UFO sightings in Australia

This is a list of sightings of alleged UFOs in Australia.

Pre 1900

  • In 1868, an alderman in Parramatta, New South Wales Frederick Birmingham spotted what he described as an ark, more appropriate for traversing the water, floating in the sky before landing in Parramatta Park.[1]

1950s

1960s

  • 19 January 1966, a farmer from Tully, Queensland reported seeing a large saucer shaped object, as well as a so-called "nest" of reeds in the swamp where the UFO was spotted.[3]

1970s

  • The Valentich Disappearance occurred on 21 October 1978, when 20-year-old Frederick Valentich disappeared while piloting a small Cessna 182 aircraft over Bass Strait to King Island (Tasmania). Described as a "flying saucer enthusiast", Valentich informed Melbourne air traffic control he was being accompanied by an unknown aircraft.

1980s

  • On 21 January 1988 a family reported seeing a UFO while traveling across the Nullarbor Plain in South Australia. The family described the object as a "big glowing ball" and "like an egg in an egg cup".[4][5]

1990s

See also

References

  1. ^ "1868 Parramatta Park UFO landing remembered through walking tour". The Daily Telegraph.
  2. ^ "Curious Adelaide: The history of UFO sightings in Australia". ABC News. February 23, 2018. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
  3. ^ B. J. Booth (1966-01-19). "The Tully Saucer Nest, UFO Casebook Files". Ufocasebook.com. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
  4. ^ Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Thursday 21 January 1988, page 7. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101971256
  5. ^ Gage, Nicola; Keane, Daniel (23 February 2018). "Close encounters: Shedding light on South Australia's X-Files". ABC News. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  6. ^ "1993 Maslin Beach Photograph Case".
  7. ^ "The Strange Story of the Controversial Maslin Beach UFO Photographs - Journal News". 15 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Are extraordinary images snapped 24 years ago world's best UFO pics?". 10 March 2017.
  9. ^ Chalker, Bill (2005). Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence of Alien Abductions. Simon and Schuster. pp. 49–67. ISBN 1416510249.
  10. ^ Miletic, Daniella (1 February 2016). "The Oz Files: Who is Victorian 'abductee' Kelly Cahill and what did she see in Narre Warren?". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  11. ^ Neal, Matt (26 September 2020). "'Holy grail' or epic hoax? Australian Kelly Cahill's UFO abduction story still stirs passions". ABC News. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020.