 Unley, Adelaide, SA 1205hrs sev wits A bright silver blue object was seen in the western sky at an elevation of 40-45 degrees. It was rectangular in shape. It moved, turned south and disappeared. The weather was fine. There were no weather balloons in the area. (Australian Saucer Record Vol 1 no 3 1955.)

14 Jun 1955 Rosewater, Adelaide, SA 1930hrs 5 secs An object looking like a “light globe” was reported at 45 degrees SW. It had a fairly sharp outline, was light blue in colour and had an angular diameter one quarter that of the Moon. It travelled vertically downwards making no sound. The sky was clear and the temperature cool. (Australian Saucer Record vol 1 no 3 1955.)

17 Jun 1955 Adelaide 1wit M McIntyre 1415hrs He saw a shiny object in the western sky, looking like a large star at 10-15 degrees elevation. Lost behind trees. (Australian Saucer Record vol 1 no 3 1955.) 1445hrs Through binoculars he saw an oblong shape with two points of brightness. It was silver in colour, and moved behind clouds. (Australian Saucer Record vol 1 no 3 1955.)

30 Jun 1955 Forbes, Adelaide, SA 1700hrs 5mins The News dated 1 Jul 1955 carried the story and investigators interviewed a number of the 20 boys who saw an object in the eastern sky which was described as round with a dome in the middle. It was gray in colour and appeared to be circling. (Australian Saucer Record vol 1 no 3 1955.)

1 Jul 1955 Forbes, Adelaide, SA 1600hrs A similar object to that of the previous day was reported to have travelled from the north-east to the south-west at the speed of an aircraft. It had the appearance of a smoke ring. (Australian Saucer record vol 1 no 3 1955.)

24 Jul 1955 Semaphore, Adelaide, SA (1835-1840hrs) In the south-eastern sky appeared an object looking like a “tremendous star.” It was bright, circular, silver in colour and emitted rays. In angular size it was about a quarter of the Moon. It was stationary, soundless and at an angular elevation of 10 degrees. (Australian Saucer Record vol 1 no 3 1955.)

19 Nov 1955 Gawler 1530hrs 15mins 2M Slade/Warner The witnesses were in a car when they saw what they took to be an unusual cloud. Two smaller objects detached themselves from a larger object and began to manoeuvre about it. Initially there were smoke trails behind the smaller objects. They moved at great speed on a horizontal plane and had the shape of cigars. The two objects approached the witnesses, then suddenly stopped and ‘dissolved into cloud.” It was a fine. Sunny day. (Australian Saucer Record vol 2 no 1 1956 p14.)

10 8 Jan 1956 Millicent 2030hrs 1M Banks IFO About six miles from Millicent, while driving, the witness noted something in a paddock on the left. It was in the shape of a ball which appeared to have legs on it. In the rear vision mirror he noted a “dark red ball” which appeared to be going upwards into the sky. He stopped the car, switched off engine and lights, got out and watched the object travel towards Mt Graham, some 9 miles away. It took five minutes before it was out of sight. A man at Hatherleigh, some 5 miles north of Banks reported seeing an object at 2030hrs, travelling towards Mt Graham. (Australian Saucer Record vol 2 no 1 1956.)

The next day 1t 1730hrs a female at Beachport reported seeing an object in the north- eastern sky which she described as “like an umbrella” and was a red colour. It floated in a zig-zag manner. (Australian Saucer Record vol 2 no 1 1956.)

The SE Times of Millicent in its 13 Jan 1956 issue carried a story that as Mr Banks approached the object, two figures ran towards it and the object went off through the air. At 1930hrs a Miss Nancy Gray and Victor Bowman passed through the Millicent area and saw two men on the roadside. Miss Gray saw a red coloured balloon, three feet in diameter, and a surveyor’s tripod.

In its issue of 20 Jan 1956, the SE Times reported that a Mr L T Eime passed two men on the roadside, and saw a meteorological balloon. Upon checking it was found that the CSIRO had been releasing balloons at half hour intervals, from many points in the South East in recent weeks. (Australian Saucer Record vol 2 no 1 1956.)

1956 or 1957 12 miles from Streaky Bay SA 0000hrs 2wits Noel & Melva Driving home when sighted what appeared to be a red tail light of a car in front of him. When he sped up so did the light; when he slowed it did. The light eventually took off at speed out to sea. (AURA Debbie Payne 2005)

1956 or 1957 Town north of Adelaide 2 mins 1 M One Saturday evening while walking, at about 40 degrees above trees in front of him he saw a “large cigar” one to one and a half miles from him. “Dark in shape and colour.” Had 12 or more portholes. When first seen it was travelling at the normal speed for a fast aircraft, but left at colossal speed. It was on a long, straight trajectory, heading from north to south. (ASR Vol 8 No 3 1962 Sep, p.19.)

3 June 1957 Glenelg Adelaide SA NL “Police received reports of a bright flashing white light in St Vincent Gulf, about 20 degrees north-west of Glenelg…commercial aircraft in the vicinity were asked to look out for the light. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p129.)

4 June 1957 Clare SA 1F NL Green ball, with green tail travelling E to W at high speed. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney.p129.)

29 August 1957 Glenelg Adelaide SA (2015-2030hrs) 3mins 3wits Mr/Mrs Cranwell & Mrs Eustice NO Soundless object circular and like a quarter Moon reported following a car. The object’s bottom half was yellow. It initially approached the car. The witnesses got out to look at it, and during this phase it was stationary. It then veered off to the W. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p130.)

Object like quarter Moon reported following a car. It had an illuminated bottom half was yellow. It approached. They stopped car. It stopped and veered off. RAAF conclusion: Aircraft. (Pages 63-64 on digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 part 1.Original file reference 13/2/air (22a) Edinburgh RAAF.)

11 Sep/Oct 1957 Maralinga SA Dusk 15 mins Murray + others DD RAAF Corporal Derek Murray and colleagues observed a hovering object. Described as silver/blue in colour and having a metallic lustre. It had a line of ‘windows” or “portholes” along the edge. The duty Air Traffic Controller reportedly checked with Alice Springs and Edinburgh Air ports but they reported no sightings. The object left quickly without noise. (Chalker, B. (1996.) “UFOs Sub Rosa Down Under:The Australian Military & Government Role in the UFO controversy.” )

6 November 1957 Torrensville & Kensington Park Adelaide SA 2110hrs Several wits NL A bright object, with tail, travelled at high altitude from the W in a SW to NE direction. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p130.)

13 November 1957 SA a. Port Broughton 1400hrs 15mins 6M Bright object seen drifting slowly to the NW. b. Strathalbyn 1400hrs 1M Elliot Object sighted “almost directly overhead.” c. Williamstown 2215hrs 3-4 secs 2M Cigar shape trailing sparks travelling towards the western horizon (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p130.)

1 December 1957 SA a. Overland Corner 1850hrs 1M Object which left a “curling trail” visible till 2003hrs. b. Kadina 1945hrs Object left a trail in the NW sky. c. Loxton Bright star left a trail. d. Port Pirie Two bright lights leaving a red trail. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p131.)

6 December 1957 Various parts SA 2130hrs NL Multi wits NL-IFO 30 people contacted the newspaper to report a “fiery rocket like object” which was seen. Reports from Yankalilla, Gladstone, Bordertown. Initially blue bursting to bright orange. Probably meteor. (1. Adelaide “Advertiser”9/12/57. 2.Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p131.)

19 December 1957 Adelaide SA 2wits Fiddaman NL “…golden coloured object turning over and over, travelling slowly from the south-east to north.” Also Torrensville man sighted a “white star.”

5 January 1958 Adelaide SA 2035hrs 7secs NL Bright light in N sky disintegrated in brilliant flash at 20 degrees N. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p132.)

7 January 1958 Pine Point SA 1400hrs 3M Alderman/Julian/? DD Loud explosion then “star” travelling across the NE sky with a long stream of “smoke.” (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p132.)

13 January 1958 Belair Adelaide SA 2030hrs 30mins 3wits Holderness NL Slow moving object seen drifting SW. Dull yellow in colour. Lost to sight in W sky. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p132.)

23 January 1958 Adelaide SA A strange object was seen in the western sky. It appeared as a bright, red ball travelled quickly to the east. It then swung north and disappeared. It was the same size as the star

12 Sirius. It did not have a tail. (Adelaide Advertiser 23 Jan 1958 cited in Australian Saucer Record vol 4 no 1 p11.)

24 January 1958 Brooklyn Park Adelaide SA multi wits Watching Sputnik satellite when one minute later a second light was seen following the satellite. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p132.)

2 February 1958 Secombe Gardnes Adelaide SA 2015hrs 1M Taylor CSIRO physicist reported seeing an object “with a cone-shaped, orange flame at its tail and making a low-pitched droning noise like a motor” tavelling SW to NE. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p133.)

26 March 1958 Adelaide SA 2111hrs 3secs Hundreds NL Brilliant light seen by many. Mr Reid-travelling W, changing colour from blue/green to red. Disappeared in shower of sparks. Mr Polkinghorne-blue/grey at first then red fireball with golden tail. Mr Forbes-travelling NE to NW with tail. Mr Whitehorn-N sky, red glare, many times size of Moon. 1. Adelaide “Advertiser” 27/3/58. 2.Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p133.)

19 April 1958 Gumeracha SA 2040hrs 1 wit NL Object like a meteor with flashing blue tail travelling NE to W. Exploded. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p133.)

26 April 1958 Adelaide SA 2105hrs 1M Combs NL Object “like a red hot coal” made a hissing sound as it travelled quickly across the sky. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p133.)

July 1958 Cooper’s Creek SA 1800hrs Multi-wits NL Party of geologists reported seeing a “…brilliant blue-green light with a long white tail.” Disappeared on bearing of 272 degrees, about 15 degrees above horizon , near Sun. (Adelaide “Advertiser” 29/7/58. See two reports below))

15 July 1958 Cowell SA 3wits Blue ball with white tail seen. Moving quickly to NW. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p133. See reports above and below)

August 1958 Lake Gairdner SA Fierce rushing noise then double explosion heard Kangaroo Well Station near Lake Gairdner. Occurred soon after blue ball with white tail seen near Cowell at 0915hrs. Arae of earth 7feet in diameter found disturbed. Possibility of meteorite landing. (Adelaide “Advertiser” 24/8/58. See two reports above)

20 October 1958 Oodnadatta SA (2210-2220hrs) Multi-wits NL Sky was lit by a blue flash and object appeared travelling S to N, quickly across the sky. Yellow flame from head and a red tail. Roaring noise heard. (Adelaide “Advertiser” 21/10/58.)

January 1959 Beach south of Port Gawler SA Later than 1700hrs 3 wits incl 1M Peter NO A dome shape was seen emerging from the water, spherical with a curtain of white underneath it. Object shone like glass. It moved towards them and they felt like it stopped and observed them. Rose and went out to sea. Another came in from the south and they stopped next to each other. Second one moved south fast speed. (D McNamara AURA 2005.)

3 January 1959 Adelaide SA (1330-1400hrs) 2M Jones/Bennett

13 Two objects swiftly crossing sky. One was a 2m long shining cigar seen for 3 minutes; the other a 2m square, spinning and shining. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p134.)

7 January 1959 Port Pirie SA 1530hrs 2wits Silver, sausage shape seen in W. Estimated height 500m speed 160km/hr. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p134.)

13 Mar 1959 Purnong Landing SA 0210hrs Towill/Briggs 2M CE1 Two men in a truck crested a hill and came upon a "dome" illuminated by coloured lights. They stopped the truck and watched the ten metre diameter object as it went through a regular sequence of colour changes. The lights all then went out and the men approached from their position of a hundred metres distance. As they did so the object took off silently at a forty five degree angle and was lost to sight after twenty minutes, in the southern sky. Briggs recalled, in an interview with this author on 26 Dec 1972, that on the evening of 13 March 1959 some nurses had seen a similar object near to Purnong Landing. (1. Personal investigation by Keith Basterfield and Garry Little 26 Dec 1972. 2. ASR 5/2. 3. Adelaide “Advertiser” 24/3/59. 4. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p127 cites the date as 13 March 1954.)

23 March 1959 Adelaide 10mins SA 2M “…they saw a strange object, at first apparently on the ground and afterwards in the sky.” (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p134.)

31 March 1959 Adelaide SA a. 1805hrs 3wits Abercrombie “..elongated circle with indistinct edges” flying quite high. (Adelaide “Advertiser” 1/4/59) b. 1950hrs Round object with red flashing lights from W to E in southern sky, circled and lost in W. c. 2000hrs Met Bureau received report. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p135.)

31 Mar 1959 Port Elliott SA 2330hrs Neale 1M CE1 Barry Neale was driving home from Goolwa when he saw, on the ground about one hundred metres off the road, a glowing reddish-orange object with a row of portholes. It illuminated the trees and was about two metres wide. He got to within three hundred metres of it, and drove around a wooded area in time to see it take off at high speed. No radioactivity was found. (1. Adelaide "News" 2 Apr 1959 p15. 2. ASR 6/4/14. 3. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p135 cites date as 12 April 1959.)

29 Apr 1959 Blackwood Adelaide SA 1930hrs 2.5 mins Lightfoot 1M Photo A spinning saucer shaped object with a row of steady lights was seen before it rose vertically and disappeared from view. A ten second time exposure was taken by a Mr Lightfoot. Newspaper article has a photo. (1. Adelaide “News” 30/4/59. 2. Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p135.)

Late April 1959 Various parts of SA NL-IFO Brilliant object seen travelling SW to SE in the southern sky. Disintegrated in “shower of sparks.” Believed to be nose cone of Sputnik 3. (Adelaide “Advertiser” 1/5/59)

1 May 1959 Adelaide SA (1930-2000hrs) 10mins multi wits Light in NE sky “changed colour from red to the colour of an ordinary bright star several times.” (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p135.)

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29 May 1959 Port Elliot 10secs 2M “They reported seeing four yellow lights travelling parallel to the horizon” out to sea. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p136.)

31 May 1959 Adelaide SA 1813hrs 1M Priest “A bright red/orange object with a tapering tail, moving from west to east at an elevation of about 25 degrees in the southern sky.” (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p136.)

20 June 1959 SA 2200hrs Multi wits NL “…a cluster of three lights with an illuminated tail.” (Frank) “It was flying very high and very fast and glowed with an orange light.” Ashton). “The objects were an orange colour and were travelling very fast.” (Brooks). (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p136.)

22 June 1959 Moonta SA 2045hrs 45mins Mitchell NL NW sky changed from bright white light to orange colour. (1. Adelaide “Advertiser” 23/6/59. 2. Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p136.)

22 June 1959 Paruna SA 2100hrs Smith/Daucey NL “…a bright orange ball” Appeared to approach them. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p136.)

