THIS IMAGE IS REPRODUCED FROM A DAMAGED PAGE WITH A PORTION OF THE INFORMATION MISSING. ARCHIVAL ACTION REFERRED TO REFERRED TO THIS IMAGE IS REPRODUCED FROM A DAMAGED PAGE WITH A PORTION OF THE INFORMATION MISSING. OTHER FILES BEARING ON THIS SUBJECT FILE No. TITLE Rondqu:n-tcro Opcmticmal. Co:;r:.-tnd RAAF pj!!ffil'l'll ITSi1 ?750 Hccllquartcro Support Canmd RMF Victoria H3.rrao!w :t130URUE VIC 3000 Itm.""S".l!IGrt'i'ION OF OIUIJC11l'IFIF.D FLYIITG cmJr.c?n 1 'l'hc rd'crcncod letter la.id dam the ccncml poliOJ" to be toll~od in tho investit;ltion or unidentified tlyi:ne objcctB (WOo). In order to vidcn the oco;po or such invo:ltio'J.tion:J thio ~t npproo.ehod certnin Govcrlcent partconts and privnto orGlDimtion!l to obtain their ocrococnt to nsoiot. Pomio!lion i.e ncxr c;ranted tor llAAP bruleo to corre:;- pond dircct17 rith tho or~UJ.tians conconwd when it 1o thoueht tlet they c cml4 provide into:o:otion to nonict nn invcntiOltion. 2 . It io approcio.tod trot cc '1:C3 ha.vc olrcndy loetll cantt\cto with oromi1ntiom in on crrort to tlnolizo Ql1 invootiCJ.tion. It in not tho intention or thio letter to tcmiJnto ~ ox:l.st~ orld.nc arr- nnu~t but to provide tho InDia -or ccntnct vhcrc thoro io no pro:lent 3 . 'rho ttoohc4 lint io provided oo n euido to local contacto. G~ CaptM.n tor Chief of tho Air Start Tho Dirootor llount trcx:ll.o Oba~tar,y Pr:l:w.te Daa CArriQmA Af:r 2600 u. or 'otcorolo.v Boodquartcro -Di.x:oetor of Ltotcorolo,lY Durco.u or 'otcoroloey PO Box 1289K oa!onn.l Oficoo 1 noctonnl Director Duro3u o Motoorolo~ PO Box 163Ql t!ELl30umTE VIC 3001 ntorn uotrnlin Rceionnl Dirootor Duroau or corolotY Oboorvator.v Buildin,s South Auotmlin Ro.:;itmol Dirootor :Durc.our or ' tooroloz.y oat Tor.roco Aroo O!'.f'icooa uydnoy Airporl orricor-in- Cbaruo ~otcoroloniojl Of!'ico Cydnoy Airport t:olhourno A~ort otticor-in- Ohorco et orolo~cal ottioo I!!mondCil Airport OZi'll Et1J)Z(hl VI~ 30Ql Officcr-in-ChtlrCO ~ot orolo,Ji<nl Office Port IIoalDJ'ld Airport POilr LA!ID A 6721 ortiocr-in- Chnrao llotooroloeioal Oflico ~.rarE VIC 3001 Northom Tcrritor.r Roaian.:U Director Jluroou or Uotoorol0.::7 Dox 948 PO DAR.mr m 5794 Nm Soath aloo Ileaiom.l Dirootor llt.u:.'C:!.u of toorolo-11 PO Box 4658 SfmlEI Il'J'ii 2001 Reaiorn.l Director Duroour or llotcorolo.:tr Box 797 PO CANICimA CITY AC"i 2601 D:.l.rJin Airport otficor-in-Cbo.reo 11otoorol6z:loo.l orrioo RAAli' lboe lllt.lt1I1T m 5793 Mola.id.o Airrt9rti Otricer-in- Charce 'eteorolo3ical Of'tico Adelv.ide .Airport Launcoaton ,Airport oticor-1n-Cb5rco otcorolo:;I.ODJ. Otfico Ln.unoonton Airport tm:3TCRIT JOiiCTI<n TA!J 7257 Port ~oroo& Offioer-in-CbarGO Leteoroloaiool Oioo PO Dox 1240 PO.rc2 0 !ESDI P.APTJA smoan:Jlllnd Roc:iOZUil Dirootor Duroa.u or l!otoorolo~ PO Dox 41317 KIIS1lA11E Q.LD 4001 lloelarnl Director Durc:lU o!' atcorolo~ Box 727G CLOO ncmw TAS 7001 !?!!P th /l.irpoJ;t ottioor- inCharao Cotoarolo~col Office Porth Airport GUILDPOaD ~ 6055 Toonovillo Airport 01'iocr-in- ChnrJC otoorOlo.::ico.l O!'fice TOI7IWVillo Airport Ottioor-in-CharJQ toaroloJiC3l otrice Dr1otnno Airport Loo.."\1.. Otticco a orn~in-Clnrao otoorolo3ical Office Dox 13911t GPO ADEI.'