CONFIDENTIAL DEPARTMENT OF 1 S l1GHJ I NGS OF UN I DEN.T l1F I ED FILE NUMBER FOR INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING USE OF FILE. PREVIOUS PAPERS AND RELATED FILES -SEE OVERLEAF. SECTION, BRANCH OR ESTABLISHMENT ACTION RECORD- THE NEXT MOVEMENT OF THE FILE MUST BE INDICATED FOLIO REFERRED TO & DATE FOLIO REFERRED TO & DATE FOLIO REFERRED TO & DATE INITIALS & INITJALS & INITIALS & $/#J)~thlt.1 <lS-1 A f D F Sv~t.u. JC. s-Af (9. ~ Oiz.~cQ.. Ar~i-.ttf ro I A Pro (\ H. ~ EXAMINATION 0 ARCHIVAL ACTION VERIFIED ARCHIVAL CERTIFICATE1 Departmentol oc:tion on this has been completed. The file may be transferred to Archives for: Fi le Examiner 0 DESTRUCTION or 0 PERMANENT (Reason for retention to be stated) (Schedule No.) CONFIDENTIAL f rr d o f r r ply. National Archives of Australia o h in qu tion, h o tivity by thi D~PARTMENT OF SUPPLY INTERNAL MEMORANDUM : PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, re:~. : \IEAPOIIB RESEARCH EST.ABLISHl'-IENT, WOOI1ERA or Estob.) Your Ref e rence : Subject : INFORMATION ON UFOs REGISTRY USE ONLY OUR FILE NO. 2nd August, 1974. The attached telegram has been received i n this office. 2 . Would you please reply direct to the enquirer. (A.F. Lucarotti) AREA AlJMIJqI STRATOR. National Archives of Australia WA 054a SALA294= ALICE SPRINGS NT 37/36 4.39p WEAPONS RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT WOOMERA SA PLEASE ADVISE IF UFO OBSERVED FROMALICE SPRINGS WAS ROCKET TIME 9.42AM DATE 26.7.74 DIRECTION NW FURTHER RELEASE DATES WOU6D BE APPRECIATED ARUNDEL UFO RESEARCH SECTION BOX 1588 ALICE SPRINGS National Archives of Australia D. Benton liJI'. V. 11.ellefont, 10 Chatham Road, DESPATCHED Dear l!AI'. ~llefont, fq..S. Thank you or your letter or 21st pril enclosing a photograph of a high altitude vapour trail. nquiries made have revealed no record of arw satellite decaying (i. e . re-entering the earth's atmosphere and burning up) on 6th Febrlla17,1971, the day on which you photographed the trail. It would appear from this, that hat you saw and photoBraphed, was moat likely a vapour trail resulting from a meteor decayi..f'lg in the upper atmosphere. Yours faithfully, ><---D. Benton) BLIC RE IO S ()FFICER National Archives of Australia F \vORLD DATA CI!,'NT~ - A GSFC GREENBELT I TO APBA/LABS ffiE SALISBURY INFO GSRM/RE,1ITERE NASA HDQTRS CODE TI~ ANRC /HUNTu'R ACT DLD/MCK~clHAN GSFC CODE 802 (NC) DLD/CONLEY GSFC CODE 515 (NC) SPACillWARN 119 14 Rh"FJ!,fil!NCE T 1302 ![580 3/ 1/ 1 FROl1 _HARKIN SRG SWP THE lW:LING ADDRESS FUR CAPT FRA.l'Il< BRO 1N HAS B~EN CORRECT.tID I N OUR DI~T.RIBillION LIST FOR SPX SPAC~ ARN BULL~TIN STOP rmros ORLD ARNING AGENCY FOR SATELLITgS DI D NOT RECEIVE YOUR R~QUEST OF 28044 5Z APRIL 1971 STOP THIS AGENCY HAS NO RECORD OF .Al~Y SATELLITE DECAYING 01{ 5 F~BRUARY 1971 S'roP National Archives of Australia NOTE: COLOURED SECTIONS ARE FOR USE B Y COMMUN I CATIONS PERSONNEL ONLY . PRECEDENC E ANO SECURITY CLASSll='ICATION MUSTBE INSERTED. CALLING STATION ZNR (or) ZNY PRECEDENCE ROUTING INDICATORS STN. SER. NO. FR o M HARKIN SATCEN 'WEAPONS DATE / TIME OF FILING DATE TIME GROUP DEPARTMENT OF SUP~ TELEPRINTER MESSAGE TO I. GSFC/IUWDS 'WORLD WARNlllG AGENCY FOR SATELLITES, CODE 601, GR.EEtIBELT MARilAlID USA INFO GSFC/B.H. McKEEBAN, IBTEmfATIONAL NETWORKS OF'F'ICbll CODE 505 SECURITY CLASS! FICATI ON MESSAGE NO. F ILE REFERENCE' 1. PLEASE, CHAllGE l.fAILil~G ADDRESS FOR SPX SP ACEl.ZARN BULLEI'INS FOR CAPTAIN FRABK BRO\lN (QANTAS PILOT) roru~.rm,y AT CRONULLA NE\J1 SOUTH WALES TO THE R>LLO~ffiiGs CAPTAIN FRANK BRO\alN 16 ROSSLYN S'IR'bWU' BELLEVUE HILL, SYDNEY, 2023 AUS'mALIA. A.UTf RISED BY~ ' ORIG! NATOR EXTN. NO. DAT E c2cR sLF>s. Harkin BRANCH, GROUP OR SECTION TIME I l'i'J DESIGNATION Space Research Grou:p National Archives of Australia National Archives of Australia NAA: 017 4, SA5644/2/1 National Archives of Australia National Archives of Australia B. Harkin. F~ins Officer R.J. Salmond, H adquartere, TOr?N VII.t.E, QU~EE._.!N'SLAND, . 