CONFIDENTIJ(~ f~ET URN lE T ~ DPS ~dO Ol 311 ' Lln .i]J REFERENCE p_, TERIAL ONLY f4i,)&'llf',/AIFA rl.~it/;; The re h .. been a 16-fold increase in reports of Unide ntified Flying Objects in Australia sAys spokesman for the RAAF, which is investigating the reports. So far this year more than 200 UFOs have been sighted, compared with only 600 In the prevloJs Tht> ;ecent Darwlr sigh during thl' course of which a News photographer successfully photographed the object had been seen by more than a score ot people over lhe Casuat1na area of the city was 1ot i11cluded In this numbet. seven per cent remain a of a silvery-grey obJaCl A RAAF official 'aid mystery. travellin g at high s~d ,he !lie on the ~;lghllngs Investigations Into the toward the north-west. Casuarlna had been latest sightlngs have not e A strange !lashing sent south. yet been completed, but red and white light re- Although they will RAAF information sho-vs ported over Targa on eventually arrive in Can. a spate Of sightlngs ovt>r April 7 and 13, 1973. berra, the centre !or Ta~manla, and reports e The sighting at from Papua New Guinea Lynwood, western Aus- study of UFO reports on for the first time. tralla or a large green- :;ightlngs, the Darwin llle Tht number of slgM glowing obJect In lht> has first to be sent to lngs classified as m-northern sky on May .!9. RAAF Operational Com-known or under Invest!-The Dar win slghtlngs mand In Sydney. gallon Include: were made In late Feb- On an average. the e A Deparlmt>nt of ruary, so It would setm RAAF Is able to write Civil Aviation official's we still have a long tiJne off 93 per cent of all sJghtlng at Sydney Air-to walt before the RAAF L-s~i~g~h~ll~n~gs=-~r~e~po~rt~e~d B~u~t~-po~r~t~o~n fay 18,1ast~ye~a~r~,--~ra=:te~s~t~h~em~----------~ THIS PAGE IS THE REVERSE OF THE PREVIOUS PAGE MAY NOT BE RELEVANT TO THE FILE START THE DRY RIGHT ! DRIVE A RAAF PROBES REPORTS By JACK PERCIVAL RAAF Intelligence is prob- ing reports of unidentified flying object (UFO) sighting in Aus- All reported sigbtings. by commercial aircraft crews and people mania, West Australia and the Northern Torritory, have been at night. They range from hovering round to cigar-shaped which h~ve dis- appeared into the sly at high speed. other reports of noise like tbe sonnd of jet alr- cnft, but DO sip of na- Yiptioa ligbts, blab In tbe sky onr central and oortb Aumalia. Inquiries have estab- lished that at t!be time there were no military ercises in progress from or Darwin. A high-ranking RAAF officer admitted yesterday of the UFO re- ports were "puzzling in the "But some people have vivid imaginations and the more you question them the more their stories sound like science Reports received by the Air Transport Group the new Federal Transport Department will be sent to the RAAF for sifting. An air force operations officer said: "There are so many man-made satellites periodically speeding over Australia these days thnt people get confused. They can't sort out the nuts and bolts from other An Air Transport Group spokesman said: "We have received a remarkable number ports so far this year - about three times the number filed In tbe SIDle period last year." Dr D. Hervison-Evans, in COIDJ?Uter science at Sydney Umver sity, said: "Ninety-nine per cent of the reports are mistaken identification. There is no evidence thst of the types described in the reports are being developed on If they were they would be developed for military purposes. "Scientists are more Interested In facts tbaa words. However, tbere Is a possibility that there Is life on other plaDts from our COD stelladon." Ninety-three per cent of UFO reports received in Australia since last year have been explained. Some sightings have been burnt-out fragments of rockets fired by American and Soviet ets and space vehicles have been launched and 3,000 of them are still in orbit. will re-enter earth's atmosphere, glow wit friction, trail fiery tails . . . and be ported as UFOs. A PLUS llffERfST ltiVSf$10W Accrued Total Interest Saving PLUS 11ff1ST of course you can save or invest any amount you like up to $20,000 Invest your savings OPEN safely with Australia's YOUR 7 Vz% largest permanent ACCOUNT building society NOW! ~SSETS EXCEED $300 MILLION I N.S.W. Permanent llulldlng Society Limited, Building Society House. 