CONFIDENTIAL MINtJ1'E SHEE'f FM DEPAIRCAN 8/ TO COMMLIST ALPHA -> U N C L A S S I F I E D AI235 ATMOSPHERE REENTRY OUR AI232 16 JUN PD ANTICIPATED DATE NOW CHANGED TO SECOND WEEK JULY NOT 23 JUN PD MORE ACCURATl DllAILS wiLL BE ADVISED WHEN TYPA032YCA012 RR RPYPP RPYPTIJ DE RPYC 016/16 FM DEPAIRCAN TO COMMLIST ALPHA U N C L A S S I F I E D AI232 ATrOSPHERE REENTRY PD REFER OUR AI205 6 APRIL 1960 PD SIMILAR OCCURRENCE EXPECTED 23 JUNE 1960 PD REQUEST REPORTS OF ANY SIGHTINGS PD WILL PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS ON EXPECTED T It-:ES IF THESE BEC0~1E 160205Z RPYC GOVERNMENT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT, COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, YOUR No _ Air Officer Commanding, PERTH, W.A. 4th December, 19 57 Forwarded for your inf'ormation in copy of a report furnished to me by my District Officer at Kalgoorlie. subject of his report \Tas covered in a newP- i tern in the "Daily icws" under date the 29th Hover1 c J" ~--. ..-7'-;4n the "Kalgoorlie Uiner" under date the 30th ~ove ~ Yours faithfully, Acting Corn ic...,io .er of ol~...--~ I have to report for ~rour inf'orrnotion relative to flying objects reported as seen at ,ucl~, .undrabilla Station and Uadura end repOl"t vide the attached ..... ress cuttings. Inquiries were made from !r . ChaPles PRIDEUX, Royal Flying Doctor Service Radio Operator, of .11..algooilie and it was ascel"'tained that reports had been received by him by radio from rrs. GURNEY of Eucla, also from Lrs. HOGARTH of undrabilla Station and also from l'r. J .... HIT of adura, reporting the sighting simultaneously, of' a f'lying object from those respective places, at about lO.L~5amo ( I.A. t:i.me) on Each of the above reports agree in describing the object as about 30 feet lol."l,g, cigar shaped, with a shiny nose car>, travelling at a great speed, at a height of 7000 to 10000 feet. However, at such a speed ancl height, such detail and descriution can only be an estimate, but all state that the object l~ft a trail of blue smoke. Persons reuortinE, all consider the object a missile of some kind, probably from .Iarilinrro ~ocl:et Range, South Australia, and all considered it as out of control and definitely not guidedo The object was first seen b~r I:rs. GURNEY approaching Eucla, fron e south uesterly direction (seaward) and after pas .... im over ucla, it circled to over adura, retnrned over r:undrabilla tation and pas"-'ed over ucla again, travelling eastvmrd towards :i:owlers Bay, South ustralia. hilst still in sight of r.rso O.tJRNEY, but several miles array eastward, a uortion of the object detached itself and followed the main bocly for some 400 yards before plur.ll11eting to eartho nrso ~...UR!..,.,Y was attending her sick daughter and no men were present and no investigations of the fclleri portion was madeo At about the same time, a r.:undrabilla Station hand, Jim IillNDERSOir, was at a windmill 10 miles north of the homestead and although he did not see the object, he did hear a loud explosion, v1hich he was unable to account for and this was followed by a mushroom shaped cloud, which settled into smoke, like a willy-willyo This ms not seen oy any of' the other r>erson.'3 reporting, nor was any explosion as described, heard The object seen was clearly visible at all places named, and all persons reportine, are reliable. concern is felt, as the object ;ras seen directly on the usual East -West air route and it is f~lt that it could have been a hazard ... o normal air navigationo At about 12 noon, on 28/11/57, P loud and unusual roaring noise uas heard in the air ebove Prazer Range Station, which is about 400 miles \lest of Eucla, but nothin ras seen of any object, only a vapour trail was visible, e.xtendine touards Horseman, approximately 55 miles further '\lest of Fl"azer Ranze. '.rhere may be s orne connection bet\!een this and Canberra Jet Bombers reliably reported to be operating in this area, ~rom South ustralia and if so, there may be a connection bet\7een these and the object seen over Eucla, Hundrabilla and :.a dura, appPoxima t.el;~r one hour earlier, be ins 300/l+OO miles then east of Frazer Rall("ec It may also be worthy of: mention, that II. L.A.S. Fremantle denarted Esperance on 27/11/57 and may liDve sailed Easto If so, it is possible that this vessel coulcl have been in the general area. :fo renort with any bearing on the objects seen have been received by Norseman Police nor by D. C. A. Air Control ot Kalgoorlie Airport. It is possible that further information may be available from Police at Foulers ay, , outh Australia, where so!'le report may have been made, particularly in respect to the portion of the object which ic stated by I!rs. GURI!EY, to have detached itself and then fell to earth. ~.o. Kalgoorlieo 2nd ~ecenber, 1957o (sgdo) GEO. IJY".illR. DISTRICT INSPECTOR. CERTIFIED TRUE COPY GOVERNMENT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Police Department, Commissioner's Otfioe W.A. Police No. 5~4630 Air Ot'f'icer Commanding, R.A.