Brief
Royal Australian Air Force
The claims the writer was given for Royal Australian Air Force, in the order they were given.
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Oliver Harry Turner's 1954 classified UFO scientific appreciation report concluded that evidence presented by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) tends to support the conclusion that certain strange aircraft have been observed to behave in a manner suggestive of extra-terrestrial origin.
““The evidence presented by RAAF [Royal Australian Air Force] tend to support the … conclusion … that certain strange aircraft have been observed to behave in a manner suggestive of extra-terrestrial origin.””
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch16:718-916 administrative second hand
2
Graham reported that he phoned the Nowra Royal Australian Air Force base and spoke to a duty officer who told him the light he saw was an orange weather balloon released from Jamberoo that had not inflated properly.
“We decided that I should phone the Nowra base. I spoke to the duty officer. He said he was the only one on duty. He asked me if I saw any orange lights. I said, “Yes.” He then quickly said it was a weather balloon you saw, it was let go at such and such a time from Jambaroo, it didn’t inflate properly and other people reported seeing it as an orange light over Kiama.”
Hair of the Alien: DNA and Other Forensic Evidence for Alien Abductions 2005-11-14 ch19:10263-10626 testimony third hand
3
A sighting in Queensland in January 1966 that drew close attention from the Royal Australian Air Force involved farmer George Pedley near Tully.
“One sighting in Queensland that did draw the close attention of the Royal Australian Air Force occurred in January 1966. The Tully sighting by farmer George Pedley baffled investigators and remains unexplained.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch10:19144-19342 administrative
4
The Royal Australian Air Force's investigation into the 1966 Tully UAP sighting attributed the Tully Nests to whirling masses of tropical air known as 'Willy Willies'.
“The subsequent air force investigation weakly speculated the ‘Nests’ were caused by whirling masses of tropical air known as ‘Willy Willies’.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch10:20020-20152 administrative second hand
5
The film shown to the US Air Force sergeant in 1967 was reportedly shot from a Royal Australian Air Force aircraft during a photo-mapping flight over Central Australia in about 1965.
“The vision was reportedly shot from a Royal Australian Air Force aircraft during a photo-mapping flight over Central Australia in about 1965.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch10:9766-9902 hearsay second hand
6
Bill Lynn's daughter Kate recalled her father describing how he used the bonnet of his pick-up truck to sketch the object and make notes about what he saw.
“Kate remembers her father describing how he used the bonnet of his pick-up truck to sketch the object and to make the notes about what he saw, a sketch that appears in his Royal Australian Air Force sighting report.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch11:11454-11663 hearsay second hand
7
Bill Lynn's sketch of the 1973 object appears in his Royal Australian Air Force sighting report.
“a sketch that appears in his Royal Australian Air Force sighting report.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch11:11598-11663 administrative
8
There are now no records of the 1973 North West Cape sighting in declassified Royal Australian Air Force sighting records from 1973 held by the Australian National Archives.
“Curiously, there are now no records of this 1973 North West Cape sighting anywhere in declassified Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) sighting records from 1973 held by the Australian National Archives, but the provenance of the original official sightings reports is not in question.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch11:11672-11946 observation
9
The original 1973 sighting reports were lawfully provided to researchers by the Royal Australian Air Force public relations section as part of a release of sightings reports in 1974-75, years before Australian freedom of information laws were enacted.
“Paperwork shows they were lawfully provided to researchers by the RAAF public relations section as part of a release of sightings reports in 1974–75, years before freedom of information laws were enacted in Australia.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch11:11956-12163 administrative second hand
10
Both the official records and direct witness reports suggest that the Australian and US military were surprisingly incurious about an incursion of a strange hovering object reported over one of their most sensitive military facilities by both a senior American officer and an Australian witness.
“It is also extraordinary that both the official records and direct witness reports suggest that both the Australian and US military were surprisingly incurious about an incursion of a strange hovering object reported over one of their most sensitive military facilities by both a senior American officer and an Australian witness.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch11:27127-27475 observation
11
Harry Turner obtained access to the Australian Air Force's UAP sightings reports.
“Harry Turner obtained access to the Australian Air Force's UAP sightings reports.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch11:3211-3284 administrative
12
The Australian Air Force withdrew Harry Turner's access to their UAP sightings files.
