RESTRICTED Rev1sed Mar 93 I Prefix IFile NumbE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE Folio Referred to by Folio Referred to Disposal A ction Authority Number Entry Numb RESTRICTED Closely Related Files File Number ~ slbLIAir<r-r.t~tG~ kse p~o\-os Dep.rtment of Defence ACTION MEMO NOTE AND RETURN NOTE AND RETAIN FILE AND DISCUSS PREPARE DRAFT REPLY PREPARE REPLY FOR FURTHER COMMENTS Revised Apr 79 NOT FOR FILING FOR ACTION FOR INFORMATION FOR COMMENTS APPROVAL PLEASE FOR SIGNATURE PLEASE CIRCULATE AND CONSOLIDATE REPLY PLEASE SPEAK/TELEPHONE Signature and Appointment stars, others Over at the other end ol the 11a -the far north - Capella Ia maldlll ht. an- nual appearance tn Sou- them Bemtaphere It*. CapeiJ,a -tbe Little Goat or the anc:lenta - bida falr to mate btscoata out or unwary ltJ watch- sun brtDtant. bat not tn the same c1au u Ca~ tbls 1tar bu anotbei' even trickier, &Uribu~e. Not ooly ctoe. lt alaD ftaah red and rreen but tt aiiiO appears to tranl falr- !b. Q1ilCkl1 tbroUih tbe It achlftel thla mu.ton becauae It U OM or the stan JllOit dtatant from the celeltlal pole that an Australian observer cau Thus. In the far north and almost oo the borllon. the rotation or the earth Is aeen at Ita treateft and Capella 1eema to move swiftlY OYer the treu and llboW, do llawe 111tance. ENLARGER LENS: PRINTS OF t1R HENTHORN'S FILM - PRODUCTION DETAILS De Vere Dichromat No 1 Kodak Ekatcolor 'E' 10" x 8" FILTERS USED * sec T + F * KEY TO SYMBOLS magneta filter yellow filter test print final print CPE staff attempted to get the background of all prints as close to black as possible in order to achieve some standard between the frames. UNDERTAKING TO PRESERVE CONFIDENTIALITY hereby undertake to preserve the confidentiality of the names and any personal information of those persons who submitted the Unusual Aerial Sighting Reports to which I have been granted access, to ensure that their names are not recorded in my records or in print, and to not approach them without prior approval o~ the Director of Air Force Intelligence and Security. ~eNor60 AnR-1i~ fY\oN 'L~ M~1 No 'down-UFO sightings to-earth' explanation Reported sightings of brightly colored unidentified flying obiects over north centrol Victoria during the weekend have brought lots of theories. Hundreds of people throughout the diS trict contacted police aud radio stations around ll pm on Friday to report nine cylindriCfll 'IUFOs complete with flashing red, green, blue lnd yellow lights. Bendigo radio station ftnd a trate of them on 3BO .atnouncer, Mr Greg their radar acanners. ~ EvaM. said the station's One theory put forward 6Wltchboard was jammed to e:q>laln the UFOI wa with caJiers, ll~tht from a. laser .. -.Uaht Silh*.il\&4 were reported show being renected from -Siitdi"day and last cloud layers back to earth. ntght. A: rock band It was , ,., ... ,claimed had been using the light ahow during a the reported In sky un- the UFOs had out or siJihl. area. the UFOS seen In Gas too bll laser lillht shOW to tmage. in the sky, ln two minds about they really were AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT days return to If not dellveredOwltF Dh ~FENCE (AIR OFFICE) DEPARTMENT RELATI~C.. 10 AUSTRALIAN GOVE~ .-1t::NT If not deliver~cl wlt~ur 7 days, return to DEP vF IJFENCE (AIR OFFICE) vestlgate numerous re- ports or unidentified flying objects' near Lieutenant Brett Biddington talk to people in Bendigo today, including a 380 radio ~. idike ~e: g!l!k+Jfs I Satur~- "cone~' Cib1ecu with flaShlilg lights". ' e THIS 1llcnllln1 monster was discov- ered at 4.15 am Tuattheheltlht ef the clleMent atMut uRNenllled It was found sitting in the middle of the Midland Highway about 16 km out of Geelong by Robert Leech of Eaglehawk and ~rought to the Advertiser by his brother in-law Peter Jones of Specimen Hill. Here office girl Dianne Miles holds the visitor from the akles by its tail. is a four-vaned radar reflector made of foil covered plastic. The