4810. Dear Sir, / ~;). I cknowl d your l tt r HQl'VL 5/40/Air(83) of 16th September reporting an U.F . O. seen nd heard near Bang Bong Homestead on 14th September. Th report aeem highly comp tible Wit h m t orite ntcring the earth's atmosphere, becoming 1ncand sc nt and then disintegrating explosively. It oould b very helpful if th questionaireo being collect d by the Cbnoux:q Police war to yield sufficiently pr cis information on sp ds, heights end directions to enable searoh parti e to loo te meteorite fragments in the looaliV I am sure th t nsland cl ntifio bodies ould ba v ry grateful to receiv from you a~ uoh i nfo tionyou can collect and collate. I havo verifi d that arch tablishnumt 1 i1na:ware of &J\Y rockets being fired in or towards orth enslend on that date. I am awaiting receipt within a f w dq of the t'ortnightl.7 bulletin published by Goddard Speo Flight C ntre, Greenbelt, at71and, u. s.A., on behalf of the I.u.w.D.s. World \ arning Agenoy for s tellites. The next issu (published to-day) Will detail a~ satellites known to have re-entered the atmosphere in the period 9t h to 22Jld Septeaber. I shall =-~ta gain to inform you if it tranapirea that 81' artifio1al satellite decay on 14th September. Th report flf furth r 8ltplosions heard in the aam ar a 16 hours l ter s ems, at first glance, r ther 12nl 1kel.y. Confirmation trom additional witnesses seems essential before accepting the reality of auoh an improbable ooinoidenoe. I hall be gl d to h ar furt r news of this vent 'fro you if you le am [\ything signific nt from later reports. National Archives of Australia Yours inc rely, (Brian H rkin) (for) PRINCIPAL OFF'ICER SPACE RESEARCH GROUP. EXAMl.ttED ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE TELEPHONE: TVL 795666 Ofricer-in-Charge Satellite Predidtion Centre Space Research Group Weapons Research Establishment Box l 42LtH GPO ADELAIDE SA 5001 REPORT OF UFO ! .ORTH fieadquart er s T .JIJvVILLE QLD 4810 16th September 1969 i:::'his ,e~dqu rters has received reports of a bright , glov1ing object with a t l of smoke sighted near Bang Bang Homestear (14C .39E 18. 328) at approximately 0545 hours on 14th ~eptember. These observations were followed by a loud explosion. The lir;'lt flash frotn the object and tl1e noise from the explosion were sufficient to wake people at several homesteads as far as thirty-five miles apart. Full details, including the direction of travel of the object 11ave not yet been received here. Ho\vever, questionnaiI'es have been forv1arded to Cloncurry Police Station for completion by the various witnesses. TtNo observers at Bang Bang Homestead reported hearing niore explosions at approximately 2145 hours on 14th Septe~ber, but reports of t'i.~explosjons have not been received from otl1er sources. I would ap1)rec ate yot1r for\1arding any information you may hold v1l1ich n1ay be of use in evaluati11g the cause of t11ese pl1eno1nena. Yours f ai tl1fully, Flying Officer For Officer Com anding National Archives of Australia National Archives of Australia National Archives of Australia HANDWRITTEN MINUTE PARTMENT OF SUPPLY o , ... I o o"I ~-to oo O O I oOOoO oOOooOI000000 001 OI OoOOI oooO' 0 ofoo ofoooOO 0004 00l0f0000 tO'\O IOOOO '' 00 ofo o O ooOoooOoOOOIOOOOO.OOOOfO IOfOOOOooOo o Ot ' otooo-oo o 00 '' 0 I~""' OIO I 10 I ltO oo ~ OIOOO o oo' Ott o oo' otOtfo o' tO oo oo' oto oo otoOltfO '' Oooro Ootftt,. fO IOOOoft' ot 000 '' 000 o O