“Eventually, the Australian Air Force withdrew his access to their sightings files.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch11:3937-4013 observation
13
Two official Australian Air Force sightings reports detail an incident at the United States Naval Communication Station near Exmouth on Western Australia's North West Cape, the same base where Annie Farinaccio had her encounter with a triangular object in the early 1990s.
“Two of those official Australian Air Force sightings reports detail an incident at the United States Naval Communication Station near Exmouth on Western Australia's North West Cape, the same base where local Annette Farinaccio had her strange encounter with a triangular object in the early 1990s.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch11:4377-4668 administrative
14
Harry Turner was rebuffed in 1954 when he made findings about UAPs being extra-terrestrial in his original report to the Royal Australian Air Force's intelligence branch.
“Turner had been rebuffed in 1954 when he made his controversial findings about UAPs being extra-terrestrial in his original report to the Royal Australian Air Force's intelligence branch.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch11:816-996 observation
15
Royal Australian Air Force sightings reports show both Bill Lynn and a US officer named Lieutenant Commander Moyer or Meyer independently reported seeing a revolving or pulsating object hovering in the sky on the evening of 1973-10-25.
“The Royal Australian Air Force sightings reports show both Lynn and a US officer named Lieutenant Commander Moyer or Meyer (the handwriting is unclear) independently reported seeing a revolving or pulsating object hovering in the sky that evening.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch11:9525-9765 observation second hand
16
Lieutenant Commander Moyer or Meyer reported in an 'Unusual Aerial Sighting' report to the Royal Australian Air Force that his attention was drawn to a large black object in the clear sky.
“In an 'Unusual Aerial Sighting' report he filed with the Royal Australian Air Force, he wrote that his attention was drawn to 'a large black object in the clear sky'.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch11:9986-10147 observation second hand
17
In 1987, two warrant officers from the Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment were so alarmed by what they saw over the nearby Learmonth air force base that they filed 'Unusual Aerial Sightings' reports to the Royal Australian Air Force.
“two warrant officers from the elite Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment were so alarmed by what they saw over the nearby Learmonth air force base they filed 'Unusual Aerial Sightings' reports to the Royal Australian Air Force.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch12:15893-16112 administrative second hand
18
A statement by an investigating major supporting the 1987 North West Cape Learmonth SAS UAP sighting reports noted that three radios were used in unsuccessful attempts to raise the RAAF aircraft that was approaching, and this was the only time communications were lost over six days of exercises.
“A statement by an investigating major, supporting the sighting reports, noted that three radios were used in unsuccessful attempts to raise the RAAF aircraft that was approaching, and this was the only time communications were lost over six days of exercises.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch12:17200-17449 administrative second hand
19
During the 1987 North West Cape Learmonth SAS UAP sighting, the object was also observed by the RAAF pilots of the aircraft in support, who refused to report the incident.
“'It was also observed by the RAAF pilots of the aircraft in support, who refused to report the incident.'”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch12:17575-17669 testimony second hand
20
Declassified files held in the National Archives of Australia reveal that anomalous sightings of unexplained objects at North West Cape have been officially reported to the Royal Australian Air Force for decades by soldiers, tourists, a senior American officer at the base, and a local fireman.
“Declassified files held in the Australian government's National Archives reveal that anomalous sightings of unexplained objects at North West Cape have been officially reported to the Australian Air Force for decades by soldiers, tourists, a senior American officer at the base, and a local fireman.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch5:7746-8037 administrative second hand
21
In 1930, Royal Australian Air Force Squadron Leader George Jones was sent to investigate reports of mystery aircraft seen flying inland over the coast near Warrnambool, Victoria.
“What is possibly the earliest official ‘mystery aircraft’ flap recorded in government files came in 1930 when a Royal Australian Air Force Squadron Leader George Jones was sent to Warrnambool in Victoria to investigate reports of mystery aircraft seen flying inland over the coast.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch6:1766-2041 administrative
22
George Jones became the Royal Australian Air Force's Chief of Air Staff during the Second World War and was later known as Air Marshal Sir George Jones.
“Jones rose to lofty heights, becoming the Royal Australian Air Force’s Chief of Air Staff during the Second World War, and was later Air Marshall Sir George Jones.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch6:2203-2360 administrative
23
In the early 1990s, Royal Australian Air Force insiders encouraged Ross Coulthart to reconsider his dismissive attitude towards unidentified objects in the skies.