20 July 1959 a.Woomera SA 2215hrs 15 secs NL “A bright orange-coloured flying object was observed at the Woomera rocket range. It was not associated with any range firing, the authorities admitted. A forecaster at the Woomera meteorological station stated that the object was sighted at 10.15pm and remained visible for 15 seconds. ‘It was travelling almost horizontally. It was moving very fast, and looked like a bright shuttlecock, then appeared to break into three parts, which burnt out. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. P137.) b. Evening An object was widely reported from various parts of the state. One report stated it was a “cluster of three lights.” Another reporter said it was flying high and fast and was orange. From Renmark it was seen to the NE, was orange and travelling fast. (Adelaide “Advertiser” 21/7/59.)

25 July 1959 Glossop to Barmera SA 2100hrs (7-10mins) 3M McKerlie & Thompson & Gerschwitz NL Driving W when saw bright orange crescent in sky to the W. “They said it was shaped like a football cut in two and made no noise.” (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p137.)

17 October 1959 Lower Mitcham Adelaide SA 1935hrs 1F NL Red ball in NW sky “…falling towards the earth.” (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p137.)

20 October 1959 SA (2210-2220hrs) Multi wits a. Oodnadatta 30 secs multi wits Sky lit by blue flash. Object appeared travelling from S/SE to N. Red tail, and long yellow trail. Explosion heard. And seen. b. Coober Pedy Also seen. c. Mt Clarence Station NE SA Also seen.

15 (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. pp137- 138.)

22 October 1959 Adelaide SA multi wits NL Object covered with red and green flashing lights travelling at speed. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p138.)

23 October 1959 Adelaide SA 2F + 1M Slate NL Large white light with smaller red light on top. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p138.)

26 October 1959 Parndana SA 0410hrs 30mins Mr & Mrs Taylor & Mr Bruce NL Witnesses saw a brilliant white light, the size of the Moon. It was moving slowly eastwards. Gradually faded over 30 minutes. (Australian Saucer Record Vol 5 No 4, 1959 p.17.)

29 October 1959 Elizabeth Vale Adelaide SA 1F Sheldon “Looking out of my car, I saw an orange oblong tube about two feet long moving slowly in front of my car. Then it picked up speed and disappeared into the clouds.” (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p138.)

9 November 1959 Jamestown SA 1100hrs 2M/1F incl Hunter/Warnes Peter Hunter heard a noise like a jet plane. Overhead he saw a bright, white disc, It appeared flat underneath, domed on top. It remained stationary and wobbled. It was self luminous and as bright as the Sun. It then moved slowly west, turned at right angles and proceeded north. He reported it to Jamestown police who also saw the object but only as a pin point. Miss E Warnes also saw the last part of the observation. Last seen at 1.10pm (Australian Saucer Record Vol 5 No 4 1959 pp19-20.)

9 November 1959 Adelaide and country towns SA 220hhrs multi wits NL Brilliant object in sky. “It was falling towards the horizon in the north-east. It was a bright yellow-green colour.” (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p138.)

25 November 1959 Adelaide SA 2305hrs 30secs 6M NL Dozen white lights seen above clouds. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p139.)

Late 1950s Woomera SA Dalton-Morgan + others Group Captain Tom Dalton-Morgan was Officer-in-Charge of Range Operations. Firing of a Black Night missile. Received call from Recovery Officer Percy Hawkins about an unusual, bright light in sky at 80-90 miles NW of missile site. Bright light at 5000 feet travelling directly towards the range head at high speed. Captain viewed the incoming light. It flew from NW then orbited the range buildings 5 miles to the S. When E it climbed away to the NE at a steep angle. It was a bright white-green light. No noise. (Llewelyn, K. (1991). “Flight Into the Ages.” Felspin. Warriewood NSW . pp143-146))

15 Jul 1960 Maralinga SA - 7.15pm Constable H D Scarborough saw a light of “…approximately the power of bright moonlight, playing on the ground.” The white light was moving from East to West. It grew larger in size and turned red. The duration was estimated at 30 seconds. Scarborough was located 15 miles from Maralinga village

- 7pm. Constable R H Maxwell was 13 miles from the village and saw a light which appeared to come from the direction of Wewak-a place 2.25 miles away

16 - 7pm Maralinga Village. Witnesses Ross, Hoskins, Kingsley and Haskard saw a light over the REME workshop building in the village coming from Wewak. Duration estimated between 2-15 seconds

- 7.10pm Mrs Fuller at a homestead 500 miles NW of Woomera reported a bright light and heard two loud “bangs” seemingly from the light travelling SW to East. It changed colour from white to red. The “bangs” occurred two minutes after the light was seen

- Between 7.30 and 8pm. Giles weather station. Observer saw a light bearing 100 degrees true at 15 degrees elevation. Reddish glow which faded and then came on again

- Also seen from Ernabella, Kenmore Park and Kulgera.

Explanations ranged from St Elmo’s fire; a meteor; to a “…reflection of distant vehicle lights on a low inversion layer” to a “flying saucer.” The flying saucer explanation is worth elaborating on, for the opinion came from none other than Harry Turner, the ex Joint Intelligence Bureau officer whom we interviewed last year. “Mr Oliver Harry Turner, Health Physics Officer, who possesses an inquiring mind, made an independent investigation and extensive calculations. He is of the opinion that the light was not the result of a natural phenomenon but caused by an unidentified flying object, either a cone from a satellite or a “flying saucer.””

(File A6456, control symbol R029/284 located in Canberra is titled: “Weapons Research Establishment (WRE) Salisbury-Department of Supply-Maralinga Project-General-Policy and Administration.” In its 45 pages there are 7 which relate details of the sighting.)

17 March 1960 Kangaroo Island SA 1900hrs 2wits Cooper Orange flare like object seen. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p139.)

14 May 1960 Mount Gambier SA 1850hrs 5wits Lewis CE1 A man reported that a 3m diameter red light had paced his car. The object “…appeared and stayed in front of his vehicle for fifteen miles.” Two Police constables searched the area but found nothing. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p139.)

20 May 1960 SA 2030hrs NL A rocket-like object with a yellow tail travelled soundlessly across the sky. Was brighter and larger than any star in the sky. Seen as well from Mt Gambier. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p140.)

13 June 1960 Prospect Adelaide SA 2000hrs 30secs 1M Adams Yellow-red object trailing light travelled from SE to NW. (1. Adelaide “Advertiser” 14/6/60. 2. Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p140.)

28 June 1960 Adelaide Night multi-wits incl. 1M Shepley Bright object moved NE to SW until it went out. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p140.)

24 July 1960 a.Mount Drummond SA Dusk 1M Ashman Object glowing like the Sun was sighted travelling at speed from NE to SW, trailing a brilliant white light. He believed it crashed into the sea as he heard the then calm sea “roar” for 30 seconds. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p140. Wrong date. Adelaide “Advertiser” of 26/7/63 has this story as a recent event))

17 b. Para Hills Adelaide SA 2100hrs NL A red light was seen going W, gaining altitude. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p140.)

21 December 1960 Adelaide SA NL Mystery object reported travelling NW to NE. (Adelaide “Advertiser” 22/12/60.)

1961 Richmond Adelaide SA 0100hrs (5-10mins) 2M NL Looking in the southern sky they saw an object 4 times larger than Venus. It would stop, move down, stop, move sideways etc. Rang a radio station who said others had reported it. (UFORNSW website report form 2005.)

Ca 20 November 1961 Blackwood Adelaide SA 0415hrs 2M Collins & Snowden NL Two Police officers on patrol saw initially a “cluster of stars” low down near the W horizon. “The cluster reflected moonlight and appeared to skim above sea level in a northerly direction. Then it disappeared.” A few moments later they saw a “…bright, long, flat shape with a bubble design on top travelling across the face of the moon. It took about thirty seconds to complete this course, then disappeared again.” It was well defined and about 1/8th Moon diameter in size. (The News, Adelaide, 21 Nov 1961, cited in AFSR Nov 1962 No 7, in NAA file series A1336 control symbol 68837.) (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p139. has the date as 20 Nov 1959.) )

21 November 1961 Adelaide SA 1M Page Amateur astronomer reported a cluster of 6-8 object due E of Somerton. “They were crescent shaped and travelling at high speed” They disappeared into cloud. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p141.)

16 January 1962 Adelaide SA 2300hrs 2M McIntosh & KInnear NL Vivid blue-green ball of light seen at 30 degrees falling down. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p141.)

23 July 1962 a. Northfield & Yatala Adelaide SA 1835hrs 5mins 1wit Object with square lighted windows “…revolving and hovering just under a layer of cloud.” No noise. b. Joslin SA 1F Police received a report about a similar object hovering to the NE. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p141.)

29 August 1962 Adelaide SA 2025hrs 15mins 2wits 1M 1F Macpherson NL Bright light moving W to E. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p141.)

28 Oct 1962 Salisbury Adelaide SA 1930hrs Sylvester CE3 A school teacher and her children reported an orange glow on the ground at an estimated distance of three to four kilometres away from them. Despite this distance her son insisted he could see an oval shape with windows, legs and two "men". The teacher could see only a glow. (1. Australian Flying Saucer Research Society. (AFSRS). 2. ASR 1963 Vol 9 No 11 pp13-14.)

30 Jan 1963 Adelaide SA 6wits NL Six people rang the Advertiser late last night to report a glowing object changing colour as it moved low across the horizon in the north-eastern sky. The object is believed to be similar to one which had police mystified several months ago. (Adelaide “Advertiser” 31 Jan 1963 copy provided by Darryl Tiggeman of Adelaide.)

Jan/Feb 1963 Mt Gambier SA 1M Entity

18 Peter was in his bedroom in a farming property outside Mount Gambier in Jan/Feb 1963. In an adjoining bedroom by himself was Peter’s 28 year old brother. Peter heard a noise like “a motor running.” His brother called out to him and asked if Peter could hear a noise. Then the brother screamed. Peter and his father ran into the brother’s bedroom, to find him on the bed. The brother told them that a “spaceman” had come through the wall! The “spaceman” was described as “a man with tubes attached.” The best comparison was the Cybermen from Dr Who. They settled the brother down and the next morning Peter examined the outside area for any physical evidence but could not find any. The brother apparently became quite religious for a while after the event.

Peter’s wife told me that the brother had said that while the “spaceman” was present there had been a noise like a “Geiger counter” going off. The brother had also said that he had been paralysed-unable to move during the encounter. The spaceman had simply “gone.” (K.Basterfield May 2008.)

May 1963 Glenburnie SA Night Multiple-wits NL Police received a report of a bright light. Colour changed from red to white. Car was followed for several miles. Light last seen hovering over a paddock. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p142.)

18 May 1963 Beachport SA 0700hrs 1M DD A man, a carrier by occupation, was driving along a road when a soundless, red and blue, round to oval shape was seen directly above the vehicle. He watched it for about two minutes as it travelled from east to west. He noted that the sound from his radio cut out. (UFORSA.)

19 May 1963 Mount Gambier SA 2130hrs Bushbridge CE1 The event was reported to Police by the youth’s father, and is said to have taken place on the old Glencoe road, between Glencoe and Mount Gambier, one mile south of the Piggery. A seventeen year old apprentice mechanic encountered an object on one side of the road on which he was driving. When his car was six metres away from it, a bright light came on on the object and dazzled him. He pulled the car up, the object moved across the road, and he drove his vehicle under it. It was oval in shape, five metres wide and three high, with the lights on it being as bright as "the arc lights in electric welding." It disappeared but was seen again at the six mile post from the Mount. He was travelling at 50-60mph and the light followed him, then disappeared soon after. (1. Undated Adelaide “Advertiser” newspaper date lined May 20. 2. AFSRS. 3. "Queensland UFO" magazine. (QUFO) 1/2/6. 4. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p142.)

Was 1-1.5 miles from Piggery on the old Glencoe Road when he saw an object on the side of the road.It was bright red/white and shaped like a bull-dozer. No sound. “It came across the road and then it went straight up.” Lost in mid-air. The object is said to have followed the route of the car for three miles then disappeared as an on-coming car approached the witness. (Pages 305-307 on digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 part 4. Original reference 5/6/Air (31) Victoria Barracks. [Meteor])

26 May 1963 Macclesfield SA 1850hrs1m Pfeiffer NL Large, bright object in NW twice size of Moon. Approached him, then was stationary for 1.5 seconds before leaving at speed. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p142.)

7 June 1963 Hove Adelaide SA (0100-0300hrs) 1F Peake Heard a rushing noise with a brilliant flash of light. Going from N to S and ended”…with a loud thud.” (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p143.)

19 28 Jun 1963 Sandy Creek SA 2130hrs 1M CE1 A man was travelling on the Lyndoch-Gawler road going to Gawler, when upon rounding a corner in his vehicle, an anonymous Willaston man came upon a blood-red coloured object extending across the roadway. This was near the Sandy Creek Hotel. He applied the brakes and was within three metres of it when it rose suddenly from the road. After rising one hundred metres or so, it turned on its side and sped off, streaming vapour. Described as eight metres across and four high, with a concave top and a flat base, it glowed blood-red when close to the ground and appeared to change to a light-red yellow as it gathered speed and flew off towards Two Wells. Hervey states that the sighting was reported to police and that a CIB Special Branch officer interviewed the witness. The Advertiser reports “…He later reported the incident to the Weapons Research Establishment which arranged for him to be interviewed by a member of the CIB Special Branch.” (1. Adelaide “Advertiser” 10/7/63. 2. AFSRS. 3. QUFO 1/3/26. 4.(Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p128 cites the date as during the period 1955-1958)

July 1963 Mount Drummond SA Sunset 2secs 1M Ashman IFO Glowing white object travelling very quickly NE to SW seen descending in the sky. Five minutes later head a loud noise and heard previously quiet surf on beach 12 miles away was heard. Possibly meteorite landing. (Adelaide “Advertiser” 26/7/63. Hervey has date as 24/7/60).

Late Nov 1963 20miles north of Pinnaroo SA Night 1M Ross CE1 Travelling across open country, almost dark, when he saw an object. 100 feet in diameter less than 400 yards away. (UFO Hotline call 3795 27 Dec 04. Interview by D McNamara AURA 2005)

1964 Yorke Peninsula SA. 1730hrs. Object falling SW to NE with smoke haze around it and with a fiery trail. (Department of Supply file SA5644/2/1)

February 1964 Para Hills Adelaide SA 2M Police constables Payne and McMillan reported seeing a “…bright globular object zig- zagged rapidly, slowed down and then accelerated at fantastic speed. The object came from the west then swiftly turned towards the north and vanished.” (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p143.)

