J1me-Jul;y OATETIME GROUP 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION BRIE, ~UMMARY Ofl SIGHTING Hhite light, upon ho.v e men movJ.ng about on of sinilar de.3critpion. S0e ~TI~ POlUI 3~ (JUW 2 SP 52} PRO)ECT 1007:rRECORD CAR.( 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Probably Balloon I!e\v Guinea Possibly Balloon ... TYPE OF OBSERVATION :0{.Groun d Visual 0 Ground-Radar Was Ai rc roft a Probabl y Aircraft a Ai ... Visual 0 Air-Interce p t Radar Possi bl y Ai rcraft Wa s Astronomical Pro bably Astronomical Civil ia."rJ. a Pfssibl~ Astro no mical of ilis i n~ero.,..A~e.t ion 8. HUMBER OF OBJECTS a In sufficient Da1o for Evolua ti o n 0 Unkno ... n 11. COMMENTS hov ering appeared The prepar 1ng officer indicates the top. Va ried rpts possibiliGy of the planets rpt for d.etails. S:J.tu:cn, lYl:.l.r s ing respons ib2.e of these sightings. U.J and US.5n so.tellitc..; ~rerc alec indi~o.t~d a s p0.:;3- ihly b?ing responsible. Sh-y at tJ1e tiine vere probo.bJ.y re::.pon.::ibl e r.ha ract eristics SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 Air Attache, AUSTnA.LIA Appearances of men at 7:00 n . m. , earances of men and li ht shaft at 7:10 2 and 1 ht shaft at 7:12 m. This paper drawn up and sigueu by chief observers at 7:30 p.ra. June 2G, 1959. Positions of UF0 s observed June 26, 1959. Signed from Nioanai Distance froo Alt. Pudi to coast 4-5 miles. lf!'ATBF!R: VARIABLE SKY SCATI'ERED CLOUDS TO CLEAR AT FinsT RECOMlllG OVERCAST AFTER lOjlO p.m. 1 APPROX. HEIGID' OF CLOUDS -2000 ft. NOTE: 'rbu JetennlnPd hy relatlc>nshl? or cl>tri;:5 c.o ct_;l.t~st pJt!lr. vi3i,;>l~ of mountains. As UFO's were often below (under) clouds and the1r glow gave uff a wide halo of light reflected on clouds, it follows that UFO:d de~cended tu below 2,000 ft. first sighting over the sea seemed not more than GOO ft. above the water at tillle!'\. Color Size of UFO "A." (across) (as ap~eared) Full .t!A.1'ID-S.PAN at arm t s length ~ 8 inches) s at closest. Dull yellow.{perhaps pale orange( except when moving, t h very brrg!lt. When finally WARN/,V O Th, documl!tH ron rain "''"'mttt~On ttfr,.ctin~ th" ntJttnnttl rl-.l,.n '"of th" Untt<"d S t.Jt,., wtthtn rhtt ,.,,.,.n.n!l o f the CLP SS1Ei FOr------ -~UPPLEMENT TO AF ~O~M 112. ORIGINATING Gl NCY -r ;EP01\ r rl O Air Attache, AUSTRAI IA Ll,403,022 moved away at great speed at 9:30 -color changed from thin ,.,hi te to deep red, then to blue-gre~n. A rough sketch of UFO as observed between 6 :55 p.m. and 7:22 p . m. by 38 wit- nesses at Bolanai, T.P. & N.G., Friday June 26, 1959. sketch.is a reasonable reporduction of UFO which was clearly visible and moat y s t.at:1onary ror :Gn m1nut~s. Same as "A" "B" had 5 panels "window-s " on near edge. Mt. NUANUA ) X0D.J<'1' SIZ5 OF UFO'S hLre ''tas appeared} ''E about l" across "D" " }'' across of the five UFO's seen in the sky at the p.m. (as they appeared. "B" was directl one time between 8 :28 p .m. and -Schoolboy. U.F.O. DATA BO~I Large UFO firet sighted 6 p.m. in apparently same posi- tion as last night( June 26, only seemed n 1 it t.le smaller, when saw it at 6:02 p.m. I call several others Rnd we stood 1n e open to mtch it. Although t e sun had set it was quite light for the follow- ing 15 minutes. We watched figures appear on top -four of them -no uoubt that they ;\r~ btutu\n. Po~s ibly t.he s ame nh j ~ct that. I t.o o k t. n ;,~ t.he ''Mnthl'!r" .1hi? hut ni;;ht. 'l';yo emallet" lJF01s l'fet"e <l>;"~n dt the ~dale 1:.-L.ne , tacLo~nary. On~ above the hills west, another overhead. On the large one two of the figures seemed to be doing something near the center of the deck -were occasionally bendi~ over and raising their arms as though adjusting or " setting up" some- thing toot visible). One figure seemed to be standing looking down at us (a group of about a dozen). I stretched my arm above my head and ed to our UiY L;liSJFJEil ---- SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 REPI.) RT NO IGIN.\T ING AIJ! ~CY Air Attache, AUSTRAL~ surprise the figure did the same. 