Australian Researcher Lodges Parliamentary Petition for Independent Westall Inquiry on 60th Anniversary

Australian researcher Grant Lavac lodged a petition to the Australian Parliament requesting an independent inquiry into the 6 April 1966 Westall UFO incident, timed to coincide with the 60th anniversary. The petition followed a fresh ABC Australian Story segment that aired on 2 April 2026 revisiting the case, in which more than 200 students and staff at Westall High School in Clayton South, Melbourne, observed a disc-shaped object descend into a paddock before rising and departing at speed. The Westall incident is one of the largest mass-witness UAP events on record and remains unexplained by the Royal Australian Air Force. No formal government response to the petition has been issued.