remains of the burst balloon which carried it aloft to help mea&ure wind speeds hangs down below. :ommunity are alia despite the itory Primary Pro- riculture Department ion Service of their taken Immediately to world reference eentre Plrbrlght, to teat for preaence of ezotlc dll- ~ Cameron said the re- ts of the tests could known within daya, or thin three weeb at the Two men died in parate house res in tt.. Bendi- o area last night. A man, 35, died in a re at Eaglehawk and n elderly man died vhen his house in .,alvin St, Quarry , ill, caught &re. THIS PAGE IS THE REVERSE OF THE PREVIOUS PAGE MAY NOT BE RELEVANT TO THE FILE MONDAY, MAY 30, 1983 BELOW: What a pair of dtxo .,......._ Ua Drane and Earl SaiJders danced their way to ~ m. Blue Urbt Dileo aad Ill' Boltby- PRICE 20c It was a nerv into_. and Lights-some see stars, others A bttlllant tfat In Jho ,..,_ l<y flas "--.. , .... colo.,ul cap.,.. Ht,.ugh breaks In th cloud cover on recent nights. ft and another bright star in the northem sky, have been behaving like the unidentified flying objects seen over Bendigo recently. It was about .tx metres Pictures wtth a telenboto above the IJ'Oulld and the lena <lee AdVer&J8W ot May Ucht 10 lntenae the driver 27> waa able to ~- hid to .top. strate that at Jea.t one It Ut the bonnet Of hla ot them '-cl ~ car lite a mtrror and tbeD Windows lr:ltb &1~ It vanished. red and rreen Jfrht. and -._ -& ..-er-ot Others that night saw a What ~ to be a i::!.~ .. ~ .. t..;;,--_ -a brtrht Ufht movlnr . --- """'"~e. &fratnat a blic:ka'roUnd ot' At that tfme ~ Bar-stara. ,. ~vea ..._ WOrking at the Thlnp 1rere allo eeen fn aJm l=fS- waa that the olllaenera anctent. -whkll .. eqr.. trere wttnesatnr the b~-rentJ7 &ppearf~ lotr Jn th '1'he ftrat 0Cc:Uon ..._Oil liP ot ~OS &26, a Rua-IIOUUiem aQ. OO<ufon -on A"'! l2 !Ia (Up to elfhl ot I-b&a boen ..... .. ..... QUarter. ot a t1Jametre Jn rtructure and Ruaaeu Hen-Blriua, cauae. It to J1ub brli- llant red 8Dd ~ eGlon Canopu. .. U8ld b.J' ce- lestial navJrator. and IP&cetechnlcfana. The fanner 1UII ft .. a cardinal reteren~ DOlnt Jn the .sky and the Jatter-uae it. DrflJlaDCe ... ~ ot stabiJistnr tbe ttttadii or satellltea and ~pace ftrobl!a. by ~ llllloQ an 09er at the 1Jer end ot l.he 1,0 -the tar~ - Capeiji ,. ~ hJe an- nual ~nee~ thern Hem.laJihere CalleJJ& -tbe Little Goat ot the ~t. - bidj fair to IDab btr-roae. out ot UDWU'J' 1Q Watch. 8tUJ brtDJant, llat not In the --~ .. 9anODt.iL t.bls ltar baa ~eli-ana Not 9G1J' doej ft alao ftaah red and ~reen but It !b. 'lWC&J7 --.u the n &eh..,_ tlda mu.ton bee&uae It .. ,;:.ot~ stara mo.t the ce~ IIOle -tlsat an Australian Obaerver eau Thus, In the far net a1n1o1t an the :--~ the rotation ot tbe ~ Is aeen at Jta fNateet and Capella leenJj to move swttU7 over the tree. and n 1s ~that-.. etf.tier, or ~Cbe ~ With other w~ .. the JfeathOij Plct re~ lbotr, do baYe aa~ce. THIS PAGE IS THE REVERSE OF THE PREVIOUS PAGE MAY NOT BE RELEVANT TO THE FILE -~-..-~a.,..uoGOJ' tJe pUbliC treating mOVed."' A pair of workers can valuable reserves of Mr stewart ald for remove up to 12 car native fauna as a con-eat omcen la other boc1les a day, carefully venlent junkyard. areas of Vtctorl& hall chalnlnl them on to "This year there were similar proiJ'lem8 the truck before moving not as many cars pick-though uerh&PI -on along the narrow com-ed up but other rubbish such a dramaltc scale. million trat'kS to elthPr Is still being dumr..ed "The urob1em ln Ben- the Ka01raroo Flat or along rommlssion dlgo Is tbat the forest ls the Bendigo municipal roads he satd. so close to the tcMn- Ups. "'I'I"e rubbish Itself Is sl".ip and It ts euy to Mr Stewart ha~ work-,isl!alh unattractive find som~ quiet ed for the Forests and only paper products and out or the way to Commission for some rot down after a. while. get rid or that old car Thatcher under fire LONDON (AAP- Ieutert. -The Prime Mn Thatch- er, Is fadng a torrent of charges that she has a Hcret program to demolish