\IDE SA 5001 Otticor-in-Clm.rBO l1otoorol~c::Ll Ottico PEARC A 6005 i ll1rlrlt0\m orricor-in-Chareo Uotoorolo~cal Ottico ILLI/l!fi'O N ""' 2301 Otfic in-OM.rco tooroloJiccl Ottico Cocoo (Koolln.1) Ioltw\ Im1 a.n Ooco.n !ntc:rm.t"o.tor ott~a liobf\rt Airnort Ottioor-in-Chtn'JO MotoaroloJical Oftico Hob3rt Airport Dox 547F GPO HOll'lm ~AS 7001 ROC:th rrryton. Otticor-in- Obn.rc coroloc;1031 otlicc C/o oot O.ttico Ofticcr-in- nhor,Je Uotonrolo~Cll Oftico IlAAF lhoo I:h.ot fJalc Oi'tiocr-in-Cbnrco llotoorolo.::1oal Ottico RAAP Ba.oo EAGr SALE VIC 3052 otticcr- in-ctu.\reo Uotocrolo~cal Otlico ALICC litm In' 5750 Ch"'.rlovillo orrtoer-in-Chorco tlotoorolo~oo.l Otfico ro l3ox 60 CliA.RLr:viLLE LD 4470 Oti'icor-in-Ohnruo JletoorolociMl Oi'i"ioo Dox 353 PO InA Q.LD 4025 d Indu.otrl.nl. lla!lroroh Ormni Goorot!:Lry (M.miniotra.tian) COC!:lan>~oo.lth Ooicntitio o.nd ln4uotr1ol. IlooC31'Ch Orwn1r~tion 314 Albert Stroot EAS'l' t'l!LBOUitKE \'IC 3002 Ofticcr-in-Clmr~ notoaroloJical Oico L! vmroN VIC 3027 Oi'ticor-in-~GO tocrol~cnl Ottico llAAP Da.oo niC1r.:o:ID Iro\1 2755 otticor-in-Charso otooroloJical Ottico C imn Airport C/o Pent Oi'tioo AEnOOwt QLD 4070 Oticor-1n-Chnr~ otooroloaical Otico PO Box 719 MILDURA VIC 3500 O.tt'icer-in-COOrao ot orolozi,c:ll Ofi'ico Untion: 1 Aoronnu.tic..'l utd Spn.co Ml'liniotmtian (flASA) ( !clbourno Otrioo) a Senior lTASA Roprooontntivo 339 nnoton Gtroot M8LB001UIE VIC 3000 Dopo.rtnrnt of' Civil Av.i.n.tiont Hoodqunrtoro -Dirooto Ganoral Dopa.rtncnt or Civil 1\via.tion ''llc!:lt7 nouno" 499 Little Collin.:J Gtroot JIDLBOUimD VIC 3000 !!.crt.. 'roooo invoottoLtina UFO oi~tinco Dhould. lic:doo d.iroot)3 uith Dopo.rtcant or Civil Aviation Ro,:iona.l Au.othor1t1co in thoir o.rca. file Director, Jloaat Straalo Ob .. natoq, Pri Tate 'B..r, C4!~RRA, A. C.T. UJCIDEr!'l'IflED PLJIo OB.TE9T IRYETICA1'IOI Jmolo .. d ie a copy or the ilneaUation of a aeriM or 111l1laual lishh 8i&bUqe on 27th Jane, 1967 and a aq ehowillg the looaUOD of the people aJdaa the .tgbt1J18W. Toe oOIIMDte on this report .-.4 ih oonolwtiou aD4 7 in!omation that 7011 aq be able to aake aTailable on ~. aeriea of aisbtb.p would be eppreoiated b7 thia Deparlaet. These 8igtlti.Dge :receiftd quite a lot of p1iblioU7 end an -horitaUn ad 'Yiable atat .. ent u to their l.ikel7 eouroe coul\i be of great Tal. !he actual llishUJIC report. han not bee included u 1t ia tboqbt that the report r-uhea th-ldequateJJ. llow'Yer, it TtiG feel U uceasaJ7, copi of the aiabUDg reporta cc be torwarcle4 t o Youn faitbMl7, (A. B. llcParlane) L_, ,X. SECRE'l'ARJT"""' llea4quartere Su.pporl C~ad Tlotorla luraoka IEW!JM SC1 VIC mREC'l"CCtAH OY AU J'OB.CB IftELLIOEICB IOSSILL OFnCIS 1. Beterenoe 1e aade to tbe ia.veaUgaUoa. ot UnidtU'ied fl11DC Objeoh reported oa. 21th June 1967 1a. Sou,hera Viotoria tonarded ..S.u ooYer ot 7our letter. 2. n ia apparallt tha' Pli8ht I4..na.a' s, art bid oouiclerable ..,., ot aaterial oa. .tdoh 'o b hia iD.ftatigaUOG, 8D4 U 1e oouidere4 that he aide exoelln' ue ot u. Jle 1a to be ooagratulatecl Oil proCiuolac a tlrat olasa repon. Wi.Dg Ceander 't2 Director ot Air foro Ia.tellipa.oe TI.ffi SEC~ .ARY, DE~MENT OF .AIR, WITH THE COMPUMENTS OF For your information. COMMONWEALTH Under tho di>tlngu>shed 1 ?CTER E. NORRIS, ll.O. Seuolary t Mn. SYLVIA SUTTON P.O. BOX 180, MOORAIIBIN, VIC., AUSTRALIA. Telophano t 9S 16~ The Secretary, .Al.bort Street, EAST MELBOURN E . Doo.r Sir, 100 Collins Street, MELBOURNE. My organisation affiliates the principal Australian Societies concerned with investigation of unidentified :flying objects (UFO) sighting reports. Research in UFO' s has boon hitherto ur.dortaken principally by defence