“It was not until the early 1990s, when I was working in Australia as a television investigative journalist for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s *Four Corners*, that I was encouraged by Australian Air Force insiders to reconsider my default dismissive attitude towards unidentified objects in our skies.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch6:8330-8635 testimony first hand
24
Two senior serving Royal Australian Air Force officers spoke to Ross Coulthart about UFO or flying saucer sightings they had experienced during their careers.
“One of my contacts in the air force was a very senior officer and, to my surprise, over a beer, he and another serving senior officer started talking expansively about ‘UFO’ or ‘flying saucer sightings’ they had experienced during their careers.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch6:8642-8879 testimony second hand
25
An anonymous senior Royal Australian Air Force officer told Ross Coulthart that pilots don't report UFO sightings because it is career-ending to admit seeing such things, but that something weird is happening that too many of them have seen to be dismissed.
“I still have my shorthand notes of our conversation, where one told me: ‘Pilots don’t report this sort of stuff because it’s career-ending to admit you see these things. But there is something weird happening that can’t be dismissed. Too many of us have seen these objects.’”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch6:9109-9374 hearsay second hand
26
The Royal Australian Air Force elected to heed its American ally and play down Harry Turner's flying saucer extra-terrestrial hypothesis.
“But the Royal Australian Air Force elected to heed its American ally and play down Turner’s ‘flying saucer’ ET hypothesis.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch9:11055-11166 administrative
27
Bill Chalker, an Australian scientist and UAP researcher trained in mathematics and chemistry, was the first civilian researcher to gain access to the Royal Australian Air Force's UAP files in the early 1980s.
“Bill Chalker, an Australian scientist and UAP researcher trained in mathematics and chemistry, was the first civilian researcher to gain access to the Royal Australian Air Force’s UAP files in the early 1980s.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch9:11178-11381 administrative
28
Bill Chalker considers that political myopia from both the US and Australian military effectively scuttled Australia's first serious flirtation with scientific investigation of UFOs.
“says of Turner’s efforts, ‘Political myopia from both the US and Australian military effectively scuttled Australia’s first serious flirtation with scientific investigation of UFOs’.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch9:11436-11612 opinion second hand
29
In May 1954 at the Woomera Rocket Range, security officer Sydney Baker witnessed an object travelling across the path of an approaching Canberra aircraft at a speed he estimated to be three times the aircraft's velocity of approximately 870 kilometres per hour.
“A security officer named Sydney Baker witnessed an object travelling across the path of an approaching Canberra aircraft (the RAAF’s first jet-propelled bomber) at a speed he estimated to be three times the jet’s 870 kilometres an hour velocity.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch9:6230-6466 observation second hand
30
The Canberra aircraft was the Royal Australian Air Force's first jet-propelled bomber.
“the RAAF’s first jet-propelled bomber”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch9:6352-6383 administrative
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Harry Turner's report to the Directorate of Air Force Intelligence concluded that the evidence presented by the Royal Australian Air Force tends to support the conclusion that certain strange aircraft have been observed to behave in a manner suggestive of extra-terrestrial origin.
“Turner’s report to DAFI subsequently concluded that ‘The evidence presented by RAAF tends to support the conclusion . . . that certain strange aircraft have been observed to behave in a manner suggestive of extra-terrestrial origin.’”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch9:9458-9683 opinion second hand
32
Andrew Greenwood received a late-night knock at his door from one man in Royal Australian Air Force uniform and another man in civilian clothes after speaking publicly about the 1966 Westall UFO incident.
“He opens the door and there's one man in Air Force uniform, Australian Air Force uniform, and there's another man in civilian clothes.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 00:27:02.1-00:27:09.2 testimony second hand
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Royal Australian Air Force Base East Sale is about three to four hours' drive north of Melbourne.
“There was a base called the Royal Australian Air Force Base SAIL about three or four hours drive north of Melbourne.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 00:28:41.6-00:28:49.6 administrative first hand
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Witnesses asked by James E. McDonald whether they reported their sighting to the United States Air Force, or in Australia to the air force, typically answered no.
“You ask people, did you ever report it? Did you ever report it to the United States Air Force? Or down here, did you report it to the RAF? And the answer is typically no.”
UFOs in Australia – Eyewitnesses Talk to Dr. James E. McDonald During His Investigative Tour (1967) 2026-08-11 00:31:12.2-00:31:22.2 testimony first hand