'vaved both arms over his head then the two outside figures did the same nd self began 'mving arms and all four now seemed to wave back. There seemed to be n o doubt that our move- menta were answered. All mission boys made audible gasp3 (of either joy or surprise perhaps both). As dark was beginning to close in, I s for a torch and directed a series of long dashes towards the UFO. After a minute or two of this, the UFO apparently acknowledged by making several ~avering motions back and forth. Waving by us was repeated and this followed by more flashes of torch, then the UFO began slowly to become bigger, apparently coming in our direction. It ceased after perhaps half a minute and came on no fu.rther. A!ter a further two or three minutes the figures apparently lost interest in us for they disappeared "below" deck. At 6:25 p.m. two figures re-appeared to carry on with whatever they were doing before the interruption(?). The blue spot light car.:te on .for a fe\f seconds twice in succession. The two other UFO's remained stationary and high up -higher than last night(?)-smaller than La~od, night . . i:30 p . m . I went tn dinner. 7:00p.m. No. 1 UFO itl present but appeared somewhat smaller-observers go to cburcll. for Evensnnlo(. 7:45 p . Lt . Evensong nv~r and sky cloud covered-visibility V.L. 10; 40 p .r:n. A terrific! explosion just outside the Mission llouse. Nothing seen. Could have been em electrical atmospheric explosion ~a whole sky over- cast. At. 11:05 a few urops u.f rain. This may or may not have something to do with UFO. The explosinn st>emed to be just outside the windo'lf-NOT ordinary thunderc lnp -but a penet,nd, ing 'earsplitting ' explosion. It woke up people on the station. SUNDAY -June 28, 1959 6:45 p.m. 1 only UFO practically overhead clearly disti ishable due to hovering. -slightly north -very high, but 7:30 p.m. Same l~O -moved to southern position but still more or less over- i n ~Llmo~t .it-::-3-ight ltoe-.ill high, 'iK7 ct:-~ar. 11:10 p . m. 8 UFO's-this the greatest number yet seen at one time. One fairly l ow, but except for occ a sional hover, no activity seen on board. Apfrdt.. a URITY I N FORMATION wil~n t:lle d in) ORIGINATING AGENCY REPORT 110, AUSTRALIA, Air Attache 1,403,022 11:20 p.m. A sharp metallic and loud bang on Mission House roof as though piece of metal dropped f rom great height. No roll of " objec-t" down roof slope afterwards. Outside 4 UF0 s in circle around station. All high. 11:30 p.m. To bed and UFOia still there. A.M. Roof examined. No apparent sign of mark or dent, which one might expect after last night's noise. Have been having further experiences nightly with UFO -counted 1 large and 7 small over Saturday night, 1 large and 2 small Stmuay night, 1 large and 4 small Monday night. Believe it or not, exchanged hand signala (before dark Saturday) 1dth tbe occupants of the "mother" ship a little after 6 p.m. There is no doubt that she occupied by at least 4 men. Assuming that men are the same size as average of earth, I have worked out size of the ship - Top "deck"-201 dia.meter) the "mother"-Bottom "deck"-roughly 35'. Distance of operations, therefore, as we have sighted, have been, at highest altitude 2,500 f eet; l owest altitude 450 feet. ThatVs all for now, must away on patrol. P.S. No "hnrnan" activity has yet been observed on sin&ller UFO's, which seem to be disks rather than saucers. UNIDmTIFIRD FLYING O:s.J"OCTS Date, Monday 6th July, 1 9 At about 8:40 p.m. I noticed a white g low through the cloud, similar to that caused by the moon. Position -North \'lest -a few degr ees ubove Gubanauna Point (the Point is about 3 miles from the College}. The glow changed to a brilliant spot of white light. I-t descended and moved a little tp the South. The brilliance faded t o a !!).ow nnd then t o a 1'a iat ~l L:mner. After 5 minutes it glowed again brilliantly and moved in a circular motion (see sketch} anticlockwise. Then it moved further sou t h and do1vn until it became obscured by the Point of land at 9:00 p.m. Through the binoculars I notioeti it to be orange in color and shaped like SUPPLEMENJ TO Af FORM 112 -r tcfi~IH r N'O-ORIGIN~lJNr. Ml NC Y 1--A_i_r A_ttaclle, AUSTRALIA