1980
15th JAN; GLANVILLE, SA 2230hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 6, February-March 1980
A Glanville resident witnessed a strange orange coloured object from his back yard. The following was reported...

"I had just gone out the back door to take our two small dogs outside, when I glanced up at the sky and saw an object which appeared to be the size of a football. It was travelling in a west to east direction in a straight line. The object then accelerated and as it did so, appeared to increase in size until it resembled a full moon. It was glowing a fiery orange colour, and appeared to leave a trail of flame behind it. I am sure that the sighting was not of an aeroplane or a satellite. There were no lights visible inside the object."

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26th JAN; ADELAIDE (MOUNT LOFTY), SA 2140hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 7, May-June 1980
Whilst driving along the South Eastern Freeway through the Adelaide Hills, James Danvers sighted a pale yellow object shooting across the sky in front of him, just before it disappeared behind a hill. The object was reported as having a cone-shaped tail trailing it and bright lights within as it headed in a north-easterly direction. Mr Danvers said that he found it difficult to estimate the object's distance from the ground in the darkness, but it appeared to be much lower than other space objects which he had seen, appearing parallel with the horizon. The total duration of the sighting was approximately fifteen seconds.

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07th FEB; ADELAIDE (ADELAIDE HILLS), SA 1130hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 7, May-June 1980
A 59 year old man reported seeing three 'light' coloured objects flying in formation whilst he was working on a road site between Aldgate and Stirling in the Adelaide Hills. The sighting occurred at 11.30am and the weather conditions were fine and sunny. The three round oval-shaped objects were flying in a north-easterly direction and were reported to have been approximately two to three miles from the observer, and had no noise or smoke associated with their flight. They disappeared from view by flying directly into the rays of the sun.

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07th FEB; ADELAIDE (DUDLEY PARK), SA bet.2130-2200hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 7, May-June 1980
On this night, a family who live in a north-western suburb of Adelaide, heard an unusual sound which caused them to contact AIUFOFSR Society. The time of the incident was between 9.30 and 10pm. Weather conditions at the time were mild and 'still'.

"After hearing the noise, we all commented on the attitude and alertness of our dog. He sat up, ears pricked, and looked straight at the front door. He only does this when he knows that something is outside. The dog was shaking for at least ten to fifteen minutes after the noise was heard. Over the weekend, we took particular notice of our dog with plane noises and any other noises, and when he was lying down or sitting, he didn't even move his head. It appears that the frequency of the noise that he heard, was above that of any general noise.

The house, at the time, was in complete quietness, with no television, radio, etc.. The reason that we decided to fill out the form and to contact the society, was because, without my knowledge until Friday afternoon, the paper stated that a mystery object was sighted on Thursday night and the time stated in the paper corresponds with the time that we heard the 'more than strange' noise."

11th FEB; MALANDA, QLD
QB 1980-005
A large patch of flattened crop was found, with several smaller damaged spots around it.

11th FEB; ADELAIDE (PARA HILLS), SA NIGHT
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 7, May-June 1980
Miss J Witter witnessed a series of sightings around the 11th February. The following is her account of what happened...

"The object was very bright and it was present at approximately the same time every night for about four days. When we first saw it, at a glance, it looked like a shooting star, but when we saw the size, and saw that it just stayed up there, we looked through a telescope and were able to see, very clearly, a blue ring around the outside of the object. Whenever it moved, it decreased slightly in size, then became large again. On one night, it went down until it was below the houses and we could no longer see it.

This is when it could have landed somewhere. The change in size was not caused by clouds passing, because we could see it decreasing in size as we watched it."

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12th FEB; ADELAIDE (MODBURY NORTH), SA 2045hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 7, May-June 1980
A 26 year old company secretary living in Modbury North, saw a strange object in the sky at 8.45pm. Her report is as follows...

"I went down to turn the front sprinkler off, and as I was coming back, I stopped before I went in the back door and looked up into the sky. Suddenly between two clouds an object appeared. It seemed to be round in shape and had a pale yellow light around it, with a red tail. It was only visible for about three seconds before it disappeared behind another cloud. The object appeared to be at a level height as it travelled away from me. It was a very still, hot night, and the object moved very quickly through the sky."

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13.02.80 SOUTH AUSTRALIA
(Source: "Courier" newspaper SA 1/4/80).
Brilliant fireball sighted over the state.

13th FEB; ADELAIDE (TORRENS PARK), SA 2310hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 7, May-June 1980
A 19 year old bank officer, Debra O'Neil, reported seeing a brilliant white, round object, as she stood on her front verandah. The object, flashing spontaneously, seemed to be at approximately 100o from the ground and then dropped to about 50o before disappearing to the north behind trees.

Five people witnessed the sighting at 11.10pm which lasted for about five minutes. Miss O'Neil added to her official report that the object looked like an 'extra large flashing star', which she was unable to see between flashes. As the object moved from E to N, it seemed to lose altitude. It appeared further away than at first, and disappeared from view behind some trees.

Miss O'Neil later added...

"The sighting excited me as I believe in other forms of life, and often stare at the skies."

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19th FEB; ADELAIDE (CAMPBELLTOWN), SA 2130hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 7, May-June 1980
Mr R Druce reported seeing a strange object in the sky at approximately 9.30pm. He described the object as being round, red and with the upper half showing pale yellow lights. The object was travelling in a north, north-westerly direction. Its position in the sky was at about nine or ten o'clock, when it moved further across to the west, then back along the cresent of the moon. Mr Druce was astonished, and was sceptical of such objects.

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23rd FEB; CARAVONICA, QLD 2230hrs
QB 1980-006
A pulsating light described as brilliant orange in colour was observed at short range over houses. A whirring sound was heard.

13th MAR; PROSPECT, SA 0005hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 7, May-June 1980
Jeffrey Colwell, an unemployed graduate, with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Psychology, reported seeing three objects. Mr Colwell said that the three objects, which were round in shape, were a very faint orange-white colour and appeared directly overhead at approximately 1-2000 feet. The time of the sighting was 12.05am and the objects had a perfectly straight flight path, with absolutely precise formation from the first moment that they were sighted.