organisa tiona, such a~ the Royal Australian and United States Air Forces. Of' recent months, ho\o~over, tho subject has become one o:f coneral scientific interest following hearings before a Committee of ~he u .s. Congress, and published ~tatumencs .:1ude by Dr. J . Allen Hynek of North Uestern University vrn~was :for 18 years u. s . Air Force Scientific Consultant Shortly after the Congressional hearings the u. s . Air Force announced the making of a grant of $JlJ,OOO (u. s . ) to the University of Colorado :for tho purpose of an analysis o:f the UFO problem by a team o University scientists. The project has nno~ been organised under the leadership of Dr. Edward u . Condon of' the Univer:>ity o:f Colorado' s Physics Department. The prpose of' my letter is to enquire \v'hothor the C .S.I.R. O . would consider establishing a similar investigation in Australia to the Colorado Project. No doubt, there are cc~tain advantages to be gained in such an investigation being made here a~ this time, arising :from the possibility of' oxchan~e of information, and correlation of' procedures bet\o~een t~'le two projects. have no duubt that ful l co-operation can be expected :from Colorado University, since I under- stand that some contact has already been made between c.s.r.R.o. 19th April, 1967. your meteorological branch at Aspondale and the University. I~ you require any fUrther in~ormation concerning the Colorado Project~on tho subject o~ UFO' s generally, I l'/Ould be only too glad ~or the opportunity to advise you fUrther. Yo~s ~aith~ull~, ~ Peter E . Norris 28th April, 1967 Peter E. Norrie , Esq., Pr eidont, Commonre th Aerial Phenomena Inv otlgntion Organization, 100 Collino Street, MLBOUR.NE I 0 1 De r nr. norrio, Thank you for your 1 ttcr of the 19th April in which you r ae the possibility of c.s.I .R.O, conducting inveotigationa 1n Australia oimil to thooe b 1ng conducted by the Univor ity of Colorado on the U. F. O. problem. I rua aorry to tell you that 1 t would not be ppropriat 1n AUDtralia at thin ttmo for c.s.I .R.O. to embark on ouoh an inve tigation. Furthermore, ao the rooouroes ot tho Organizati n are at tho present time tully committed, it ould not be possible or pr oticablo to s1vc any priority to your suggestion. I understand that the Oo onvcalth D partmcnt ot ldr io the Government Do rtmont with an intereot in theae ttcra, and your Organization inigb.t bo advio d to cont ct tho Secretary of tho Department if you h ve not alrondy done eo. ainceroly, L. G. iloon, COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY CENTRAL OFFICE 2 DRUMMOND STREET. CARL TON. N .3 .. LBOURNE, VIC. AooR~U ALL COIIRUI'ONO~NC:II To DIRECTOR OF METEOROLOGY OF METEOROLOGY TELEPHONE.. 3 4 9021 TELIX : MET. AUST. AA 3 0 434 MELBOURNE. C. 1 , VIC. A N D QUOTE /:.. ~ DearSir, 7) Jf / ' INVES'l'IGA'l'IO:N OF SIGHTINGS OF UNIDm'l'IFIED FLYING OBJECTS As requested in y our l etter 554/ 1/ 30( 123) of 3 March 1967, we are agreeable to our Regional, Area, Local and Interpreter offices co- operating in the initial investigation of Unidentified Flying Objects. A list of addresse s of these offices is attached The co-operation 11'111 of course be restricted to comment on meteorological phenomena and the times of release and trajectories of meteorological balloons. We cannot undertake t o provide astronomical inform- Yours fai. thfully, '~j(J. W. LILLr!:), Acting Dir ector of Meteorology. Bureau of Meteorology, KEL:BOURNE. 