Found this declassified RAAF file (NAA: A9755, 8) on “Operation Close Encounter” from 1983. Good little UFO debunk story. Background: Late June 1983, Mascot Area Approach Control started reporting unidentified radar contacts moving like aircraft. RAAF Base Williamtown got tasked to investigate on 30 June. By the next morning two Mirage interceptors were on Alert 2 and 3 Control and Reporting Unit (3CRU) started round the clock radar surveillance. Contacts sat 70 to 150nm north of Sydney, spee...
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...
Multiple unidentified drones breached restricted airspace over RAAF Base Williamtown, one of Australia’s most sensitive military installations. Australian authorities have not identified the origin, operator, or nature of the mystery drone incursions. https://t.co/PZPZ84mcSv https://t.co/t058Bz8G5v
There are not many details in the article has anyone seen more information about this. First I have heard at an Australian base
An unclassified Australian Bureau of Meteorology file compiling correspondence and reports from 1962–1968. It covers a cylindrical object tracked near Williamtown, unusual fibrous material near Tenterfield, and balloon assessments for sightings at Branxholme and Balwyn.
