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UFO sightings in Australia

Explore historical UFO sightings and close encounter reports in Australia, with case narratives, available videos, and source links.

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• Salisbury, South Australia being encounter — October 28, 1962

  1962-10-28 · SALISBURY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, South Australia, Australia · CE3

  Teacher.

• Norwood, South Austr being encounter — October 28, 1962

  1962-10-28 · NORWOOD, SOUTH AUSTR, South Australia, Australia · CE3

  4 observer(s).

• Prince Of Wales Island, Austr landing encounter — June 15, 1962

  1962-06-15 · PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND, AUSTR, Queensland, Australia · CE2

  Silver object / hillside.

• Phillip Island unusual aerial object — 9 January 1962

  1962 · Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia · CE1

  A RAAF forwarding note records an unusual aerial-object report concerning Phillip Island during the morning hours of 9 January 1962. The material was received as an extract from a Department of Civil Aviation report. The surviving forwarding page does not contain the underlying w

• Laverton Raaf, Vic disc or spherical object report — September 8, 1961

  1961-09-08 · LAVERTON RAAF, VIC, Western Australia, Australia · CE1

  Air Force men.

• Meekatharra, West Aust disc or spherical object report — August 6, 1961

  1961-08-06 · MEEKATHARRA, WEST AUST, Western Australia, Australia · CE1

  12 observer(s).

• Bethungra, Aus unidentified-object report — June 13, 1961

  1961-06-13 · BETHUNGRA, AUS, NSW, Australia · CE1

  4 / railroad/railway station/depot/facility.

• Barabon, Qld, Aus disc or spherical object report — June 1961

  1961-06 · BARABON, QLD, AUS, Queensland, Australia · CE2

  4 observer(s) / car.

• Wyalong To/From Toompang, Aus triangular or delta-shaped object report — May 31, 1961

  1961-05-31 · WYALONG TO/FROM TOOMPANG, AUS, NSW, Australia · CE1

  7 observer(s).

• Near Gundagai, Nsw, Austr disc or spherical object report — May 7, 1961

  1961-05-07 · NEAR GUNDAGAI, NSW, AUSTR, NSW, Australia · CE1

  5 / plane take long exposure / huge UFO.

• Near Bowna, Austr being encounter — March 15, 1961

  1961-03-15 · NEAR BOWNA, AUSTR, NSW, Australia · CE3

  2 / camp.

• Wangaratta And Tallangatta, Vct unidentified-light report — March 10, 1961

  1961-03-10 · WANGARATTA AND TALLANGATTA, VCT, Victoria, Australia · CE1

  Night light maneuvers / wide area near Hume reservoir.

• Australia unidentified aerial event — March 1961

  1961-03-01 · Australia, Australia · CE1

  Was not a Meteor - Reported trajectory was too slow and description of a large meteor. ZDK RBIFC 036A/2101112 PP RJEZDX RJEDSQ RJEZHQ PP R3BPC 036 A ZNR P 2101112 FM USAIRA CANBERRA AUSTRALIA TO RJEZSQ/SPACE TRACK CONTROL CENTER L G HANSCOM FIELD MASS INFO RJEDSQ/AEROSPACE TECH I

• Millaa Millaa multi-witness sphere report — 1961

  1961 · Millaa Millaa, Queensland, Australia · CE1

  A newspaper clipping preserved in the RAAF file reports that about sixty people at Millaa Millaa watched a silver-and-red sphere high in the sky for approximately three and a half hours. Constable Anderson was quoted as seeing it accelerate across the sky and return to its prior

• 23S173E Between Nandiand Australia unidentified aerial event — December 1960

  1960-12-01 · 23S173E Between Nandiand Australia, Australia · CE1

  On or during December 1960, at or near 23S173E Between Nandiand Australia, Australia, the source reports the following sequence: BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One object observed at 30° altitude moving from the NNW to SSE with brightness of Venus. It disappeared behind clouds. OBJEC

• 50km North / Cressy, Tasm disc or spherical object report — November 15, 1960

  1960-11-15 · 50KM NORTH / CRESSY, TASM, TSM, Australia · CE1

  70' saucer going toward 800MPH / 36K'.

• Aviation encounter — 50 km from Cressy, Tasmania — 1960-11-15

  1960-11-15 · 50 km from Cressy, Tasmania, Australia

  A USAF RB-57 pilot and navigator reported an aerial observation at or near 50 km from Cressy, Tasmania on 15 November 1960. The account reports that a balloon-shaped object (diameter: 23 meters) flew at high speed at 36.000 ft. Source: Dominique F. Weinstein, Unidentified Aerial

• Cressy, Tasm cigar-shaped object report — October 4, 1960

  1960-10-04 · CRESSY, TASM, TSM, Australia · CE1

  Minister and 1.

• Belmont, Nsw being encounter — August 1960

  1960-08 · BELMONT, NSW, NSW, Australia · CE3

  Buzz.

