1957

1957
03.06.57 ADELAIDE (GLENELG), SA (NL)
Source: Hervey, M. (1969.) "UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere." Horwitz. Sydney. p129.
"Police received reports of a bright flashing white light in St Vincent Gulf, about 20 degrees north-west of Glenelg…commercial aircraft in the vicinity were asked to look out for the light.

04.06.57 CLARE, SA 1F (NL)
Source: Hervey, M. (1969.) "UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere." Horwitz. Sydney. p129.
Green ball, with green tail travelling E to W at high speed.

16.07.57 KATOOMBA, NSW 2030hrs
Three members of the Hickey family of Whitton St reported to the local police that they heard a sound like an airplane passing overhead, at the New South Wales Blue Mountains resort of Katoomba. They dashed into the street and saw a vividly bright object approaching Katoomba from Faulconbridge which is lower down the mountains.

“Four distinct flames were being ejected from the object. It seemed to hover for about six minutes before it suddenly vanished, but loud sounds continued to echo from it for a while”.

29.08.57 ADELAIDE (GLENELG), 2015-2030hrs (NL)
Source: Hervey, M. (1969.) "UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere." Horwitz. Sydney. p129.
Mr & Mrs Cranwell & Mrs Eustice witnessed a soundless, object circular and like a quarter Moon following their car. The object’s bottom half was yellow. It initially approached the car. The witnesses got out to look at it, and during this phase it was stationary. It then veered off to the W. Duration of sighting: three minute.

27.09.57 TASMANIA 1944-2025hrs (RV)
Source: Pages 53-57 & 61-62 on digital copy of RAAF file 580/1/1 part 1
0944GMT 1944 local Launceston airport
L Stinson, an Air Traffic controller reported seeing a white light bearing 025 degrees from the tower. The light was travelling south at the speed of a DC3 aircraft.

0945.5 GMT 1945.5 local Launceston Airport
The light was abeam of the field and viewed through binoculars. It was seen passing over Evindale bearing 125 degrees. Check with area control revealed no known air traffic. Check for balloons also negative.

0947GMT 1947 local Launceston Airport
Last sighting of light from Launceston. It had been moving steadily horizontally. Through binoculars it was spherical or circular. Sky overcast. Cloud base 4000 feet. Ground wind was from 300 degrees at 10 knots.

0950GMT 1950 local Cambridge airport Hobart
On duty-received request from Launceston to undertake radar search.

0957GMT 1959 local Cambridge Airport
Hoggie at Cambridge received request to look at it.

1020GMT 2020 local Cambridge.
Hobart radar search commences.

1024GMT 2024 local Launceston Airport.
Hobart tower advises that their radar had two signals. Last at 354 degrees 17 miles at 1023GMT Height 9-10,000 feet. Appeared to accelerate and disappear.

1025GMT 2025 local Cambridge Airport
Echo located bearing 356 degrees at slant range of 34,000 yards at 5 degree elevation. Moved at a fast speed. Tracked for 15 seconds. Range increased by approximately 200 yards. Continued attempt further till 1045GMT 2045 local but unsuccessful. 356 degrees height 9000 feet. Distance 17NM north of Cambridge.

1027GMT 2027local Cambridge
Hobart radar trace 356 degrees 17NM height 9/10,00 feet. Total Duration: 41 minutes. Witnesses: Three. AURA

PRE 1958; CENTRAL AUSTRALIA, NT
Source: Light Magazine
A story circulated that two schoolboys came across two little men, dressed in an unusual way with something hanging from their belts, which were not revolvers.

SEPT/OCT 1957 MARALINGA, SA DUSK (DD)
Source: Chalker, B. (1996.) "UFOs Sub Rosa Down Under:The Australian Military & Government Role in the UFO controversy."
RAAF Corporal Derek Murray and colleagues observed a hovering object. Described as silver/blue in colour and having a metallic lustre. It had a line of ‘windows" or "portholes" along the edge. The duty Air Traffic Controller reportedly checked with Alice Springs and Edinburgh Air ports but they reported no sightings. The object left quickly without noise. Duration of sighting: 15 minutes.

06.11.57 ADELAIDE (TORRENSVILLE & KENSINGTON PARK), SA 2110hrs (NL)
Source: Hervey, M. (1969.) "UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere." Horwitz. Sydney. p130.
Several witnesses saw a bright object, with tail, travelled at high altitude from the W in a SW to NE direction.

13.11.57 ADELAIDE (PORT BROUGHTON), SA 1400hrs
Source: Hervey, M. (1969.) "UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere." Horwitz. Sydney. p130.
Bright object seen drifting slowly to the NW. Duration of sighting: 15 minutes. Six male witnesses.