February 1964 Tilley Swamp SE SA 1817hrs secs 1M CE1 A grazier telephoned the Adelaide “Advertiser” newspaper from the Salt Creek post office to report that “…a 200 foot flying saucer had followed his car along a quiet stretch of highway near Tilley Swamp, 30 miles north of Kingston…It was at least three chains long (200ft) and it made a noise similar to a high-pitched generator whine. At 6.17 exactly I was driving along and I heard this sound. I looked out to the right hand side of the road and I saw this great big shadow. It seemed to be going along with me. It seemed to be hanging there like it was on a cord. It seemed to be a silvery kind of colour. I only saw it for a couple of seconds and then it moved off and then took off at an incredible speed.” (Adelaide “Advertiser” 22/2/64)

19 Feb 1964 Gum Creek SA Player 1F CE3 A farmer's wife observed an unusual object approaching the house and hovering close by it. She saw a "man" standing at a "wooden railing" inside the object. It eventually departed into the sky. (Keith Basterfield, John Burford, Peter Horne, Garry Little, Paul Johnson and Tony Rundle.)

21 February 1964 Croydon Adelaide SA 2000hrs NL “…a reddish-brown, football shaped object” reported in the sky. Then a teacher reported a “…dull glowing object hovering the sky.” (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p143.)

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29 Feb 1964 Plympton SA 1400hrs Mathlin/Jensen 2M CE3 A young boy reportedly saw a large oval saucer descending into a paddock, in a busy suburb in broad daylight. A tall figure emerged from it and walked around for a while before re-entering the object. The object took off, observed by the initial witness and another boy. (1. AFSRS. 2. Flying Saucer Review (FSR) U.K. 16/4/32.) Note: A woman named Brolin Mathlin contacted AUFORN and said that at age 5 she was present at the interview with Colin Norris. She said that the whole thing was a hoax.)

5 Jun 1964 Woomera SA Photo This photograph was taken at the launching of a Blue Streak rocket, and shows an oval blob of light near the rocket. A black and white print in the Flying Saucer Review was apparently from a colour movie.

In 2011 the author of this catalogue located a video copy of the British Pathe film on the company’s website. This clearly shows that the “UFO” is in fact a lens flare.

(1.Flying Saucer Review (FSR) Sep/Oct 1964 p 4. 2. In 2003, The Disclosure Australia Project combed an index of DSTO photographs, held at the Adelaide office of the National Archives of Australia but failed to find any record of this photograph.)

Late Nov 1964 Pinnaroo SA Daylight 2M Gordon & Alfred Large, circular object sighted, which hovered above them and tracked them for ¾ mile. They accelerated to 60mph. Suddenly the object shot upwards. Advertiser or radio report mentioned that on a Sunday night, policeman and Council man out walking East of Penong before dark, had sighted a large circular object seen hovering over an open paddock. They walked towards it and it shot off at speed. (UFO Hotline call 3795 27 Dec 04. Interview by D McNamara AURA 2005)

17 Mar 1965 Margaret Brock Lighthouse SA 2200hrs Photo 1M Several photographs were said to have been taken of an unusual oval shaped blob, by an assistant steward on the BHP ore freighter, "Iron Duke." However, a personal investigation revealed that at the time nothing unusual was visually seen. The object in the photos only came out on the prints. It appears to be nothing more than a lens reflection of the Moon, which is the brighter object shown in each photo. (1. "Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners Advocate" 23 Mar 1965. 2. Personal interview by Keith Basterfield with the radio operator on board at the time. 3. AFS Digest Apr/Jun 65. 4. Aust FSR Vol 8 Jun 65 p2(pics). 5. AFS Review No 9 UFO Investigation Centre (UFOIC) inside back cover (pic)).

May 1965 Elizabeth Park Adelaide SA 1830hrs 1F Swiderczuk NL A “…dark-coloured oval thing overhead. It was about 18-20 feet wide and had seven or more orange lights around the edge with a red light in the centre. Suddenly it took off like a flash towards Adelaide. “(Hervey, M (1969.) “UFOs Over te Southern Hemisphere. Horwitz. Sydney. p154.)

13 Jun 1965 Modbury SA Helyard 2wits 1M+1F Photo A Mr and Mrs Helyard reported seeing a dark disc, metallic coloured which hovered and circled for fifteen minutes at an estimated one thousand metres up. Their one photo shows a nebulous, elliptical shaped, object against what appear to be points of light, together with what looks like clouds. It is hard to understand quite what the picture shows, as it looks far more like an unusual cloud than a defined metallic object. (AFS Review UFOIC No 9 Nov 1966.)

21 30 July 1965 Cook, South Australia 0835hrs 10mins 5M DO The Establishment Security Officer, Woomera advised: “ROGAN Commonwealth railways Port Augusta reports that gang working at 639 miles (approximately 70 miles west of Cook) saw UFO between 0835 and 0845 30 July 65. to south of railway link. Appeared hovering silver colour reflecting Sun’s rays. Watched for ten minutes by five men. Disappeared with a flash ESO MARA may be able to obtain more information from road master Cook.”(Digital copy of National Archives of Australia. File 580/1/1 part 4 page 76.)

23 November 1965 Adelaide SA 2130hrs 1M Quigley NL An object with a flashing light stopped and silently hovered. He shone a torch at it, and a vertical, grey shaft became visible under it. He shone his torch once more and the dark column had come closer. He went inside his house. .” (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p143.)

Jul 1966. Victor Harbor SA. 2025hrs NL A ‘star-like” object moved across the sky. (Department of Supply file SA5644/2/1)

27 Feb 1966 Keith SA 2200hrs Kirby CE1 Hovering several metres above a road, 5 miles north of Keith, a saucer shape inverted over another saucer shape, was observed for a while, before it left at great speed. The witness stopped and noted a smell like ozone. The object was described as five metres in diameter and as having six bluish lights on one side. (1.UFORSA files.2. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p143.)

29 March 1966 Adelaide SA 1830hrs 2secs NL 1F An oval object, silver-grey in colour with a thick, dark outline was seen low over North Terrace buildings. (“Sunday Mail” 2/4/66.)

6 Jun 1966 Kingston & Naracoorte Early morning 20mins 2M Armstrong & Polomka Two ice cream truck drivers saw a white spotlight with a red light on top. The white light was “…interlaced with smaller coloured lights.” At times it seemed to hover and at other time move erratically across the sky. (Adelaide “News” 8/6/66)

8 June 1966 a. Woomera SA 1939hrs 2 wits 2M “Mr R Sharp, one of the men said :’We saw the object from Woomera village at 7.39pm. It had a light equivalent in intensity to a 200 watt bulb at 200 yards, and it appeared to leave a blue-green trail. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere. Horwitz. Sydney. Pp 145-146.) b. Clearview Adelaide SA 0800hrs 2M Two boys reported seeing an object in the sky which hovered for a few seconds then left at speed towards the W. .” (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p143.)

9 June 1966 a. Woomera SA 3 secs 1M There was a jet-like sound, but no aircraft were in the area. An object was then seen, white in colour, trailing a bluish-green colour. In size, it was smaller than the full Moon. It travelled from azimuth 110 degrees to azimuth 90 degrees in 3 seconds. (Report from AIUFOFSR citing D. A. Needleham, Engineer/ELDO employee.) b. Adelaide SA 1935hrs 5 secs multi wits Greenish-yellow object moving at speed, travelling E to W and descending at a 45 degree angle.

9 August 1966 Klemzig SA Morning 4 wits NL

22 Travelling by car they sighted two objects hovering to the NE. “Two round, very bright shiny metal objects, one being larger than the other, hanging in the sky. “(Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere. Horwitz. Sydney. p155.)

September 1966 Hilton Adelaide SA 0650hrs “I saw this dark grey torpedo shape with green lights pass overhead from east to west.” No noise. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere. Horwitz. Sydney. p154.)

23 October 1966 a. Adelaide SA 0230hrs 2-3 mins 3wits Kulman A bright oval with a cone beneath was stationary at 20 degrees. It was a bright orange- yellow. .” (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p146.) b. Burnside Adelaide SA 2025hrs 10mins1M NL At a bearing of 305 degrees and elevation 35 degrees, was a sodium yellow object travelling NE. It slowed, then turned N, descended, gained speed and disappeared. .” (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p143.)

4 November 1966 Adelaide SA 1915hrs 3 wits Russell DD Two, circular silver objects due E. Both stationary. One went up the other went E.” (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p147.)

Late 1966 Eyre Peninsula SA Trace An Adelaide resident and partner, driving in a remote area, came across a group of circles on a flat stretch of earth. There were eight in total, all identical in shape and size. Some overlapped. Said to be six metres in diameter, perfectly round. It appeared two had been burnt into the earth. ((Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p146.)

1966/1967 Woomera SA 1730hrs 1M DD Looked up into sky and saw at least three lots of UFOs, 40 in all. One broke away and hovered low over him. Big as a football field. Mother told him he walked home in shock and took him to Woomera hospital. (UFORSA)

23 February 1967 Glenelg Adelaide SA 2215hrs NL “A red-orange, triangular shaped object rose out of the sea and then sank in again, taking about five minutes to do so.” (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p147.)

18 March 1967 Dawson SA 2045hrs 1M Dunn NL In a car, small Moon in shape and colour seen due E moving W. (p148 of digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 part 7.)

30 Mar 1967 Peterborough SA 2030hrs Smith CE2 Two men were in a vehicle when the engine and lights stopped/went off. They got out to investigate when they noticed a disc rapidly ascending at thirty degrees south-west. It was emitting blue to purple glows and flashes from underneath it. It was lost to view in the night sky. Upon returning to their car they found it started normally. An hour later a stationary purple glow was observed in a creek bed, followed another hour later by a six metres diameter disc which was seen to take off from the ground. (1. AFSR(NSW). No 10. p31. 2. UFORSA. 3.pp142-143 of digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 part 7.)

1 April 1967 Para Hills Adelaide SA 0200hrs 1M Wilson NL Spherical, orange object appeared out of clouds and re-entered them. It re-emerged, and a smaller object came from its bottom and moved off at speed. The larger object re- entered the cloud. (VFSRS AFSR No 7 page 6.)

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3 April 1967 Peterborough SA 2015hrs 1M Pratt NL 10-15 degrees elevation in W. Size and colour of Mars. Hovered. Witness drove to hill to get a better look. (pp150-151 of digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 part 7.)

15 April 1967 Adelaide SA 2120hrs 2 wits 1M +1F NL Circular, crimson coloured object, half size of Moon. .” (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p148.)

16 April 1967

1. Wattle Park SA 2145hrs 5mins 1 wit Sant NL Bright orange light in the sky. Eastward then stationary. Turned W out to sea. (1. pp146 & 152-153 of digital copy of file 580/1/1 part 7. 2. VFSRS AFSR No 7 page 6.)

2. Albert Park SA 2200hrs 1M Matthews NL One orange object going West. (p145 of digital copy of file 580/1/1 part 7.)

Late April 1967 Seacliff Adelaide SA 1M Johnson Pulsating, elliptical, bright blue-white object hovering fee hundred metres above sea. It accelerated away to the W changed colour to orange. Low frequency hum heard. .” (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p148.)

Late April 1967 Port Pirie SA Evening 2M Roeters Driving home when sighted large, round, metallic object on road to their front. Swerving around. As they gained on it, it rose into the air and soundlessly vanished. .” (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p148.)

27 April 1967 Colonel Light Gardens SA 0345hrs 1M Wormold NL White “smoke” seen at 50-55 degrees elevation NNE. (p149 of digital copy of file 580/1/1 part 7.)

28 April 1967 Woomera SA App 1400hrs Multi wits DO During the launch of a Skylark rocket, seven reports were made by observers of the launch.

(1) 1402hrs About 0.5-1secs K Simmons. Optical tracker. “Object appeared round and white, as large as the Moon and passed to the right of the Skylark at approx +55s in sequence, no elevations angle noted-no further details. (page 50 of file.)

(2) 1402hrs 2 secs Position K8 (very close to the launch point) L. Davis. Optical instrument –tracking telescope. Skylark in sky. “Between +55s and 60s a dull white object appeared high in the tracking telescope for approx 2 secs. Being high in the telescope the object was distorted but appeared to be long and wider in the centre than at the ends, the top piece being a slightly darker shade.” (pages 51-53 of file.)

(3) 1402hrs +60s. 2/5 secs. I J Davis Site 4 (28kms NW of the launch point) Watch Skylark. Trial 23 A3. “85 degree el. The object appeared to be moving very fast, was white in colour and saucer shaped sighted in FOV for approx 2/5 secs. Flying in roughly the opposite direction to the vehicle-object appeared to be twice the size of the vehicle.” (pages 54-56 of file.)

(4) 1402hrs. Site K12 (18kms WNW of the launch point) A2 operator. ¾ sec at +55 and =60 Using optical instrument watching Skylark. Sky-fine, slight wispy cloud. White object passed below vehicle in camera FOV. (pages 57-59 of file.)

24 (5) 1402hrs 6mins. Site K9 (10kms North of the launch point) Through kinetheodelite. Az 220 degrees el 70 degrees. “Object acquired at +1m30s in sequence and lost at +8 to +9m in sequence. Bright object fell away from dull white object. Two objects kept coming back to larger object and flashing past. “ “Large object was fast moving in az when picked up then slowed down in az and gained speed in el. Small objects were fast in az.” Larger object dull white. 2 smaller were bright yellowish white. (pages 60-63 of file.)

(6) 1402hrs. +60s in sequence. L Fox at site 3. Kinetheodelite. Watching sky saw a silver white coloured object. (pages 64-66 of file.)

(7) 1402hrs. 6 mins. Site 3. Optical-kine. “Object acquired at approx +1m30s in sequence at 90 degrees elevation. Lost at +8m10s to+8m30s at an az of 220.2 and el of 7-10. Moved from 90 degrees el to 7/10 degrees el. And at 15 degrees el was at 220.2 az. Watching Skylark. “The object flashed past the Skylark-was dull in colour. Dull round object with two (undecipherable) 2 small shot past and buzzing round elongated. Disappeared 8m10 to 8m30. Round just moved out and others with it and went away 220.2az 15 degrees el when lost 7-10 degrees. (pages 67-68 of file.)

85deg el 70deg el 220deg az (3)Site 4 (5)K9 (2) *40k------*30k------*20k------*10k------*-K8 (4)K12

1 May 1967 Mannum SA 0820hrs 1F Thiele DL White, balloon size light in East (p135 of digital copy of file 580/1/1 part 7.)

1 May 1967 Adelaide SA (0830-0900hrs) 1 wit Harris DL 25 degrees elevation in the W to N. Huge stationary shafts of light around it. (p134 of digital copy of file 580/1/1 part 7.)

1 May 1967 Seacombe Gardens SA 0650hrs 2mins 1M Gregson DO Saw a white light in the eastern sky. (p133 of digital copy of file 580/1/1 part 7).

2 May 1967 Tranmere SA 0650hrs (4-5mins) 3 wits Chester DO Due E saw a white cigar at 20-30 degrees elevation. Moving slowly down. (p130-132 of digital copy of file 580/1/1 part 7.)

8 May 1967 Reynella SA 1M Fisher NL (a) 0450hrs star coloured light in the sky (b) 0550hrs bright white light in sky (c) 0546hrs silver to red light in sky. (pp124-125 of digital copy of file 580/1/1 part 7.)

