Report on Unidentified Aircraft — Condamine, Queensland, Australia

This document is an intelligence report dated July 17, 1953, regarding a sighting of unidentified aerial phenomena that occurred on February 2, 1951, near Condamine, Queensland, Australia. The report was compiled by the Air Attache in Australia and forwarded to the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The primary witnesses were a man and his wife working at Woodlands Station. The husband, a former wireless air gunner during the war, reported hearing a high-pitched swishing noise, similar to a 'willy-nilly' (whirlwind) approaching, before observing eight objects flying in formation at an estimated altitude of 10,000 feet. The objects were described as having a highly polished metal surface and a shape similar to a V2 rocket, with vapor trails extending approximately 40 feet behind them. The witness estimated the objects were 40 feet in length and noted they maintained a constant speed and height, which he compared to the speed of a tracer bullet fired from a .50 caliber machine gun. The wife, who was also present, confirmed the sighting but could not provide a detailed description of the objects' shape, noting only that they glittered. Both witnesses agreed the objects were unlike ordinary aircraft. The RAAF Intelligence file on the subject concluded the objects were 'AIRCRAFT', though the report itself provides detailed testimony from the witnesses regarding the unusual nature of the sighting. The document includes a sketch of the object's shape and the formation in which they were flying.