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people, these outback mining families!) their experiential memory. Some thought that "it was like the en The observers said that the fireball took about five to seven min- of the world"—that same expression yet again! utes to cover the distance from a line of hills west of Tom Price to a The two policemen were taken the next day to a point halfway to line of hills to their east. At this point it flashed a bright blue-white the Paraburdoo townsite (residents there also saw the fireballs to colour that lit up the area; then it took off at very high speed, mov- their north that night), located some 50 km south of Tom Price. ing very quickly to the east and disappearing almost instantly. The policemen were briefed by "officials" on what had occurre Other observers simply believed that it just disappeared with the and thereafter refused to discuss the evening's events with their intense, bright blue-white light-energy emission flash/explosion, friends in Tom Price. but with no explosive noise. Being a small town with few inhabitants, and pretty lonely if the The observers turned around to look back to the west. other residents cold-shoulder you, one policeman later admitted Immediately, a second fireball appeared in the west, following the that he would like to say what it was all about but had been ordere path of the first. It flew slightly lower, but at the same slow light- to keep his mouth shut and it was more than his job and life were aircraft speed (i.e., about 100 mph) and, similarly, at constant alti- worth to say more. tude. Again it flew directly over the barbecue observers and was The residents of Tom Price discussed these events for days, but identical in all respects to the first fireball. Likewise, it moved at attempts to go public on Perth TV were met with ridicule and loony very high velocity to the east and disappeared in a massive blue- epithets. white flash of light-energy. They noticed that the fireballs had flown from the direction of This was followed by a third fireball that was exactly the same the Exmouth Peninsula "US radio communications base" and knew size and travelled exactly the same low-level altitude (nearly in the that, in spite of recent newspaper publicity claiming that "this base treetops), exactly the same slow flight-speed, exactly the same has been deserted by the USA and handed over to the Australian course, and again disappeared at high speed to the east in exactly | government", there were still many Americans to be seen in the the same kind of light flash. town of Exmouth who continued to live and work at the base (as is The time between the appearance of each separate fireball the case even now, in early 1997). Many suspect that there is a "pulse" was almost identical. Observers reported that after the first secret underground part to this base which contains peculiar, large one had disappeared to the east, they aerial systems at ground level. swung around to look west, only to It was later discovered that the find that another fireball had arrived; Dampier power station, further north- and after that second one disap- The policemen were briefed by east, went off line at the time of the peared, they turned again to the west Tom Price fireballs due to a huge over- to see that a third fireball had arrived "officials" on what had occurred voltage pulse on the transmission lines. straight away—just like clockwork! and thereafter refused to discuss Residents of this district have com- There remains a difference of oy . . monly seen or even been followed by opinion between observers as to the evening s events with their bright white lights whilst traversing exactly how many fireballs were seen friends in Tom Price. roads at night near the coast and adja- in sequence that night. All observers cent to the Exmouth base area. They agree that two fireballs were seen, report that these lights move at low or but several claim that three were high speed, at low or high altitude and actually seen, but that strange time- commonly alter their courses. space-mind distortion effects were in operation (emanating from Very bright white glows have been observed at night emanating the fireballs) such that confusion reigned immediately, during and from uninhabited bushland just to the east of Tom Price. Fireballs after the sightings, leading to disagreement and argument over the have been reported on several occasions in the period 1973 to 1994 exact number of discrete fireball events. as flying from Exmouth towards the east and the Great Sandy This entire sequence of events (or parts thereof) was seen by Desert. many of the inhabitants of Tom Price, i.e., possibly well over 2,000 people. Many eyewitnesses attempted to take photographs, but © SECRET WEAPONS TESTING AND OTHER SCENARIOS when they got their developed film rolls back from Perth they dis- In this Tom Price instance we appear to have a possible direct covered their photos showed good family snaps and only white link to US bases. Thus it is feasible that high-powered EM blanks where the fireballs had been! The films were developed by weapons systems are being tested by the USA—or some other for- friends and were not tampered with, suggesting that X-ray or simi- eign government—on Australian soil, or that off-planet alien UFO lar EM radiation from the fireball may have fogged the film. interest in the Exmouth US base is being demonstrated in these One videocamera tape recording was made, but later accidental sightings. over-recording meant that only two minutes of this incident Regular passage of three such slow-speed fireballs, ultimately remained—taped as a pulsing light or fireball, as seen from well increasing rapidly to very high speed, occurring at exactly equally- south of the fireball track. This videotape has since been appropri- timed intervals, along the same very-low-altitude trajectory and ated by a UFO researcher in New South Wales and has never since course, cannot involve any normal meteor or bolide-train event. seen the light of day. These fireball events do not appear to represent any known natural All residents were shocked by what they had observed, eventual- phenomenon, and certainly appear to fit the alien UFO, secret mili- ly believing that someone deliberately wanted them to see these tary spaceplane-testing or EM weapons-testing scenarios. fireballs as some sort of test over an isolated outback town. They Eyewitness information about the interior of the Exmouth confirm that the object appeared to have no solid mass when seen Peninsula "US VLF submarine communication base" proves to be close up, but from a distance many thought they were seeing an air- extremely interesting. The main transmitter (Tx) site consists of craft on fire—but the second and third fireballs disabused them of _ one very high central aerial called "Tower Zero" positioned upon a this idea. No one could align their sighting with anything within _low hilltop and surrounded by 11 equispaced smaller towers (each The policemen were briefed by "officials" on what had occurred the evening's events with their friends in Tom Price. SECRET WEAPONS TESTING AND OTHER SCENARIOS In this Tom Price instance we appear to have a possible direct link to US bases. Thus it is feasible that high-powered EM weapons systems are being tested by the USA—or some other for- eign government—on Australian soil, or that off-planet alien UFO interest in the Exmouth US base is being demonstrated in these sightings. Regular passage of three such slow-speed fireballs, ultimately increasing rapidly to very high speed, occurring at exactly equally- timed intervals, along the same very-low-altitude trajectory and course, cannot involve any normal meteor or bolide-train event. These fireball events do not appear to represent any known natural phenomenon, and certainly appear to fit the alien UFO, secret mili- tary spaceplane-testing or EM weapons-testing scenarios. Eyewitness information about the interior of the Exmouth Peninsula "US VLF submarine communication base" proves to be extremely interesting. The main transmitter (Tx) site consists of one very high central aerial called "Tower Zero" positioned upon a low hilltop and surrounded by 11 equispaced smaller towers (each 58 + NEXUS APRIL - MAY 1997