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Aviation observation — Goulburn, New South Wales — 1954-08-31

Australia1954-08-31

Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia

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Case description

On 1954-08-31, an aviation observation was reported at or near Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. The catalogue lists the aircraft and observers as an Australian navy Hawker Sea Fury pilot. Its time field reads 20:00. Two dark cigar-like forms, each compared in size with a DC-3, travelled on opposite sides of the aircraft. The source codes additionally mark ground radar detection. Source: Dominique F. Weinstein, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena: Eighty Years of Pilot Sightings (NARCAP TR-04, February 2001), PDF page 28, table row 16. Approximate GeoNames populated-locality centroid; not the reported observation point. Exact source-country and named-place alias match. GeoNames CC BY 4.0, https://www.geonames.org/2164837

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Approximate GeoNames populated-locality centroid; not the reported observation point. Exact source-country and named-place alias match. GeoNames CC BY 4.0, https://www.geonames.org/2164837
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