; l.GNG RA GE WEAPONS ESTABLISHMENT SALISBURY, SOUTH AUSTRAUA. Each Officer to enter initials when dearing folio. Sending Offic r must NOT initial hit OUTWARD ENTRY r. !lo lfo. IWetrM ball 1 INSTRUCTIOHS TIELD'HOHE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA DEPARTMENT OF AIR Tu.GRAPHIC AOOIU~SS 1 ''AIRFORC Mll:l.IM>URNE'' MELBOURNE, S.C.I. I N MJI'to "t OUOT Mr. H .J. Brown, Controller, Weapons Research Establishment, SALIS:BtJRY. S .A. INVESTIGATIONS OF REPORTS OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING The President of the "Australian Flying Saucer Research Society" visited this Department recently and requested, inter alia, that his Society be given the name ot some person at Woomera, or in the Salisbury or Adelaide area, with whom they could discuss their investisationa. 2 . The Society is apparently very concerned that none of their investigations into reported sigbtinga of unidentified flying objects should clash with the security ot official projects emanating from the Weapons Research Establishment. 3. Since this matter is primarily the concern ot your Department, I would be grateful it you would arrange to contact Mr. Stone and make whatever arrangements you may consider dee irable to cover his and your requirements. The nnme and address of the Mr. Fred Stone, 22 Northcote Street, KIL:BURN. S.A. (E.W.Hicks) E C "lr"'E T A R Y Prore.aor L.a.~cr, fh781oa Gohool, llDlnl'd. t:r or Mel aide, i/8 CHI~ BlJPWJI'l'QIDDrl' DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY LONG RANGE WEAPONS ESTABLISHMENT MINUTE PAPER (This side only to be written on) Re our conversation on the "Dancing Light" seen at Woanera recently herewith two oopies or JJzy" report. 17th November, 1954o (P .G. Naman) MISSIIE PROJECTS GROUP Ja&tl ., a an oa ~ Ba. -Det.IUlbra Cll, ... p UIDO' All CQrr. to bo oddrew:d to IN Superlnt e!'dent Security Closslftc-lE:t'J 3 ~ COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Telegroms: - "Rocron" WOOto-'lfO Telephone: Woomero West 5 LONG RANGE WEAPONS ESTABLISHMENT RANGE, WOOMERA Postol AddriiiU: 120 9/19/Seourity ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA Ohiet Superintendent Forwarded herewith tor your into.rmation. are two report ot an unidAntitied ob jeot eig~d at Woo.ra on the 6 May 6-ft. 2. The penon reporting wro eeparated by a dietanoe of approximately three hundred yarde and g1Te oorroboratiTe aooounte of what eaoh obeerTedo a. It haa boon noted that a aillilar objeot obaernd on about tbe S May 64,. by two ladle at S.nley Beach. South Auatralia,. and reported in -..rbe Ad:nrther ot 4 Kay 54. W(A.G. PITBER) / Group Captain Superintendent LRJI'B BADge .REPORT OH A FLYiliG OBJECT SIGHrED OB 6th MAY, UM I ne at Range Rl (Poet Rl), the Radar Poet, etanding by the Security Off.icer' Hut, and looking toward the Radar Poet at approximately 1615 hours, obeerving one ot our triala through binooW.ara. Thie object appeared to be travelling toward me or directly aoro11 a path ot the approaching Canberra. 'llhen it got to the path of the Callberra it turned to my right aDd wae going in the direction trom Whiob the Canberra had juet come. 1 t got directly over the Canberra 1 t Blond dowu. During thh time I found it very hard to believe what I waa Meing. 10 I lhut my eyu and then ~oked again through the binooulare and the object was etill stationary over the flight path ot tbe Canberra. Sinoe it appeared to be the eame relative ehe ae the Canberra through the binooulara, I thought it would be po .. ible to eee it with the nand ey.. However, when I looked OV"er the top ot the binocular tbe objeot bad either gone or I could not eee it with tbe aak:ed eye, and when I looked again through the binocular I could not pick 1 t up. The object appeared to be travelling about three timaa aa fast as the Canberra, but of course it is iaposaible to eatimate, einoe I did not lcnotf what height it waa. It waa perfectly circular all tl tiJ:aa and a dark grey colour, and gaT. the appearance of being tranaluo-.nt. It did not glisten at all when it turned or waa it ebi~. (Signed) Sydn.y BAKER Viokera~rmstrong 6th May. 19M RE UNIDENTIFIED TARGET OBSERVED ON RADAR 6TH MAY 1964 At about 1600 on 6th Kay, au UDidentitied Target waa obnrnd on Radar AA Rumbe.r 4 Jillc. 