Info-ParaNet Newsletters, Number 72 Thursday, November 2nd 1989 Today's Topics: Australian C C U I 3 Australian Abduction Cases ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Michael.Corbin@f428.n104.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Michael Corbin) Subject: Australian C C U I 3 Date: 30 Oct 89 22:01:47 GMT Here are the reports for September 1989 as supplied by our ParaNet Australian Bureau through UFO Research Australia and Keith Basterfield. DATE OF ARTICLE : August 1989 TITLE : Research Digest AUTHOR : Keith Basterfield ======================================================== (C) Copyright 1989 ParaNet Information Service All Rights Reserved unless copyrighted by Author. THIS FILE WAS PREPARED BY PARANET OMEGA-ALPHA FOR PARANET INFORMATION SERVICE FROM ORIGINAL MATERIAL SUPPLIED BY, UFO RESEARCH AUSTRALIA, P.O. BOX 229. PROSPECT, SOUTH AUSTRALIA 5089 PARANET ALPHA 1-303-323-6115 9600 BAUD DENVER, COLORADO NOTE: THESE FILES ARE NOT FOR REDISTRIBUTION OUTSIDE OF THE PARANET INFORMATION SERVICE NETWORK ======================================================== UFO RESEARCH AUSTRALIA RESEARCH DIGEST PO BOX 229, PROSPECT, SOUTH AUSTRALIA 5082 COMPLIED BY: Keith Basterfield CASES CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION Issue 3 SEPTEMBER 1989 CASES UFORA 89014 Mar 1989 Flinders Ranges SA 1800hrs Full report. In March 1989 a 67 year old woman, living on a property near Wilmington, was outside when she saw a large white light in the clear sky, at dusk. It was noiseless and over a period of 5 minutes descended behind a nearby hill, due West, and was lost to view. The same light was apparently also sighted by a 30 year old farmer from a different location. He was 14km north-east of Wilmington and described sighting a stationary bright, white light due West from his position. He continued working and when he next looked the light had gone. Later a 7m diameter doughnut shaped ring was located behind the hill where the woman had sighted her light. Mushrooms were found growing in the ring. Investigations revealed that the light seen by both people was almost certainly the planet Venus, and the marking's description was characteristic of a fungus ring. (UFOR(SA)). UFORA89022 QA89015 16 JUN 1989 Yowah Qld 0311hrs Full report. Two brothers engaged in opal mining reported seeing a large, disk shape plus six smaller objects. Both men were on their way to the toilet in the middle of the night when one noticed a shadow of some object cast by the Moonlight, passing over the. He then saw a large object, some 4-5 times the size of a football field moving quickly towards the Moon and finally coming to a stationary position near that celestial object. At this time it was estimated to be some 3/4 degree across. This main object was sketched as hat-like, i.e. flat disk with large central bulge, and tilted towards the observer. It was a shiny gun-metal colour. They then observed six smaller, but similar in appearance, objects. These objects were visible to the bottom of, left hand side of, and to the left and above, the main object. At this stage they decided to wake some friends and upon emerging with them found that the objects had gone. (UFOR(QLD) with assistance from John Jensen, Canberra.) UFORA89035 31 May 1989 Townsville QLD 1745hrs Full report. A woman was looking at the sky shortly after sunset when she noticed a pink/orange "cloud" in the north-west. she fetched her binoculars and through them saw what appeared to be two solid looking golden bands standing side by side. the object moved slowly and she went to the front gate to steady the binoculars. Over the next 15 minutes it moved and was finally lost to sight over Paluma Range. (UFORA). UFORA89038 TA89057 10 June 1989 George Town TAS 2000hrs Preliminary. 2 witnesses were enroute to a local shop when they noticed, but took little interest in, some flashing lights to the north-west. Then on walking home they saw the lights again. This time the lights appeared to approach and change into a white ball shape. The 2 witnesses became upset and ran the last block home. the son looked out and saw some lights moving away to the west. No one else was in the street at the time. Civil Aviation say there were no aircraft to account for the reported lights. (TUFOIC). UFORA89039 TA89053 2Aug 1989 Jericho TAS 2220hrs Prelim. A taxi driver was taking 2 train drivers to the station on the north- south line. All briefly saw an object. They