9 May 1967 Reynella Adelaide SA 0450hrs 10mins 1 M Fisher NL Light went past. And then hovered. .” (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p149.)

11 May 1967 Purnong Landing SA 2330hrs 1 wit Carson NO Saw an object across the other side of the River Murray. So went across and searched, It had been a stationary, red glowing light. Found nothing. (p129 of digital copy of file 580/1/1 part 7.)

16 May 1967 River Murray SA 1M Carson NL Red light observed across river. He crossed the river and searched but found nothing. .” (1. VFSRS AFSR No 7 page 6. 2. Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p149.)

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28 May 1967 Murray Bridge & Mannum SA 0200hrs 2wits Hopton & Holden NL Three objects seen. Two were moving and the third stationary. All very bright. They passed them, and the two which were moving descended towards the ground and stopped. .” 1. VFSRS AFSR No 7 page 6. 2. Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p149.)

Driving when he saw a bright light to the right of the road. Two objects moved across the road behind him. Stopped car. Third object remained in same spot. Went W over crest of hill and they could only see a glow.(pp127-128 of digital copy of file 580/1/1 part 7.)

21 June 1967 Adelaide SA 2018hrs 1M Hutton NL Travelling SW were two large green lights which “dipped towards the horizon.” .” (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p149.)

30 June 1967 Woomera SA App 1100hrs Multi-wits DO During a Jindivik test, ten observations were made.

(1) R Hodge Photographer. 3 secsOverhead. One white round object. 60 to 90 degree very fast NNW to SSE straight line. Lost in mid-air. Blue sky. Target aircraft on dummy run (Pages 72-73 of file.)

(2) Approx 1100 till 1200. Harvey. Asst Photog. Tracked at K12 (18kms WNW of the launch point) Operator V34 drew attention. White objects. “No definite formation but most appeared to be within 10 degrees az of each other at times.” White. “Most were spherical while others were appeared similar to meteorites.” Lost. “Mostly due size, distance and haze.” (Pages 74-75 of file.)

(3) 1100hrs to 1140hrs intermittent. L D East. Asst Photog. 165 degrees az 45 degrees el. Crossing path of missile in trail EC 23. Overhead. Silver white like aircraft without wings. 45 degrees el slightly arced path. “Did not track long as trial imminent.” Clear blue sky. (Pages 76-77 of file.)

(4) 1135hrs Fraction of a sec. P Howard. Asst Photog. Through 12x tracking scope of Congreves camera from site 6 K35 (45kms NW of launch site.) Travelling across path of a Jindivik aircraft. Ap 40-45 degree el very fast. Northerly direction gaining height. Went out of FOV. Clear blue sky. Object appeared to be closer to K35 than Jindivik. (Pages 78-79 of file.)

(5) 11 to 1140 Intermittent. M Randel. Asst Photog. 165az 45 degree el at 1100 cross path of missile in trial. Overhead. Intercom talk alerted. 45 degree slow to very fast. Went towards range head. Trial EC23. (Pages 80-81 of file.)

(6) 1100-1145hrs. M Wallbanks. Asst Photog. Site 2 . Congreaves K14 (18kms north of the launch point) kinetheodelite. App in tracking telescope. 40 degrees el. Travelling to 145 degrees az. Path on curve, others circled and disappeared. Disappeared over horizon. Clear blue sky. Jindivick trial. (Pages 82-83 of file.)

(7) 1100-1130hrs. I Neill. Asst Photog. Site 4. K16. (28kms NW of the launch point) Kinetheodelite. Overhead. Six objects white some appeared to have red others are rocket shaped. First sighted 80 degrees el. Lost over horizon. Jindivick trial, (Pages 84-85 of file.)

(8) 1100-1115hrs. Asst Photog. 10-15mins. K15 (28kms NW of the launch pont). Overhead. Six to 12 objects white. All shaped. Travelled in all directions. Straight path. First sighted 80 degrees el. Faded into distance. Photographed at K15 for approx 5 seconds. (Pages 86-87 of file.)

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(9) 1100-1130hrs. 10-15mins. K15 (28kms NW of the launch point) . J Windner. Asst Photog. 6-12 objects in no apparent formation. White. First seen at 80 degrees el. Irregular cigar shapes-oblong. Appeared to fade in distance. (Pages 88-89 of file.)

(10) 1105-1130hrs. P Ratcliffe. Assist Photog. V34 at site 3. Gooney Bird. Approx 55 degree el az 120 degrees. Several white objects through binoculars. Some circular some cylindrical .NW to SE. Went over horizon. Jindivick dummy trial. Tracked three objects to just on horizon. Az 155-165 degrees. (Pages 90-91 of file.)

40-45deg el 80deg el 145az 40deg el K35 K16 K14 K9 ------*50k------*40k------*30k------*20k------*10k------*-K8 K12

5 July 1967 Murray Bridge SA 1M Langsford CE2 Five miles NNE of Murray Bridge on the Murray bridge to Karoonda Road. It was a clear night with thick ground fog. Witness was driving a motor vehicle when he experienced interference on the car radio, which became a high pitched whine. He turned the radio off. Within 100-150 yards the motor of the vehicle stopped by itself. The ignition was on but the warning lights on the dash came on. The ignition key was still in the on position. Looking up he saw a distinct break in the fog with stars visible. A “large dark shadow” was seen at a height of 20 feet. The shadow seemed 120 feet thick., Above this shadow was a greyish-blue glow. The top of the shadow appeared convex. He stoped the vehicle and got out to look but the shadow and light had gone. There was no sound. The object had vanished. The two banks of fog came together. The witness returned to the vehicle and tried the ignition and the motor worked. He switched on the radio and there was no interference. (pp178-184 of digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 part 8. Reported through DCA.)

20 Jul 1967. Karoonda SA. 1537hrs. DO Silver object travelling at high speed. (Department of Supply file SA5644/2/1)

14 August 1967 Adelaide SA 2230hrs 1F Cole NL “…observed a large bright red round object approaching from the east. The object seemed to hang over Adelaide for a while, then vanished. .” (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p149.)

Sep 1967 Clare SA 1800hrs Collins CE1 A really bright light was observed at a height of one metre some forty to sixty metres distance, by a Mrs Collins. She ran to get her husband, but on coming back, the object lifted off the ground vertically, then shot off very fast over hills. It had appeared only as a white oval shape. (1. UFORFNQ. 2. UFORSA)

27 or 28 December 1967 Adelaide SA (2100-2200hrs) 1 wit Washington NL Various manoeuvres made by a star-like object. (Page 171 of digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 Part 9)

1967/68 Clare SA CE3 A story circulated about a disc landing and a hairy dwarf being seen to jump out and disappear into the ground. (Keith Basterfield.)

7 January 1968 Prospect Adelaide SA 2100hrs 1M NL Object moved W to E at 45 degrees in a straight line. .” (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p149.)

17 January 1968 Adelaide SA 2130hrs 1m Meyers NL

27 One red light in the sky lost over horizon. (Page 168 of digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 Part 9)

20 January 1968 Adelaide SA 0257hrs 1m Goodwin IFO White and red light in sky. Round ball of light. Vapour trail. Lost over horizon. (Page 170 of digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 Part 9) Identified as re-entry of USA Biosatellite 2r. Seen over SA and NSW. Debris found near Mudgee.

24 January 1968 Adelaide SA 0300hrs 1M NL Stationary, oval shaped yellow/white light. (Page 169 of digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 Part 9)

24 January 1968 Henley Beach Adelaide SA 0300hrs 60mins 2 wits 1M+1F NL A glowing object was seen over the Adelaide Hills to the East. “A shaft of light, four inches wide and a lighter yellow colour than the object, shot intermittently down from the craft. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p150.)

4 February 1968 Mannum SA 2030hrs 1 wit Chandler NL A white soundless light seen to the S. Lost over horizon. (Page 165 of digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 Part 9)

13 February 1968 Barmera SA (0005-0130hrs) 2wits Hules NL Red and green flashing light at 30 degrees E. Last seen heading N. (Pages 176-180 of digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 Part 7 . [Satellite])

18 February 1968 Port Pirie SA 0515hrs 20mins 1M Young DO One disc shaped object changing colours lost in light of rising Sun. Bright red light in W changed to blue, green and white. (Page 166 of digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 Part 9)

23 February 1968 Adelaide SA 1945hrs 1M Dent NL A round, red glow on top, with a blue trail travelled E to W, turned to the SW and remained stationary for some time. It “…then appeared to be joined with four other craft.” (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p150.)

24 February 1968 Adelaide SA 2010hrs NL Small pulsating red light. Stopped, grew fainter and disappeared. (Page 175 of digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 Part 9)

8 April 1968 Magill Adelaide SA (Between 0900-1700hrs) Multi wits Children at a school reported objects on four occasions during the day. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p150.)

19 April 1968 Adelaide SA 0520hrs 15mins 1wit Matthews NL Stationary yellow light, then rose slowly into overcast sky. (Page 167 of digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 Part 9)

9 May 68 Parkside Adelaide SA 1850hrs 5mins 1F Gottschall. NL Line of lights-red. 10 degrees SW. Slow speed. Travelled W to S. Lost over rooftops. (Pages 104-108 of digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 Part 9. [Aircraft])

10 May 68 Cheltenham Adelaide SA 1855hrs (2-3secs) NL Five pale yellow lights in SW. Straight path. Lost over horizon. (Pages 109-113 of digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 Part 9. [Aircraft])

11 May 68 Clapham Adelaide SA 0510hrs 30 secs 1F Alexander(?) NL

28 Stationary bright orange lights in W. Straight path. Lost over horizon. (Pages 114-118 of digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 Part 9. [Aircraft])

17 May 1968 O’Halloran Hill Adelaide SA 0700hrs 7mins 1 wit Roberman (?) DO Dark grey object circled, then went NW. Lost behind hill. (Pages 124-128 of digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 Part 9. [Optical illusion from car lights in over)cast])

6 June 1968 Para Hills West Adelaide SA 1840hrs 1M Copland NL “..pear shaped light moving from NW to NE, darting up and down, before disappearing…” Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p151.)

11 June 1968 Ingle Farm Adelaide SA 2247hrs 1M Podeu NL “…golden-orange UFO trailing sparks as it moved west to north-east.” Halo round the edges. Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p151.)

15 June 1968 Blair Athol Adelaide SA 0540hrs 1F Mueller NL Dark red object with trail, and a noise “..like tearing paper…” Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p151.)

24 June 1968 Murray Bridge & Tailem Bend SA 2025hrs 5mins multi wits NL Moving in an undulating fashion, then hovering before speeding away, a solid object was described, which had “…several lights in a circle …” around it. Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p151.)

25 June 1968 Mt Barker SA 1455hrs 1wit Heinrich DO Buzzing noise heard. Then green oval seen in sky going S to N in a straight path. Lost behind hill. (Pages 45-50 of digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 part 10.)

11 July 1968 Ingle Farm Adelaide SA 2247hrs 1wit Podeu NL Golden/orange light travelling NE to W in a straight line. Lost in mid-air. (Pages56-60 of digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 part 10.)

15 July 1968 Blair Athol Adelaide SA 0540hrs 30secs 1wit Mueller NL Round red light moving E to W in a straight line. (Pages 61-65 of digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 part 10.)

24 July 1968 Murray Bridge SA 2025hrs 5 mins 1M Bormann NL White light 45 degrees travelled SE to W. (Pages 66-70 of digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 part 10.)

24 July 1968 Tailem Bend SA 10mins 1 wit Glenic (?) NL White light going from overhead to NW. (Pages 71-75 of digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 part 10.)

26 July 1968 Adelaide SA 0725hrs 15mins 1M Barry DO Steel grey object 25 degrees W to W, then W. Circular path. (Pages 76-80 of digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 part 10.)

2 September 1968 Lockleys Adelaide SA 0540hrs 1F Stanbridge NL “…a brilliant royal blue ball of fire with a whitish-yellow outer ring,…hover in the north- west for a while, then drop like a stone, veering to the left. There was no smoke trail, or sound.” Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p151.)

7 Sep 1968 Hove SA Day Photo-IFO

29 A black and white picture was taken and shows a "coat hanger" shaped, small angular sized, black "saucer". Taken by a student, who later admitted it was a hoax. (UFORSA.)

24 September 1968 Adelaide SA 1830hrs (2-3mins) 1F Valkeith NL One white light hovered then moved. Travelled NW to SE. (Pages 81-85 of digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 part 10.)

27 September 1968 Adelaide SA 1140hrs 5mins 1wit Weyte DO One yellow triangular light went from N to S, Lost over horizon. (Pages 86-90 of digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 part 10.)

27 September 1968 Adelaide SA 1215hrs 8secs 1wit Hoffrichter DL One very fast red light seen 60 degrees N going S. (Pages91-95 of digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 part 10.)

27 September 1968 Minlaton SA 2130hrs 1wit Carter NL One red light seen going W to E in a straight line. Lost behind a hill. (Pages 96-100 of digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 part 10.)

27 September 1968 Minlaton SA 2140hrs 1.5mins 1F Butler NL Red light seen going S to N. Lost behind trees. (Pages101-105 of digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 part 10.)

29 September 1968 Adelaide SA 1000hrs 1M Wilson DO A metallic looking, grey coloured, elliptical object was seen going E to W then S to N. Lost in mid-air. (Pages 106-110 of digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 part 10.)

28 October 1968 Murray Bridge SA wits People in a car saw “…a cluster of five bright orange-coloured, oval shaped lights…and self luminous. It came from the south with its lights flickering. After circling for a while, it landed in the scrub some miles away. Two more lights were observed a few miles further east fifty minutes later.” Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p152.)

11 November 1968 Ardrossan Beach SA 1500hrs 3 wits 1M Forrester “…three circular white objects…travelling in formation and at tremendous speed…they travelled in a southerly direction before disappearing in the distance. “ Harvey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p152.)

17 Nov 1968 Grey SA 2110hrs 50mins 3wits incl 2x Harvey & 1M Hale NL Driving home she saw a light in the western sky, but lost it behind trees. As she approached Rendelsham cutting it reappeared until she got to grey. At home with her husband she watched the light for 30mins. The light appeared a reddish/white colour attached to something. (South Eastern Times newspaper 18/11/68 copy from Darryl Tiggeman of Adelaide 2004)

18 Nov 1968 Hill River SA CE1/Trace Two children watched a sixty centimetres long by twenty five centimetres thick football shaped light, golden in colour pass within fifty metres of them and appear to land in a paddock. A spot was later found flattened in a one point five metre oval. It was "tangled in a corkscrew fashion as if a giant top had been spinning on the spot." (1. Personal investigation Keith Basterfield. 2. "Pix-People"1(4), 1972.)

