Westall school sighting (Melbourne)
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Westall railway station, Clayton South
Westall station in Melbourne's south-east, a short walk from the schools whose pupils reported a silver object landing in the Grange paddock on 6 April 1966. Location photograph · context.
Effluvium1 · 2021 ↗CC BY-SA 4.0Licence terms ↗Jesse Michels · 1:54:44
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American Alchemy / Jesse Michels ↗YouTube-hosted preview and player; not relicensedJames Fox · 0:18:19
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American Alchemy / Jesse Michels ↗YouTube-hosted preview and player; not relicensedOn 6 April 1966 more than 200 students and staff at Westall High School in Clayton South, Melbourne reported a silver disc that descended behind trees, sat briefly and departed, followed by light aircraft. In the corpus the host lists it among mass sightings and James Fox offers it as a landing case he would present to a jury.
The event
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Place | -37.9300, 145.1300 approximate · Australia |
| Official response | The RAAF said it had no record of aircraft in the area; the Australian government has issued no finding and the school reportedly told students not to discuss the event. |
Reported by
- westall students witness students and a science teacher
Investigated by
- shane ryan researcher
Who spoke about it later
Mentioned in the corpus
Passages this record cites, with the stamp of the block each quote sits in.
UFO Skeptic Mick West Challenged To A Debate 26 January 2025
- 1:54:44 ▶ Jesse Michels
Westall, 1966, Australia, 200 or 300, depending on the account. Uh, students and a teacher see a silver disc sort of banked on
- 1:54:44 ▶ interview
- 1:54:44 ▶ Jesse Michels
The Most Important UFO Investigator On The Planet (ft. James Fox) 28 September 2024
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Westall school sighting (Melbourne), Ariel School sighting (Ruwa, Zimbabwe), Broad Haven school sighting (Wales). Open the full map filtered to this record.
Sources on this record
- 1:54:44 UFO Skeptic Mick West Challenged To A Debate · Jesse Michels ▶
Westall, 1966, Australia, 200 or 300, depending on the account. Uh, students and a teacher see a silver disc sort of banked on
- 0:18:19 The Most Important UFO Investigator On The Planet (ft. James Fox) · James Fox ▶
take Australia 1966 westall um I feel like my job as a filmmaker is to sway a jury and I'm not trying to manipulate anybody or anything but I want to
- Westall UFO