"They covered five miles in four seconds as I viewed them from behind. My enquiries revealed that it may have been a Mystere aircraft, but for this to be so, such an aircraft would have to have three lights visible from behind. The formation was so precise - an equilateral triangle - that my first thoughts were that it was not a common aircraft with three lights, but three unknown objects. I felt that I was seeing something unknown, but my mind is still open about it. The objects were about the size of a small car as they faded over the city lights."

The total duration of this sighting was four seconds.

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18th MAR; CEDUNA, SA 2100-2130hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 7, May-June 1980
David Horton sighted a pulsating, bright yellow-silver coloured, star-shaped object as it carried out some strange manoeuvres in the sky at approximately 9-9.30pm. David and a friend watched the object as it was stationary for several seconds, then it moved and stopped again. Whilst moving, the intensity of the light changed. The duration of the sighting was approximately thirty seconds.

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29th MAR; BRISBANE (BURPENGARY), QLD 2130hrs
QA 1980-00?
Peter Manley (17), Neil Chesher (17), and Sue Kelly (17), all of Redcliffe were driving home from Burpengary. Soon after leaving the freeway, Sue noticed a bright white light almost directly ahead, between ten and thirty degrees above the horizon. It appeared to be a fair distance away, and was moving towards their right. Sue brought this to the attention of Peter and Neil, who at first considered it to be a plane or a meteorite. However, they continued to watch it as they drove. It's initial flight path was horizontal but it's final path appeared to slope downwards towards the horizon. Halfway along it's journey, it's apparent position came close to the apparent position of a plane coming in to land at Brisbane Airport. All witnesses agreed that the object was both brighter (in apparent brilliance) and farther away than the airplane. The unknown had moved to well behind directed right by the time the three youths reached the Chesher residence in Anzac Avenue. It had been visible for the entire journey, a travelling time of between five and ten minutes. However the unknown was out of sight before Mr and Mrs Chesher came outside to see it. It had apparently dropped below the horizon. Peter and Neil thought that the light had remained a constant luminosity throughout it's voyage, while Sue thought that it had exhibited a slow pulsation (2-3 second cycle time).

30th MAR; REYNELLA, SA 2145hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 7, May-June 1980
Ken Sorensen saw an object, not for the first time, but for what appears to be the fifth time. Ken described the object as being round, with yellow, green, red and white flashing lights around its perimeter. Six people witnessed its last appearance which lasted for three hours. The object was approximately two miles from the spectators at an approximate altitude of 500 feet.

Mr Sorensen reported that two months prior to this sighting he had seen the same object. The last object he saw came at exactly 2am every morning for four nights running. It remained stationary for three to four hours at a time before disappearing.

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APR; LOWER MITCHAM, SA bet.2230-2330hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 7, May-June 1980
A resident of Clapham witnessed a white coloured object in the sky whilst driving through Lower Mitcham.

"Driving down a tree-lined street, we saw the object and watched it for a few seconds. The object disappeared behind a tree, so we stopped the car to get out and have a better look. We still couldn't see very much, so we climbed on to the roof of the car, but by the time we got on the roof, the object had disappeared."

The object was described as being flat, round on the corners, and travelling slowly at a distance of one to one-and-a-half miles away. The sighting occurred between 10.30 and 11.30pm and lasted for five seconds.

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01.04.80 ADELAIDE (TEA TREE GULLY), SA 0253hrs (NL)
Glancing up at the sky, a woman reported a "mushroom" shaped object with lighter roughly circular patches at places inside the general shape. It appeared to be moving to the left in a stop/go movement. Location was 10-15 degrees, bearing 170 degrees. They retired to bed leaving the object present. Duration: 7 minutes. UFORSA

02nd APR; HALLETT COVE, SA 1800hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 7, May-June 1980
Mr Hurley noticed a star-like object travelling through the sky towards his house. At this time, the object was about two miles away when Mr Hurley ran inside to get his binoculars because he saw that the object was saucer shaped and wanted to be able to see it more clearly.

"At first it was like a flare, then it came towards the house at great speed, forming the shape of a saucer. Through the binoculars I could see three of four port-holes which appeared to be square."

He also said that he distinctly saw sparks coming from the left-hand side of the craft. Mr Hurley went on to say that the object which was coloured like a brilliant star, then accelerated out of sight in a northerly direction. Weather conditions at the time of the sighting were clear, with unhindered moonlight. The object was observed for approximately two minutes.

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09th APR; BEULAH PARK, SA 1930hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 7, May-June 1980
Whilst walking along a footpath at 7.30pm, Leighton Rutt and a friend, noticed four silvery-coloured, spherical, (wedge-shaped), objects flying in a south-easterly direction at great speed. Mr Rutt reported that the objects were at an approximate height of sixty to seventy degrees from the horizon at an unknown distance, and could be seen for three to five seconds.

"If a fifty cent coin was suspended five to six feet above me, it would be approximately the size of each of the objects."

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13.04.80 SOUTH KILKERRAN, SA 2350hrs (CE2)
SA 1980-006
While driving alone a man reported observing a bank of yellow lights alongside his car. The vehicle appeared to have no acceleration power whilst the object was present. There was no sound noticed. All of a sudden the object left at speed and the car returned to normal.

Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 7, May-June 1980
Mr Hasting reported that whilst he was driving along a country road, he noticed a row of lights to his right about half a mile off the road, travelling level with is car. His car suddenly began to act as if it were stalling. This happened about three times within the time that the objects could be seen. There were seven or eight lights which appeared to be connected to one object, which ran from one end to the other. They then paused for about the same amount of time that it had taken for them to move from end to end. At this point, Mr Hasting said that his body had been very tense and cold.