Britain's welfare atate. Back on the com paign trail from the Williamsburg Western Opposition parties united in accusing her of concealing her Conservative ment's true intentions the voters. welfare 'plot' ~ The deputy Labor leader. Mr Foot wlth MrBeale, u Mr Healey, said the plans campaign front man. the L Included ending state-fin-London Datly MaU report-t anced education. sweeping ed yesterday. v. cuts In state benefits and 111elr aatonlshlntf coup d sellin~ ott large parts of came ln an effort to uoli! t. the National Health Ser-being burled In a Mra vice. Thatcher tandlllde a week a He told a news confer-tomorrow. F ence Mrs 111atcher would Mr Poot later tnststed v be driven to such spending that nothlnll: hacl chamred c cuts to meet the cost or and angrllv denied lhe 1' worsening unemployment, suggestion that he waa t which has almost tripled tak\ng a back -* a to 13 per cent during her It may even be that be I four-year rule. The Conservative Party chairman, Mr Cecil Par- kinson. called Mr Healey's allegations "a. farrago of Botb the Labor PartY vicious untruths" meant to and the Liberal _ Social frighten the old, the sick oemocratte AlUa.nce cited and the underprivileged. a series of recently-leaked The Liberal leader. Mr document u evidence that steel said Mrs Thatcher's a "secret manifesto" lies call iast week for a huge behind the one the Gov-maJority was so that she A Glppii&Dil maa last his Ucence aDd waa fta- e4 $350 In tbe Beadlro coart oil MondaJ alta' bt ~ COD'flctecl ef clrlY \CI ernment hu presented to co -.tn- votera. lr FuN range of Eli-.., Mien. Ylrdleylnd Monllllcaue Q)srretca l~ daDceroasJ at UO a.ASaFED 431322 A White Hills Technical School student has captured on film one of the best likenesses of a "flying saucer" seen anywhere. There's been a new French nuclear test on :\lumroa Atoll in the South l'acific. It has provoked the Australian Government Into a move to organ- Ise regional resistance, AAP report,. Foreign Affairs Min- Mr Hayden re- ceived Intelligence re- ports that a 70 kllo- tonnes device ploded on ~fururoa and he Immediately pledg- to work towards making life uncomfort- the French Government. e Report-P.3. Russell Henthorn, 16, took the pictures from his parents' home in Theodore St, Flora Hill on Tuesday after a sighting His picturc.c; reveal an object which ap- pears to be circular, of consiclcmble width in relation to its dia- meter, surmounted by a superstmcture, also circular, and surroun- ded with green and red lights. of one belni at the top and At the beginning the ob- the bases of Its neighbors ject was at an angle of at the bottom. about 45 degrees from the Another picture showed horizon in the north-west the object tilted so its sup-part of the skv, but ap erstructure was visible. peared to rapidly drop to This appeared to be like wards the horizon. traditional dome on the traditional Hying sau-There was some light cer except It had vertical cloud In the sky at the sides time, but not In that part RuSsell took the pictures of it occupied by the ob- wlth a Fujlca STX 1 body ject. attached to a. 500 mm lens Although the resolution backed by a two-times of the pictures was not film Is In color. One multiplier. He used FuJI great enough to be cer- of the seven pictures he color 1\lm rated at 100 ASA, taln It appeared there took during 45 minutes or which Is slow by present were sbc lights around the observation clearly shov.