25 November 1968 Maitland SA 2140hrs 2 wits incl 1M Wyatt NL A bright white light was noticed in the sky which appeared to pace their vehicle. At one point it approached them rapidly, changing colour to orange-red. As the vehicle took a

30 bend, the object went straight on. (Hervey, M (1969). “UFOs Over the Southern hemisphere.” Horwitz. Sydney. p 152.

30 November 1968 Woomera SA Afternoon 30mins 2wits DD “…Miss Heather Potter, and a friend, watch for about 30 minutes two lights, one brighter than the other, about the size of peas, moving slowly across the sky against the wind. One of the UFOs took the lead after a while, but the other one soon caught up with it. They then stopped and hovered for some time, after which the brighter of the two sped off to a new location. It again started to hover, whereupon a small black object left the parent craft and sped off at terrific speed. The smaller light faded, while the other moved slowly across the sky and finally disappeared. The matter was reported to the meteorological office at Woomera, but no explanation was forthcoming. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere. Horwitz. Sydney. pp 152-153.)

Dec 1968 Millicent SA 2140hrs 10mins 3 wits 1M Sargent, Police officers G R Baker & R Goldman Photo A light was seen at 35 deg NW from Millicent and 45 deg from Grey. It was stationary and white but its intensity varied. The police took a 10sec time exposure using a Polaroid instant camera. (The South Eastern Times newspaper 2/11/68 copy from Darryl Tiggeman of Adelaide 2004)

12 December 1968 Near Grey, SA 1M Campbell A fisherman, age 18, told police that a white disc in the sky chased him 10 miles along a road. He said it was “about the size of a steering wheel.” It hovered over his car while he was driving along Beachfront Road. He tried to loose it by turning at intersections but he could not. The disc raced him to a road junction and waited to see which way he would turn. It followed him to grey before flying out to sea. The previous week a Mr and Mrs Harvey of grey saw a white disc in the sky which was also seen from Millicent. It was low in the sky from Millicent. (Sydney Telegraph 12 Dec 1968.)

15 December 1968 Coorong SA 0000hrs 5 wits NL One of a number of objects sighted, came down towards the vehicle of a group of five young people out spotlighting. It approached several times before eventually leaving at speed, but then came back for another approach before vanishing. (Hervey, M. (1969.) “UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere. Horwitz. Sydney. pp 152.)

14 Jan 1969 Brooklyn Park SA Trace A man found a five metres, partial diamond shaped marking on his lawn after rain. The marking consisted of an oily substance which later turned to a powder. Believed to be slime mould. (UFORSA.)

27 Jan 1969 Wasleys SA Trace Two days after hearing unusual footsteps walking around a concrete path on his farm and after seven point five centimetres of rain fell, a man found a five point nine metres (inside) diameter ring with a thirty centimetres bare band of soil on its perimeter. Suspected fungus ring. (UFORSA.)

Feb 1969 Elizabeth Park SA Trace Patches of a black, oily substance were found on a lawn in the early morning. Later it had changed to a light grey crystallised material. Suspected slime mould. (UFORSA.)

5 Feb 1969 Parkholme SA Trace A deposit was noticed on a lawn which appeared like ash from a fire. On the 9th the colour was a bluish grey and when the grass was shaken a "black dust" was dislodged profusely. The following day the deposit had turned to a yellowish jelly. However, by the 11th it had returned to its original state. (UFORSA.)

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10 Feb 1969 Parkholme SA Trace A nearly complete doughnut shaped circle of a substance was noted on a lawn about 6.45 a.m. The deposit was ten to thirteen centimetres wide and about three to three point six metres in diameter. (Personal investigation Keith Basterfield.)

17 Feb 1969 Flinders Park SA 0250hrs Ballestrina 1F CE3 (1) A noise which sounded like a "whirr" woke up a woman, who then looked out of a window to see an unusual object in an adjacent area. It appeared about one hundred metres away, and was some ten metres across. A "man" emerged from the shadows and walked around the object. This figure was about one point eight metres tall, lean, had light coloured hair and wore white overalls. He walked around the object several times before the woman ran to get neighbours. When they all returned the object had gone. (1. AFSRS. 2. UFORSA.)

(2) Noise attracted witness. Silver grey inverted saucer on ground. Surrounded by pure white light. Saw humanoid figure walking around object. Heard beeps similar to Morse code for about 10mins. (pp67-71 of RAAF file 580/1/1 part 11.)

22 Feb 1969 Renown Park SA 0300hrs Daniel 1F CE1 A woman was awoken by what she took to be a strong gust of wind, but saw that her curtains were not moving. A pyramid shape, sixty metres away, and six metres in diameter, dirty white in colour, seen hovering close to the ground. Her daughter also saw it. They became frightened and went back to bed. (1. AFSRS. 2. UFORSA.)

10 Mar 1969 Christies Beach SA Trace During the night a housewife was awoken by a loud bang. A marking was later found which consisted of three twenty two centimetre diameter circles, spaced in an equilateral triangle, of sides twelve point six seven metres in length. (UFORSA.)

May 1969 Alberton SA Matthew 1M Photo A Mr E Matthew took some movie footage of a light in the sky. When the film was returned he noted an unusual object instead of the light. This image was enlarged by micro-photography and it has been said that it shows an elliptical object with apparent "window" and "entity." (1. "Pix-People" magazine 1 Dec 1971 (pics). 2. UFO Research Australia Newsletter 2/4.)

Jun 1969 Devon Park SA Early morning Photo A butcher took four black and white photos of a "mass of spinning lights" close to his house. The shots are clear and seem to show a solid disc shape. Blowups of these shots show light and shade. Although there has been some criticism of the shots, they remain of an unidentified nature. (UFORSA.)

4 Jun 1969 Eden Valley SA 1835hrs Koch 1F 16yrs NL Mr G. Koch, sixteen, was driving along the Angaston road when about two kilometres north-west of Eden Valley an object passed soundlessly over the top of his car. It was described as a series of red lights in two parallel lines connected by pure white horizontal rays. The following day he reported finding three circular scorch marks on the bonnet of his car which had not been there before. (AFSRS.)

3 Nov 1969 Windsor SA CE2/? Three children reported seeing a two metres long "egg" with a tail and four legs, flying around in circles which apparently landed on a back road. A diamond shaped trace was found. There were three circular holes, two and a half centimetres apart in the centre. At one end of the diamond was a small diamond shaped area not dug out (the rest of the trace was two and a half centimetres deep). There was a line seven and a half centimetres long which curved away from this end of the diamond. There were three of these shapes, one smaller than the others. (AFSRS Mag Dec 1969.)

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7 Dec 1969 Windsor SA DD/Trace After a reported observation of an unusual object, an area of grass was found flattened in a ten metres circle. The object was said to be hovering one metre off the ground and some fifty metres away. (AFSRS Mag Dec 1969.)

15 Nov 1969 Millicent SA 2330hrs 3wits incl 2m Watson & Cranage & 1F Smith CE1 Travelling by car they saw two green lights 200 feet from the ground behind the car. Sparks came from one of the lights. A shrill piercing whistle noise was heard. Watson said his car was covered in a thick layer of dust. (The South Eastern Times newspaper 20/11/69.)

In the 1970’s Waikerie SA 2105hrs NL On a warm, dark and clear evening. Some of the people travelling in from Morgan stopped at the local shops to converse at what so many had been seeing in the sky that evening. Apparently, people saw lights in the sky. The witness heard of these reports and went for a walk up the top of the main street, to a big grassy area and stepped up onto the concrete and looked at the sky. Something appeared instantly in front of her, although still distant enough to be hard to gauge size. The witness described an object with flashing lights. The object appeared and disappeared at a rate of knots! The glow was very bright. She remembers colours: but not which ones! There was no noise and the object appeared to be round. At the time, the witness was around 12 years old. (Reported 8 November 2007 Dominic McNamara AUFORN SA Hotline free call 5185.)

8 Sep 1970 Mt Muirhead SE SA ca 2140hrs 6 wits incl 4x Fennell and Police officers Witcombe & Dennett NO An object glowing red and white was seen by Peter and Gwen Fennell while driving from Mt Burr to Millicent as they came down Mt Muirhead. The Fennell’s children Peter (7) and Bronwyn (5) also saw it but thought it was a kite. The object seemed to be over pine trees at the airport, then rose and headed towards the sea. Police were informed at 9.40pm 8/9/70. Constables F M P Witcombe and A R Dennett both witnessed the object perform aerial manoeuvres for about 30 minutes. (South Eastern Times newspaper 10/9/70 copy provided by Darryl Tiggeman of Adelaide.)

29 Oct 1970 Hill River SA 0100hrs Pink 1M Trace A young boy noticed a cigar shape on the ground one hundred and fifty metres away from the house. It was white, had four legs and seemed to be transparent in the middle. (Keith Basterfield.)

Ca 1971 Marabel SA Trace A man noticed a fire some way away on his property. Next day he and his daughter went to the area. They found a circle in the crop. (Kathy Dickmann, AURA, Aug 2011.)

20 Jun 1971 Clare SA 2100hrs 1F Photo One photo was taken of a red light, through a small telescope, using a Polaroid camera. The print merely shows two blobs of light and is almost worthless. (UFORSA.)

August 1971 (could be sometime in 1971 or 1972) Yundi SA NL/Trace During the middle of the night couple woke for no reason, then room was lit up with an intense white light. Light wasn’t coming through window, was “just there.” Light went out. Lady looked out and saw a ball of glistening white light about 1.2m across, bigger than the Moon, receding beyond trees. (UFORSA)

33 8 Aug 1971 Kadina SA 1835hrs Boyce 1M CE2 A Mr Boyce, fifty one, left Wallaroo and was driving back to Kadina, alone in his car. About five kilometres out of town his surroundings were illuminated by an orange hue. Suddenly the engine stopped and the lights went out. The ignition light on the dashboard failed to come on, and despite efforts the engine could not be restarted. He steered the car to the side of the road and braked to a halt. Getting out he saw, at fifty metres altitude, an oval shape with three to four "windows". It was stationary, almost directly above the car. It remained motionless for two to three minutes with a continuous buzzing sound being audible. It then left to the south-east. Before it was completely out of sight, he got in the car and started the engine, with the lights then coming on. (Keith Basterfield.)

28 Nov 71 Woomera SA 1315hrs 15secs 1M Murphy DO Murphy was tracking a pre-launch meteorological balloon through an optical theodolite. Balloon was situated almost due East of range E (? Difficult to read document) at 6900m and bearing 088.4 True and 37.7 deg el. The balloon and its attached target were backgrounded by thin lines of cloud. As the balloon moved slowly to the left side of the lens Murphy noted an object moving away from the balloon to the right of the lens. He initially thought that the target had separated from the balloon. He then tracked this object for 15 seconds. It was moving at a constant speed in a shallow upward curve. It was shaped like a cross. He concluded it was an aircraft. Light bluish grey in colour. Outline was reasonably well defined. Small image size. Image was twice the size of the balloon target and similar in size to the balloon (which was 10-15 feet diameter). Its ‘fuselage’ and “wings” appeared to be of uniform thickness and length. No evidence of engines or tail. DCA reported there was a BOAC 707 at 37000 feet at 150-200 miles SE of Leigh Creek at the time. . “Two most likely explanations of this incident are: (a) A mistaken identification of the object seen by Murphy through his theodolite (b) A flight across the prohibited area by an aircraft for which a flight plan had not been submitted to DCA.” (pp144-150 of RAAF 580/1/1 part 16.)

Dec 1971 Tooligie Hill SA NL/Trace A two point two metres diameter, bare and doughnut shaped circle, with a forty five centimetre wide, ten centimetres deep, trough on its perimeter, turned up in a wheat field. Soil samples revealed nothing abnormal. The wheat had been swirled anti-clockwise around the mark itself. Neighbours described seeing a red ball, of light descending into this paddock, the night before the mark was found. (Keith Basterfield & Peter Powell.)

14 Dec 1971 Waikerie SA 2300hrs 2M CE3 Two young men saw an animate object of humanoid appearance floating through trees in a sort of mist, only some twenty metres away. It had a dog-like head, pointy ears and a long nose. It was some two metres tall with a lumpy body. The men moved to another point where they saw a large object, the size of a truck, resting on the ground. It was shaped like a half sphere and had windows. The object just dissolved away. (John Burford.)

20 Dec 71 Woomera SA 0650hrs 1M Sketcher DO Met observer saw aircraft with the naked eye as a tiny silver dot ahead of a vapour trail. Heading NE. No known aircraft in the area. (pp119-124 & 128-129 of RAAF 580/1/1 part 16.) “…this sighting appears to be sufficiently authenticated, yet there is no official knowledge of any military or civil aircraft that could have intruded into the Woomera air space. It is therefore now a matter of speculation that some foreign aircraft passed through a Restricted Flying Area on December 20, 1971, without the knowledge of the appropriate authorities and this is cause for concern.” (Chalker, B. (1996.) “UFOs Sub Rosa Down Under:The Australian Military & Government Role in the UFO controversy.” )

34 1972 Largs Bay SA CE4 "Carol", a twenty seven year old, housewife, reported a lifelong series of experiences which commenced with a CE1 when she was aged six. This was followed by other UFO experiences, poltergeist activity, telepathy, precognitive dreams, an out-of-body experience, lucid dreams, hypnagogic imagery and sleep paralysis episodes, amongst other things. Of particular interest was a recurrent nightmare of encounters with a strange dwarf in an unusual room. Memories of some of these events were triggered after watching an "Unsolved mysteries" segment on abductions on television.

Under regression, recollection eventuated of one apparent abduction at age nine. One night in 1972 she was getting ready for bed when she saw an entity outside her bedroom window. One point two to one point five metres tall , it had a big head, a pointed chin, huge yellow eyes, a skinny little white coloured body which glowed , no nose or mouth, and no ears. She was then somehow floated up to a light in the sky which became a UFO. She has no recall of actually entering it, but next became aware of being in a room on a table. lying on her back.

There were a number of entities in this room, with one particular one leaning over her. She could only see its head as it was very close by. It had a big head, with a pointed chin, and dark black, almond shaped eyes and a yellow coloured body. She felt these beings were "doctors." A black "match" was applied to her leg above her right knee. The closest being told her telepathically that: "It's all right. Won't be long. Won't hurt."

The shape in the ceiling, and the shapes behind the orange glow faded, and her next recollection was of being in her own bed.

Partial recollections of a second possible abduction at age fifteen, ran into a memory block. A friend of hers participated in some of the experience which involved a light illuminating a cabin they were occupying. Regression of this second woman confirmed parts of Carol's story but not the abduction.

The above material emerged at a time when the woman told me she was undergoing therapy for being an adult survivor of childhood sexual abuse. (UFORA89036. UFO Research SA/Keith Basterfield.)

31 May 1972 Mannum SA 0635hrs Reeve 1M CE1 A factory manager driving in fog came across a dark oval shape with a red light on one side and a white one on the other, just hanging above the ground. He stopped his car fearing a collision, and the object rose into the fog with a "swish" and was lost to view. (Keith Basterfield/Tony Colbert.)