Still driving and trying to watch the lights travelling with his car, he watched them as they gradually gained altitude, then sped off in a north-easterly direction. UFORSA

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18th APR; HAPPY VALLEY RESERVOIR, SA NIGHT
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 7, May-June 1980
Wayne Madden, in the company of a friend, sighted a dull yellow coloured object in the vicinity of the Happy Valley Reservoir. The oval-shaped object appeared to be at a distance of an eighth of a mile away, at an approximate altitude of 200 feet.

Mr Madden reported that the object appeared from the east and travelled to the west at a slow speed at one level, then dropped altitude, tilted to a 30o angle without changing direction. He then jumped from the car to listen for sounds, such as jet engines, but there was 'dead silence'. On seeing the object, he pointed it out to his friend who asked what it was, then realized what it was as it became more clearly visible. The object then disappeared from view behind some trees. Both observers were shocked by the sighting.

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26th APR; CHRISTIES BEACH, SA 1930hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 7, May-June 1980
A Security Agent witnessed some strange manoeuvres made by an oval-shaped object as he left his office at about 7.30pm. His report of the sighting is as follows...

"Upon leaving office, sighted object from car. At first thought it was Venus, but size was far too large and also more brilliant, like landing lights on aircraft, but object was stationary. I then lost sight of it but saw it again a few minutes later when I arrived home, but its position had changed. It then moved to the left, returned and started a pendulum movement. I took binoculars from car and observed that it was oval-shaped on the bottom, flat on top.

At one stage it appeared to fade, then became brilliant again. I returned to the house, but when I came out again, the object had disappeared. I felt puzzled at first, but accepted the fact that it could have been a UFO. I was quite calm and rather pleased with having the experience."

The object was reported to the white and slightly yellow around its rim. The total duration of the sighting was approximately six minutes.

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03rd MAY; NATIVE VALLEY, SA 1930hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 8, August 1980
Mr Alan Stevens, accompanied by his wife and daughter, were returning to Murray Bridge in their car, and were in the vicinity of Nairne when they noticed a very large ring of red lights which appeared to be stationary. They lost sight of the object, but it reappeared in a different place and lower. They observed it for about twenty minutes before losing sight of it.

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05th MAY; MOANA, SA 2043hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 8, August 1980
Richard Sargent reported a round object, very bright but not dazzling, was stationary for several seconds and then moved away very fast and disappeared behind a small cloud. It was very high.

16th MAY; KERSBROOK, SA 0215hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 8, August 1980
Two women saw an oval object, creamy white in colour. It hovered for about fifteen minutes, then began to move in a V shape. The observer's sister suggested they go back to sleep...

"I don't believe in UFOs, we're not really seeing this."

19th MAY; ADELAIDE (MITCHELL PARK), SA 1635hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 8, August 1980
A medical orderly noticed a silver-metallic 'hamburger' shaped object overhead. It wobbled from side to side as it passed overhead and disappeared from sight. It was 500 to 1000 feet in altitude and the size of a large car.

He said, "I could see no windows or doors as I could not see above the rim of the craft. It looked just like a good old fashioned hamburger."

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23rd MAY; McLAREN FLAT, SA 1930hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 8, August 1980
The observer saw blue flashing lights above the hills but did not take much notice until he realized it was too big for a plane, and began to observe more closely. The object was approaching him at a height of about 400 feet. It was making a humming noise which became louder as it approached. It hovered over the shed in which he was working. The shed vibrated because of the noise and the surroundings were lit up. It moved off towards the sea.

25th MAY; PORT NOARLUNGA, SA 2030hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 8, August 1980
Observers watched a white light for about twenty minutes before it disappeared over the sea.

31st MAY; McLAREN FLAT, SA 1915hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 8, August 1980
Several independant observers watched a cone shaped object, which at first was travelling very fast, but slowed down and then stopped. It was much larger than an aircraft.

06th JUN; PORT GILES, SA 2200hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 8, August 1980
Three observers were listening to their radio when they noticed a rotating light coming down from the sky. The light would go off and reappear in a different place. It then stopped and seemed to allow a similar light to come up from the sea. The first Object then dropped into the sea. The second object moved at amazing speed.

07th JUN; NARRABEAN, NSW ca1945hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 8, August 1980
The object was first observed at Narrabean by two women who said it came from the east, travelling very fast and glowing very brightly. Then as it came overhead, it slowed to a very slow speed, then hovered over the Narrabean Lake for about a minute before moving off. Many people in Narrabean witnessed the object.

07th JUN; SYDNEY (FRENCH'S FOREST), NSW 1945hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 8, August 1980
Glenyse Masiar and her son were talking to friends at the front of her home when they all looked up, yelling UFO.

"It was not moving at all. It was saucer shaped with oblong lights around the rim. They were not a dazzling bright light, but a blue-grey glow. It then slowly lifted. It was huge. It was silent. It then began to cruise very slowly in a westerly direction. It banked just before we lost sight of it."

This object was viewed for more than an hour before it moved away.

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23rd JUN; TEA TREE GULLY, SA 1930hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 8, August 1980
The object reported was described as oval-shaped and a gold-orange in colour. The observer checked on all plane flights and weather balloons, but nothing was supposed to be in that area at that time.

29th JUN; SELLICKS BEACH, SA 2245hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 8, August 1980
Three observers watched for one and a half hours as three separate, pulsing red-green lights executed manouvres, at about six miles distance from them, towards Cape Jervis. They were lost to sight by cloud obstruction.

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06th JUL; GOOLWA, SA 1710hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 8, August 1980
Mr Michael Jolly and his wife were preparing to go fishing. He said...

"At 5.05am I was preparing to go fishing at Cape Jervis with my wife and son when I noticed bright lights on the top of an adjacent hill three quarters of a mile away. I called my wife's attention to it and we watched different coloured lights on top of the hill which later rose to a bright dome (eliptical in shape), very slowly (over a period of seven minutes). It then appeared to turn disc-shape which then quickly diminished in size and light intensity (over approximately one minute) until it disappeared completely, fading from view and then finally disappearing almost instantly. The lights appeared to be melting into one another, not necessarily in any order...bright red...to white...to bluish white. It was about the size of a semi-trailer."