13.11.57 ADELAIDE (STRATHALBYN), SA 1400hrs
Source: Hervey, M. (1969.) "UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere." Horwitz. Sydney. p130.
Object sighted "almost directly overhead."

13.11.57 ADELAIDE (WILLIAMSTOWN), SA 2215hrs
Source: Hervey, M. (1969.) "UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere." Horwitz. Sydney. p130.
Cigar shape trailing sparks travelling towards the western horizon. Duration of sighting: 3-4 seconds. Two male witnesses.

01.12.57 ADELAIDE (OVERLAND CORNER), SA 1850hrs
Source: Hervey, M. (1969.) "UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere." Horwitz. Sydney. p130.
Object which left a "curling trail" visible till 2003hrs.

01.12.57 ADELAIDE (KADINA), SA 1945hrs
Source: Hervey, M. (1969.) "UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere." Horwitz. Sydney. p130.
Object left a trail in the NW sky.

01.12.57 ADELAIDE (LOXTON), SA
Source: Hervey, M. (1969.) "UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere." Horwitz. Sydney. p130.
Bright star left a trail.

01.12.57 ADELAIDE (PORT PIRIE), SA
Source: Hervey, M. (1969.) "UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere." Horwitz. Sydney. p130.
Two bright lights leaving a red trail.

06.12.57 VARIOUS PARTS SA 2130hrs (NL) (NL/Probably meteor)
Source: Adelaide "Advertiser"09/12/57; Hervey, M. (1969.) "UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere." Horwitz. Sydney. p131.
30 people contacted the newspaper to report a "fiery rocket like object" which was seen. Reports from Yankalilla, Gladstone, Bordertown. Initially blue bursting to bright orange.

19.12.57 ADELAIDE, SA (NL)
"…golden coloured object turning over and over, travelling slowly from the south-east to north."
Also Torrensville man sighted a "white star." Two witnesses.

1957-58 BRISBANE (KENMORE), QLD 2300hrs NL
Source: 1800 Freecall National Hotline Callin Code 4919 Reported 08.08.05
During 1957-58, Hilda lived in Kenmore and was putting out the milk bottles for the milkman about 11.00 pm one night. She recalls: “When I was outside I looked up at the sky to the west and saw a round orange/red coloured object. It was stationary, then it took off to the north, stopped, then came back. I saw this for about ten minutes. It would sit still and then take off again. It was about the size of a basketball at arm’s length. It was very large. It was more like a cylinder or rectangular with a curved top and bottom. There is no way I would say this was an aircraft. I don’t think we have anything that can move like that. I have kept it a secret all these years for fear of being laughed at and ridiculed as it was not the thing to be talking about years ago. There was not much around back then it was mostly farmland.” Daniel Sims AUFORN QLD

LATE 1950s MARONG, VIC NIGHT (CE1)
Source: 1800 Freecall National Hotline Callin Code Reported 21.08.05
Ron, a retired school principal, recalls a sighting in the late 1950s. Ron and his wife were driving their Morris Minor in an area known as Wilson’s Reef, near Marong, north of Bendigo. They saw a large glowing cigar-shaped light above the reef. Looking more closely they could see a more intense cigar-shaped glow within it. The overall glow was the size of a football field. They stopped the car when they were only about thirty metres away from it. This thing was huge, and they were very close to it, but Ron was careful to point out that they were fascinated but not at all frightened by it. It made no sound as it went to the left and headed slowly off towards Newbridge. They watched it for about twenty minutes. Ron started up his car and drove towards the object and kept pace with it for a while, but then it accelerated away, still heading toward Newbridge. It suddenly shot off completely out of sight in a second or so, and again made no sound.

Ron has never officially reported this sighting in the entire fifty years since it happened, although he once told the story to a few interested school children who believed him because he was the school principal.
George Simpson AUFORN VIC

L
ATE 1950s; WARRANDYTE, VIC
Source: Independent (Perth/23.10.77)
A section of Research Road sports a tradition of unusual activity including an account of a white, glowing man-like figure and a ‘huge pink sphere’.

LATE 1950s WOOMERA SA
Llewelyn, K. (1991). "Flight Into the Ages." Felspin. Warriewood NSW . pp143-146
Group Captain Tom Dalton-Morgan was Officer-in-Charge of Range Operations. Firing of a Black Night missile. Received call from Recovery Officer Percy Hawkins about an unusual, bright light in sky at 80-90 miles NW of missile site. Bright light at 5000 feet travelling directly towards the range head at high speed. Captain viewed the incoming light. It flew from NW then orbited the range buildings 5 miles to the S. When E it climbed away to the NE at a steep angle. It was a bright white-green light. No noise.


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