described it as a disk shape in the north east, seemingly nearby in the starry sky. It gave off a very powerful white glare and seemed to have 4 dark square areas along its base. It did not seem to move during the 5 second sighting. No other reports were received and the local police know of no "local explanation. (TUFOIC). UFORA89036 1968 & Later Largs Bay SA Prelim. A 27 year old woman has related a number of experiences which commenced with a close encounter type 1 event when aged 6. This was followed by poltergeist activity, an invisible "entity", precognitive dreams, an OBE, lucid dreams, hypnagogic imagery, and sleep paralysis from ages 6-16. Also, of particular interest to us was a recurrent nightmare of encounters with a dwarf in an unusual "room". Memories of some of these events were triggered by watching the recent Channel 7 "Unsolved mysteries" which featured some US abduction cases. (UFOR(SA)). UFORA89037 Early 1970's Elizabeth SA Prelim. A woman now 24 years of age, relates that as a 7 year old child she observed an object at close range. During this experience she believes a period of missing time may have occurred. (UFOR(SA)). UFORA89040 7 Aug 1989 Belair SA 2300hrs Prelim. A Mr Hall said his wife and he were sitting inside, when for some 5-8 minutes there was a loud humming noise audible, outside their house. This was accompanied by a high pitched electrical "screaming" sound. Their cat went berserk. No UFO sighted. (UFOR(SA). UFORA89041 23 Aug 1989 Port Pirie SA 2055hrs Prelim. A very bright, red to orange colour object passed across the western sky, visible for some 6-10 seconds. There was a tail visible for a while. No sound. Possible meteor. (UFOR(SA)). UFORA89042 20 Aug 1989 Athelstone SA 2050hrs Prelim. For 5 minutes a man and his wife saw a white light "floating" soundlessly at an estimated distance of 400m in the north-western sky. (UFOR(SA)). UFORA89043 Balaklava SA Prelim. A farmer reported finding a 2 1/2 - 3m diameter circle in rough ground. It was deeper in the centre than at the edge. Sheep had destroyed part of it but he took some photographs. (UFOR(SA)). UFORA89044 27 Aug 1989 Marrabel SA 2017hrs Prelim. A light in the sky was seen by a group of people travelling in individual cars. It looked like "the Moon through clouds". Colours noted were red, white and blue. They flicked their car lights at the object which appeared to flicker back. (UFOR(SA)). RESEARCH NOTES 1. MUNDRABILLA UPDATE: I received an unexpected letter from the South Australian Police department dated the 31 July 1989 which may be of interest. Make of it what you will! "I refer to your letter of 28 May and 25 September, 1988 concerning our correspondence of the Mundrabilla incident on 20 January, 1988. As a result of a conversation with an unknown truck driver, a Port Lincoln police officer has reported that the alleged UFO sighting could be attributed to a radio controlled helicopter. Apparently another un-named truck driver who regularly travels between Sydney and Perth is also a model aircraft enthusiast. When tired or on a rest break he allegedly flies model aircraft which he carries with him on his truck. He "buzzes" other truck drivers travelling along the Eyre Highway. However, despite numerous attempts, the police officer concerned has been unable to recontact the informant and in therefore unable to substantiate the claim". 2. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUESTS We have decided to test out the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 on a small number of Federal Government agencies who might possess documents relating to reported UFO sightings. We therefore directed an FOI request to the Australian Federal Police, the Bureau of Meteorology and the Department of Transport and Communications. We await their replies and will keep you posted as to results. We'd like to hear from anyone else who has tried this, and the results obtained. If you wish to know how to accurately work FOI requests please contact us, as one Department congratulated us on the professionalism of our FOI request. 