307 Pitt Slreel, Sydney 2000. Please send me a free lnvetment Information Pack, without obligation. THE SUN-HERALD, MARCH 31, 1974 THIS PAGE IS THE REVERSE OF THE PREVIOUS PAGE AND MAY NOT BE RELEVANT TO THE FILE Times were when a woman ... painlessly, in fox. She wastes no t Left: Fake rr Centre: Short flying j suede/ fake fur. Brow fake of squirrel THE SUN-HERALD, MARCH 31, 1974 This is the UFO over Casuarha in recent niahts, recorded by News photographer Beat Erismann. The object shone with a briqht white light and had a distinct halo. There was no moon the ni9ht the picture was taken -Tuesday at 5.30 am. Casuarina shoppinq centre lies behind the street lights. The photograph, In which the object has been blown up to give a better picture, was tal-en with a Nikon, w :th 10-second exposure at F2.8 using a SOmm lens. by GENE JAMES The mysterious object seen in the skies above Casuarina over the course of the last few nights has been photoqraphed. At least a dot.en people have seP.n the object, ,., of them pollee of- ficers, since lt was flr~t sighted a week ago by two welfare offlcPrs. The stghtings bPgan on Wednesday. February Two wplfarP officers conn,.cted ho.c;tel in McMII\ans Rd ~aw two bright ob.tects at aoproximately 3.30 am -a cross-shaped light and a half-moon lying on its back. TJ oblects aopearl'd to bl' just above the ~outh-easterly section of the RAAF bnse. The object.~ were ob- served by welfare of !leers VIvienne Dallen and Tony Muschat for more than three hours. nurtng that time the objects moved !rom side faded to pin- pricks of light and then grew lar~t again, settled down behind a nearby row of trees -penneat- lnl!' the area with a bright whit" light. and then again rose up Into The slghtlngs ron- tlnupd for the next four "lls and the cross- shaped object observed a doZf'n people. On Monday ntght News photographer Beat Erismann &pent the night at the home of Charmaine and Roel! Hart tn Goodman St. Casuarina. The Harts had ~n the continuing pheno- menon from their back At 5.30 am Tuesday Beat saw a ver;~: bright 9>hlte llght In the sky. ''It slov;l}' grew In Beat said. ''brighter than anything else in the sky. I then took my photograph. "Shortly afterwards the object moved slowly upward. receding as it did ~o until it became invisible." An officer with the Weather Bureau at the airport stated that at 5 .30 am on Tuesday visibilitr was 20 miles. No moon was vl~ible. Officers at the RAAF base declined to com- mPnt on the photograph and report untll lnve!;t!- gatlons were carried out. But they admittt>d "there was definitely something there." They will Interview the witnesses involved and the reports com- piled forwarded to Can- The Bureau of Mete orology also aRrced "that there wa~ ~orne thing tht>re, all right." They staled that no "l':eath::r balloons were aloft at that time THIS PAGE IS THE REVERSE OF THE PREVIOUS PAGE NOT BE RELEVANT TO THE FILE Tel: 8l6:i82 28 1\fJTCIIELL ST., UAJUVJN Price tOe j I Air D~llvery Oove 13e Aboriginals plan a mass demostrat- in support of suspended public ser- Charles Perkins when the Queen opens Parliament in Canberra todav. An organiser said Bob McLeod, said Abort- last night that some gmals were upset and tlleir tempers were fr ayed demonstrators would over the Perkins affair. be armed. He said the demonstra- Other protest meetings tlon was being organised be held today by the National Abort- throughout Australia, in-glnal Congress. the Territory. Pub lic servan ts in the Mr Perkins, a part-Aboriginal Affairs De- al assistant sec-partment decided yester- retary of the Departmen t day to join the Parliamen t of Aborig inal Affa irs, wns House d emonstration . suspended on Tuesd ay. Public se rvants will Assembling h old ~eetlngs in Darwin nd Ahce Springs In sup- on lawns p01t o r Mr Perkins. He was charged under The .~r!'!~ meeting, In These people witnessed strange objeds in the Duwin pre-dawn skies on four successive nights. From left to right: Tony Muschat, Vivienne Dallen, Roelf Hart and Charmaine Hart. JU least a dozen people, includlnr two policemen, have wlt- n~d vnldentlftable fiY~r object. The sirhtlnia began last Wednesday morn- ing when two welfare omcers connected with the hostel in McMIIIan.a Rd saw two brlrht ob- jects at approximately 3.30 am- a crosa-sllaped !!ghL and a halt-moon ly<Dg on its back. The objects appNred to be just above the south-easterly section of the RAAP ba.se. we observed the phenomenon for roucb- ly three hours: said weHare omcer Tony "Durtnr that Ume they moved from side to side faded to pin- pricks of IIcht and then grew large a :am. settled .::.Jwll t>ehlnd the trees -pemeatlng the area with a bright white lillht. then aeain rose up into the sky.'' H1s companion and welfare co-worker. VIvi- enne Dallen, went on: "We rang one of our fellow -workers. RoeH Hart. who we knew was interested in such "He and his wife \\'tnt out onto their back verandah and also witnesed the llcbts .. or whatever they were." Tony Muschat added: "As the two s.hininr objects rose up into the sky a beam of light shone -down. Ulumina- tine an area about the size of a tennis court fairly cl06e to where "There was a second bright beam of llcbt coming from the top arm of the eros.