-s day standards. and his ex-circumference. Many ob- lights on the side of posures ranged from 10 servers, Including Russell, the object facing the ob-sPConds to 10 minutes. reported the objects either server. Tv.o of the lights The camera was mount-were spinning or created were blue and one reef. ed on a triPOd and was an impression of spinning was tn a. clearly triggered with a cable re-by flashing the colored defined ftve-sided frame. lease. lights on and oft. the adjacent frames being reversed so each fitted snugly together. !he point SERVICE STATION !'IJ nf,fn One sighting Mysterious night lights appearing over central VIctoria and Melbourne have set many minds wondering, but the RAAF has an explanation for at least one of the lights. .a. repairs:~; The light seen In the Bendigo there were western to southern sky than that, over Melbourne between He said there were too 11 pm and midnight on many variables such as Wednesday could have weather conditions, been the star Spiker, but phere distortion and mag- more likely the star nlfication to be positive Canopus. the lights seen in Mel- RAAF tmestlgatlng om-bourne were the same as cer, FlightLt Brett Bid those seen in Bendigo. dlngton came to this con- -elusion after listenln~ to e Report, pictures -descriptions of the light, p 2 watching a HSV7 video of light and taking wea- condltlons into con- FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1983 PRICE 20c* e Report-P.3. TAILORED CARPETS -~ Ill B smash 'j e& repairs::: Sylon makes life a little easier with quiet , smooth operating door for sliding and multi-fold folding doors. REMEMBER THE NAME ... SVLON, IT'S BEHIND THE BEST BEHAVED DOO~S. HUME & ISERri6: One sighting Mysterious night lights appearing over central Victoria and Melbourne have set many minds wondering, but the RAAF hos an explonation for at least one of the lights. The llght seen in the Bendigo there were to southern sky than that. over Melbourne between He said there were too 11 pm and midnight on many variables such as Wednesday could h ave weather conditions atrnos- been the star Spiker, but phere dll;tortlon and mag- was more likely the star nlftcatlon to be positive .. the lights seen In :Mei- R.A.AF mvestlgat!ng om- bourne were the same u cer. Fllght-Lt Brett Bid- those seen in Bendigo. dlngton came to this con- after listenlniJ to e Report, pictures - descriptions of the hght. p watchmg a HSV7 video of the light and taking wea-M b ther conditions into con-t t t sld:.rl~t Lt Blddlngton ys ery 0 JeC 00 e I e IS sa. .11e light. which close- ly resembled those seen In central VIctoria earlier this v.eek. had been seen f rom all parts of Melbourne, Wcrrlbee and Mornlngton Peninsula. He said Inversions, sed by hot alr trapped be- lo\v a layer of dense cold would distort light projected from and coming in from the stars which could ha ve caused lhe UFO effect. ABOVE: This remarkable picture of an un- Jdentlf\ed ft)'lf\1' object l\'a 5 taken o n Tutl>day night by Russell Jlenthorn, 16. 7hJs picture. blown up 16 tlrnt!i from the orf(lnal, show!li the pentaron- llrhts (arrowed) around the clrcumferencP- or the object. These were Impressed on the film the moment the shutter opened at t he start or an ei!l'ht-mlnute t."';posure. All the lon~r uposure..o; showed the same !iilratrht trail or light as the ob- ect moved out of the frame. RIGHT: An artbt', lmpr~lon or the obJect. The object looked like an elon~;attd Chinese lan- tern or l!l20s era. la.mpshade. The central pant ! a red Ul!\'ht and a ppea red to be either flat or rece..~sed and two outside panels ga,e off a f rttn 1111\'ht. These were also pentagon-shaped bu t.x- tended outwards In the centre in lhe fonn or bosses. The object had a briiUa n t whJte li :ht on and the other llrhts appeared to be flashing on and off. People reporting the llghts said it had been basically wh ite with red green flashes and seemed to be revolving. The light moved from t he west to the southwest. Flight-Lt Blddington said this was the RAAF's explanation, but it was up to people to decide y,he- lher to accept or reject it. finding an expla- nation for the light over was not all that difficult, Flight-Lt Bid- dmston is not satisfied with that explanation for llghta seen over central He said only one light wu seen in Melbourne. m Bendigo people hltve rl'ported seeing five or s1x lights at the same He said Investigations into the phenomena. would w1th all possibi- Including the lights bemg caused by Investigated. WATER BOARD IS A FURPHY