3. BOOKS a. Another book is now available on these crop markings from the UK. The newest one which joins Pat Delgardo and Colin Andrews' "Circular evidence" (Bloomsbury 1989) is "The circles effect and its mysteries" by Dr G T Meaden an English meteorologist. It is available at $11.96 from the publishers Artetech, of London, 1989. b. Whitley Strieber's new book is about the Roswell, USA, crashed saucer story. It is titled "Majestic" and is published by Putnam, 1989, 320 pp, US$18.95. Take note though that it is a novel. c. "An alien harvest" by Linda M. Howe, L.M. Howe Production, 1989, 455 pp, is now available from Arcturus Books, PO Box 831383, Stone Mountain, GA 30083-0023 USA. COST US $55. Cattle mutilations, MJ-12, government cover up. Lots of photos. d. "MJ-12 and the riddle of hangar 18" has been sighted in many Adelaide bookshops. By T. Beckley, Inner Light, 1989, soft cover, 207pp. It is a round up of crashed saucer stories-mainly rehashed and well worn material. 4. AN ARTICLE TO NOTE "Toward an imaginal interpretation of "UFO abductions" by Kenneth Ring. MUFON Journal No 253, May 1989, pp3-9. Suggests a third alternative to the ETH or psychological hypotheses. Well worth reading For further information contact Michael Corbin at mcorbin@paranet.fidonet.org or by voice phone at 303-232-8303. -- Michael Corbin - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Michael.Corbin@f428.n104.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Michael.Corbin@f428.n104.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Michael Corbin) Subject: Australian Abduction Cases Date: 30 Oct 89 22:02:58 GMT Abduction research. DATE OF ARTICLE : August 1989 TITLE : Australian Abduction Cases AUTHOR : Keith Basterfield ======================================================== (C) Copyright 1989 ParaNet Information Service All Rights Reserved unless copyrighted by Author. THIS FILE WAS PREPARED BY PARANET OMEGA-ALPHA FOR PARANET INFORMATION SERVICE FROM ORIGINAL MATERIAL SUPPLIED BY, UFO RESEARCH AUSTRALIA, P.O. BOX 229. PROSPECT, SOUTH AUSTRALIA 5089 PARANET ALPHA 1-303-323-6115 9600 BAUD DENVER, COLORADO NOTE: THESE FILES ARE NOT FOR REDISTRIBUTION OUTSIDE OF THE PARANET INFORMATION SERVICE NETWORK ======================================================== 1. 1955 ADELAIDE, South Australia. A 10 year old girl, Janet X., was being treated for a slight nervous disorder. Whilst under hypnosis for this condition she recounted a story of her interaction with aliens and a flying saucer. Whilst in trance she spoke of being in a saucer with three "men", and of visiting a planet with an advanced society. 2. 11 August 1966 VICTORIA. A Miss Marlene Travers, of Melbourne, is reported to have observed a large silver disc land near her. It is claimed that she was abducted and raped by an alien wearing a loose fitting metallic green tunic. Investigations reveal that this account is most likely a journalistic hoax. 3. 1971 GLADSTONE, Queensland. A Finnish couple, Ben and Helen K. left Gladstone at about 11.35 p.m. and upon arrival in Rockhampton found that only 40 minutes had passed on a trip which would normally take much longer. In addition to the rapid trip they could not recall passing through intervening places although they recall seeing an unusual green light at one stage. Their 1971 Valiant sedan was reportedly covered with a thin film of odourless oil, and unusual marks were noted on the car's bonnet. Attempts at hypnotising the couple were unsuccessful. 4. July 1972 and subsequent times. FRANKSTON, Victoria In early 1972 a Mrs Maureen Puddy reported observing a disc shaped object in the sky. Later in July she related that her car stopped itself as the same object hovered overhead. Several months later she recounted being "mentally" abducted into a room, and of observing an entity there. This latter event occurred whilst two other people were physically present with Mrs Puddy but they only reported that Mrs Puddy lapsed into unconsciousness. On a later occasion she said the entity again appeared to her when she was driving the car. 5. 1973 SPRINGWOOD, New South Wales. One night 2 men were asleep in a caravan on a remote building site, when one was awoken by a blue light projecting from a hovering aerial disc. A time lapse occurred of some 2 hours. He felt that some "beings-Caucasian types" were somehow involved. 6. 1974 CANBERRA, Australian Capital Territory. Two young women felt compelled to get into their car which then allegedly drove itself to a certain spot. They were escorted by a brilliant white light source. Vague human shapes were seen as well as strange noises heard. There was an episode of "missing time" involved. 7. 1975/76 SYDNEY, New South Wales. A women recalls that as a young girl, aged 4-5 years, she saw a small being with large eyes in her bedroom during the day time. She had little conscious recall of details of the event other than that she felt she went "somewhere else". 