~.F. Station, Perth, W.A. 4th Deoember, 1957 Forwarded for your information is oopy of' a report fUrnished to me by my District Ot't'ioer at Kalgoor11e. The subject or his report was covered in a news item in the "Daily News" under date the 29th November, and in the "Kalgoorlie Miner'' under date the 30th November. Yours faithfUlly, Signed: J. M. D' BRIEN Acting Commissioner of' Police. CERTIFIED TRUE COPY ~': ACTmG COMMISSIONER OF POLICE : ~ I have to report for your inf'onnation relative to flyina objects reported as seen at Enola, M UDdrabilla Station and Madura and report vide the attached presa cuttings. Inquil"les were made t'ram Mr. Charles PRIDEUX, Royal FlTing Doctor Service Radio Operator, of Kalgoorlie and it was ascertained that reports had been received by him by radio from Mrs. GURNEY of Euola, also from Mrs. HOOARTH of :Uundrabilla Station and also :f'ran Mr. J. SMITH o:f' Madura, reporting the sighting simultaneously, or a flying object :f'rom those respective places, at about 10.45a.m. (W .A. time) on Each o:f' the above reports agree in desoribiDg the object as about 30 :f'eet long, cigar shaped, with a shiey nose cap, travelling at a great speed, at a height o:f' 7000 to 10000 fee~. However, at such a speed and height such detail and description can only be an estimate, but a.ll state that the object left a trail o:f' blue smoke. Persons reporting, all consider the object o:f' a missile of sane kind, probably from Marilinga Rocket R&Dge, South Australia, and all considered it as out o:f' control and definitely not guided. The object was first seen by Mrs. GURNEY tpproaching Euola, frOm a south westerly direction (aeawa~) and a:f'ter passing over Eucla, 1 t circled to over Uadura, returned cwer Mundrab1lla Station and passed over Eucla again, travelling eastward towards Fowlers Bay, South Australia. Whilst still in sight o:f' Mrs. GURNEY, bUt several miles away eastwa~, a portion of the objeot detached itsel:f' and followed the main body :f'or some 400 yards be:f'ore plummeting to earth. Mrs. GURNEY was attending her sick daughter and no men were present and no investigations o:f' the fallen portion was made. At abo'Dt the same time, a Ywldrabilla Station hand, Jim HENDERSON, was at a windmill 10 miles north of the homestead and although he did not see the object, he did hear a loud explosion, which he was unable to account :f'or and this was followed by a mushroom shaped cloud, which settled into smoke, like a willy-willy. This was not seen by any of the other persons reporting, nor was any explosion as described, heard The object seen was clearly visible at all places named, am all persons reporting, are reliable. Some concern is felt, as the object was seen directly on the usual East-West air route and it 1s felt that it could have been a hazard to no nnal air navigation. At about 12 noon, on 28/ll/57, a loud and unusual roaring noise was heard in the air above Frazer Range Station, which is about 400 miles west of Euola, but nothiDg was seen of allY obdect, only a vape>ur trail was visible, extending towards Norseman, approximately 55 miles further west of Frazer Ral:lge. There may be same connection between this and Canberra Jet Bombers reliably reported to be operating in this area, from South Australia and if so, there may be a connection betweon these and the ob~ect seen over Eucla, Kundrabilla and 14adura, approximately one hour earlier, being 300/400 miles then east o:f' Fr$zer Range. ~ It may also be wortey of 1118nt1on, that H.JI.A.s. F~antle departed Esperance on 27/ll/57 and may have sailed East. If so, it is possible that this vessel could have been in the general area. No report w1 th a cy bearing on the objects seen have been received by Norseman Police nor by D.C.A. Air Control a~ Kalgoorlie Airport. It is possible that :t'orther infonnat1on may be available from Police at Fowlers Bay, South Australia, where some report may have been made, particularly in respect to the portion of the object which is stated by Mrs. GURNEY, to have detached itself and then fell to earth. D.O. Kalgoorlie 2nd Deoember, 1957. Sgd. GEO. KYER. DISTRICT INSPECTOR Department or Air ltttorla BaiTBo.ka st. KUda Road ~OURRI 8,C,1. PBA'aaS -.. 