December 1980
The December 1980 issue of the Australian UFO Bulletin. 18 pages. The White Acres Encounter (Kilmany, near Sale) - one of the most detailed close encounter/landing cases in the Bulletin's run, with physical traces, animal reactions, water disappearance, and time discrepancy. Mt. Magnet farm tank drained of 13,000 gallons overnight.
In This Issue
The White Acres Encounter (Kilmany, 30 September 1980)
Pages 6-8
Did a UFO Drain This Farm Tank? (Mount Magnet, WA)
Pages 5
Ron and Heather Moses checked their 13,000-gallon tank on Saturday - full to within two inches. “The next day, it was bone dry.” Plug in place, no leakage, no tracks.
Computers Say UFOs Real (Claude Poher)
Pages 1-3
French scientist Claude Poher selected the 1,000 best cases from 35,000 reports, translated to IBM punch cards, and compared with known sky phenomena. “The verdict of the computer was that flying saucers do exist and cannot be confused with anything else in the sky.” They land “hundreds of times in deserted spots.” 70% of observations at night; 1 in 10 involved landings; 1 in 20 involved contact.
On the UFO Trail (Paul Norman) - Continued
Pages 5
“Alien Honeycomb” book queries from worldwide. VUFORS cautious: “similarly described material is known to be used in our own space and military programs.” But “there are known to be incidents where fragments have been recovered that cannot be easily dismissed as man made.”
Warrnambool Sighting (24 July 1980)
Pages 8-9
35 witnesses from Timboon to Portland (approximately 70 km), 5.45-6.15 p.m. “Red, bright, flat, round, saucer shaped.” Five witnesses photographed it.
Institutional
Notable Quotes
“Oh my God it’s an aircraft crashing.” George Blackwell (on the object)
“The grass, cape weed and clover was not burnt but appeared to have been poisoned creating the brown effect.” Pat Gildea (on White Acres investigation)
“The only explanation I can think of is that a UFO took it.” Heather Moses (Mt. Magnet)
“The verdict of the computer was that flying saucers do exist and cannot be confused with anything else in the sky.” Claude Poher’s computer
“The UFOlogists investigate, the armchair ‘experts’ have a contradicting heyday.” Paul Norman (editorial)