14th JUL; ONE TREE HILL, SA 2230hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 8, August 1980
Anthony Brook was walking in St Elizabeth Park when he noticed a glow out of the corner of his eye. He then saw a black object with a green glow underneath forming a large ark. He went home to get his brother and when they returned one minute later, the object seemed to be on the ground. They returned home to get a car to go an investigate but the object disappeared. They had watched it for about thirty minutes.

15th JUL; RUDALL, SA 2050hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 8, August 1980
A farmer and his friend were out spotlighting when they noticed a long thin pink object moving along about twenty-five metres above a three phase powerline about ten kilometres out of Rudall. The observer said,

"We stopped our car and cut the motor but we could not hear anything. There were no lights shining to the rear, and as it moved away from us, it rose into the sky and the glow from its light disappeared amongst the stars."

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19th JUL; MORPHETT VALE, SA 1900hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 8, August 1980
The observer saw a metallic saucer shaped object, bright gold in colour. At one point it seemed to almost stop and right itself because it was travelling at about a 40o angle.

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22.07.80 REYNELLA, SA 1620hrs (PHOTO)
A moving object was photographed by a woman during daylight hours. Three colour shots were taken with an Instamatic camera, and show merely a small dot which could not be identified. UFORSA

23rd JUL; CAMPERDOWN, VIC 1715hrs
Source: The Chronicle (Wangaratta/29.07.80)
Two Camperdown men sighted an unidentified flying object last week. They believe it was similar to the one reported by Warrnambool residents last Wednesday evening.

Mr Peter Leishman said that he and Mr Graeme Brown noted a long thin white cigar shaped cloud about 5.15pm on Wednesday.

"It caught our attention because it didn't change shape and because it was too regular to be a cloud",

Mr Leishman said.

"It was like a thick white line, slightly thicker in the middle and black at the nose end. It was travelling very slowly across the skyline in the opposite direction to the clouds".

Mr Leishman said that the object, which didn't appear to have wings, had no flashing lights and did not change colour.

23rd JUL; WARRNAMBOOL, VIC 1745-1815hrs (CE1 + PHOTO)
Source: The Standard (Warrnambool/25.07.80)
....Five people in Warrnambool and three outside the city reported seeing the strange sight in the sky between 5,45pm and 6.15pm. Department of Transport (DOT) and RAAF officials said there were no aircraft in the area at that time. The object was seen to travel north and then east for about twenty minutes before it disappeared.

Mrs Margaret Lowe of Wangoom Road said she first saw the object from her kitchen window.

"I was peeling potatoes when I first saw it. It was flat and round, sort of saucer shaped", she said.

Another call came from Graham Kelly of Caramut Road who said the object appeared to be red and glowing with a tail. Mr Kelly said he thought it was a slim cloud reflecting the setting sun's light when he first looked. After a later check with binoculars, he said it looked like a plane.

Mark Lee and his girlfriend Kerrie Henderson were driving along the Gun Club Road when they saw the object at 5.45pm.

"We got out of the car and stood watching it for about fifteen or twenty minutes. It didn't move for about five minutes, then it flattened out and went yellow. There was a red ring around it".

Mark said the object then moved slowly off towards Mortlake.

"The lights went out and all that was left was a vapor trail but we could still see a black, flat object. It was hard to tell how high it was flying but it seemed to be stationed over Dooley's Hill".

In the Skiddow area Mrs Bruce Hill saw it and described the object having a black dot on the front and back and as she watched it to the north the object turned around. Carol Wickenton of Panmure described it as very bright with a long tail behind it.

Milk tanker driver Bob Wallace of Killarney was driving at Dennington when he saw the object. He said it looked to be coming from the south and was a black dot first.

"It headed towards Koroit, then veered off. I thought it was a plane but it was a yellow glow and when that went, it was a black dot with a tail".

The RAAF duty officer said: "There was no noticeable trace on radar but that could have been because it was flying too low".

Source: The Standard (Warrnambool/26.07.80)
....Standard photographer Steve Hynes photographed the UFO about 5.50pm.

....A meteorology bureau information officer said yesterday the different colours of the object described in reports could have been caused by a red haze as the sun sets. He said that sunlight reflecting through the haze layer could have shown red, orange or yellow.

Planetarium lecturer at the Victorian Science Museum, Mr Dave Marshall, said Saturn would be the most visible planet in the area of the UFO reports and would have been yellow. However, he said it would not be visible until after sunset and would appear in the north-west area of the sky. Mr Marshall said an exhaust trail could sometimes appear with planets when viewed through mist or clouds.

Eight sightings were reported to the 'Standard' on Thursday and another five yesterday.

One report yesterday was from a Cooramook farmer, who watched the object through binoculars for about four minutes from 5.45pm. He said the UFO was stationary in an area where the sun had just gone down, was round and appeared to have a ring around it similar to some planets. It was brown and appeared to have a black spot in one place. The farmer said he lost interest in the object because it was not moving.

23rd JUL; EDWARDSTOWN, SA 1935hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 8, August 1980
Beryl DiCicco observed a round, slightly enlongated object, brilliant blue-green in colour. It moved extremely fast in an east west direction and was lost to sight by the coastline.

24th JUL; WARRNAMBOOL, VIC 1745-1815hrs
Source: The Standard (25.07.80)
....Five people in Warrnambool and three outside the city reported seeing the strange sight in the sky between 5,45pm and 6.15pm. Department of Transport (DOT) and RAAF officials said there were no aircraft in the area at that time. The object was seen to travel north and then east for about twenty minutes before it disappeared.

Mrs Margaret Lowe of Wangoom Road said she first saw the object from her kitchen window.

"I was peeling potatoes when I first saw it. It was flat and round, sort of saucer shaped", she said.

Another call came from Graham Kelly of Caramut Road who said the object appeared to be red and glowing with a tail. Mr Kelly said he thought it was a slim cloud reflecting the setting sun's light when he first looked. After a later check with binoculars, he said it looked like a plane.

Mark Lee and his girlfriend Kerrie Henderson were driving along the Gun Club Road when they saw the object at 5.45pm.