12th ))eeal)er 1957 UNUSUAL lt,ERIAL SIGHTD1G8 1. Attached bereto ere coptes of reports ot en unuaaal aertal e1ghtlne aDd exp1oa1on t.n the vlotn1ty of arble Bar on the ntght ot the 3nt Joli' 1957 .2. '.rht Pollee Depertlllent, Perth have not been as.d to an-flJ3ge tbe ooawtlatton o~ the etandaM pm- :toDIU t'or 28p()rtlog 'these alghtlngs, lll Vlft or *bit aadt.UoDal alq lnvol.'f'ed. (D, A. BOBlBSS-i.ILOJ'J)) Squadron ,Leea.r ror o:rn. .. r Comnan4lng GOVERNMENT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA W.A. POLICE NO POLICE DEPARTMENT, COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, Air Officer Commanding, R. A. A. F . Station, RtnEIVfD '/ YOUR NO . I am forYmrding for your inf'orno. tion, and such action as may be deemed desirable, copies of reports and statement made ',fi th respect to an unusual sighting and eJQ1los ion in the vicinity of !1arble Bar on the nigh d of the 3rd July last. Yours faithfully, Acting Co~issioner of Police . Ar.CEN, 0, For your information, please. Ho reports of any nature have been received that might connect the explosion and bri ht light alleged to have been seen. Perhaps the information may be of: interest to official at .oomera Rocket Range. D. O. Broomeo B. JcGEARY. DISnRICT INSPECTOR I have to report having made inquiries at Pilga, Spear Hill and Hillside Station relative to the explosions heard by Richard Joseph \IEBBER and party at the Fibre Queen the 4th of' .July, 19 57. None of' the peope interviewed could give an eye witness account of' the incident, but Mr. James Jackson OOUGn':'Y of Pilga Station stated that he saw the flash while lying in bed and went out and saw a glow in the sky due west of Pilga, and he also heard a rumbling noise which followed The people at Hillside also le ard the noise and saw a light while sitting in the kitchen at Hillside and when they went out to investigate they saw a glow in the sky north west of Hillside. All persons described the liaht as very bright witha greenish colouro The light and flash was heard by Kenneth John PEARSON when he was employed at the Coon,gan Lead iiine and he gave the direction from the Coongan J ... ead ~ine as south west. Some residents in Uarble Bar saw the light due west from Marble :3ar. On checking all the directions given from all points of observation it appears that the object hit the ground between Pilga Station and the I ibre ~ueen Mine in the area kno\vn as Dalton Creek or Soansville. Hr. WEBBER has been interviewed recently but can throrr no more light on the subject. He will be atlvised the result of' Police inquiries and advised the alleged location of the object as it appears from Police inquiries relative to directions. ~!arble Bar Statio'1. 3rd November, 1957. IAN D. BLAIR. Constable 2517. O. I . C. POLICE, "ARBLE BAR. On the 4th July ins to Richard Joseph IEB ER, tanager of the Fibre ueen Asbestos lline situated about 126 miles south east of Port Hedland reported over the pedal radio that at about 9o30 p . m. the previous evening he had heard a loud explosion follovred by a number of smaller explosions which carne from a location north east of the mine. Immediately afterwards he saw a very bright green light directly overhead light up the 1hole of the sky. After the explosions he heard a loud noise uhich sounded like t~e 1otor of a truck mis-firing and after about thirty second!:> i ceased. After reporting the i ncident, 7EBBER agre d ~o investigate further and later that day made a se~rch in the locality from which the explosion appeared to hcve been but Tiith negative result. He has since made a further search but has found nothing to indicate what may have caused the explosions and light. country in this area is particularly rough and to investigate thoroughly \;ould take some considerable time. Department of Civil 1.via~ion at this centre reported no planes in the area at tl1e time, and according to WEBBER there are no prospectors in the inmediate vicinity of the explosion. Further inquiries here reveal that at about the time and date mentioned Richard HOUGHTON, a messenger boy employed by the P . J.G. Department at Port Hedland had seen a long green light