8. September 1978 JINDABYNE, New South Wales. Two young men, out hunting, reported seeing a bright white spherical light on the ground some little distance away. Next night it was seen again. In 1983 one of the men began to recall memories of a 2 hour time lapse on one of those nights. One memory was of the 2 men being floated into a room where they were placed on a table and examined by tall, white coloured beings. 9. 1978-1982 NEW SOUTH WALES. A Sydney woman woke up feeling agitated and heard a voice. Figures appeared and said to come with them. She went through a doorway into a room where she watched a scene on a screen. This screen showed pictures of her future life, which later came true. The case is currently under active investigation. 10. 1976 ELLIOTT, Northern Territory. An old man is said to have been abducted after a bright object landed near him. Beings alighted and took him aboard. He said they asked him questions about life on Earth and our activities, before they returned him unharmed to the pick up point. 11. 1976 Country New South Wales. A 31 year old woman was overcome by a feeling of sickness, whilst vacuuming her house. 3 strange figures were seen in front of her. There was apparently telepathic communication and advice that she had to go with them. The next thing she remembers is it was 5 hours later and her fiancee had arrived home. 12. February 1976 HOBART, Tasmania. A man and his wife had gone to bed, and she fell asleep leaving him awake. Suddenly through the closed door came 3 figures. One tried to put a bag over the man's legs in an apparent abduction attempt. He attempted to awake his wife, whereupon the figures departed through the window. 13. Mar 1977 GISBORNE, New Zealand. Three women were involved in an apparent abduction case in the midst of a large UFO flap. Regression hypnosis on one women revealed a story of entering an object and talking to an entity. 14. 10 Jan 1978 BAKERS CREEK FALLS, New South Wales. Gary P. had been driving alone in the early hours of the morning when he found himself unaccountably stationary on the side of the road at 5 a.m. He was unable to clearly remember the previous 160km. Whilst stationary he noted a really bright light hovering some distance away. Although he tried to get close to it he could not. 15. Feb 1978 BALADONIA, Western Australia. A memory lapse of 3-3 1/2 hours is said to have been associated with the observation of two unusual lights. During this time a 30 year old truck driver says he recalls: "...talking to somebody about inventing something...also I remember speaking with two voices..." Investigators have been unable to learn more about this account. 16. 21 October 1978 BASS STRAIT. 20 year old Frederick Valentich disappeared over Bass Strait whilst flying a Cessna aircraft between Melbourne and King Island. One of the suggestions put forward was that he had been abducted by the occupants of an object which he reported observing just before radio contact was lost with him. 17. 1979 NILDOTTIE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Don and Jack recounted an abduction experience, which is alleged to have occurred near the River Murray. They were preparing for dinner when beings entered their house. They experienced a time lapse and next thing they were standing by a large silver craft. They were subjected to psychological testing for several hours before realising they were back at their kitchen table. 18. 1979 MELBOURNE, Victoria. A man named Mark retired to bed one night at about 11 p.m. Shortly after closing his eyes he lost all sense of sound and feeling and he found himself travelling in a tunnel through space. Looking forwards he noted a light at the end of the tunnel. His next awareness was of lying on a table in a "craft". He was medically examined by 3 beings, after which he panicked and then awoke in his own bed. 19. 5 Feb 1979 LAWITTA, Tasmania. At about 9 p.m. an intense white light lit up the bonnet of a car driven by a young man. The car engine stopped, the radio went dead and the lights went out. Later that evening the man was picked by police in Hobart for driving the car without lights. They found him to be in a dazed condition and he did not know where he was. He was taken to hospital apparently suffering from shock. The man wished no further investigation of the matter. 20. 