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UFO case file · UFO-11618

Cooktown, Aust disc or spherical object report — May 17, 1959

CE2Australia1959-05-17

COOKTOWN, AUST, Queensland, Australia

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Case description

On May 17, 1959, at 4:30 a.m., at Cooktown, Aust, Queensland, Australia, witnesses reported the following: 3 hunters. Huge saucer / trees. Portholes. 1 observer very sick-1 dies.

Recorded details

Local time
04:30
Craft description
Craft / Vehicle
Coordinate precision
SOURCE_APPROXIMATE
Date precision
EXACT_DAY

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