~ and pointlnr immediately bot h objects moved orr a t a very fast rate until they were 11ttle more than pin- pricks o! light 10 U1e The followinr night, Thuraday, the Harts (Roelf and wire. Char- maine> were ready So. too, was Anm~tte Brown. Ul who was spending the night with At approximately 5.45 am the cross shaped llaht waa araln :;een, apparently hoverini oYer the Casuarina ahopplnr centre. our younr ruest be came Yery fn(htened.'' aald Mrs Charmaine Hart.'' so we ll"'nt her back to bed and rane Cuuarlna pollee. "Two omcers came "One of them admitt- ed that It was like nothlnr he had ever seen bl'fore and that in h!s opinion It certainly was not a star.' Once apin the object !added to the size of a pin-prick after hurtling upward at rreat speed. The same object was seen by plumber Peter Vallance and his wife, Greta. of <l9 Drlpstone Rd, Casuarlna. "I rang the RAAP about It at approxim- ately 5.30 on Thursday morning," said Mrs "Whoever I spoke With told me that he too, could see It 'and that they had it under observation." The cr06S-shaped ob- ject appeared at 5 am on Priday. This time the Harts, the Vallances and near- opposite nelcllbours David and Maxine Richardson, who live Truscott St. Caauar- lna saw the UP'O. As before, It disap- peared at rreat speed. travelling upward at an angle of 45 degreea. THIS PAGE IS THE REVERSE OF THE PREVIOUS PAGE MAY NOT BE RELEVANT TO THE FILE While most familycars a.ppean.to neglect their family"responsibilities, Valiant doesn't. ' < Believing it takes more than four doors to make a family car. , . . So for those who always seem to do something more . , for their families, we offer something more. The interior gives you miles of room, which is handy on long trips. And the boot gives you bags of room for luggage. Seats are lounge-suite comfort and there's armrests on every door. So even when you're away; you can aJl be at home. And Valiant offers trouble free electronic ignition. it needs less tun~ .. ups, you can spend on your family insteau of your family car. Valiant's family responsibility comes down tolittle Like wider double-sided ~afety rim wheels. And brakes, for instance. '.,"' *', . ,, , To help you look after your family's health. .,, Plus a heftier standard engine,[yet still economiCal), and a bigger capacity fuel tank. "'. : ,' ' \% .' '% seemtqfo~tiS REPORT RmEIVED FRW MR. J. LORD,COAST\'lATCHER, OF liUN14A.LARY STATION .A.RNH:EM LAND. The following persons were present at Munmalary Station at the time and all sighted the unidentified flying object :- Mr. and Mrs. J. Lord Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Farmer (A.M.P. Representative). Statement: During the week of the 5th to the 12th April, some unusual stars were sighted from the Station. On Sunday the 14th April at about 11.0 p.m. in the South-West and also in due Westerly direction, two bright white objects could be seen, both clearly visible with the naked eye so that the the pulsating of light and changing colour were easily apparent. Viewed through binoculars, the change of colour was more apparent and varied from light blue to red and appeared more or less as a circle around a white object. Messrs .. Lord and Farmer watched for about 14 to 20 minutes during which time both object moved only slightly. Then the one in the West moved off at fantastic speed headed in a Westerly direction. The other object moved only slightly in a wavery type of pattern. The Westerly object Vlhich remained in sight from &5 to 20 minutes was distant many miles and the angle of sight was 25 to 30 ~e Sou~h Westerly object, also miles a~ was at an angle of sight of 40 to 45 Lord states that he is sure that these object were not satellites. The objects were stated to be similar to the object observed on 31st July 1967 except that no blue was observed in that one. otherwise similar except for distance. On Thursday the 18th April at 11.0 p.m. two further unidentified flying objects were observed at Munmalary