UFO case file · UFO-12197
Near Adelaide, South Austr being encounter — 1963
NEAR ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTR, South Australia, Australia
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Case description
This source-limited entry places an afternoon landing report near Adelaide in 1963. Hatch gives approximately 2:30 p.m. and identifies two boys as the principal observers. Its compressed witness notation also mentions twenty others, but does not explain whether they saw the complete encounter or a separate stage.
According to the abstract, a saucer came down in a field and a figure approximately seven feet tall emerged. Its covering was compared with a diving suit. A second figure was also reported, without further description. The available wording does not establish the object’s dimensions, the figures’ exposed faces or clothing colours, the duration of the observation, or the distance between the boys and the landing place. No exchange of words or physical approach is described.
Hatch cites Flying Saucer Review but does not supply an issue or an accessible original interview in this record. Several other Adelaide-area landing stories circulate with different years, witnesses and times; their details cannot safely be imported into this one. The native 1963 date and brief reported sequence are therefore retained. The plate shows the principal pair, the tall suited figure, the less distinct second figure and a plain disc, leaving unsupported details unresolved.
Recorded details
- Local time
- 14:30
- Craft description
- Craft / Vehicle
- Entity description
- Other Humanoid, Unknown
- Coordinate precision
- SOURCE_APPROXIMATE
- Date precision
- YEAR_ONLY