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Queensland, Australia Air Attache, Australia
17 Jul 53 Jul 53 P=6
George A. Uhrich, Lt Col, USAF As indicated in report

Inclosed herewith is a copy of a report of sishting unidentified flying objects
obcerved over Cordamins, Queensland, Australia,

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this report is an extract fron a fi raintained by RAAP Intelligence and was
wade available to this office in answer to a request. The existence of this file
wis mede known to this office recently during discussions with RAAY Intelli

concerning other intellizence ratters.

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of cho homestead (2. oia————Evho lived a mile eway from where eae |;
toring. Tha owner, who was busy dipping sheep at the time of the sighting said that
he had_saither heard nor sighted the otjeats. As they were Plood bound at the tine,
he, GERM nnd his wife could not contact anyone re. tnais matter, acd on first
erriving in Dower fy immediately reported the matter to the Arny.

iis, GMM and his wife have not mentioned this matber to onyone other than the
atove people, and his father and nother,

Question 1, “hat exantly would you ssy the objects looked Like?
Answer. They were shaped very sinilar to a V2 rocket.

Question 2. Have you ever seon a V2 rocket?
Answer. Yes. I was serving with the R.A.A.S. in ENGLAND during the war and

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Question $. Did you notices any vapour trail?
AQAWaT Yes, It appeared *o come from the cantre of the tail fin as though made
by an exhaust and extended back atout 40 Pact from the ob jects.

Question 4. After hearing the noise what would you say it wes s
inswr. Similar to that of a Jot travelling at hich eltitude at hirh speed,
It was not very loud - just a awishing noise.

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Question that length of time would you soy that you had them in view?
AO STP e A very short time. After sighting them it was just a matter of a
Slow turn cf the head in following them and they ware out of sirht

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Question 6S. On hearin: the noise and looking up did you have to scan the sky
tefore sighting the objects?

Answer. Yo. When I looked up I sighted them immediately,

Question 7. Have you heard of enyone elsa in that area having sean the ob

Answer. NO.

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On interviewiny Mr, GOEDEL, the following information was pained:

At 1500 hours on the and Felruary, 1951, whilst working his plant e* “oodlands
Station, 20 miles south-west of tha torm of CONDANMINE, he had occasion to stop his
toring plant to make repairs to a belt. After doing this, he henrd a hish-pitched
svwishing noise as though a willy-nilly was approaching through the timber close by.

On looking up he caught sicht of oight (8) objects shaned thus:

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flying at on angle of 45° prior to passing overhead. On seeing the objects he
pointed and said to his wife who was standing nearby, "Look". The objects were in
sight only for a very short pericd of time as they were travelling at a very high
speed. ir, Gee oo was a wireless air punner during the var, compares the
sosed as that favourable to that of a tracer bullet fired froma .5 mohine gun. Ue
estimates that they were travelling at a height of about 10,000 fest and tae sun
shining on them showed that they had a highly volished metal surface, ia gave thea
size ws being 40 feet in length, venes 6 feet in length nad approx. the same in width
at their widest dimension with a tail faring of atout 12 feet in length. te states
that these dimensions are very approximate owing to any errora he may heave made in
estimating their altitude,

Tho aircraft were flying in a formation similar to ‘nis:

and avpeared to maintain a constant spesd and heisht for the brief period of his
peeines them. After the objects had passed he asked his wife did she see them, and

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At 1600 hours on the 2nd Fobruary, 1951 Lrs. ss with her
husband who was working a toring vlans on “oodlands Station, 20 mile
gouthewest of the town of CoOYDANIN..

Her husband stovped the rachinery to repair a belt which had broken,
vhon she heard a peculiar noise. She saw her hustand pointing to tha
Bxy saying in an exoited yay, "Look". On Jooxing up, ltrs.

caucht sisht of approximately eight (3) objects flying in a tunch at
very hich speed.

At the time of sishting tre objects, they were going avay fromthe
position where she stood and could not give a descrip tion as to tnetr
shape, but noticed that they glittered as though made of hirhly

polished material,

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How long would you say that you had them in view?
Just a brief glimpse, they seemed to disaprear lixe a fPiash.
Did the objects appear to bs in an orderly for mation?

Yes, After they passed over I agreed with my hustand on his version of
their formation.

Were the oltjects similar in shape to any aircraft that you may have
seen?

Yo. The trief glimose that I had of them, they anpeared to be very
different to the shape of ordinary aircraft be

Simature unintelligiblo.

Intelligences Officer,
RAP. Station, Avi 2Lo,