9/ O'Farrell and Jessop signed their statements on September 2nd '54. The event remained out of the newspapers until December, when reporters visiting Nowra learned about the investigation. Navy Minister Josiah Francis then publicly confirmed the central facts. Francis said a Sea Fury pilot had observed two lights with vague shapes beneath them during a night flight over Goulburn. He also confirmed that the report had been passed by Naval Intelligence to RAAF Intelligence. Contemporary newspa...