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UFO case file · UFO-3627

Burkes Flat, Victoria unidentified light report — April 4, 1966

CE2Australia1966-04-04

Burkes Flat, Victoria, Australia

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Case description

At 8:00 p.m. on April 4, 1966 at Burkes Flat, Victoria, Australia, LT. As a strange light phenomenon (including an oval with a cone containing multi-colored shafts or tubes of light moving up and down) hovered near ground level off the road, an approaching motorist reported his headlights were bent (gravitational effect) toward the object. The object seemed to close in on itself and then disappeared. (Chalker, 1996, pp. 114-15.).

Recorded details

Local time
8:00 p.m.
Craft description
As a strange light phenomenon (including an oval with a cone containing multi-colored shafts or tubes of light moving up and down) hovered near ground level off the road, an approaching motorist reported his headlights were bent (gravitational effect) toward the object. The object seemed to close in on itself and then disappeared. (Chalker, 1996, pp.
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