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UFO sightings in Tasmania

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

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• East Tamar Highway unidentified light report — March 23, 1988

  1988-03-23 · East Tamar Highway, Tasmania · CE2

  Motorists saw bright light ahead, engine lost power, radio failed.

• Launceston landing encounter — December 14, 1987

  1987-12-14 · Launceston, Tasmania · CE2

  Elliptical object landed ahead of car, blocked road; headlights and engine failed, blinding light from underside.

• Ross unidentified-object report — February 3, 1981

  1981-02-03 · Ross, Tasmania · CE1

  A luminous ovoid object maneuvered at 30 meters altitude in Ross, Tasmania and paced a car.

• Flinders Island unidentified light report — January 8, 1981

  1981-01-08 · Flinders Island (near), Tasmania · CE2

  On a boat near Flinders Island two men saw two nocturnal lights exchange light beams.

• Pawleena unidentified light report — January 31, 1978

  1978-01-31 · Pawleena, Tasmania · CE1

  A round object with two brilliant lights in its center approached a farmhouse and circled the paddock at low altitude.

• Kettering entity encounter — February 25, 1976

  1976-02-25 · Kettering, Tasmania · CE3

  1:00 a.m.

• Berridale unidentified light report — February 13, 1976

  1976-02-13 · Berridale (between Tarraleah and), Tasmania · CE2

  4:00 a.m.

• Howrah photographic UFO report — May 12, 1975

  1975-05-12 · Howrah, Tasmania · CE1

  4:10 p.m.

• Lake Sorell disc-shaped object report — February 26, 1975

  1975-02-26 · Lake Sorell, Tasmania · CE2

  Intensely bright domed disc, orange glow, emitted conical light beam down on lake, illuminated terrain, sped away at "colossal speed".

• Cressy spherical-object report — October 15, 1960

  1960-10-15 · Cressy (30 miles from), Tasmania · CE1

  Spherical 75 ft object flying at great speed at 36,000 ft

• City unknown disc-shaped object report — October 3, 1960

  1960-10-03 · City unknown, Tasmania · CE1

  The sighting of six flying saucers and a 'mother ship' has been reported from the Australian island state of Tasmania.