Jul 1972 Clare SA Trace-IFO Three rings were found on a farm. They were twenty five to thirty centimetres wide bands of dead grass forming one point two to one point five metre diameter circles. The circles subsequently developed lush growth and they seemed to have been fungus caused. (UFORSA.)

24 July 1972 Novar gardens Adelaide SA 2015hrs 1min 1M NL From 80 degrees N a bright light travelled to overhead (SSE). No sound (UFORSA)

27 July 1972 a.Woodside SA 2020hrs 4mins 1M NL One very bright light seen 40 degrees N travelling to the NW horizon. (UFORSA) b. Ascot Park Adelaide SA 2035hrs 30secs !M NL A boomerang shaped object, shining like an electric light globe travelled from 80 degrees S to 15 degrees N. N sound. (UFORSA)

30 July 1972 Seaton Adelaide SA 2350hrs 1min 1M NL

35 Brilliant white light and red light close together 40 degrees SE travelling to 5-10 degrees ENE. (UFORSA)

3 Aug 1972 Pinnaroo SA 0445hrs Venning 1F CE1 Mrs Venning, while travelling by car on her way to catch a bus, saw to her left in a paddock, an object looking like a grey-white oval with lights on both sides. It seemed thirty metres off the ground and was soundless. She drove past it without stopping but said her hair stood on end during the observation. (Keith Basterfield.)

5 August 1972 Yankallila SA 2250hrs (5-6 mins) 1F NL Object seen by driver seen just above the telegraph line along the road to the E. It was like a white cloud, oblong shaped, hazy outline. Travelling same speed as her car i.e. 80km/hr. Lost to the W. (UFORSA)

6 August 1972 Christies Beach Adelaide SA 2200hrs 2F NL Two sisters heard a beep-beep noise, then saw a group of three or four white lights lighting up the ground on a spare block next door. Then witnesses stooped observing. (UFORSA)

11 August 1972 Seaton Adelaide SA 2320hrs (20-25mins) 1F NL At 5-10 degrees S she saw a stationary object which seemed to have three oblong, opaque windows. (UFORSA)

15 September 1972 Hahndorf SA 0240hrs (4-5mins) 1M+1F NL Point source of light at 30 degrees SW, brighter than any of the stars. Stationary. No sound. Bright red in colour, then turned blue, then back to bright red again. (UFORSA)

4 Oct 72 Seaview Downs SA Trace Three rings of lush growth appeared on a lawn overnight. The largest was about two metres in diameter. Examination revealed hundreds of little black spots on the grass. Slime mould. (UFORSA.)

6 October 1972 Seaton Adelaide SA 2015hrs 1min 1M NL Star-like l orange/white light travelled 20 degrees NW to 20 degrees E. (UFORSA)

8 November 1972 Port Noarlunga Adelaide SA 2030hrs 5mins 1M NL Two red flashing lights one above the other travelled from 45 degree S to 45 degrees N. No sound. (UFORSA)

30 Nov 1972 Murray Bridge SA 2315hrs Maxwell 1M CE2 Motor mechanic Mr Maxwell was out testing his vehicle when upon coming over a rise in the road, the motor and lights of his car cut out. They came back on but rose and fell in intensity several times. He decided to stop the engine and the car came to a halt.

To his left he saw a "diamond shape with the top cut off" noiselessly sitting on the ground forty five metres away in a paddock. His car radio went "funny", making a noise like a "computer on TV", a constant rhythm. As soon as he stopped the car he had tried the ignition key but when he turned it nothing happened, not even the oil light came on. He then tried the wipers and the electric air horn but they didn't work either. He locked all the doors and wound up the windows and just sat there for the next forty five minutes. After this time, the object left and he found he could restart the car quite alright. An inspection of the vehicle next day revealed no cause for the electrical problems. (Allan Seer &Keith Basterfield.)

1973 Edwardstown Adelaide SA 2130hrs 5 mins Night 1F NL

36 16 years old at time, watching TV, then saw unusual object in sky. Shape like a squashed up submarine. Turned on its side and showed underside of a circle of lights. It was in the W sky, no sound and darted with severe 90 degree turns. (Hotline call 3789 Investigator D McNamara AURA 2004)

1973 Port Pirie SA Trace Several doughnut shaped rings of varying sizes were found on the banks of a river. They were bare earth/dead grass circles of about an over all two metres diameter, with a one point three metre diameter centre. Diagnosed as fungus. (UFORSA.)

19 January 1973 Parkside Adelaide SA 0030hrs 150mins 1F NL On a clear night, a white ball of light was seen 30NW manoeuvring around a small area of sky. (UFORSA)

22 January 1973 Salisbury Downs Adelaide SA 2315hrs (9-10secs) 1M 28yrs NL Two white, hazy lights sighted at 30 N travelling S at great speed. (UFORSA)

29 January 1973 Hove Adelaide SA (2200-2230Hrs) 1M NL A group of six, soundless, pale white coloured lights travelled from 8- degrees S to 25 degrees azimuth 345 degrees. V shaped formation like a flight of birds. (UFORSA)

Feb 1973 Adelaide SA Trace Two markings on separate lawns were reported and identified as fungus/slime mould. (UFORSA.)

3 February 1973 Bedford Park Adelaide SA 1520hrs 5mins 1M 47yrs DD Dark object slightly higher than wide, not uniform in colour was seen 10 degree W and lost behind a tree. (UFORSA)

4 Feb 1973 Kimba SA 2150hrs 4 wits Hunt/ Finkler+2M CE3 (1) Four people, in three separate vehicles, reported seeing an orange object in a clearing on a deserted stretch of country road. A young couple said they saw a three metres high by one point five metres wide rectangular shape. One of them said they saw a two metres tall "man" in a white space-suit floating in the middle of the rectangular shape. The other saw an orange rectangle with a white blob on top of it. Later, a semi-trailer driver reported to police that as he passed a clearing he noted what looked like an open doorway and a figure. The police checked the clearing by going there within an hour, but found nothing to account for the observations. (1. Keith Basterfield, Peter Horne, Dean Piovesan, Ray Brooke. 2. "Whyalla News" 16 Feb 1972.)

(2) Hunt was driving a car 34 miles out of Kimba with passenger Finkler. He noted a strange light on the western side of the highway just off the road. The red and orange rectangle of light appeared 10 feet high by 5 feet wide and 2-3 foot off the ground. Inside this light was the figure of a person some 6 foot tall in a white space suit with a mask over the head and face. Passenger Finkler who was dozing at the time woke to see the light but not the figure of the person. Hunt reported the incident to Kimba police who returned to the site with him. Police regarded Hunt as reliable and could not explain the event. Later, the Police advised the RAAF that two other independent witnesses had reported seeing the orange light in the same location within a 15 period. The RAAF advised the Kimba police that “A possible theoretical cause is a sighting of a phenomenon known as IGNIS FATUUS-methane gas….”(pp 166-175 of RAAF file 580/1/1 part 21)

Mar 1973 Whyalla SA Nankervis Photo A movie film was taken by a Mr W Nankervis, who had been filming a glider, when he saw a brilliant object beaming rays from one end, to a mass of "boiling stuff" at the other end. The clip of film was twenty seconds long and was examined by Prof J Allen Hynek

37 on his Australian visit. No analysis is known to this author. ("Advertiser" Adelaide 7 Sep 1973.)

3 Mar 1973 Edwardstown SA 0300hrs CE2 A large orange domed object three metres high with a dark patch in the centre was seen outside a bedroom window, accompanied by a noise like a thump and cans banging. Triangular markings were reportedly found on a lawn the next morning. (UFORSA.)

11 March 1973 Highbury Adelaide SA 0350hrs 10mins 1M 27yrs NL Was in a car facing W when saw a point source of white-blue light 10-15 degrees W which travelled in a straight line to S then turned and travelled E. (UFORSA)

16 March 1973 Morphettvale Adelaide SA 2015hrs (10-15mins) 1F 22yrs NL A flashing silver light seen 45 degrees SW travelling at great speed in a straight line SSW. No sound. (UFORSA)

26 March 1973 Melrose SA 2215hrs 5secs 1M 61 yrs NL Bright white light gradually darker towards the rear travelling in a straight line from 45 degrees NE to NW. (UFORSA)

Apr 1973 Eudunda SA Trace-IFO Several rings, varying from point six to five point four metres in diameter with a ten centimetres wide band of dead grass, were found in an area sixteen by thirty two metres. (UFORSA.)

9 April 1973 Outer Harbour, Adelaide 19:57 UTC Russian satellite re-entry Salyut 2 r debris. Seen from aircraft over Outer Harbour, Adelaide and Queensland. (NAA A703 580/1/1 part 21, pp35-43.)

May 1973 Port Pirie SA Trace Eight rings-fungal in origin-were located by the River Broughton. (UFORSA.)

May 1973 Clare SA Trace A fungus ring, six point three metres in diameter, and almost circular, was discovered. The rim width was one metre. Scattered around were four large mushrooms-twelve to twenty centimetres in size. (Peter Horne.)

2 May 1973 Kalyan SA 1930hrs Zadow 1M CE2 Noting a bright light at an estimated five to ten degrees above the north-north-east horizon, through his left hand side windscreen, Mr Zadow was puzzled. Its angular size was about the size of the full Moon, and it was reddish/white in colour. No illumination of the surroundings was noted although the light was dazzling to look at. Driving at fifty five km/hr along a straight dirt road he watched the light. There was no change in size or brightness yet he had the feeling the object flew over the truck, as it rose in elevation as viewed against the windscreen. The truck's engine stopped and the lights went out leaving him rolling in darkness. Neither the red ignition light nor the green oil light came on. He instinctively braked slowly and after four to five seconds whilst the truck was still rolling, the lights and engine came back on by themselves. The outside light was not visible by this time. Investigation revealed that the light probably did not go over his truck but was at least three hundred metres away, parallel to the road. (UFORSA.)

18 May 1973 Sherlock SA 2130hrs 3wits CE2 Three young people travelling back to Victoria recounted that a light had been following their car. They stopped the car to watch it. It hovered over trees, pulsating. The driver turned the ignition key but no lights showed and the engine wouldn't start until after a few attempts. Investigations reveal a likely cause was a combination of headlights/stars/imagination and a temporary electrical fault. (UFORSA.)

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Sep 1973 Ivy Tanks SA 0300hrs Ringer 1F CE3 A thirty two year old woman was a passenger in a semi-trailer travelling across to Perth. She had been asleep for about an hour when a "voice" called her name and told her to look out the window. She did so and saw an egg shaped surrounded by a "force field" on the ground. The figure of a man was walking towards the egg, while another man was sitting inside the object. The first man entered the egg; the glow died down, leaving only one white light on. The driver pulled up the truck but when asked, said he had seen nothing. They did not go back to check the spot. (Keith Basterfield & Vladimir Godic.)

28 Oct 1973 Karoonda SA 2330hrs Photo A photograph was taken of a stationary, intense orange object in the sky, using an instamatic camera. Investigations into similar reports of an orange object in the sky showed the causes of these were the planet Mars and flares. It is understood that the print came out black. (UFORSA.)

November 1973 Karoonda SA Evening NL A number of reports of orange lights seen in the district including: 28 Oct – Karoonda -2320hrs 1F Stationary orange to yellow light in the sky to the W. Faded out into clouds. 6 Nov –Karoonda -2205hrs 1M +1F Group of orange lights seen bearing 310 degrees. Three lights in a triangular formation.. Drove towards them and they seemed to be over a paddock to the right of the road. As he approached light went out and the object shot off at tremendous speed to hover over trees at a distance. 5 Nov – Wynarka –(2015-2045hrs) NL !F+1M Group of orange lights in W sky, “coming and going.” (UFORSA)

Dec 1973 Wokurna SA Trace A two point four metres diameter bare earth circle was found in the middle of a wheat field. Wheat had been swirled anti-clockwise. Soil analysis revealed no cause. (Steve Bolton/Peter Horne.)

Dec 1973 Bordertown SA Trace Seven circular shaped, flattened swirled areas were found in an oat paddock. They ranged from two point one to four point six metres across and were of different ages. Oats had been swirled anti-clockwise. The police forensic squad were unable to explain the marks. (Garry Little/Keith Basterfield.)

1973/74 Report from Ansett pilot which involved electrical problems to car as he went to work. (Hotline call 3794 Investigator D McNamara AURA 2004)

1973/74 Kangaroo Island SA Afternoon 1F Photo Rita H was taking photos when a light source appeared through the viewfinder. She had the impression of a close approach. She fell to the ground and the sky changed causing her extensive disorientation. Two photos were taken with a special camera and a very high ASA rated film. Prints have a light green coloured, elliptical shaped mass present on them. Woman subsequently developed lupus but this might be unrelated. (UFOIC.)

1974 Clifton Bore SA 1M CE4 "A man hunting for fossils in flat desert country was suddenly approached by two short beings who beckoned him to come with them. He was taken into an externally small object, which was impossibly much larger inside. Twenty or more similar beings were also inside. He was offered a drink, then passed out. He awoke and found himself on the floor of the object. He saw two human female children in a cage-like structure who seemed to be in a trance. The man felt he had somehow been rejected by the beings. A

39 doorway suddenly opened in front of him. He stepped out and found himself back on the desert floor. He rejoined a companion and found he had been away for one and a half hours." (1. Chalker, Bill. (1989). "Abducted?" Australian Penthouse. Nov. p37. 2. Australian Flying Saucer Research Society.)

1974 Elizabeth SA 2F CE4 A woman recalled, that as a nine year old girl, she and a friend observed a UFO at close range in suburban Elizabeth. As she had memories of observing the object from two different angles of view, but no recollections of moving between the two locations, she suspected a period of missing time may have occurred.

Regressed to the day of the incident, she felt her head buzzing, then she recalled being in a room of some kind, and of seeing a face on a small pointed head, with pointed ears. In addition she recalled someone walking towards her- a silver glow around its body. A thick metal "skewer" featured which she said was: "to take out fluid." Nothing further could be elucidated. (UFORA89037. UFORSA/Keith Basterfield.)

16 Mar 1974 Adelaide SA 0630hrs 1M Photo It is reported that a man had taken some colour movie film from the Hilton motel, of an unusual object in the early hours of the morning. Efforts made were not able to trace either the man or the film. (UFORSA.)

17 Mar 1974 Burra SA 0030hrs 2M NL While travelling in a Ford Falcon sedan two young men observed a big round, yellow/green light stationary near the top of a hill. They stopped the car to watch. After a minute or so it seemed to come towards them so they tried to start the car, but it would not respond. Again they tried the ignition system. The ignition light came on but the engine still wouldn't start. Finally after holding the key on for thirty seconds the engine started. They left the area but stated that the light seemed to follow them all the way into Burra. They woke a policeman who looked at the object and declared it was just a star. Investigation suggests the object was an astronomical source. (UFORSA.)