Station. The only persons pres- ent on this occasion were Mr. and Mrs. Lord. The ~st object was sighted in a South Westerly direction at an angle of 45 in almost exactly the same position as previously on Sunday 14th April and exhibited the same characteristics. The object was kept under observation betwee~ 1'WO p.m. and 12.10 p.m. in which time it moved fran South West angle 45 to West South West angle 10, remaining at approximately the same distance fran the place of observation. The second object was first observed at SPprgxLmately 11.0 p.m. a few degrees South of Due West at an angle of 30 -35 Object moving in slight up and down wavering pattern in roughly same position and dis- tant many miles. Between 11.0 p.m. and 12 midnight, this object had moved a.round from slightly South of West to approximately North North Wegt moving slowly Northward. At midnight it was at an angle of about 10 The object was still as clear at midnight as at 11. 0 p.m. indicating that the distance was approximately the same although at a lower altitude. Through binoculars both object showed a light haze unlike a normal star and both objects appeared to have a cross -a vertical line with horizontal line through the centre, each of four arms appearing to taper off and the cross was blue-white in colour. It was also stated that on one night between the 6th and 8th August 1967 aborigines camped at Nanambu Creek, approximately 8 miles due North of Norlangi.e Safari Camp, had observed a large round white object which passed just aboe the trees over the camp, back over and repassed a third time and then disappeared in a North Easterly direction. Typed on 29th April 1968. RESTRICTED COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE TELEPHONE:Da.rwin 499 Headquarters RA.AF Base Lieutenant Commander A. F . Parry Naval Staff Office DARWIN NT 57'J) DABUIN NT 5793 14th March 1961 SIGHTINGS OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJEXJTS References A Your YJ0/9F/23 13th December 1967 summary of unidentified flying object sightings reported to t his base is attached for your information. For Information: (L. F. E. lroSDIKE) Squadron Leader For Officer Commanding Major F.J. Spry Northam Terri tory Command Larrakeyah Barracks Ur L. Gordon ASIO DARWIN NT Sergeant J. B. Tieman Special Branch Northam Terri tory Police Ru'STmCTED RESTRICTED 27SEP66 UV KABBARLI at 16365 12315E at 1155Z sighted conical shaped white glow g.pproximately moon' s diameter in length bearing 242 at 18 el evation and moving at appreciable speed in NE direction, in sight for about 2) minutes. 2~0V66 Meteorological Bureau official at Daly \'latera at 0943 while doing a met. balloon flight sighted an object at azimuth 280 elevation 59. 2 and followed it for appro~ imately 2 minutes till lost. Reading then was azimuth 320 elevation 27.9. Object appeared to be travelling at tremendous speed at about 40-50000 feet. 'Ihe speed was too fast for an aircr~t, no noise was heard and DCA reported no aircraft in area. 1APR67 For about 10 I:linutes Llr R.H. Webber at 2100 hours at Darwin Sailing Club saw a moving bright reddish st~ like light (too bright for aircraft nav. light and brighter than a star) a long way out to sea in the direction of Cape Don. It stopped for 2-3 minutes in a position directly in line with the Sail in Club and the Pt Charles light at an elevation of 45 It then appeared to move slowly towards the observers for about a minute before disappearing at very high speed in a SW direction. ('Ibis may have been llars) 2~AY67 A Met. Observer at Daly latera at 0229 hours sighted a glowing object in the southem sky for about 40 seconds. 'Ibis object moved at great speed from lHi to SE at an estimated elevation of 25 degrees. It followed a dead level path across the horizon, slowly breaking up and disintegrating indicating that it may have been a rocket casing or other man made hardware. It finally disintegrated into one small red object and then disappeared. 9SEP67 Mrs Weir and 4 other members of Alice Springs Hospital staff sighted a silver object at 1415 hours for 5 to 10 minutes hovering high up but slightly Nln-1 then rising quickly into the stratosphere where it appeared as a minute star and faded out. 'Ihe object appeared t o have ~ band or ring around its centre section. 2::PCT67 Ur L. Ed8ar at 0131 hours when at Wildman Camp 131. 41E 12. 405 saw a light which ap"Jeared suddenly as a bright spot rapidly extending into a sharp pencil of light which died out almost as