6 . the target appeared on High Beam at a range or about 60,000 yarda Brg S66 approaching a. cleacr1bed a Hyperbola over aad went out at a bearing ot approx. eoo. On ita way out it pa81ed behind Spotting Tower, "82 I timed it over 16.,000 yarde 10 eeoonde whioh would make ite apeed approximatGly S600 M.P.H. Ctn. KEANE obeerved this oocurreuoe with me. Siaoe the target waa followed to 70,000 yarda on High Bean the height would be greater than 60,000 feet. See Diacram on next page. (SaD) George A. TRO'n'ER All corr. to be oddreued to the ~uperlnten~nt Security Classification B-J;;S T~I CTED COMMONWEALTH O F AUSTRALIA Telegrams- "Rocran" Woomera Telephone: Woomero West Chief Superintendent LONG RANGE WEAPONS ESTABLISHMENT RANGE, WOOMERA Postal Addre55: ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA UNIDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT A verbal report received from F/Lt. Starkie on Saturday, 14th November, 1953, regarding sighting of glare believed to be exhaust of Aircraft at 0145 hours on 14th November, 1953, was passed to Principal Officer Flying. Principal Officer Flying received two confirmatory reports from Sqn. Ldr. and Mrs. Anderson who stated they saw navigation lights of aircraft flying North to South at 0150 hours the same day. 3 . Action taken to identify aircraft by Principal Officer Flying was unsuccessul. M A. G. PITHER) Group Captain Superintendent LRWE Range. AU corr. 10 be ocldrest.cd ro the Superintendent ~c;urity Cloulfcotlon sEcRET ; P COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Telegram$: "Rocron" WOCimltro Telephone: Woomoro West 5 LONG RANGE WEAPONS ESTABLISHMENT RANGE, WOOMEAA Postol Addrus: ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA Chief Suoerintendent Enoloeed herewith ie various oorre8pondonoe concerning ( several str~nge occurrences 1'1hioh havo happened at \loomora. The originals are being rorwnrdod by the Securit"J or ganisation to Uelbourne, Where it is understood the Diroctor of Air Foroo IDtelligenco has been appointed Central Authority for Lustrnlia for enquiry into these occurrences. The Security Officer, 'il.l:i.Range, WOOUERA S A Security Branch, r:Oot4ERA. 27th October, 1952. . FLYING SAUCER PHENOMENON OVER RANGE In further inquiries made regarding the above subject Mr. G.Trefry, Meteorological Officer, has been inter- viewed. He states that such phenomenon has occurred before and has been known to affect radar. It is believed t o be caused by ice paclts at certain altitudes,. 2 . A summa~ of the weather for 8th October is given as follows F1ne, 5/8 high cloud 25,000 ft . , warm te!!lperature, ., strong northerly wind 25- 30 l!l. p . h . 3 . In view of the foregoing and in the absence of anything visible to the reporting 7arrant Officer it is probably that the signals carne from a cloud as described by hlr.Trefry. Security Officer. The Security Officer, L.R.W.E . Range, WOOMERA S.A. Security Branch, L.R. W.E.Range, 24th October, 1952. "FLYING SAUCER" PHENOMENON OVER RANGE "G1". Resultant from a report submitted by W.O.II MILLWARD G.E. regarding an invisible phenomenon which registered on his radar station at Range uG1n on 8th October, 195'2, this officer has conducted inquiries among other Radar Operators with a view to gaining further: informs t1on. To date, however~ nothing useful can be added to W.o. Millward' s version {Appendix 2 . It will be observed from the time/height log in W.O. Millward's report that the phenomenon was locked to his radar beam for a period of at least tVTentyfour minutes which can in no way be with the alleged ~lying saucer phenomenon of previous reports. The height ranged from 1500 to 5600 feet during the time 3. Inquiries made among other Radar Operators particularly F/Sgt BIRKETT D., attached to Range "G" revealed thai it is most probable that the snow cloud had some connection. However, the possibility of a neutron cloud is not ruled out and the fact that small portions were breaking away tend to show that whatever it was the radar was registering the target very efficiently on something other than ordinary snow. As it is definite no object was visible there is nothing of security interest. The plan 'end report are submitted for record (Sgd. ) J .A.McCAHEY Security Officer. Report Submitted by l'l .. O .II MILLWARD 8th October, 1952. Red Line shows the course of the target. Scale of map :-10,000 ft -1 inch. At 1345 hours whilst searching for a :Mustang on G1 a target was locked on to the above, the Shell Lagoon area. On looking through the telescope on radar dish (also visual tracker) no target could be seen (Radar