23 March 1974 Kybybolite (20km NE of Naracoorte) SA Early morning 2 hrs 2 wits Munro Farmer and wife reported being chased by a UFO for 10 miles. “We just sat in the car petrified until dawn, two hours after first sighting the object-before it raced away at high speed to the east.” (“The News” Adelaide 17/4/74)

April 1974 Elizabeth Adelaide SA 2F Wright + Swan Round, yellow-white light with a blue light flashing in the middle sighted. (“The News” Adelaide 17/4/74.)

1 Apr 1974 Pasadena SA Trace-IFO A ring was reported and identified as a fungus. (UFORSA.)

15 Apr 1974 a.Roseworthy SA 2015hrs Photo A series of lights was seen in the sky near the crest of a hill. The photographer stopped the car he was driving and took a photo using a Polaroid camera. He says that he thought there were only two bright lights but the print shows three. He and his wife watched them for about half a minute but they did not move or make any sound. The print shows three blobs of light. (Adelaide "Advertiser" 17/4/74) b. Woodside SA 1930hrs (5-6mins) 1M 18yrs +5 NL Driving when he saw an object travelling SE. It passed over their car when the vehicle suffered a temporary loss of power. The object was described as having a spherical spinning base, with four bright lights shining from a dome. It looked metallic. It then headed towards the horizon. (Adelaide “Advertiser” newspaper 17/4/74.)

40 Six people in two cars were travelling back to Adelaide. Someone in the second vehicle said they saw an object so both cars pulled up. One of the others said the vehicle suffered a temporary power loss as the object went over the car. Investigations revealed the entire episode was overplayed by the media. (UFORSA.)

May 1974 Strathalbyn SA LITS/Trace Two green lights were seen in a paddock and later a marking was found. It was a bare patch two point six five metres diameter with a depression in the centre twenty to twenty two centimetres deep and sixty centimetres diameter. (UFORSA.)

21 May 1974 Cookes Hill near Birdwood SA 1945hrs 2wits 1M +1F 3mins NL Object seen directly over a road a vehicle was travelling along. 30 degrees S and lost at 35 degrees N. It was described as a huge oval orange object like a giant pumpkin. Seen on three separate occasions on thr trip. No sound. (UFORSA)

7 May 1974 Moorlands SA 1835hrs 30 seconds 2M NL While driving at speed, a man noted a bright white, blinding light off to the left. It overtook him and it continued straight on, off the road into the distance. It was only 1m away from his car when he first saw it. It was 1m off the ground and appeared to be 20cm in diameter. The second male was driving behind the first car and saw it and a bright white light, appeared to blot out the first car’s rear red lights, then move away to the right as if to overtake. (UFORSA)

Sep 1974 Renmark SA 2215hrs 1F CE2 Returning home in a Hillman Hunter sedan, by herself, a lady became aware of an illumination behind the car. It was a white light which approached at great speed, and as it seemed to be wanting to overtake her she moved over to the left. She saw the light to her right, then the car vibrated as if being pushed up and down. She just held on tightly to the steering wheel, and recalls the engine must have stopped at this point for although she pressed the accelerator no power was forthcoming. The light simply vanished. She was by this time, terrified, and cannot recall any other part of her trip home. (Keith Basterfield.)

September 1974 Eudunda SA Trace-IFO Several roughly circular bare earth traces of various sizes were reported in a paddock. Probably fungus rings.(UFORSA)

1974/75 Adelaide SA 2310hrs While driving to the night shift as an aircraft maintenance worker, all the electrical circuits in a man’s car failed for several moments then came back on by themselves. He heard a humming sound at the time. Later, he heard that there had been reports of strange things in houses and back lawns. (Dominic McNamara AURA July 2005.)

4 Feb 1975 Balaklava SA 0540hrs Hall 1M Photo A movie film, showing an unusual object in the eastern sky, was taken by a Mr Ben Hall. A silver cloud-like object was noted and Mr Hall decided to take some colour eight mm movie film of it. They watched it altogether for a period of some twenty five minutes of which one and a half minutes was captured on film. The film shows a "condensation" trail type object moving very, very slowly, close to the horizon. (UFORSA.)

14 February 1975 Fulham Gardens Adelaide SA 1525hrs 10 mins 1M DD A bright white light was seen moving from 45 degrees S to 70-80 degrees N. Probably met balloon. (UFORSA)

20 February 1975 Rosedale SA 0025hrs 2wits NL Travelling by car when they saw an object like the full Moon rising in the NW behind a group of hills. Later it was seen as a crescent shape. Then there were two objects sitting on top of each other. The bottom half was a very bright orange while the top was a

41 yellowish-white. It approached and was in front of the hill. At one point it was 60m above the car-seen then as a clear saucer shape. (UFORSA.)

6 Mar 1975 Near Mount Gambier SA NL The flight engineer of a commercial jet flying between Melbourne and Perth sighted a falling green object slightly ahead and to the right of the plane. It looked like a falling flare. Another aircraft five minutes ahead also reported the same object. The same thing was seen by the crew of a Fokker F27 near Ardrossan, several hundred kilometres away. Investigations revealed they had sighted Cosmos 582 re-entering the atmosphere. (UFORSA.)

20 April 1975 Burra SA (1915-1945hrs) 6wits NL While out driving a number of observations of an unusual white light were made. At times it appeared to have a cigar shape with 3-4 orange flashing lights on it. (UFORSA.)

27 April 1975 Woodside SA 1800hrs Few mins 2F DD A “whizzing” sound was noted, and then a semi circular shaped object, grey in colour, with a blurry glass-like base with no windows and metallic looking, was seen at 5 degrees ENE. Initially stationary, it moved downwards towards the right ass watched. (UFORSA.)

22 May 1975 Wasleys SA 0400hrs 5mins m 1F NL Lying in bed when two lights “just appeared.” bearing 065 degrees. These lights went out and then a “dark body” rose upwards from that same spot to 15-20 degrees and travelled to the S. Getting out of bed she then saw there was a red light to the rear of the body. No sound. (UFORSA.)

19 June 1975 Renmark SA 1715hrs 20mins several wits NL Several reports of a bright white light visible in the W. Lost over the horizon at1730hrs. Initially stationary then went downwards. (“Murray Pioneer” newspaper 24/6/75)

8 Dec 1975 Tranmere SA Trace After hearing a noise during the night a woman and her daughter found two areas of strawberry plants, flattened in an anti-clockwise direction, some ninety centimetres in diameter. (UFORSA.)

16 December 1975 Paradise Adelaide SA 0345hrs 1min 1F NL A whirling noise was heard, and she saw an object in the sky with a flashing red light on top which illuminated a silver, solid mass, underneath. (UFORSA)

Mid January 1976 Medindie SA 0300hrs 4 wits NL While on a shooting trip, they saw a light in the distance to their N. It approached, then turned and headed W. It was lost over a hill. There was an associated noise like a high speed motor. (UFORSA)

31 May 1976 Daw Park SA 0200hrs White 1M CE3 A silver suited being, one hundred and sixty five to one hundred and seventy five centimetres tall, with a black visor, white boots and a box with a figure eight on its chest, was reportedly seen in a back yard. When the single reporter approached the entity it flew off and entered a cigar shaped object which had been sitting in the sky. Some traces were said to have been found. However, when investigators arrived there were no traces visible. (UFORSA.)

15 Jul 1976 Walker Flat SA 2115hrs NL A red object, the size of the Sun was seen and the lights of a car were affected for about a minute. The object then accelerated rapidly away. (UFORSA.)

1977-1989 Adelaide SA 1F 24yrs CE4

42 A thirty four year old woman related at least three unusual episodes. The occasions of interest to us involve finding herself in an alien environment which were the second and third of her three experiences. One night she suddenly found herself recalling that she had somehow been in a very large room where there were a large number of human-like beings, including a human child about age ten. The room showed no apparent source of illumination. It was warmly lit-a very light soft blue colour. Breathing was no problem, gravity was normal and the temperature was skin temperature. She can recall conversing with the child. On the following occasion she had retired to bed when she found herself drifting through tunnels. Suddenly, she was in a room. This time the people present were not human. They had pointed faces, large heads, and slanted very dark blue eyes. Their heads were quite swollen at the forehead, with their ears being little, with no lobes as such. They had thin bodies, were grey in colour and short in stature. One of the female aliens was carrying a baby. The baby had its arms outstretched and the witness asked to hold and nurse it. Suddenly, she knew she had to go and found herself back in bed. She quickly fell asleep. In her teens she underwent precognitive dreams, and later in life (continuing) precognitive visions. (UFORA89016. Ray Brooke and Keith Basterfield.)

2 February 1977 Lucindale Millicent area SA 2220hrs 30secs 1F+1M NL Large, white light seen “…darting sideways and up and down at great speed...” Through binoculars seen as circular, with red and yellow lights with a rotating bottom. “The middle section was like a set of windows and we could see movement like shadows. “…then the object just disappeared as fast as it had appeared.” (“Woman’s Day” 11/12/80.)

4 February 1977 Kingston to Mount Gambier SA 2100hrs 2wits 1M+1F CE2 While driving between Kingston and Mount Gambier a couple observed two lights following them, alternatively at ground level and then up in the sky. Their car speedometer broke and the car clock was slow upon arrival home. (UFORSA)

Mar 1977 Port Neill SA Trace A four point three metres diameter doughnut ring was discovered on a farm property. Its centre was undisturbed and it had a circular hollow trough with a hard rim. Soil tests showed no cause. ("Adelaide Advertiser" 12 Mar 1977.)

3 March 1977 Kersbrook SA 2110hrs (5-10mins)1M+1F NL-IFO A dog alerted a man to a light in the NW sky. It was white/red in colour, bigger than a pin pint source. There was no sound. It had a small radius glow around it. It was just above treetops and gradually went lower in the sky. It appeared to settle in a gully. Reported to Police. Investigations revealed it was Venus. (1. UFORSA SA77025. 2.Adelaide “Advertiser” 4/3/77.)

22 April 1977 Yatala Vale Adelaide SA 2345hrs Secs 1F 19 yrs CE2 While driving alone on a little used road, the reporter’s car was approached by an object which apparently passed over the vehicle. As it did so, the electrical system of the car “cut out” for a few seconds then came to life. The object had initially appeared as a bright light of intermixed colours of star size. At its closest it took on a vertical oval shape with “rays” coming out of it. The oval was a mixture of red/green/yellow. Angular size eat this stage was close to full Moon size. (UFORSA 77048)

2 May 1977 Cal Lal SA 2000hrs Hartley 1M CE1 Out camping, a man saw a blue trapezoid shape, ten metres away. It was two metres tall by seventy five centimetres wide at the top tapering to forty five centimetres wide at the bottom. Stationary when he saw it, he looked away and upon looking back it had simply vanished. (1. UFORSA. 2. Australian Co-ordination Section for the Centre for UFO Studies Bulletin (ACOSB.) No 11. p21.)

20 May 1977 Murbko SA 0630hrs Schultz 1F CE1

43 A young nurse saw a red glowing ball of light, five to ten metres in diameter sitting in a paddock only a few metres from her car. The ball rose into the air and was soundlessly lost to sight. (1. UFORSA. 2. ACOSB. No 11. p21.)

27 May 1977 Salisbury North Adelaide SA Early evening 3M CE2 Three boys, Brenton Clarke 15, Alex Madaros 14 and Neil Williams 14 related to a Newspaper that they had sighted an unusual object in a park. One boy claimed he had been thrown three metres backward from a column of light after touching the beam with his right hand. Thirty seconds later they watched as a bluish-green conical shaped object rose rapidly from a tall gum in a group of trees 20m to their right. (“Sunday Mail” Adelaide Newspaper 29/5/77 p3.)

30 Jul 1977 Birdwood SA 1545hrs CE1 A large, two hundred metres long, pink object shaped like a "jumbo jet" was reported to have landed in a paddock beneath some powerlines, then took off vertically with no sound. No traces were found and soil analyses revealed nothing unusual. (UFORSA..)

22 January 1978 Klemzig Adelaide SA Trace-IFO Material was found on a back lawn which had not been there the night before. The material was spread over a 10-24cm wide band in an arc. The material was light grey in colour and spread over leaves of weeds and over grass stalks. When rubbed between the finger it turned black and greasy. Viewed through a 10x looking glass, the material was seen to be composed of small, oval, discrete elements. The Botanic Gardens of SA advised their inspection indicated it was a slime mould. (UFORSA.)

5 March 1978 Parachilna SA 0210hrs 15mins 1M CE1 Driving a truck when he saw a blue green light in front of him some 50-60m ahead and only 2-3m off the road. It started to move slowly up and down about 1m. Two smaller red lights then appeared under the green and it took off to the right and disappeared. About 30 seconds later, it came back. It lowered toward the road and when 2m up but when he put his vehicle’s high beam on it shot upwards. (1.UFORSA 78035. 2. UFORSA Newsletter 30. p1.)

Apr 1978 Adelaide SA Trace A perfect circle six metres in diameter, with a narrow band, was located on a grass lawn. It appeared to be slime mould. (Adelaide “Sunday Mail" 23 Apr 1978.)

3 May 1978 Port Augusta SA Evening NL Two accounts were received. One was from an Air Traffic Controller at Adelaide Airport who reported that a pilot of a RAAF Hercules was near Port Augusta and called Adelaide to ask if they were picking up another target. He was apparently concerned about a bright light to his W which also showed on the plane’s radar. Indications were that the light was at 2,000 feet. The second account was from the pilot of a light aircraft flying from the State’s SE to Adelaide who reported hearing a call about a bright white light at a height of 2000 feet on a VHF frequency. (UFORSA.)

4 May 1978 a.Adelaide SA 0100hrs 15mins 4 wits NL-IFO A huge red flashing light with a pale lemon coloured light to the side was observed from the southern suburbs. The whole thing seemed transparent. After 15 minutes it disappeared. Dr Fred Yakka of the Mawson Institute advised that their magnetometer had displayed signs that the sighting could have been of an Aurora. (Adelaide “News” 4/5/78. Channel 10 evening TV news.) b. Quorn SA 0403hrs 10mins 1M 24yrs Waiting for bus looking S when three lights in a ‘v’ formation were seen at 45 degrees S. Each was about half Moon sized, semi-circular, and had a faint blue halo around them. They hovered over water tanks situated on a hill 500m away, where they were joined by a

44 fourth object. Then they all moved steadily to the W and faded away. (SPACERS UFO group Elizabeth-now ceased)

15 May 1978 Hallett Cove Adelaide SA 0615hrs NL 1F Two large lights were seen in the sky at 5-10 degrees moving from NNW to N over 10- 15 minute period. Another light was then seen, this one yellow in colour. Another red light appeared. These lights then moved erratically around the NW sky at 5-10 degrees, for 30 minutes. (UFORSA)

9 Aug 1978 Wandearah West SA 2235hrs CE2 Returning home, a mother and daughter, watched as a very bright light came towards them. Bright red, it had three black spots along the bottom of it. The car lost power to near stopping point, twice, even though the woman flattened the accelerator to the floor. She turned onto another road and the car gathered speed, while the light left to the north-west. (UFORSA.78125)

31 Dec 1978 Whyalla SA NL A pilot with thirty two years experience was flying a Cessna 310. He was over Alford at twenty five hundred metres heading north-west when he sighted an oblong, white light to the east-north-east. He then turned into the circuit at Whyalla to land and was also able to continue observing the object. (UFORFNQ and UFORSA.)