• Newstead, Launceston unusual aerial object — about 23 January 1960

  1960 · Newstead, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia · CE1

  On 4 February 1960 RAAF Support Command forwarded a report by R.R. McQuestin concerning an unusual aerial object at Newstead, Launceston. The Department of Civil Aviation had supplied the report and advised that, although the observation date was not written on the report, it wou

• West / Blackwood, South Australia disc or spherical object report — November 20, 1959

  1959-11-20 · WEST / BLACKWOOD, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, South Australia, Australia · CE1

  2 cops.

• Euramo, Austr disc or spherical object report — September 1959

  1959-09 · EURAMO, AUSTR, Queensland, Australia · CE1

  Farmer.

• Broken Hill, Australia cigar-shaped object report — July 21, 1959

  1959-07-21 · BROKEN HILL, AUSTRALIA, NSW, Australia · CE1

  Numerous observer(s) / 5 glowing-objects exit long fireball.

• Woomera, South Australia cigar-shaped object report — July 20, 1959

  1959-07-20 · WOOMERA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, South Australia, Australia · CE1

  Many / town and base.

• East / Oorindi, Austr fireball or luminous-object report — July 18, 1959

  1959-07-18 · EAST / OORINDI, AUSTR, Queensland, Australia · CE1

  Several observer(s).

• Karumba, Aust disc or spherical object report — July 8, 1959

  1959-07-08 · KARUMBA, AUST, Queensland, Australia · CE1

  Several observer(s).

• Port Lihou, Qld, Aust landing encounter — July 8, 1959

  1959-07-08 · PORT LIHOU, QLD, AUST, Queensland, Australia · CE2

  Natives and many.

• Sse / Burren Jct., Nsw landing encounter — July 7, 1959

  1959-07-07 · SSE / BURREN JCT., NSW, NSW, Australia · CE2

  Separate observer(s).

• Gubanauna Point observation — 6 July 1959

  1959-07-06 · Near Gubanauna Point, Papua and New Guinea, Australia · CE1

  A source statement dated Monday, 6 July 1959 records that at about 8:40 p.m. the observer noticed a white glow through cloud northwest of his position, a few degrees above Gubanauna Point. The glow became a brilliant white spot, descended, and moved slightly south. Its brightness

• Boianai multiple-object observation — 28 June 1959

  1959-06-28 · Boianai, Territory of Papua and New Guinea, Australia · CE1

  For 28 June 1959, the Boianai notes record no object at 6:00 p.m., followed by one very high object almost overhead at about 6:45 p.m., distinguishable because it appeared to hover. At about 7:30 it was reported farther toward the southern sky but still roughly overhead. Around 9

• Boianai reported signal exchange — 27 June 1959

  1959-06-27 · Boianai, Territory of Papua and New Guinea, Australia · CE3

  On 27 June 1959 at Boianai, Annie Laurie was reported to have first noticed a large object at about 6:00 p.m. in approximately the same area as the previous night's principal object; William B. Gill recorded seeing it at about 6:02 p.m. Gill called other witnesses, and the group

• Boianai multi-witness observation — 26 June 1959

  1959-06-26 · Boianai, Territory of Papua and New Guinea, Australia · CE3

  On the evening of 26 June 1959 at Boianai, William B. Gill recorded a sequence beginning at about 6:45 p.m. with a bright white light to the northwest. He called other witnesses as the light appeared to approach and descend; the notes describe changing yellow-orange brightness an

• Boianai — Stephen Moi observation — 21 June 1959

  1959-06-21 · Boianai, Territory of Papua and New Guinea, Australia · CE1

  At about 1:00 a.m. on 21 June 1959 at Boianai, teacher Stephen Moi reported seeing a bright white light descending silently from high in the sky from a point about a quarter-mile offshore, slightly west of the station. Over roughly three minutes it moved eastward parallel to the

• Nourlange, Australia landing encounter — June 6, 1959

  1959-06-06 · NOURLANGE, AUSTRALIA, Northern Territory, Australia · CE2

  Several / Safari.

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

  1959-05-17 · COOKTOWN, AUST, Queensland, Australia · CE2

  3 hunters.

• Adelaide, Sa disc or spherical object report — March 31, 1959

  1959-03-31 · ADELAIDE, SA, South Australia, Australia · CE1

  3 kids and separate observer(s).

• West / Goolwa, Austr landing encounter — March 31, 1959

  1959-03-31 · WEST / GOOLWA, AUSTR, South Australia, Australia · CE2

  5M red-orange dome / windows / ground.

• Near Murray Bridge, South Australia disc or spherical object report — March 20, 1959

  1959-03-20 · NEAR MURRAY BRIDGE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, South Australia, Australia · CE1

  2 / car.

• Purnong, South Aust being encounter — March 13, 1959

  1959-03-13 · PURNONG, SOUTH AUST, South Australia, Australia · CE3

  60M domed saucer / field.

• Sydney, Nsw cigar-shaped object report — January 24, 1959

  1959-01-24 · SYDNEY, NSW, NSW, Australia · CE1

  2 observer(s).