4th April, 1967. LIST OF ADDRESSES OF BUREAU OF METEX>ROLOGY REGIONAL, AREA, LOCAL .AND INTERPRETER OFFICES (APRIL, 1961) REGIONAL OFFICES Regional Director, Victoria Regional Director, Bureau of Keteorology, MEL:BOURNE. VIC. Regional Director, Northern Terri tor:y Regional Director, Northern Territozy Regional Offioe, :Bureau of Meteorology, Poet Office, DARIIN. N.T. Regional Director, Queensland Regional Director, Queensland Regional Office, :&.reau of Meteorology, P.o. Box 413F, BRISBANE. Q'LD. Regional Director, South Australia Regional Director, South Australia Regional Office, Bureau of lleteorology, West Terrace, ADELAIDE. S.A. AREA OFFICES Sydney Airport Officer-in-Charge, Meteorological Office, Sydney Airport, MASCOT, N. S 1r. Darwin Airport Officer-in-Charge, Meteorological Office, Aerodrome, DARWIN. N.T. Regional Director, Tasmania Regional Director, Regional Offioe, .Bureau of Jleteorology, Box 727G, G.P.O., HOBART. TAS. Regional Director, New South Wales Regional Director, New South Wales Regional Office, !Ureau of Meteorology, SYDNEY. N. S. W. Regional Director, Western Australia Regional Director, Western Australia Regional Office, Bureau of Meteorology, Obaervator.r Building, PERTH. W.A. Regional Director, Canberra, A.C.T. Regional Director, Bureau of Meteorology, CANBERRA CITY. A. C. T. Perth Airport Officer-in-Charge, Meteorological Office, Perth Airport, GUILDFORD. W.A. Melboume Airport Officer-in-Charge, Meteorological Office, l!el boume Airport, NORTH ESSENDON. W. 6 AREA OFFICES (continued) Adelaide Airport Officer-in-Charge, Meteorological Office, ADELAIDE AIRPORT. S.A. Townsville Officer-in-Charge, ~eteorological Office, Aerodrome, TOWNSVILLE. Q'LD. Port Hedland Officer-in-Charge, Yeteorological Office, Aerodrome, PORT HEDLAND. W. A. Launceaton Officer-in-Charge, Meteorological Office, Launceaton Airport, WESTERN JUNCTION. TAS. LOCAL OFFICES Woomera, S.A. Officer-in-Charge, Meteorological Office, L.R.W.E. Range, ADELAIDE. S.A. Officer-in-Charge, Meteorological Office, R.J..A.F. Aerodrome, AY:BERLEY. Q I LJ). Officer-in-Charge, Meteorological Office, R.A.J..F. Station, LA VER'lUN. VIC. Officer-in-Charge, Meteorological Office, R.J..A.F. Station, PEARCE. W.A. Brisbane Airport Officer-in-Charge, Meteorological Office, Brisbane Airport, Eagle Farm, N.E.13 QUEENSLAND. Officer-in-Charge, Meteorological Office, P.O. Eox 30, LAE. T.N.G. Port lforeaby Officer-in-Charge, Meteorological Office, PORT J.10RESBY. PAPUA. Officer-in-Charge, Meteorological Office, R.A.A.F. Base, EAST SALE. VIC. Officer-in-Charge, Meteorological Office, R.A.A..F. Aerodrome, RICHMOND. N.S.W William town Officer-in-Charge, Meteorological Office, R.A.A.F. Station, WILLI.AM'roli!J Tia N ewcaatle. N. S. W. Alioe Sprinss Officer-in-Charge, Meteorological Office, P.o. Box 60, ALICE SPRDJGS N. T. LOCAL OFFICES (continued) Officer-in-Charge, Meteorological Office, Caime .lirport, .AEil)GLEN. Q I LD. IBTERPHETER OFFIQES Hobart Airport Officer-in-Charge, Meteorological Of!ice, Hobart Airport, Box 547P, G.P.o., HOBART. T.&.Sll.ANIA. Officer-in-Charge, Meteorologioal Office, KILDURA. VIC. Officer-in-Charge, Meteorological Office, liT. IS.\. Q I LD. Cocos Island Officer-in-Charge, Meteorological Office, Aerodrome, Cocoa (Keeling) Island, Indian Ocean, Tia PERTH. 