UFO sightings in Australia

This is a list of sightings of alleged unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in Australia.

1960s

• On 19 January 1966, a farmer from Tully, Queensland reported seeing a large saucer shaped object, as well as a so-called "nest" of reeds in the swamp where the UFO was spotted.[1]
• At around 10:30 a.m on 6 April 1966, many students and some staff at Westall High School (now called Westall Secondary College), in Rosebank Avenue, Clayton South, Victoria witnessed a UFO fly over their school, and then descend into a paddock behind the school.

1970s

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

1980s

• On 21 January 1988 a family reported coming into contact with a UFO while travelling across the Nullarbor Plain in South Australia.[2] The family described the object as a "big glowing ball".[3]

1990s

• On 8 August 1993, Melbourne woman Kelly Cahill reported seeing a large craft hovering over the road as she and her husband drove through the Dandenong Ranges near Belgrave, Victoria.[4][5][6][7]

See also

• Bass Strait Triangle
• List of major UFO sightings

References

1. B. J. Booth (19 January 1966). "The Tully Saucer Nest, UFO Casebook Files". Ufocasebook.com. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
2. "The Nullarbor Plain Case". UFOs: The Military Unmasked. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
3. "Close encounters: Shedding light on South Australia's X-Files". ABC News. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
4. Good, Timothy (2000). Unearthly Disclosure. Random House. pp. 51ff. ISBN 9781446456965.
5. Chalker, Bill (2005). Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence of Alien Abductions. Simon and Schuster. pp. 49–67. ISBN 1416510249.
6. Miletic, Daniella (1 February 2016). "The Oz Files: Who is Victorian 'abductee' Kelly Cahill and what did she see in Narre Warren?". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
7. Neal, Matt (26 September 2020). "'Holy grail' or epic hoax? Australian Kelly Cahill's UFO abduction story still stirs passions". ABC News. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020.

External links

• Last 20 UFO Sightings and Pictures at MUFON
• The Nullarbor Plain Case at "UFOs: The Military Unmasked"