l ~ 403,.022 This was observed by Mrs ten Colleg e men. He more than Movemeut: Gubanauna PAPER SIGNED BY UAJORITY OF WITNESSES AT 7:45 SigD:!ltures o f Witnesses Boiana i., Papua APP~'DIX TO IillPO.RT nf UFO Obs erve u on the n irht of 2oth ,June, 1959 at -'l'eacher , Medical Assistant -lledical Assistant Dognra, 9th July 1959 I n ight :,ut\Jll o.t li~ht ~hin.to3 ucro~;t che sea near the ::3hore ami parallel to the The light was white and it lit up waves of the coming from a boat and so I returned to the bouse. sea. I thought it was I heard no noi3e. eacber, Dogura RITl ' INFOHM.ITION wh~,. tr/l .. d inl ' SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 Air Attache, AUSTRALIA 1,403,022 I t i s reported t , was dazzleJ hy n bright white li~ht in night of July 8th (about midnight). No personal statement has been taken from him by me. lives on t he beach below Dogura Plateau. It is ~aid that be des- cribes the light as originating in the direction of Guvanayba Point and that it lit up the coast line beyond Wedau. The boat Kekaha (?) was at Wedau wharf on the evening of July 9th. If this information interests you it would be worth checking on the movement and activity of that boat then. Gubanauna Point is roughly 4 miles west of Wedau 3 . The following is an evaluation of the foregoing information by a local interested ngency. REPORT ON 'fifE INV:.:ST IGATION Of' UFO ACTIVrTY fN TITE DO!Ai\L\I ARE\ -NEW GUDJFA a. On 'rncsday, ~9th Decf>frtber 1959 I visited th at bia heme in Sassafras, Victoria, and discussed alleged UFO activities in the area of Hoianai, New Guint..a, b. The Mr a young married man. J1e i s obviously well-educated and bas ha.J considerable experience a~ a missionary/ t eacher in New Guinea. !Ie stated tht\t, n.ntil late June 1959 he had not considered Ul-"0 eriously and even now wa!i not convince d that what he had observed in the sky were, in fuct, UFO' s . lie a dled that he woulu be prepared to accept any logical explacation for the pb en\H:1em1. He did not appear co be seeking publicity, and claimea that the report Wl'\.i lllttclo public by his superior in Dogura. Further, he implieu that the press and flying s~tucer urganizations had distorted some of the facts. c. Previous E eriAnce of lJFO's : Mr. tated that liFO's have been seen re:Jularly in the Dogura Boianai area over a long period and that a number of the wt.ite population, including government officials, professional men and missionaries, were taking an active interest in th~n. The f i r s t occasion that th had heard directly of UP01s operating in the a rea wa~ in November 1 958 when three of his friends in Dogura observed, on two separate occasions, lights trarelling at high speed and at high altitu:ie. Oce (,f these lip;hts ~vas said t.o be intermit.tent. In March/April l!J:)9 ~1e P.n1l hi~ :vir~.;='\' unP.rpl.lin- lble li~bt3 '1i.~h on ~.tount ?ttrdi , vhich i.s some t'our TA r'i rP. ui.lc~ 3outh I)'( t. b e mission stat i on, and which is not nvrmally frequenter! by n n ti ves. 'l'he~e lights appeared to switch from one side of the mountain to the other with c;reat 1959: Prior to tl1e i'irst. si~hti r.g!l b y t.he en a trek in t.he jun g lP. f,-;-e. p~dol n.: ten 1lay3. !.>ri,;ht l1g~t in the ::3:C'J, un t;he ev ening of t!Je ~1st June. ~nb .. ~equ~otly, over a period of approximately two weeks, the '\er-vt>d l\ series l)f bright lights in various sections of the sky in the vicinity of his mission station. These 1 ights were also seen '!:>y a number of his native staff (refer t> copy o report held by you). CfJRi TY INFO'? '-1 A T I O v .. II t.t~.J i n ) SUPPL~MENT TO AF FORM 1l2 ORIGINA Tlllu ~Gf It(.. Y tU>'I.lHT NO PAG E O F PAGES Air Attac he, AUSTRALIA e . On t he nigh t of the :..!;th June t he large:; t of the bri~ht 1 igbt s bad projections along the U;:>per eug e which resembled lluman form::~. Although features anu clothing could not be distinguished they appeared to respond to ba nd-waving b e party of observers wl10 concluJed that they must be human.:~. The was tillable t o take photographs becau::~e lle had n o film at the time o