"We got out of the car and stood watching it for about fifteen or twenty minutes. It didn't move for about five minutes, then it flattened out and went yellow. There was a red ring around it".

Mark said the object then moved slowly off towards Mortlake.

"The lights went out and all that was left was a vapor trail but we could still see a black, flat object. It was hard to tell how high it was flying but it seemed to be stationed over Dooley's Hill".

In the Skiddow area Mrs Bruce Hill saw it and described the object having a black dot on the front and back and as she watched it to the north the object turned around. Carol Wickenton of Panmure described it as very bright with a long tail behind it.

Milk tanker driver Bob Wallace of Killarney was driving at Dennington when he saw the object. He said it looked to be coming from the south and was a black dot first.

"It headed towards Koroit, then veered off. I thought it was a plane but it was a yellow glow and when that went, it was a black dot with a tail".

The RAAF duty officer said: "There was no noticeable trace on radar but that could have been because it was flying too low".

Source: The Standard (26.07.80)
....The Standard photographer Steve Hynes photographed the UFO about 5.50pm.

....A meteorology bureau information officer said the different colours of the object described in reports could have been caused by a red haze as the sun sets. He said that sunlight reflecting through the haze layer could have shown red, orange or yellow.

Planetarium lecturer at the Victorian Science Museum, Mr Dave Marshall, said Saturn would be the most visible planet in the area of the UFO reports and would have been yellow. However, he said it would not be visible until after sunset and would appear in the north-west area of the sky. Mr Marshall said an exhaust trail could sometimes appear with planets when viewed through mist or clouds.

Eight sightings were reported to the 'Standard" on Thursday and another five yesterday.

One report yesterday was from a Cooramook farmer, who watched the object through binoculars for about four minutes from 5.45pm. He said the UFO was stationary in an area where the sun had just gone down, was round and appeared to have a ring around it similar to some planets. It was brown and appeared to have a black spot in one place. The farmer said he lost interest in the object because it was not moving.

Source: The Australian UFO Bulletin (December 1980)
Copyright: GSW, INC 1980

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WARRNAMBOOL PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS
COMPUTER IMAGE ENHANCEMENT
A lone B & W photograph of an unidentified object (UO) was submitted to GSW for analysis by Paul Norman, Vice-President of UFOR(VIC), Australia. The daylight photograph contains an inarticulate image and an exhaust protuberance with only sparse foreground data. The photograph is extremely noisy (grainy) due to its enlarged size and the high speed film (Tri-X). Since the UO was possible observed by numerous witnesses in different locations, according to written transcript, the photograph is a good candidate for computer analysis. All major modes of computer enhancement were utilized during the interpretation including: digitizing, colour contouring, spatial filtering and distance factoring. The following conclusions were obtained from the single photograph.

1) The UO image is not a hoax. There is no photographic evidence to establish any manipulation of the picture.

2) The UO image is not connected with any astronomical body. Nor is the image any known type of rare atmospheric or weather phenomenon.

3) A 135mm telephoto lens, when used in concert with a 2x tele-converter will photograph approximately ten degrees of the sky.

4) The photographer used a small aperture lens opening, probably F16 to F22, which accounts for the extreme depth of field. Example: An F16 setting can effectively photograph foreground images as close as four metres, as well as distant images, and still have both images in good (sharp) focus.

5) The UO image is reflecting sunlight, both the body of the object and the contrail. Additionally, the UO image is in effect being back-lighted due to the position of the sun. Based on the direction of the sunlight * and the sighting (location) data, it is safe to conclude that the photograph was taken between 5.30pm and 6.30pm local time.

NOTE: * The data was calculated from the azimuth of the sun.

6) Assuming that the UO photograph was not cropped, then the picture width represents ten degrees (.17450 Radians) of arc. The size of the UO with the contrail is approximately 1/6th of the total width or 1.7 degrees. The main body portion of the UO image is much smaller.

7) By using special filtering techniques it is possible to isolate this main body from the contrail and reveal that the contrail is being emitted from below the UO.

8) The shape of the UO is definitely elliptical with what appears to be a vertical stabilizer at the rear portion of the image.

9) When performing the technique of density slicing, we were able to count over fifty separate density (grey

10) The aspect ratio (the ratio of width to height) was measured with a video micrometer. This ratio measurement is seven to one.

Example: If the UO is twenty feet long then it is approximately three feet high (thick).

11) The UO is at a vast distance and altitude from the photographer. Measurements based on pixel (picture cell) factoring reveal an altitude of at least 30000 feet (9.4kms). It should be noted that due to the grainy structure of the film that this figure is most likely conservative and in reality the UO is probably over 50000 feet (14.5kms). The grainy structure of the film tends to make quantifiable measurements.

12) The actual size of the UO, void of the contrail, has a physical size close to that of most high altitude (weather or reconnaissance) aircraft.

13) The UO is at a vast distance from the photographer, however, due to a lack of additional sky features and the condition of the film an absolute measurement is impossible.

CONCLUSIONS:
Based on the photographic data it is the conclusion of GSW that the image represents a high-altitude military aircraft. The following facts tend to support his finding:

A. The shape of the UO, is constant to that of an aircraft with a high vertical stabilizer.

B. The size of the UO is also constant to that of common aircraft.

C. Contrails, which are reflecting a setting sun, can be visible for over fifteen minutes.

D. The empirical observations of 'hovering' and/or 'standing still for over five minutes' could be attributed to the heading of the UO slightly angled from the witness.

This has in the past, confused many witnesses of this type of observation. The possibility of the UO representing an extra-ordinary flying craft should not be dismissed; however, additional sighting data and photographs must be obtained to substantiate its claim.

Fred Adrian William H. Spaulding

GSW Photographic Consultant Director.

26th JUL; ADELAIDE, SA 0420hrs (PORT ADELAIDE)
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 8, August 1980
A signalman on his way to work noticed three very large lights in a triangle, but they appeared to be spinning around. When he arrived at his place of work, it seemed to be low over Outer Harbour and disappeared from view.

