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At first, the police may have thought the phone call a joke and _— rough estimate of the object's size. It measured 130 cm in width, taken no notice of it. However, after repeated calls, two officers which implies the craft must have been of considerable size. were sent to the farm to investigate the matter. The craft now began emitting a blinding white light which Within minutes the two constables arrived in a paddy wagon. appeared to come from a row of lights arranged around the side of Driving up towards the pig sheds they alighted, hoping to see the _the craft, and Mr Look was able to count at least 10 of these. The object for themselves, but found nothing—the mysterious craft lights projected a glow which shone directly down within 50 ft had vanished as silently as it had come. (16.2 m) of the council yard. There the matter might have rested but it did not. The In fact, the glow from the craft appeared to light up the sur- Eddellbuttel UFO report made the media and brought forth numer- rounding town area. After spending a full 10 minutes hovering ous other eyewitnesses who had seen the same glowing object above the startled workmen, the craft suddenly rose upwards at a pass over Katoomba that night. phenomenal speed to disappear into the clouds. One of these eyewimesses was a farmer in the Megalong Valley Following the expected ridicule that their story received from directly below the cliffs the rest of the workmen beyond which the who arrived later, Mr Eddellbuttel farm stands. Look and his mates agreed The farmer had been}, to talk no more of what standing outside his house | * 4 they had seen. The. inci- when, from over the | dent might have béen lost cliffs, he detected a large, | had not Mr Look broken approximately 30 ft (10 his silence (his mates by m) wide, dark object now all deceased) in 1973 silently descending slow- to tell me the story. ly into the valley to land ‘| One night in 1972, two in a deserted field some police officers were dri- distance from the farm- ving along the Great house. Western Highway coming There it remained for a from Wentworth Falls and full 10 minutes as the heading in the direction of farmer watched. Then, |” Lawson. As they proceed- silently as before, the ed down Bodington Hill, mystery object rose into |. they sighted in the starry the air, rapidly gained ects ee .,/ sky ahead of them a bright, speed and flew off into the — ,awing of the UFO described, seen by Mr Robert Hinton over Katoomba in 1969. Silvery glowing starlike darkness. object approaching Earth The impression given by these events could imply that some- __ in their direction, so they slowed down. thing had been malfunctioning in the craft and its occupants, for it The object passed over their vehicle, lighting up the surrounding certainly was operated by some intelligence, had landed first atthe area as it did so, No other cars were in sight as the constables, Eddellbuttels’, and then in the valley below to carry out emergency _ perhaps sensing that what they had seen was no earthly craft, repairs. picked up speed and headed off down the road. Whatever it was, the Eddellbuttel UFO was certainly not some However, they soon became aware that the mysterious glow errant Earth-based craft. One explanation which failed to hold _ was still with them, keeping pace with their vehicle which it did water was that the object had been a malfunctioning helicopter for some distance. The officers could detect a humming sound whose crew had landed to repair. Beyond this the RAAF could _ above them, then the glow faded as the mysterious object gave up offer no other convincing explanation. the pursuit. 1973 was also the year that I received the belated disclosure of By now other cars appeared on the highway as the officers Mr Anthony Look who, in the winter of 1958 at Blackheath, expe- _ stopped their car and got out to try and get a better look at whatev- rienced one of the most spectacular sightings ever witnessed on er the strange object was. But whatever it was, it had vanished the Blue Mountains. from sight. The two policemen decided never to discuss their Mr Look, while a workman of the Blue Mountains City experience for fear of the possible ridicule their story might bring. Council, was walking into the Blackheath Council depot one July These mysterious craft are certainly emanating from something, 1958 morning at 6.30 am. At that time of morning in winter, the somewhere out there in the almost inaccessible reaches of the sky was still dark although dawn was about to break. Mr Look Kedumba Burragorang region as ufologists will surely agree. To was joined by several other workmates. As they stood there talk- anyone who has ever flown over or attempted to explore on foot ing in the yard of the depot, Mr Look happened to glance up at the _ these rugged, rock-strewn forested valleys of the Blue Mountains, sky. it will become quite obvious that anything at all could survive There, directly above the depot and at least 10,000 feet above _ thereabouts quite unknown to civilisation, and that includes possi- the ground, was what appeared to be an enormous circular craft. _ ble extraterrestrial colonists too. oo At this stage the other workmen also looked up as Mr Look drew their attention to the strange object. Rex Gilroy can be contacted at: As the workmen were all early arrivals at the depot there were a no other witnesses to the strange visitor. Because the object Australian-Pacific UFO Research Centre remained stationary in the sky above, Mr Look and his mates were able to make a detailed description of the massive mystery craft. PO Box 473, Kootingal NSW 2352, Australia A tuler was produced and held up at arm's length to make a Phone: (067) 78 7201 SE gp ee in their direction, so they slowed down. The object passed over their vehicle, lighting up the surrounding area as it did so, No other cars were in sight as the constables, perhaps sensing that what they had seen was no earthly craft, picked up speed and headed off down the road. However, they soon became aware that the mysterious glow was still with them, keeping pace with their vehicle which it did for some distance. The officers could detect a humming sound above them, then the glow faded as the mysterious object gave up the pursuit. By now other cars appeared on the highway as the officers stopped their car and got out to try and get a better look at whatev- er the strange object was. But whatever it was, it had vanished from sight. The two policemen decided never to discuss their experience for fear of the possible ridicule their story might bring. These mysterious craft are certainly emanating from something, somewhere out there in the almost inaccessible reaches of the Kedumba Burragorang region as ufologists will surely agree. To anyone who has ever flown over or attempted to explore on foot these rugged, rock-strewn forested valleys of the Blue Mountains, it will become quite obvious that anything at all could survive thereabouts quite unknown to civilisation, and that includes possi- ble extraterrestrial colonists too. ° Rex Gilroy can be contacted at: Australian-Pacific UFO Research Centre PO Box 473, Kootingal NSW 2352, Australia Phone: (067) 78 7201 NEXUS*43 DECEMBER 1993 - JANUARY 1994