November 1975

In This Issue

Australian Researchers Meet at Terrigal (UFOCON ONE)
Pages 1-3

Summary: Twenty-two researchers from five states met for a three-day conference on 4-6 October 1975 at the Cobb & Co. Motor Inn, Terrigal, NSW.

UFO Observation with Movie Film Confirmation
Pages 3-4

Summary: Three young men (C, 25, bus-driver; W, 20, motor mechanic; E, 22, fitter) travelling north to a car-racing meeting at Hume Weir. About 20 miles on the Melbourne side of Benalla, W spotted a spindle-shaped object “like a distinct fluorescent light tube, brightly glowing a dull orange or yellow” above a hill at about 30 degrees elevation.

East Burwood Phenomenon
Pages 4

Visual content (page 4): Witness’s sketch showing a craft descending through “heavy, low cloud level” and executing sharp-angle turns of approximately 120 degrees at about 1,000 feet altitude, over Channel ‘0’ TV Station toward East Burwood. The sketch labels forest hill, the TV station, and East Burwood.

July Lights in the Sky
Pages 5-6

Summary: VUFORS investigated Shepparton-Kyabram sightings in late July and concluded most were Venus. Also debunked the widely-reported Maldon incident (21 July).

How Hard Is It to Get Help in an Emergency?
Pages 6

Summary: Miss B. Ford and Miss Marion Ford of Macquarie St., Taree, saw “a large flying saucer, flashing orange-red, flying low over Taree.” Miss Ford tried to contact Civil Defence but couldn’t find their number.

Milk Tanker “Paced” by UFO
Pages 6

Summary: Anonymous milk tanker driver: “about the size of my milk tanker.” Flying below hill level, estimated 1,000 feet up, about 200 yards from the main road. Flew out of sight, then reappeared near Tunbridge: “It came from behind a hill, and made a slight turn towards me.” “What appeared to be door hatches and windows could be clearly seen along the UFO.” Heading south.

Farmer Recalls UFO Sighting (Dardanup, WA)
Pages 7

Summary: Anonymous Dardanup farmer, herding cattle for milking in pitch darkness, saw a glow about 800 metres away. "Faint outline of a superstructure against the sky.

UFO Sighting by Nullarbor Gang
Pages 7

Summary: Railway workers (fettlers) saw a huge saucer-shaped object three times in two weeks. Henry Lesay (21): multicoloured light lit up tree tops.

Light in the Sky Sets a Poser (Narrogin, WA)
Pages 7

Summary: A farmer (Peter Trefort) has seen a bright light on a hill on his property at least 15 times since Christmas 1974. He has driven to the hill: one-way road, found nothing.

Ufologists Among the Icebergs (Icelandic Reports)
Pages 8

Summary: The Icelandic Research Institute for Unknown Natural Phenomena (HIRON) was founded “aboard an Icelandic trawler, November the 8th, 1974, at 64 36N and 35 06W” by Karl E. Vernhardsson.

UFOs Over Raratonga (Cook Islands)
Pages 8

Summary: Multiple sightings in the Cook Islands, reported by Don Percival. Rena Jonassen and wife watched phosphorescent sea-blue objects for half an hour at Arorangi.

Landing at Aische-en-Refail (Belgium)
Pages 9-10

Summary: Mrs. N.D., driving her Volkswagen “Coccinelle” near Namur, noticed a red form about 150 metres from her car.

Landing in Italy (Pavia)
Pages 9-10

Summary: Three girls near Pavia saw a luminous object growing to 1.5 times the moon’s size. The Ragni family drove to investigate; about 300 metres away saw “an orangey round object which emitted bundles of white light from the top with perfect regularity.” Estimated diameter 8-10 metres.

UFO Sighted on Three Occasions in Tumba District
Pages 10

Summary: Three sightings by three people on the same night near Tumbarumba. Wayne Lapworth (Pound Creek): red to purple light at 9.20 p.m., accompanied by jet-engine noise.

Notable Quotes

“It looks like we will leave here with enough information and ideas to keep us working for the months to come.” Keith Basterfield (UFOCON ONE closing)

“It is not intended to try to form a single ‘super group’ in this country.” Harry Greisberg (ACOS)

“There were masses of porthole-like windows, each brilliantly lit with a white light from within. There were too many windows to try counting - we were left only with an impression of its vastness.” East Burwood witness (Channel ‘0’)

“I was afraid because I felt I was not only observing but being observed.” Clunes witness

“This whole country could be taken over or we could be murdered before anyone could contact the right authority.” Miss B. Ford (Taree)

“What appeared to be door hatches and windows could be clearly seen along the UFO.” Milk tanker driver (Tasmania)

“I haven’t got a clue what it is but I know it isn’t a prankster. He would have got sick of the joke after all this time.” Peter Trefort (Narrogin)

“And we couldn’t stop the dogs from barking. They went mad.” Henry Lesay (Nullarbor)

“I am certain that this phenomenon was flown by some intelligence.” Armann Gunnarson (Iceland, zoologist)

“Finally it was very beautiful; a shock that I will never forget all my life. Do you think ‘someone’ could have been inside such a small object?” Mrs. N.D. (Belgium)

“UFOs in a sense constitute an anomaly because their behaviour cannot be explained in physical laws, and the standard reaction to an anomaly has been to ignore it and hope it would go away. UFOs have not.” Dr. Ralph Molnar (UFOCON ONE)