28th JUL; SWANREACH, SA 0100hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 9, November 1980
Mr Foster watched an oval silver object for 21/2 hours. Sometimes it was stationary. At other times it moved around at random. It was finally lost to view as it rose higher and higher.

29th JUL; TAPEROO, SA 2000hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 9, November 1980
Neil and Paul Manning were overcome with a strange feeling and went outside. They were amazed to see three round, blue flashing lights. The blue lights were flashing downwards, but in a peculiar zig-zag movement.

01st AUG; ANGLE VALE, SA 0530hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 9, November 1980
Two women travelling along the Angle Vale Road noticed a large, very bright light stationary in the sky. They watched for thirty minutes before losing sight of it.

07th AUG; Nr STRATHLEVEN STN, QLD 1315hrs
QB 1980-020
A TAA DC-9 Flight 534 enroute from Cairns to Gove to Darwin sighted an unusual object travelling far above the jet towards the north. When the DC-9 Jet was at a position 120 miles (193kms) NW of Cairns and flying at 30000ft, the pilot sighted an object with a similar trajectory as the aircraft (i.e. NW heading). It was in sight for approximately five minutes until the object was eventually lost in the distance, heading towards the Gulf of Carpentaria. The object was estimated as being 20,000ft above the aircraft, making the altitude of the UO (approx) 50,000ft. At the time of sighting, the position of the jet was approximately over the area of Strathallan or Strathleven Stations (near Palmer R.) on the Domestic Route "AVOCADO" app. magnetic track - NW. 286. The nearest international route is north at a 316 heading NW.

The DOT FSO (Flight Service Officer) in contact with the aircraft, then checked with civil and military traffic movements and found no other traffic in the area.

NOTE: FSO said that he had called the RAAF (presumably Garbutt, TSV) who also checked with the US Embassy Aust. in relation to flights of B-52 Bombers over N.Q., there were apparently no US flights at that time.

After the object disappeared, and the pilot (Captain Willinczyck) was notified of the nil traffic situation, the FSO requested further details of the UO but the pilot 'sounded disinterested' at this point and did not supply further details. The description of the object, as given by the pilot to the FSO during the sighting, was 'Seen only as a dark dot with a distinctive contrail behind, heading NW'. The pilot could not make out any aircraft shape.

The RAAF were apparently alerted to the event. However, it appeared that following the pilot's disinterest in filing a report, investigations were ceased. Upon the data available, there appears to be three possible explanations to account for the sighting made by the TAA pilot.

1) Possible that the object was an aircraft in the area without the permission of the civil or military authorities.

2) Possible that the object was a meteorite with contrail on similar track as the TAA flight.

3) Possible that the object was an unknown.

Although the object appears more likely to have been an aircraft, there is no evidence to support this explanation. The object could not be identified by either the DOT or the pilot and no satisfactory explanation has emerged from inquiries into the incident. The object must be assumed as a possible UFO.

09th AUG; BRIGHTON, SA 0600hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 9, November 1980
Mr and Mrs Close were fishing from the Brighton Jetty. They were watching two jets making their approach to the airport when they noticed two glowing yellow balls of light out over the sea.

10th AUG; HACKHAM, SA 0140hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 9, November 1980
Miss Kay Gowling reported a large, very brilliant orange-yellow light, which she watched for half an hour. It moved towards her and then moved back again. There were no street lights on, but the object was so bright it lit up the area and she could see houses and parked cars that she would not normally be able to see with the street lights.

19th AUG; MORIALTA, SA 2115hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 9, November 1980
Two students reported seeing two very bright lights, like car headlights, which travelled at speed and disappeared. The girls said that it looked like a car going overhead.

30th AUG; GLENELG, SA 2230hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 10, February 1981
Mrs Diana Pugh and three other witnesses saw an object which was round in shape, and watched for a duration of ten minutes. Although they did not actually observe the object undergo the colour change, they did however, notice that the change was sequence of pink to white to red. Mrs Pugh did quote however, that the object seemed to be too small to be manned, and that it may have been some kind of surveillance device.

07th SEPT; BROWN HILL CREEK, SA 2025hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 9, November 1980
Although no sighting occured, two people had a very mysterious incident in this area.

My girlfriend and I (she was driving) were driving up Brown Hill Creek Road past the Caravan Park. As we crossed the bridge the whole atmosphere seemed to change and we became uneasy and nauseous, and I was virtually terrified at this moment. (My girlfriend said later that she also was terrified). She did a U-turn, stopped the car, demanded that I get out and drive, but made no attempt to get out of the car. I refused to get out of the car because I had a terrible feeling that if I did, it would be the last thing I ever did, I would disappear, or something terrible would happen. We quickly drove back over the bridge, and everything was alright again."

NOTE: From time to time, AIUFOFSR Society get reports of this strange atmosphere in this area.

14th SEPT; PARAFIELD, SA 0555hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 9, November 1980
A person reported seeing a large yellow light which she watched for several minutes before losing sight of it after she turned a bend in the road.

14th SEPT; TULLY, QLD 0630hrs
Q 198 -00?
The two witnesses were riding pushbikes just outside Tully when one noticed out of the corner of his eye the glint of an object in the sky. It was cigar-shaped and had a red stripe along it's silvery coloured body. It was observed until it 'faded into the sky'. Duration of sighting: five minutes.

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16th SEPT; PORT NOARLUNGA, SA 2300hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 9, November 1980
A Bank Manager and a Taxi Driver reported a round yellow object travelling west out over the sea. It appeared to be tumbling and left a trail of smoke which was still visible about fifteen minutes after the sighting.

18th SEPT; MT CRAWFORD, SA
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 9, November 1980
A farmer in this area reported finding this typical saucer ring in the middle of one of his very green pastures. There were no markings outside of the ring, and no logical explanation for it.

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18th SEPT; TORRENS ISLAND, SA 1920hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 9, November 1980
Kevin Groth and his brother were fishing by pylons opposite the Torrens Island Power Station.