travelling high up in the sky corning from the direction of the Fibre Queen z..:ine. He described the light similarly to WEBBER and saw it for several seconds before it completely disappeared. Ronald Jack HAJJKER an employee of the Fibre ueen 11ine also heard the eXJ>losions and saw the light as also did two other employees, Vincent PI,YlfN and Frederick 'IHORNBASCHER. When WEBBER and lALKER visited Port Hedland, statements lrere obtained from them and are attached heretoo Information is to hand here that the residents at Hillside Station in the llarble Bar sub-district have also heard these explosions but it is not knovm if they saw any light or observed anything further and it is suggested that further inquiries be made in this direction. Please have inquiries made at Hillside Station. Port Hedla'l'ld 9tation. (sgd. ) H . H . HASLEBY Sergt. 1876. RO \LD JAc r .. ""R states :- I am 2o years of age and am employed at the bre Queen sbestos ine as a miner. nibre ueen ine is bout fifteen miles east of Hoodstock tntion, via Pol"t I have been :orki 1g nt the "ibre ueen for about six neekso On .edneo y nig t , :/7/57, I i7ns in bed in a tent neal~ t e mine about 9 o 'clock w len I hear~ an explosiono It uas a fairly lou explosion and for a whil e I thought the magazine had exploded ao I went outside to investi~ate. A~ soon as I got outside my tent I saw a brilliant green li@1t in the skyo It appeared to be stationary for a fe seconds and then appeared to move off in an easterly direction. !hen the light began to move, a noise like the sound of a motor truck, started at the same time and as the light ot further away the noise died auay too. light seemed to o ri~ t out of sight then and we thought that it ' s a jet plane. 7e could stil l hear the noise, like a motor, for a out t .m minutes after the ligl t "'here 1o.s four of us t the mine at the time and we all sau the lie{ t and heard the explosion and then the noise 'nich sounded lile a motor. There was ick WEBB..-:;R, v- nee FLYm-, reddy T"rlORNBASCHER and rnys elf o Dick B ER is the r.1anager of the mine and the other two Y/ork there o le all got the impression that it h d been a jet plane or a rocket. e did not thin~ that it was a meteor because ot: the noise hich seeme ~ t o accompany it. next day Dick ffiB3ER went out in the utility and had a look al"'ound in case it had been a plane and had crashed or somethin . I also uent out, in a different direction, and had a look around but coul d find nothing There had been no planes around during that day and we did not hear anythinrr else that night . The only other person \7ho I knou to be in tha. t ai'ea is .Jimmy '.:'COD, a prospector . After the loud explosion which I heard on ednesday night there were seyeral smaller ones, like a rumbling noise. TI1is could have been the echos from the h i l l s of the first explosion. This statement is true and correct to the best of my knor1ledge and belief o itnesa: Laurie ~eown, Constable 2792. T am the nmnager of the ~ore Queen Asbestos "ine, \1hicl i.J 126 miles south east of Port edland. On the nig t of 3rd July 1957, I in a hut near the mine hen suddenly a very bright light lit up the ,,hole area. It \7as then about 10 p . m. rushed outside and just as I did so a loud explosion occurred and it was followed by several smaller explosions. The explosions carne from a position norUEast of the minec After I first noticed the lig t and got outside the hut the light \7as s ti 1 in the sky. It Vl3S a very bright and a greenish colour. It seemed to be directly above us. ,.,..her was three others at the mine at the tirre and they all san the ight and heard the explosions. After the explosions \7e heaP<l a. noise begin vrhich sounded like the motor of a trucko It seemed to be mis- firing and after about 1"' t: a minute it atopned altogether-. impression of the event Has that sonethine had blm n up and disinte rated. out and fro a but my view ms t:ter he light "'n, the eA~losions I Yent i h ill had a look over the surroun ing area im ted and could see no thine unusualo rrhe t:ollo in ee'rend I spent nother day looking aroun in the hope of' .find n somethin v hie ould give sone indication of' uhnt had happened and '/'at it had been. T owever I found nothing unui;,)ual in the locality fl~orn . .,hich the noises and the ligh ... appeared to cone. '~his st~tement r1as i ven voluntarily by me and is true and correct to t'1e best of my kno'.'Tledge and belief:. .i tness: LaUl"~e