Kuraby, Australia being encounter — July 19, 1972

A man driving through Kuraby near Brisbane around 2 a.m. on 19 July 1972 reportedly noticed six shapes beside the road. As he approached, he interpreted them as figures of a soft grey colour. One raised a hand. Its face appeared concealed by a covering, rather than displaying a recognisable alien anatomy. The driver also saw a large silvery object on the opposite side of the road. Frightened, he accelerated away instead of stopping to investigate. During the episode he heard a repeated unusual sound, later rendered as p-doing. The available summary describes no spoken conversation, boarding or pursuit and does not establish that the six figures were the object's crew. Keith Basterfield's Australian catalogue traces the account to UFO Research Queensland, The Australian of 22 July 1972 and APRO coverage. Other summaries supply different APRO issue references, so the bibliographic trail still merits comparison with the original clipping. The silvery object's detailed geometry, the figures' stature and the witness's identity are not preserved in the reviewed account. The plate consequently retains six covered figures, the raised hand and a low silvery form, while leaving faces unresolved. The colour word grey should not be expanded into bald heads and black almond-shaped eyes.