Australia's largest UFO sighting - Westall 1966

Does the eyewitness account of school children hold the same weight as adults?

At Westall High School, about 11am on April 6th 1966 a group of students and some teachers witnessed an object descend behind some trees then ascend into the sky again.
All these years later as many as 200 people claim to have seen the object, making it Australia's most observed UFO sighting.

It is the subject of a TV documentary that has been 5 years in the making, so we sat down with Jamie Leonarder, a long-time UFO investigator and asked him his opinion on the Westall 1966 Victorian sighting.

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[edfeltch]

I like the interview,the fellow tells it like it is and hardly anyone does thatt anymore.

[Planetoxo]

Interesting.

[edfeltch]

I like how the speaker turns the tables on the interviewer regarding the ridicule curtain.The best defense is a strong offense.

[sunskywindshane]

On one of these Westall youtube vids, I remember reading a comment about the young girl who was taken away (not to be seen again).

Someone had written that they were going to research who this girl was and try to find out what happened to her.

I'd be interested in what happened to this research effort and how thorough it was.

[4FunPlayin]

@buffboynick Gravtionism is a religion but science isn't.

In fact... most scientists are GravitionALIZTS which is the SMARTEST choice.

[jordcarg]

@MrExAtheist ehmm, actually if u were interested in the truth behind science and knew anything about the big bang theory and how it worked you would understand completely how the world was made, and its not like the world is perfect so if there was a merciful god he wouldnt make people suffer, plus there are evidence of other black holes exploding constantly throughout the galaxy at this very moment so its obvious that we werent made differently from everything else, dont u see how flawed u are?

[Paddyllfixit]

there's also the Ariel school, Ruwa, Zimbabwe incident involving more than 60 schoolkids. as mentioned here, James Fox I Know What I Saw, the best UFO documentary ever made and which every Skeptic should watch. then check out "Kumburgaz ufo Roger Leir", where not only a UFO was caught on video but also it's occupants. all available here on YouTube.

[johnlor52]

in 1977 (i guess) my father saw a ufo in philippines cebu city and he was a bout five. it was 5:00 in the morning and he went to go to the restroom and then he heard a sount goin chug .....chug....chug..... chug,chug,chug,chug,chug, oin faster as it gets closer to he looked above in the side of him and saw a ufo with sparks and was about 7 ft wide and the legnth is unkown. theres more but it cant fit anymore so if u wanna know message me.i just want to spread out the story to help scientists....

[sanity93]

People (scientists, and what not) sometimes miss the point on creation. Unity needs a point to diverge from. Even if everything is tied up in singularity at t0, and t1 it becomes a new form. The bible talks a lot about image and creation, some of the concepts need to remain abstract, as their 'domain' is abstract.

[Rachav07]

I remember this being reported on Channel 9 at the time, I went to the site where it was reported to have taken place but everything was burned. Something hinky definitely happened there, and there was a huge cover up afterwards, the only video footage from the time was removed from the Channel 9 archives, the empty tin with the footage was still there. Someone wanted this covered up.