The Australian Flying Saucer Research Society

This document consists of a file cover from the Commonwealth Investigation Service in Canberra, labeled '56/2773', concerning the 'Australian Flying Saucer Research Society' (AFSR). Included within the file is a newspaper clipping titled 'Men from Mars!', dated March 24, 1954. The article details the activities of the AFSR, specifically focusing on its president, Andrew Tomas, a resident of Brighton-le-Sands, Sydney. Tomas claims that the society has engaged in two conferences with RAAF Intelligence to discuss the occupants of unidentified craft. According to Tomas, the society believes these visitations are motivated by concerns regarding human atomic energy and H-bomb experiments. The article notes that the AFSR maintains branches in every state and that members believe these objects are piloted by Martians. Tomas explicitly states that the society does not claim sightings in their official records because they lack physical evidence, such as photographs, and he acknowledges that his ideas are often regarded as 'crackpot'. The document also references a 'special UFO section' attached to the RAAF.