"From behind a cloud, a pearly coloured object appeared. It had a domed top and circular bottom. It moved to the left, moved over the river and was stationary as if it was observing us. Then it started to swoop down towards us. It was about fifteen feet above the river. We were petrified when we first saw it, but when it started to swoop towards us. We fled in terror. I have no idea how or where it disappeared. We just ran at great speed to where our car was parked."

24th SEPT; KACKHAM, SA 2045hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 9, November 1980
Our observer was looking out to sea when he saw a large, white rectangular shaped object heading west out to sea. It disappeared in the distance.

30th SEPT; SALE, VIC 0100-0150hrs (CE2)
Source: The Australian UFO Bulletin December 1980 Edition
Location: 19 kilometres due west of Sale, Victoria, on the Princes Highway. A cattle grazing property of approximately 500 acres called "White-Acres".

Mr Blackwell awoke from his sleep to the noise of his horse galloping around the paddock in panic, the bellowing of cattle nearby and an unusual whistling sound. Glancing at his bedside clock - 1am - he arose in haste and went to the back porch to investigate the commotion. Being unable to view the horse from the porch due to a small shed, Mr Blackwell climbed onto the top porch rail to view the animal. Immediately his attention was drawn to an object flying low from a south westerly direction just below a clump of trees. The object was approximately 550ft from the porch. Mr Blackwell estimated the object to be 6ft off the ground. The object was producing a low whistling sound and emitted blue and orange lights. Mr Blackwell's thoughts were in his own words

"Oh my God it's an aircraft crashing".

He then stood there stunned watching the object. As it cleared the trees he realized the object was domed shaped, not an aircraft and like nothing he had ever witnessed before. He estimated it to be ten feet in height and twenty-six feet in length. The object proceeded in a straight line passing over fences and touched down fifty feet from a concrete water tank 1/4 mile from the house. Mr Blackwell returned to the bedroom, changed clothes, jumped on his motor bike and drove towards the site where the object had landed. On arriving at a closed gate he alighted from his bike and nervously opened the gate while still observing the object. The object was stationary on the ground, the whistling sound continued and orange and blue lights were slowly revolving. The lights were ten feet apart and approx. seven inches in diameter. The object in the light of the moon was bell shaped, coloured orange with a white dome on top. After approx. ten minutes the object started to lift off and Mr Blackwell mounted his bike and drove directly towards it. When fifty yards from the object the whistling noise increased in pitch like a jet engine in reverse. The noise was ear piercing as the object raised slowly into the air giving off a blast of heat. As the bike was on a slight slope its headlight picked up the bottom of the object as it rose. Mr Blackwell noticed a large circular rim on the bottom similar to a hovercraft tube. This rim receded in width as the craft rose. Suddenly the suction reduced in the lift off as did the high pitched noise and stones and cow pads fell from below the craft. The craft flew in an easterly direction slowly gaining height and Mr Blackwell observed it until it disappeared from eye sight. On returning to the house the time was 1.50am. Weather Conditions: a clear star studded sky, calm, no wind with a full moon.

RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION:
The principal witness was notably shaken by the experience and developed headaches at 11am that morning. Headaches were not a normal thing for the witness. He did feel tired but also had trouble sleeping. No eye trouble had developed. The physical evidence on the ground consisted of a circular brown ring fourteen inches wide around the circumference with a diameter of approx. thirty feet. There were six evenly spaced half spokes pointing inwards towards the centre of the circle which had not turned brown. No radiation was evident and soil samples were taken. The magnetic field in the area was normal. The grass, cape weed and clover was not burnt but appeared to have been poisoned creating the brown effect. The 10,000 gallon water tank nearby was nearly empty to the amazement of the witness and the owner. No explanation could be found for this. The stock on the property would not go anywhere near the circle. It was even impossible to force them into the paddock where the circle was. There was a distinct line of rocks and cow pads lying on the ground in an easterly line from the circle. On examining these it was found they had been uprooted from another place probably the centre of the circle. A time discrepancy of approx. twenty minutes was discovered in the witnesses' statement; not all the details can be produced in this report as in all such cases we must respect the personal feelings and wishes of any witnesses.

The only other witness to be found was young Kelly Postle from the Kilmany General Store approx. four kilometres away. Miss Postle stated that at 12.12am the same morning she saw from her bedroom window a pink ball of fire moving slowly in the west just under the Southern Cross. The sighting has been reported to the RAAF base at Sale and Flight Lieutenant Philip who handles the UAS reports will investigate.

NOTE: On a return visit on 31st Oct., Mr Blackwell recalled the object actually hovered over the tank before touching down. Pat Gildea

28th OCT; AYR, NORTH QLD 1945hrs
"At the above time I went out to the rear of my house in Ayr, North Qld. There I saw a pulsating red light, as big as a golf all, in the sky above me. It was travelling NW to SE., at first I thought it was a plane. Then I realized that it wasn't a plane because there was no sound or flashing white light with this object, also it was moving too slow. I connected up my spotlight and flashed it in the direction of the light. My spotlight is twelve volt, it is connected to a fifteen volt intermittent electric train transformer run from the mains power supply. In having the spotlight set up this way, after ten seconds it goes on off-on-off and keeps going like this until the switch on the back is turned off. The red light continued travelling very slowly across the sky then went out, with three quick flashes, the red light pulsated three times in answer to my signal. I did this four times and each time it flashed back, then it returned to it's original pattern moving slowly to the South East. When it had moved some distance it did a ninety degree turn and headed East. After a few minutes the light went out again, all this time I had the spotlight pointed in it's direction. I immediately repeated the same procedure as before and obtained the same result. This time the object only answered me three times then would not answer me any more. Thinking it may return I kept watching the spot where it disappeared, then, way over to the right of this spot I was watching, it reappeared, stationary and pulsating. I immediately positioned the spotlight in it's direction and in doing so it moved off in an Easterly direction very slowly. I continued to flash this object until it went out of sight behind some houses. The time duration for all of this was about forty-five minutes. My thirteen year old son is a witness to all of this taking place. Below is a sketch of the sighting and the way it was travelling.