Range 3000 yards). signal to noise ratio was at least 5 to 1 which is similar to that obtained from a large aircraft. At one time between 1345 hours and 1400 hours the target came within 1 mile distant and still no target was to be seen. At 1405 hours I decided to plot the course of the target, this can be seen on the attached map. At times during the movement of the target smaller targets seemed to detach themselves from the main target and drift away. At 0900 hours on 9th October, light snow fell at .R2/Red Lake or a short period. (Sgd. ) G.E.MILLWARD \IOII THIS ITEM HAS BEEN DIGITISED IN SECTIONS THIS ITEM HAS BEEN DIGITISED IN SECTIONS UNCLASSIFIED INVESTIGATIONS GENERAL -FLYING SAUCERS 3rd October, 1952. The State Security Officer, Attached hereto is a report submitted by Mr.J.A. McCahey who investigated reports that a strange object was seen at Woomera at about 2100 hours on 27th Septe~ber, 1952. 2. The persons whose state~ents are attached are all reliable witnesses and it would appear that an object ot cigar shape, whether ~an ~ade or not, was observed. Forwarded .for information. Security Officer, Security Branch, WOOMERA. Copy : Deputy Chief Security Officer, Melbourne. Security Branch L.R.W.E.Range, 2nd October, 1952. The Range security Officer, L.R.W.E.Range, "FLYING SAUCER" OBSERVED OVER WOOMERA . This officer reports investigation of information of an object alleged to be a "Flying Saucer" seen in the aky at about 2100 hours on Saturday, 27th Septe~ber, 1952. 2. State~ents have been taken froM the following persons as a cross section of a reported nu~ber of people at Woo~era who also observed the objects 2/45663 W/02 HANLEY, E.J.V. new arrival to relieve 2/46902 W/0 WALKER, A.F. who has been posted out rro~ Details Issue Depot, Woo~era, and due to depart on 29th Septe~ber, 1952 Mr.Joseph AG&R, Head Baker employed by Dept. of Supply and attached to D.I.D. 1/9043 Sgt.PHILLIPS, A. attached to D.I.D. Woo~era. Mrs.Lila Joy DEAN, Home Duties, 557 WooMera. 3. The firs+ four na~ed above were at the Wooera West Theatre when Sgt.Phillips sighted the bright object in the sky. Be drew the attention of W/0 Hanley to it and he in turn nudged W/0 Walker. In the ~eantime Phillips had info~ed Ager and all rour were able to see the phen~enon before it was obscured by the projector tower attar it had traversed the k7 from a line to the right of the screen. This shows that the object was visible tor several seconds as it traversed the sky on an even keel parallel with the earth. 4. Krs.Dean was standing with her !iva-year-old son at the corner of the Junior Ranks Club on Central Avenue when the chtld drew her attention to a light. She thought he pointed to a aotorcar light on the road near Woo~era West in the distance but the boy corrected her and she saw the bright object as it travelled well above the horizon until it lett her view over the horizon past the Phillip! Ponds. Mrs.Dean stated that the time was about 2100 hours. ;. In each of these cases the persons concerned were quite sober and of responsible type therefore, no doubt exists regarding what they saw. This is further borne out by reports !rem. other parts of South Australia exa~ples of which are attached froM "The Advertiser" Adelaide, under dates 29th, 30th Sept. and 1st October, ( Sgd.) J.A.McCARBY Assistant Security Officer. Statement of W/02 2/45663, HANLEY E.J.V., D.I.D., WoOl"era, taken at 1850 hours 28th Septe,.ber, 1952, by J.A.McCahey, Assistant Security Officer. I w~s one of a party of four D.I.D. personnel who attended the Woomera West Open Air Theatre on Saturday, 27th Septe~ber. The others were Sgt/Maj.Walker and two others. I have just arrived 'O.p here myself.. Sgt/Maj .Walker will give the other na~es. So~e time after the~show started Sgt.Philli~s, thats his name, nudged "'e on the at"M and said "Look at this I looked !rom mY position on the left of the Projector towards the right of the screen and in the sky well above the level of the fence round the theatre, I saw an i11u""inated object shaped like a cigar with a spurting light at the rear travelling fro"' West to East in a horizontal way. It was travelling in an even keel and was observed until it was out of sight. As I saw the thing I then nudged W/0 Walker and re,.oarked "Look at this" at the sa'"e pointing in the direction of the object. I would say that the object was visible to me for about five seconds. I dild .not hear any noise as the picture show !!lay have drowned any. Co~paring the object with a shooting star I would say that it was definitely soJ'IIething other :than a shooting star or anything frO"! the heavens. (Sgd.) E.J.V.HANLEY W02 Statement of W/0 2/46902 WALKER A.F. D.I.D., Woomera, !'