24 October 1981 PORT LINCOLN, South Australia. Two young men, Messrs P. and J. were travelling in a car near Port Lincoln when they encountered "a white endless space" where a time loss of several hours is said to have occurred. During this lost time they have vague memories of a "being" and recalled "...walking into a big room". Just prior to the "space" they had been watching a mysterious light in the sky. Arrangements to have the men undergo a full investigation including hypnotic regression were unsuccessful. 21. 1983 New Zealand. A Chinese woman was awoken during the night to feel intense heat and hear 3 men speaking. Later she walked through a door into a UFO. There were 6 non human ugly "men" present. She was undressed by the men. She then found herself back in her own bed, naked. 22. 1983 DARWIN, Northern Territory. 16 year old Simon reported a series of events which included a night time close encounter, a number of dreams and also observations of entities about the house. An investigation revealed a possible psychological explanation for the events. 23. 1988 (?) ADELAIDE, South Australia. A man reported that he was in 2 way communication with aliens via an implant in his ear. During an investigation he revealed that he had undergone 2 apparent out-of-body experiences where he was "sucked out" of his body. He indicated that during these experiences he had been taken onboard a UFO. 24. 1989 ADELAIDE, South Australia. A 34 year old married woman relates at least 3 episodes of unusual experiences. Firstly a bedside entity at age 11. Secondly a "time loss" in 1977 when she found herself in a "room" with beings and Earth children. Thirdly in 1989 she materialised in a "room" with alien beings. 25. Undated ADELAIDE, South Australia. A man reported a number of abduction events. Apparently beings materialised in his bedroom, and as he became aware of their presence he feel asleep. He recalls on one instance being wheeled down a long shiny corridor into a room. He then found himself on a operating table. Later he found himself back in his own bed. SOURCES AND NOTES 1. Adelaide. a. Flying Saucer Review Special No 3, pp33- 38 b. Interview between P Godic and P Thomas, 1989. 2. Victoria. a. Binder, O. (1968). "Unsolved mysteries of the past". New York. Tower. p 33. b. Edwards, F. (1967). "Flying saucers here and now". New York. Stuart. p147 Note: The above books referenced the original source of the story as "New York Chronicle" 21/11/66. A search by P. Godic utilising the US Library of Congress and the South Australian State Reference Library found a small college newspaper of that name in Hempstead, New York State. No reply has yet been received to an inquiry we directed to that paper. 3. Gladstone. Chalker, W. (1984). "Australian Interrupted Journeys". UFO Research Australia Newsletter. 5(2):14-23. 4. Frankston. Investigation by Garry Little and Bill Stapleton. 5. Springwood. UFOIC Sydney. Anecdotal investigation by D Buching, Sept 1975. 6. Canberra. Investigation by W Chalker. Deleterious effects on Heather, one of the percipients, meant that the incident was inadequately researched. 7. Sydney. Investigation by W Chalker. 8. Jindabyne. Moravec, M. (1984). "The Jindabyne abduction". UFORAN 5(5):6-10. 9. New South Wales. Investigation by W Chalker. 10. Elliott. UFO Research (NSW). Although Pony Godic spent some time in 1989 contacting residents of Elliott, she was unable to uncover any leads to the account. 11. Country NSW. Investigation by W Chalker. 12. Hobart. Investigation by Tasmanian UFO Investigation Centre. 13. Gisborne. Investigation by B Dickeson & K Basterfield. Also in Dykes, M. "Strangers in our skies". INL. Lower Hutt. 1981 pp46-49. 14. Bakers Creek Falls. as per ref. 3. 15. Baladonia. as per ref. 3. 16. Bass Strait. Widely published throughout the world. 17. Nildottie. "Pix-People" magazine, July 1988. 18. Melbourne. Investigation by G Little. 19. Lawitta. as per ref. 11. 20. Port Lincolm. Basterfield, K. (1982). "Australia's first abduction event? UFORAN 3(4):4. 21. New Zealand. "Australian International UFO-Flying Saucer Research" Newsletter No 44, Aug 89. 22. Darwin. Investigation by UFO Research Australia-K Basterfield and P Godic. 23. Adelaide. Investigation by K Basterfield and R Brooke. 24. Adelaide. Investigation by K Basterfield and R Brooke. 25. Adelaide. Bell, N.R. "Encounters of the "fourth kind" The Golden Age Feb 89 pp 10-11 & 21. 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