PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6315991

DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1952

REPORTED LOCATIONMelbourne Australia

FRAMES9

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T DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
i 0 Was Balloon
3 May 52 0 Probobly Balloon
i. 0 Possibly Balloon
3. 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
3/0545 WGround.Visual Ground-Radar 0 Wos Aircroft
Probably Aircraft
GMT. 1 D Air- Vi sua! Air-Intercept Rodar Possibly Aircroht
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
. C Yes Varied Probobly Astronomical
OXNo 0 Possibly Astroncinical
7. LENGTH OF CBSERVATION 18. NUMBER OF ODJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other.
1 E-W 00 Insufficient Data for
GO seconds Unknown
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1O. BRIEF SUAIMARY OF SIGHTING 111. COMMENTS
Large white bullet nosed bject with I It jot a/c
vepor trail traveled at some type ok Australian mjssile was
from E to W. observed.
The altitude of the object was
at 5000 ft but it s believed that
object was at a much higher aftitude
reflecting the rays of the sun.
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SECURETY. INFORMATWI

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Southern Area, by Southern Command, In
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Sighted: Ey Ur. mae
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"At 0545 Zw S . Ealwyn B. velling
at high speed and leaving a vapour trail.
Colour: Like a white hot metal.
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Speed: Faster than anything seen -
Hei ght: Approximately 5,000 feet.
Size:
Direction: .
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Colonel, USAF
Air Attache
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SYONEY the speed was definitely chough hink Wa3 twice as
fast. truck faoing pass i: cont of the truck,
lights followed straight
and I did any vaDour tehi: Then asked how he knew the
times 4ime?"
about lights he had approximately
the same Size the normal street
lighting.
5.
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level course to the east unti) opt cussed the
matter with Mr
nally
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from my sight behind a cloud. suDpose watohed it for about ten jecond tI did
not see any speed",
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constline dus sout hind
could not
13. said "I was riding a motor
oycle soirer long the just o side of PARCo, when I
obser7ed ue-white light letween the trees. It toba al shaped, It
at approximately hours on Zrd May when bisot 'con the south-
west to the easb at an olevation of alout bieot lighted.
The front 18a white with a owing
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the coast SepDeat
19.- with
MINNAMURRA on 3rd
thia tims being approxim ately O asaumed that
all persons ruported same sigh
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lights. investigs are of
the opinion that t mpression given by break up
25. Recommendations.
a.
f the reports.
b. The Comnonwealth Meteorolorist rorts
c. I Individual interviews then te undertaken
26. Attached a 3.
(Sig
Squadron Leader
Assistant Provost Larshal
Flight leutorant
Ares Intelligence Officer
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