REFER TO SKETCH.

08th NOV; ELIZABETH VALE, SA 2035hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 10, February 1981
Miss Julie Brooks and her sister Jannis and two other friends, sighted a red-orange object which at first they thought was a weather balloon. While they were standing watching the object in the northern sky, it disappeared only to reappear seconds later and looking black in colour. The object then moved in a north-easterly direction before disappearing totally.

10th NOV; GLENELG, SA 0307hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 11, May 1981
Mrs Iris Daw observed an object travelling eastwards overhead. It looked like a ball with colours of red, yellow and white, with a white tail. She watched it for approximately four seconds. When near the hills it turned to red in colour and appeared to be descending. The object was approximately the size of the moon and was extremely bright.

29th NOV; CADELL, SA 0100hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 10, February 1981
Leslie Wilson observed a large oval object which appeared to be a yellow glow with a red centre. It appeared to be heading towards the ground and was lost to sight behind trees.

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29th NOV; GRANGE, SA 0155 & 0255hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 10, February 1981
Sue Hedley was in the locale near the Grange Jetty when she saw an object with red and white flashing lights in the sky. The object came from a western direction and as it passed over the coast, it wavered. Then the lights of the object shone brighter like strobe lights, and disappeared from sight behind some buildings. At 2.55am the object reappeared again, goingin the direction from which it originally came. It flashed its strobe-like lights again and suddenly shot upwards, disappearing into a cloud. Minutes later two small yellow-white lights followed and faded out as they lost height on the horizon. The duration of this sighting was about ten minutes in its entirety.

04th DEC; REYNELLA, SA 2245hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 10, February 1981
Mrs L Wigley and her mother observed a bright flashing light travelling slowly from SW to SE at a height of approximately 2500 to 3000 feet. Upon seeing this object, Lindie's mother decided to observe the object further through binoculars which she had at the time. The object was then clearly seen to have a white light in its centre with a blue band encircling its outer perimeter, upon which red lights flashed at approximately five second intervals. The object was observed for a duration of 11/2 hours and was completely incomparable to the visible stars of the night.

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06th DEC; PERTH, WA 0800-1100hrs (LOCKRIDGE)
Source; The Sun
The RAAF is baffled by four mysterious unidentified flying objects seen over Perth and tracked by radar. A Macchi jet was scrambled by the RAAF after the UFOs were sighted, but the pilot could not find them. The UFOs were first seen on Thursday by Mr Graham Moyle, an air traffic controller at Perth Airport. He and other air traffic controllers made two or three visual sightings between 8am and 11am. The regional director of transport, Mr Ellis Keil, said that the silver tumbling discs were tracked on radar at a height of more than 8000mtrs until they disappeared at more than 20000mtrs. There were no aircraft or weather balloons in the area to explain the sightings.

Danielle Russell, 12, of Jennings Way, Lockridge, saw four objects moving quickly across the sky from north to south about 11am. She said:

"When I first saw them through the lounge room window I thought they were birds or a plane. They were changing colour from red, blue and green".

However, the UFO mystery may never be solved. The RAAF, which is handling the investigation, is concerned only with establishing that there were no aircraft or obvious objects such as weather balloons in its air space. One RAAF spokesman said that the atmospheric conditions were unusual on Thursday and this could have accounted for the sightings. He said the sudden onset of hot weather could have produced an atmospheric phenomenon.

07th DEC; MODBURY, SA 2130hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 10, February 1981
Craig Strassnick was at the rear of his parents house when he noticed a bright white object moving in the sky and travelling from a SW to NE direction. The object was about 8000 feet high and totally noiseless. From where Craig stood the object looked like a lit-up light globe and was approximately the size of a tennis ball. The object kept moving steadily in a NE direction. It gradually faded from view after a duration of about three minutes.

27th DEC; ELIZABETH NORTH, SA 2145hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 10, February 1981
Mr Matthew Stewart, his wife and a friend, were sitting at the back of Matthew's residence, when suddenly, a beam of light almost passed over Matthew's feet. The beam of light was very similar to a torch beam, seemed to come from the north and headed in a SE direction. On quick reflex observance, Matthew described the beam of light as approximately four feet in length and six inches in diameter, at arms length. The beam of light, which was white in colour, disappeared for a moment in a SE direction and then reappeared, heading in the SW towards Torrens Island Outer Harbour area. As Mr Stewart quoted,

"It all happened within ten to fifteen seconds, that the details of the light's source was hard to ascertain, eg shape and size of object, if any."

28th DEC; CHERRY GARDENS, SA 2159hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 10, February 1981
Michael Sinkunas and his wife observed four oval orange-red objects as they emerged from a cloud. They were about the size of a light globe.

"The objects came from the cloud cover and then, one at a time, slowly moved down vertically until they disappeared behind the hills. The objects were evenly spaced and the descent rate seemed to be the same. In fact, as the first one went behind the hills, the fourth was emerging from the cloud cover. The cloud cover disappeared about ten minutes after the sighting."

Mr Sinkunas saw this identical formation, and at the same time, exactly twelve months previously.

31st DEC; PORT NOARLUNGA, SA 2255hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 10, February 1981
Adrain Haworth and his companion saw a group of four hazy orange-white lights travelling in diamond formation from the NW. When nearly overhead, about 500 to 800 feet up, the objects changed to an abreast formation during which the object second from left wavered before attaining correct position.

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The objects were rectangular and travelled with one point facing the direction of flight. They disappeared in a straight line towards the SE and were travellinf fast. The duration of this sighting was about fifteen seconds.

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31st DEC; HACKHAM WEST, SA 0437hrs
Source: AIUFOFSR Newsletter, No 10, February 1981
Lynette Garland saw an oval shaped object with several blue-white lights and a red-orange light in the centre. It travelled a fast zig-zag course in the SE before coming to a stationary position about 500 to 600 feet above a nearby house. She watched the object for two to three minutes before it vanished from sight over the SE horizon.

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