1979 Adelaide SA Night Movie Jose Duran Light in the sky. When blow up using a microscope picture was said to show an alien inside a UFO. (Blundell, N & Boar, R. The World’s Greatest UFO Mysteries Berkley 1990 p45.)

1979 Nildottie SA 2M CE4 Don and Jack recounted an abduction experience, which is said to have occurred near the River Murray. They were preparing for dinner when beings entered their house. They experienced a time loss and next thing they knew they were standing by a large silver craft. After being subjected to psychological testing for several hours, they became aware of being back at their kitchen table. (1. Australian International UFO Flying Saucer Research (AIUFOFSR). 2."Pix-People" magazine. July 1988.)

4-6 May 1979 SA-WA border multi-wits incl 2M Porter/Hardy On and off for three days a red and silver UFO was reported over Eucla. “It was like a rocket, about three or four times the size of a jetliner, and hanging vertically.” (Adelaide “Advertiser” 7/5/79.) Mr A Hardy, a permit control officer with the Dept of Agriculture fired a volley of rifle shots at it. He said it zoomed off in a flash to a much greater height and sat there for three or four hours. At one time it was reported as cigar shaped. Eucla police thought it might have been a bunch of helium filled balloons from the local motel. (Sydney Telegraph 7 May 1979.)

9 May 1979 Lobethal SA 1845hrs 1F CE2 Driving when saw a blue light, flying ahead of the vehicle. It was flashing and no other lights were visible. The driver then passed through Cuddly Creek and at 1900hrs saw a very bright, white light which appeared to flash occasionally. After turning a corner, the headlights of the car went off. The motor was still OK. As another car swung into view the car’s headlights came back on. Witnesses thought lights were aircraft. (Peter Horne.)

20 December 1979 Barmera side of Spectacle Lake – 10kms from Barmera, SA Trace Three Loveday youths, Mark Finocchio, Trevor Dahiltz, and Donald Gardiner found circle of flattened grass with brown marks around it. Diameter 12 feet. . (Australian International UFO Flying Saucer Research magazine Number 6, Feb/Mar 1980.)

45 24 December 1979 Waikerie SA 2150hrs 10mins LITS Rosalie Jones and her mother were travelling by car, when a very bright object was seen in the south-western sky. It appeared to be hovering and was at least 30-40 feet across. It was glowing and a very bright, white coloured light. There was a V shape of red light underneath it. It seemed to have wings. After 10 minutes it moved out of sight. (“The Murray Pioneer” newspaper, Thursday 27 December 1979.)

1980 A 78 year old woman awoke one evening to see a very bright light, slightly larger than the full Moon, which seemed to be skipping over tree tops at the back of her house. She could see a bright shadow of the light in the paddock. Going to the bathroom she encountered a strange thick ‘fog’ in the hallway. She went back to bed and fell asleep. (Kathy Dickmann 2011.)

1980 Lock SA Trace On a property seven miles west of lock an empty water trough was found. Nearby were two circles of anti-clockwise flattened grass, each was about 30 feet in diameter. Between the circles the grass was uncut all round and stood 2 feet tall. (Dominic McNamara AURA 2005.)

1980-1989 Adelaide SA CE4 "Barbara", a young woman, wanted assistance in determining the origin of three relatively large triangular marks on her forehead which had simply appeared over night some two years prior. Over a ten year period Barbara saw UFOs, had a near death out-of-body experience, and a peak experience. She also experienced telepathy, precognitive visions, sleep paralysis, hypnagogic imagery, and other psychic style episodes. As to the marks on the forehead, she did have recollections of "something" touching her forehead during one night, following which the marks were seen the next day. Under regression she recounted how a "shadow" was in her room and shone a laser-like beam of light onto her forehead, thus creating the marks. (UFORA90038. UFORSA/Keith Basterfield.)

13 February 1980 SA Brilliant fireball sighted over the state. (“Courier” newspaper SA 1/4/80.)

1 April 1980 Tea Tree Gully Adelaide SA 0253hrs 7mins 1F NL Glancing up at the sky, a woman reported a “mushroom” shaped object with lighter roughly circular patches at places inside the general shape. It appeared to be moving to the left in a stop/go movement. Location was 10-15 degrees, bearing 170 degrees. They retired to bed leaving the object present. (UFORSA).

13 Apr 1980 South Kilkerran SA 2350hrs CE2 Out of the corner of his eye a man sighted a row of flashing lights, yellow in colour, and apparently pacing his car. He attempted to accelerate but the engine "cut out" for a second. This occurred three to four times in fifteen to twenty seconds. Then all of a sudden the car acted normally and he was able to drive on. The lights seemed to move off very quickly from his right to behind him. (UFORSA.)

22 Jul 1980 Reynella SA 1620hrs 1F Photo A moving object was photographed by a woman during daylight hours. Three colour shots were taken with an Instamatic camera, and show merely a small dot which could not be identified. (UFORSA.)

1981 Cromer SA Daytime 2wits 1M8 1F10 Two children walking their dog came across a circular, flattened area of scrub. They then saw a 7-8 foot tall entity very rapidly clear ad fence and disappear into the scrub. The

46 figure was like a “mirage” and did not have a solid body. It looked like a alien with almond shaped eyes and slender body. (email from female witness to Keith Basterfield 2008.)

20 July 1981 Adelaide SA 0105hrs Several wits NL-IFO Number of calls about a white rocket like object travelling E to W. (UFORSA) Identified as Cosmos 1249 satellite re-entry.

22 July 1981 Whyalla SA 1930hrs 2M NL Two fishermen reported seeing a massive, dark red/orange object about 300m up. It had neither wings nor tail and was silent. It moved slowly for 30 seconds then accelerated out of sight. (“Whyalla News” newspaper 24/7/81 p22) Identified as Russian Molniya satellite re-entry.

24 Oct 1981 Port Lincoln SA 2M CE4 Two young men, Messrs P. and J. were travelling in a car near Port Lincoln when they encountered a "white endless space" or room where a time loss of several hours is said to have occurred. During this lost time they have vague memories of a "being" and recalled "...walking into a big room." Just prior to the "space" they had been watching a mysterious light in the sky. Arrangements to have the two men undergo full investigation was unsuccessful. The being was described as one point two metres tall, and humanoid. (1. Keith Basterfield/Pony Godic-personal investigation. 2. Basterfield, K. "Australia's First Abduction Event?" UFO Research Australia Newsletter 3(4):4.)

25 October 1981 Clare SA (2235-2305hrs) 1F 21yrs NL On a clear night a woman was driving from Snowtown to Clare, when a very bright, oval shaped white light was seen following her car. It hurt her eyes to look at it. At one point her car radio experienced a humming noise and cut out a few times. At another point the object lit up the surrounding countryside with a beam of light. (UFORSA)

23 April 1982 Ferryden Park Adelaide SA 2wits NL Saw two objects on the same night. First one was a square shape. Second was like “two eggs.” Red in colour. 5 seconds on, then off, then on again. Flying low over Cavan or Modbury. (Channel 9 TV news 24/4/82)

25 April 1982 Clare SA 2030hrs 3 wits 1M+2F NL Three people in a car noticed a red glow in the sky. It approached them. Followed the car for 3km. Described as a ball of fire with white streaks through it. (Adelaide “Advertiser” newspaper 27/4/82)

April 1983 Golden Grove Adelaide SA (2245-2330hrs) 2wits 11M+1F CE1 An extremely bright white light approached a car. They pulled over the car as the white light went out and an object passed over the vehicle. It was described as triangular and perfectly defined. The underneath had a number of “raised lines” on it. The object made no noise and was estimated to be “Jumbo plane” sized and 150m up. It stopped for a second or so, then rapidly accelerated in the direction of the Parafield airport. As it receded into the distance the light came on again. It was then lost to view. (UFORSA)

3 July 1984 Mount Barker SA 0700hrs 1F Hubbard “After an unsubstantiated claim of birds and cattle being found dead on a Mt Barker property, disturbed Hills residents were encouraged last week to speak on an Adelaide radio breakfast show.” Mrs Hubbard reported “…an illuminated half circle in the sky” which travelled across the sky. Denise Size believed she saw the same object 2-3weeks ago in Mt Barker. An anonymous Hahndorf man spoke to Bazz and Pilko, radio announcers about “…loss of livestock, power failures and strange objects in the sky…” (“Courier” newspaper 18/7/84)

16 January 1985 Ooldea SA

47 The Australian National Railways stated that enginemen on a Perth bound train had reported seeing bright lights. The train had broken down. ANR said the two events were unconnected. (AAP text 18/1/85.)

19 May 1985 Wanneroo SA 0230hrs 1M+1F One round object with yellow lights. Appeared to be in two sections. Seemed low down. Witness left the area. (UFORSA.)

2 May 1986 Adelaide SA Witnesses at the top of Kensington Road (Aldana?) saw a low slow moving white light going south of Adelaide and heading downwards. (Darryl Tiggeman of Adelaide 2004.)

4 May 1986 Adelaide SA Ca1800hrs Over Adelaide a bolide(?) seen through cloud cover. (Darryl Tiggeman of Adelaide 2004.)

24 May 1986 Victor Harbor SA 1200hrs DD-IFO Media reports were of a UFO which had “crashed” into the sea off Victor Harbor. However, observations were made which started with a “flash of light” in Western Victoria, followed by numerous reports from SE SA of an object travelling E to W. Almost certainly a bolide or satellite re-entry. (UFORSA.)

19 December 1986 Various locations SA Evening NL-IFO At least 14 reports were made from locations as varied as Balaklava, Olympic Dam, Adelaide, Port Augusta, Barmera, Loxton, Gawler, and Wilmington of a series of lights in the sky. Observations came in of a ball with a blue tail, a blue green ball, a white then blue green light, an orange ball. There may have been multiple sightings of several distinct objects between 2030 and 2300hrs. (UFORSA.)

About 1987 Nene Valley SA (reported 1998) A man and his sister saw a white object in the sky. The next day he saw another object at around 3pm and he alerted other witnesses. The object was at a high angle of elevation, about 60 degrees, was 3 times longer than wide and rectangular. When observed with 12x binoculars it was white and seemed more like a plane, but without wings. It had a brilliant shiny section like burnished silver, had an apparent size of about 8mm at arm’s length with well defined outline, and made no noise. The witness had been an air observer in WW2 and could not identify it. (http:/www.uforq.asn.au/sightings/sightings1998.html)

26 Feb 1987 Tanunda SA 1140hrs 15mins 1F DL First seen 75 deg N. Passed directly overhead. Eight white lights. Seen with naked eye and binoculars. ((RAAF file 6/16/Air part 1 “Unusual Aerial Sightings” 92WG Intel RAAF Edinburgh).)

26 Mar 1987 Location SA? 2021hrs 10secs NL One red long cigar shaped object seen 45 deg SW to 45 deg NE. “Assessed of no military significance.” ((RAAF file 6/16/Air part 1 “Unusual Aerial Sightings” 92WG Intel RAAF Edinburgh).)

13 Jul 87 Port Lincoln 1F Object triangular with red and green lights passed over car at low altitude. “Assessed as no military significance-possibly an aircraft-not RAAF.” (RAAF file 6/16/Air part 1 “Unusual Aerial Sightings” 92WG Intel RAAF Edinburgh).

11 Aug 1987 Near Peterborough SA 1wit Bus driver reported a bright green light travelled parallel to the bus. Affected bus electrics. (RAAF file 6/16/Air part 1 “Unusual Aerial Sightings” 92WG Intel RAAF

48 Edinburgh)citing RAAF have not heard of this report directly, record of conversation with a Broken Hill newspaper. )

9 Oct 1987 Parafield Adelaide SA 2145hrs NL Bright soundless ball flew over. (RAAF file 6/16/Air part 1 “Unusual Aerial Sightings” 92WG Intel RAAF Edinburgh.) ______

SOURCES OF INFORMATION FOR THE CATALOGUE

Books

Binder, O. (1968.) Unsolved Mysteries of the Past. New York. Tower.

Chalker, B. (1996.) The Oz Files. Potts Point. Duffy & Snellgrove.

Clark, J. (1992.) The UFO Encyclopedia. Volume 2. Detroit. Omnigraphics.

Delgado, P. & Andrews, C. (1989.) Circular Evidence. London. Bloomsbury.

Edwards, F. (1966.) Flying Saucers: Serious Business. London. Mayflower.

Edwards, F. (1967.) Flying Saucers Here and Now. New York. Sturt.

Hervey, M. (1969.) UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere. Sydney. Horwitz.

Holledge, J. (1965.) Flying Saucers Over Australia. Sydney. Horowitz.

Stevens, W. & Roberts., A. (1986.) UFO Photographs: Volume 2. Tucson. UFO Photos Archives.

Tambling, R. (1978.) Flying Saucers Where Do They Come From? Sydney. Horwitz.

Magazines

Aerial Phenomenon Research Oragnisation Bulletin (US-ceased publication.)

APIC Bulletin (Ceased publication.)

Australian Flying Saucer Digest (ceased publication.)

Australian Flying Saucer Review (ceased publication.)

Australian Saucer Record (ceased publication.)

Australian UFO Report (ceased publication.)

Australian UFO Review (ceased publication.)

Bulletin of the Australian Co-Ordination Section of the Centre for UFO Studies (ceased publication.)

Flying Saucer Review (U.K.-still active)

International UFO Reporter (US-still active.) QUFO-Queensland UFO (ceased publication.)

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UFOIC Newsletter (ceased publication.)

UFO Research Australia Newsletter (ceased publication.)

UFO groups

ACUFOS-Australian Centre for UFO Studies.

APRO-Aerial Phenomena Research Organisation (USA-ceased.)

AUFORN – Australian UFO Research network (based in Brisbane)

AURA- Australian UFO Research Association (based in Adelaide)

CUFOS-Center for UFO Studies (now the J Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies-still active.)

NICAP-National Investigation Committee on Aerial Phenomena (USA-ceased.)

PUFORG-Perth UFO Research Group (ceased.)

TUFOIC – Tasmanian UFO Investigation Centre

UFOIC – UFO Investigation Centre (Sydney)

UFOR(FNQ) – UFO Research Far North Queensland

UFORNSW – UFO Research New South Wales

UFORQ –UFO Research Queensland

UFORSA – UFO Research SA (ceased)

UFORWA UFO Research WA (ceased.)

VUFORS –Victorian UFO Research Society ______

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