'I.A. Cbarleville Officer-in-Charge, Meteorological Office, P.O. Box 6o, CHARI.EVTI..LE. Q Rockhamp ton Officer-in-Charge, Jieteorologioal Office, C/-Wandal Post Office, ROCKH.AJ4P'roB. Q' LD. Officer-in-Charge, lleteorologieal Office, P.O. Box 37, via TAMWORTH. N. S. W. THIS PAGE IS REPRODUCED FROM A BADLY FADED OR ILLEGIBLE SOURCE. SCANNING THIS ITEM AT A HIGHER RESOLUTION WILL NOT IMPROVE ITS LEGIBILITY. MEMORANDUM TO :- The Secretary, Department of Air, /) C tL~ Russell Offices, - STIGATION OF SIGHTINGS OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS YOUR REFERENCE 544/1/30 Pt 1(128) you for your memorandum of the 23rd March regarding UFO investigations. We concur in your proposal that your RAAF Base should send direct to me in Melbourne any reports which they might issue. (Administra tion) COMioiONWEAL'Ol SCIENTII'IC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION. AUSTRALIA THIS ITEM HAS BEEN DIGITISED IN SECTIONS THE CANBERRA TIMES, SATURDAY, MARCH 25, '1961 MARSH GAS, T HERE can be no oubt that Unidenti- fied Flying Objects - UFOs -are among the most perplexing pheno- na of our era. Sight- ings have been reported by trained and intelli- gent individuals: nomers, regular army f f i c e r s. physicians, adar operators, univer- sity professors. test p ilots and the police. ~[any who claim to ha\e seen them were not aware of the phenomenon before mak- ing thetr ~ghungs, and came forward onlv out of a sense of duty a~ w eU as the desire for a rational explanation. In many case~ they were ridiculed ~ a ri!SUit. and their honest pe rplexity ahoUL what they saw is one of the strongest argu- for the fact that UFOs may eXtst: s ightings have been reported from more than 70 countries. Last October the US Air t;: annnuneed thA-t-.a-- (\ketch llv Mr De11is Crowe of fl> ing snuctr which he reEPrted l!a1.-in see11 on Vaucluse Beach, N a reversal of its policy over the past 10 years, the US Air Force decided on a bid to unravel the flying saucer mystery. Arturo F. Gonzales Jr tells of the scientific project now under way. stooped old man dressed in a01m&l ilins wandered into tile auditorium saying "I'm an ob\erver from Alpha Centauri. It'~ been a verv informative Flying saucer r.ealots regularly appear on telev1~ion, are beard on the radio. and write for the rna maga7ines. Some of these crackpot~ say they nave made trlp~ aboard saucers. belie\e the ~aucers arc flown bv demi- [lOd~ and, in general. put ds- on any ,erjous investi of the phenomena. The head of the Amalgamated Flymg Saucer Club of America Los Angeles. Gabriel Green, insi'h be can prove that .. we ha~e been nited regularly by e\tra-terre.~trials". l\lam of the .3.700 membcl'5 or hi( group ~ay that they have 'een '~U cer< and some elaliD they ha~e travelled tO the -;pace craft. according to 'ir Green -a lean. lnten~ man who ba~ t" tce nln tor the presidency of the USA on a "Flying Saucer" The explanation for the&e type' i~ implc: they have be! condttaoned by }ears of spat%- age comic strip~. ~ctence fic- and TV show~. Just as a frw generations ago intelligent and oh~rrvant reople believed in gho~ts. <>aw them. and des- cribed them in great detail, ~o these individuals now see But m ruling nut the cranks, one sull cannot completely rule THIS ITEM HAS BEEN DIGITISED IN SECTIONS by trained and gent individuals: astro- nomers. regular army o f f i c e r s. physicians, radar operators, univer- sity professors. pilots and the police. Manv wbo claim to have