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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 3 May 64 | 2. LOCATION | Canberra, Australia  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local GMT 03/1605Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | civilian  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | several minutes | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | two  |
|  9. COURSE | ENE(?) | 1. COMPETITIVITIES | ☑ Other Satellite (ECHO II) ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | First obj moved from WSW to ENE in wobbly manner. Second obj …

DEPARTMENT OF STATE SP 16 AUST
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AIRGRAM FOR RM USE ONLY

|  A-894 | UNCLASSIFIED | HANDLING INDICATOR  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  NO. |  |   |
|  TO | DEPARTMENT OF STATE | 30  |
|  FROM | Amembassy CANBERRA | DATE: May 14, 1964  |
|  SUBJECT | Report of Unidentified Flying Object |   |
|  REF | CW-9986 of June 14, 1962 | 911.802/6-1462  |

A sighting of unidentified luminous objects has been reported to the Embassy. An abstract of the details is given below followed by a narrative account:

a) Date and time: May 3, 1964 at 0605 local time
b) Place: Black Mountain, near Canberra, A.C.T., Austr…

Cenline A-894
UNCLASSIFIED
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Stromlo Observatory. Mr. was quizzed during the next hour and a half by the Scientific Attache, Dr. Paul Siple, and two local NASA representatives, Mr. Meredith Glenn and Mr. Hugh Fletcher. The following is a paraphrase of Mr.'s account.

Through the opened window of the trailer I saw a bright object in the sky moving from W.S.W. to E.N.E. over Black Mountain. It seemed to be moving slower and more erratically than most satellites I have seen before. It was much brighter and larger. It was nearly as prominent as Venus but looked bigger and more like the soft lig…

UNCLASSIFIED
-4-
Canberra
A-894

Informal contacts with the Ministry of Supply by NASA representatives revealed no information of any flying objects over or visible from Canberra at or near the indicated date and hour.

For the Charge d'Affaires a.i.

First Secretary of Embassy

UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIED
-3-
Canberra
A-894

I admit what I saw frightened me because I've never seen anything like it before nor heard of satellites maneuvering as this one did. I want to know what I saw for my own peace of mind. (End paraphrase)

Mr. [redacted] was quizzed from the point of view of explanatory theories ranging from meteorological balloons, maneuvering aircraft, infra-red seeking missiles and foreign satellites. There was no immediate plausible explanation which satisfied either Mr. Hayden or his listeners.

The following details were ascertained from him. The sky was still dark enough t…

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Source: UFO Investigator, Vol III, No 2, April-May 65

Canberra, Australia
May, 1964

Another unusual incident, subject of an official State Department report, occurred on May, 1964, at Canberra, Australia.

Just before dawn, several ground observers near Canberra saw a large white-glowing object traveling northeast across the dark sky. It moved with an odd wobble as though losing power, or partly out of control. Then the observers saw a smaller object, visible with a faint red light, havering ahead. The large white device flew straight toward the small UFO and appeared to str…

MARCH-APRIL, 1965

# Incident In Australia

Officials Excited!

A report forwarded by the Victorian Flying Saucer Research Society is most interesting although now a year old:

"On May 3, 1964, an incident occurred which sent officials of the U.S. State Department to rush out reports to the CIA, the National Security Agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Army and the Navy. The incident was investigated by the Scientific Attache of the American Embassy at Canberra, Dr. Paul Siple and two NASA engineers.

Just before day near Canberra, a large, white glowing object t…

Another unusual incident, subject of an official State Department report, occurred on May, 1964, at Canberra, Australia.

Just before dawn, several ground observers near Canberra saw a large white-glowing object traveling northeast across the dark sky. It moved with an odd wobble as though losing power, or partly out of control. Then the observers saw a smaller object, visible with a faint red light, havering ahead. The large white device flew straight toward the small UFO and appeared to strike it, bouncing back. Then the large UFO turned, no longer wobbling, and raced out of sight. The small…