 Case Directory Category 1, Distant Encounters Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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Classification of Distant Encounter is usually
an incident involving an object more than 500
feet from the witness. At night it is
classified as a "nocturnal light" (NL) and
during the day as a "daylight disc" (DD). The
size of the object or the viewing conditions
may render the object in greater detail but
yet not qualify the sighting as a Close
Encounter which is an object within
500'. |
Object
Hovers Over Railway
circa (June?) 1950
Redfern, N.S.W. Australia
circa (June?) 1950
Redfern, N.S.W. Australia
| Fran Ridge: June (?) 1950; Redfern,
Australia
Sam Kaufman had discovered among his papers this drawing (see below *) by a friend of his, Mr. Frank James. Mr. James, a taxi driver, was on his way to work when he saw this object hovering over the main railway lines into the city of Sydney. The object was over Refern, which is an inner suburb of Sydney. Mr. James and many other people on the street looked up at an object that was dull grey in color. According to James, the “grill” on the underside rotated slowly. He said the arms were withdrawn when the “thing” moved off. As soon as he arrived at work James drew sketches of the object while the details were still fresh in his memory. Barry Greenwood: Attached (see
below **) is the source for this report (Data Net,
March 1973) and a clip that is the closest thing to
what is described in the Australian press for 1950.
Even the Data Net report is vague, allowing for the
early 50s instead of just 1950. While it is worth a
try to find a report in a several year range, it
will more likely yield nothing. (Clipping dated June
17)
50XXXXaustralia_drawing.png
(Rob
Swiatek & Rich Vitello) *Keith Basterfield:
I searched: 1.
My digitised newspaper collection between
1950-1953; 2.
The TROVE National Library of Australia's
digitised newspaper collection; 3.
My main Australian catalogue; 4.
Copies of The Australian Flying Saucer Magazine
between Aug 1953 and Feb 1955; 5.
Copies of "Flying Saucers" CSI (NZ) 1953-1954;
6. Early RAAF files; all
with negative results. No sign of this sighting.
1950_06_15_AU_SA_Kalangadoo.pdf (Barry Greenwood) |