!'&de at 1910 hours, 28th Septe ... ber, 1952, and taken by J.A.YcCahey, Assistant Security Officer, Woomera. I was with W/0 Hanley, Sgt.Phillips and Mr.Ager at the Woomera West Open Air Theatre on Saturday, 28th September . At between 2045 and 2100 hours W/0 .Hanley nudged mY arm and said "Look at the rocket". I looked directly right from mY seat on the left front of the projector and saw the object and said "That is no.t a rocket" It was cigar shaped tapering oft towards the back. It was lit up like a neon light with a haze around it. The colouring was whitish and the exhausts or fla"'es at the back were-yellowish or cream. I have no idea of the height but its size to me looked eighteen inches to two feet but co!"!!paring it with an aeroplane the size and height would be about the same as .aircraft I have seen. Fro,.,., ,.,.y position I would say the angle was 40 to 45 degrees. From the time I first saw the object until it went out of my sight I would say the ti~e elapsed would be three I have observed fast aircraft, meteorites and shooting stars. This object was travelling on an even steady keel faster than any aircraft I've seen but not as far as the falling star besides this object was travelling horizontally south-west. A.F.WALKER W/0 State~ent of Mr.Joseph AGER, baker, employed by the Department of Supply and attached to D.I.D. Woomera, "'ade at 1940 hours, 28th September, 1952, to J .A.vccahey, Assistant Security Officer. I was with W/0 s Walker, Hanley and Sgt.Arthur Phillips at the Woomera West Open Air Theatre. We four were seated on seats back froM the Exit Door on the lett of the Projector. At about 2050 hours, the time was checked by Sgt.Phillips. Sgt.Phillips said to me "Look around to your right Joe, what do you think that is?" I looked and saw a peculiar object which I thought shouldn't be up here, it was travelling at such speed -faster than any of the jets up here. It was of a dark greyish colour and of airship shape. I thought that the lights being e~itted ~roM the stern were ~ore yellow than the reMainder. The object was travelling on an even-keel at between four to five thousand feet. I guage this height from experience of flying. The direction of travel was s/south-west. It was in view to me'for only two to three seconds and during that ti~e it kept its definite course. FroM mY experience or aircraft of different types, meteorites and stars I have no hesitation in saying that this object was '"an !'!lade. (Sgd.) Joseph AGER. State~ent of 1/9043 Sgt.PHILLIPS, A. a~tached to Woo ... era, taken at 2010 hours, 28th SepteJ ber., 1952, by J.A.Mccahey, Assistant Security Officer, Woomera. I accompanied W/0 Hanley, Walker and Mr.Ager to the Woornera West Open Air Theatre on Saturday, 27th Septe"'ber, 1952. At about 2050 hours we were seated on the left side of the theatre facing the screen and about third of ""the distance from the screen. My attention was drawn to a movement in the sky over the right hand corner of the theatre fence. I observed a cylindrical shaped object with what appeared to be two port holes"with internal lighting. The whole had a lightish grey colour, the size appeared to the eye to be four to five feet. A Lincoln travelling at night at the sa~e an~le-looks much bigger. It was ~oving on an even keel, horizontally fro~ north-west to south-west, and at a height of about the height of the thatre fence doubled. The ob~ect had ~oved so~e distance before I nudged W/0 Hanle)". I said "Do you see that", and pointed. I turned right and remarked to r.Ager, "See that". The object was travelling fast -faster than any jet aircraft I have seen. It is difficult to estimate the speed especially at night. I a~ not prepared to say whether this object was an earthly object, but it was a fuselage of some kind. I have discussed this incident with Ager who shares room with Me because we thought we had something which shoultt be reported. I have today ~ade a rough sketch setting out ~y !~pression of what I observed. (Sgd.) A.PHILLIPS, Sgt. a Statement of Urs.Lila Joy DEAN of House No.5'57, r ade at 1630 hours, 29th Septe,..b.er, 1'95'2, and taken by J.A.McCahey, Assistant Security Officer, W