Brief
Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
The claims the writer was given for Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, in the order they were given.
1
Westall High School was a college of about 600 pupils in Melbourne's south east.
“Westall High School, a college of about 600 pupils in Melbourne's south east.”
The UFO Phenomenon | Full Documentary 2021 | 7NEWS Spotlight 2021-09-06 00:46:23.0-00:46:29.4 administrative
2
In Melbourne, James McDonald spoke with Brian King about UFO investigations.
“In Melbourne, he's talking with Brian King.”
The UFO Phenomenon | Full Documentary 2021 | 7NEWS Spotlight 2021-09-06 00:54:27.2-00:54:28.5 administrative
3
The Westall school UAP sighting occurred in Westall, Melbourne on 6 April 1966.
“Another Australian sighting that may have been monitored by the USA occurred in Westall in Melbourne on 6 April 1966.”
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4
A long-time friend of Ross Coulthart who had served in a senior position in the Australian Federal public service for many years revealed his own private Westall connection, that his father was a Defence scientist who worked for the then Federal Department of Supply in Melbourne.
“He had heard about my interest in the mystery and revealed his own very private Westall connection – that his father was a Defence scientist who had worked for the then Federal Department of Supply in Melbourne.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch10:16106-16307 testimony second hand
5
Dennis Grant moved to Australia to work in journalism and became a well-respected political correspondent for one of the main television networks.
“Dennis Grant later moved to Australia to work in journalism, and he became a well-respected political correspondent for one of the main television networks.”
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6
In 2013, James Rigney flew from Melbourne, Australia to attend a US space conference.
“Australian architect and space exploration-buff James Rigney flew from his home in Melbourne, Australia, to attend a US space conference in 2013.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch25:1018-1158 observation
7
James Rigney is an Australian architect and space exploration enthusiast.
“Australian architect and space exploration-buff James Rigney flew from his home in Melbourne, Australia, to attend a US space conference in 2013.”
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8
James Rigney served on the committee of a local space research association in Melbourne.
“In Melbourne, Rigney served on the committee of his local space research association and had clashed with association members, who criticised Mitchell's post-NASA work investigating unidentified aerospace and paranormal phenomena.”
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9
Joy Clarke, aged 12 at the time, stood in the circle of flattened grass where she and multiple other witnesses from Westall High School in Melbourne, Australia, saw an alien craft land in 'The Grange' in 1966-04.
“Joy Clarke, aged 12, standing in the circle of flattened grass where she and multiple other witnesses from Westall High School in Melbourne, Australia, saw an alien craft land in 'The Grange' in April 1966.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch37:1833-2034 observation first hand
10
A Balwyn, Melbourne resident who wishes to remain anonymous photographed something shortly before the 1966 Westall school sighting in 1966-04.
“A photograph taken by a Balwyn, Melbourne, resident (who wishes to remain anonymous) shortly before the Westall school sighting in April 1966.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch37:2692-2829 observation second hand
11
In October 1978, 20-year-old Melbourne-based pilot Frederick Valentich disappeared while piloting a Cessna aircraft over Bass Strait on a flight to King Island.
“One reason for my scepticism was because two months earlier, in October 1978, across the Tasman Ocean in Australia, a 20-year-old Melbourne-based pilot Frederick Valentich had disappeared while piloting a tiny Cessna aircraft over Bass Strait on a flight to King Island.”
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12
Shortly before he and his aircraft disappeared, Frederick Valentich was recorded telling Melbourne air traffic control that he was being followed by a huge illuminated shiny metal craft hovering above him.
“Shortly before he and his aircraft disappeared, Valentich was recorded telling Melbourne air traffic control that he was being followed by a huge illuminated shiny metal craft hovering above.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch6:5625-5810 testimony first hand
13
Frederick Valentich flew out of Moorabbin Airport in Melbourne on the flight during which he disappeared.
“he flew out of Moorabbin in Melbourne, Melbourne Airport”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 00:12:10.7-00:12:12.8 testimony
14
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
15
During the James E. McDonald 1967 Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania UFO investigation tour, James E. McDonald interviewed witnesses in Australia face-to-face and by telephone to establish for himself what happened in individual cases and how credible the witnesses were.
“I've been down here in Australia interviewing witnesses to find out for myself, in direct, face-to-face, or in some cases, phone interviewing, exactly what happened in individual cases and what the credibility of the witness is”
UFOs in Australia – Eyewitnesses Talk to Dr. James E. McDonald During His Investigative Tour (1967) 2026-08-11 00:00:06.7-00:00:21.0 testimony first hand
16
Barry Jones's Melbourne talkback radio programme took listener calls on the telephone number 638151 during James E. McDonald's appearance discussing Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs).
“Talkback 638151. Professor James MacDonald, the University of Arizona, talking about unidentified flying objects. Let's hear from you on 638151.”
UFOs in Australia – Eyewitnesses Talk to Dr. James E. McDonald During His Investigative Tour (1967) 2026-08-11 00:04:10.0-00:04:17.6 administrative first hand
17
A Melbourne taxi driver calling Barry Jones's talkback radio programme saw, about five years before 1967, a stationary cylindrical silvery object hovering in the sky while driving a passenger westwards towards the city near East Melbourne at about 9:00 a.m.
“I was driving a cab about five years ago. ... this was down in um oh that bit that runs uh parallel with victoria street there kind of a shortcut up to east melbourne ... it was around about nine o'clock in the morning ... there was a a definite object there hovering in the sky uh cylindrical in in um in shape and uh silvery color”
UFOs in Australia – Eyewitnesses Talk to Dr. James E. McDonald During His Investigative Tour (1967) 2026-08-11 00:07:38.9-00:07:58.7 testimony second hand
18
During the James E. McDonald 1967 Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania UFO investigation tour, the Victorian Flying Saucer Society took James E. McDonald around the Victorian countryside to interview key witnesses.
“we were down with the Melbourne UFO group, the Victorian Flying Saucer Society, very helpfully have been taking me around the countryside to some of the key witnesses.”
UFOs in Australia – Eyewitnesses Talk to Dr. James E. McDonald During His Investigative Tour (1967) 2026-08-11 00:14:52.1-00:14:59.3 testimony first hand
19
Experienced private UFO investigating groups work in Sydney, Melbourne, Tasmania and other parts of the world, as distinct from the official groups, whose explanations James E. McDonald finds outrageously absurd.
“experienced investigators such as those that have been working in Sydney and Melbourne and Tasmania and in other parts of the world, these are private investigating groups, not the official groups. The official groups ... come out with such outrageously absurd explanations”
UFOs in Australia – Eyewitnesses Talk to Dr. James E. McDonald During His Investigative Tour (1967) 2026-08-11 00:35:43.8-00:36:00.5 opinion first hand