sighting::;. f. Many of the white and native population of the area have been seeing bright li~hts which travel at great speed .for some considerable time and are convinced of the existence of flying saucers. g . ProbRhly the constant light and the intermittent ligllt o bserved in November.l058 were the USSR anu US Satellites. The lights s~en by th n Mount Pnrrli, in hlarc h 1 95U, coul d well have Leen light from the sun ref lee ted on w~ t 'Jr sbiny-aur fac e rocks. b. Al t llougll the oul<l be regarded as a rc liable observer, it is felt that the JWle July 1nc1dent3 could have been notlling more than natural phenomena colored hy pllst events all(l the s ubconscious i nfluences of UFO enthusiust.s . During lht1 pe riod of l,he repor t the weather was cloudy antl unsettleu with ligllt thutlUtH' gtorms. AlthoH.gh it is not poRsible to draw firm conclusions, an analy~i~ of rough bearings and angles above the horizon does ~uggest that at least some of the lights observed were the planets Jupiter, Saturn anJ Mars. Light refraction, the changing poHition of the planet relativ to the ob server acd cloud movement would. give the impression o f size and rapid movement. In audition, V IH'Y i.ng cloud densities c auld account for the human shape::! and their ::!UdJ.en .t ppl:'arance anu di sappearance . 4. CO~!.\ID-ITS of Reportinij Officer: The villages of Doinnai a nd Wedan are l o- S -130 0 3'E 1espectivcly . This of .f ice c oncurs with the conclusions dra\m in pnragra?b b above. It may ue interesting t o note that the Minister for Air r ecently received an inquiry fro~ Majo , reprcsenti t~e National Inve~tigating Committee on Aerial Phenomen, regarding the repor t and requesti ng 1he be furnished a copy ._. also inquired as to t~er the USAF wa s furnished ort . The Minister's of !ice advised._ t o correspond directly with or inforwation concerning the sightings. Our mess a g e C-lfi9, 3 Dece.mber wu AFCIN-:iC <: i te C- l :tQ n D~...:emb""r l r,~C) con t. \ LO.:::I i nf,, r:~ t n n noon which repl y wa~ based. RAAF Statement GHI Sightin g s Reprt-:~entative Au:~ I traliot has iorwarrled a copy o f " letter I rom Squadron Lead~r ~: in answ<!r to his lt!!ter oi 2S Janu<~ry l!>tiO, rcqu~:.ting informat10n to the HAAF's co nchl;;\ons about ,;i~hting!! (1\P fi(} Bu:tc!li!l, Page l, ;-..'ovember l!lS!) is .ul'). T hO! ro llo wing IS the tt>xt 0~ kU:r t'f 22 F.:br uar)': "D~u r Sir, Thank ''II'' fo r vuu r lt'lh:r of the 25th .Januar y .~ .. ;} \'1 oiflttr of lhi, t>ctnr.ttc! h a.; i:w?~ll~ated nc; ,..rend rcpolt . .0 ucli\'i\:e:! in the BoiJn:u area f ,Ttw c;umca. ar.d coptes of his find-J i ..:-~ h<l'l~ bt>n submitted to prO!)t't' :lll tL.~IIllo!lll. AJ; mentl.O.ned in car 11:!;1{201 r ~r\i :n .. !llll r'!~:U~bie lo t!. pt.hhc. However, Jtuw~tgh it is not f><*>~ to n Jch any positive conc!usioll$, we 1o oot. believe t!:ut the phenomena observed l1y th~ Revt>.:-l!m~nd his party wen ! m Jillled spa~e vehicle!!. Au aualyllis of b~a rings and :.ln~es above t:hft horizon suggf!st lhat at lea:tt three ot the iights wer e planet.., e .g., Jupiter, Saturn . r.d M.1rs. L ght re!r nction, lhe cbang- iug po'ition of lh6 plantots relative to the o!Jsener s and ~ un!lettled ll"')pieal weilthl'r coulrl give the impression of 1 SIZI! a n d rapid movements. (Si l{'Ll~). Yuuf'l! F'.tith!ully ( .R1!3rl again the report of Rev- erend 4-and see ii you can stretch ,HHtr tmagjn a tion to th~ poillt wher~ l\Iur!l, Saturn and Jupite\" w1U fly ~11 mel! ucross the sky Jt great spt>eds, :!:. .rt:.!l"')niJmy tr;rtt-r'Jf)o' the Erlitor> JULY 1959 SIGRTTITGS Red Devil, Alas~ Switzerland Ne\' Church, Virginia D~yton, Ohio Williams Bay, Wisconsin Needles, California S of ~cao, China New .~bQny, Mississippi Emmo~s, ~tl~ttesot~ Houstonto-...m., PellAl!Sylv.ania Surfside Pier, South C2-rolina. Noraine, Ohio Pikesville, ryland SE o! Florida & Bah2ma Isla~ds Nitro, Wc3t Virginia Chic~go, Illinois Potsd , N York Oak, Nehr~aka ~lili t'l.ry (RADAR) PHYSICAL SPECn-~EN EVALUATION Insufficient Dat~ Other (REFLECTION) Aircraft (REFU3L O?R) Insufficient Da.t a Other (HIRAGE) Other (F!SEiitG CRAF'l'}