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...

5/ The strongest part of the Sea Fury case began when O'Farrell used his radio. He didn't wait until he had landed and then tell somebody what he thought he had seen. While the objects were still near him, he contacted Nowra and asked whether or not the station had his aircraft on radar. In his report, O'Farrell explained that he was hoping the operators would confirm that other aircraft were in the area. The question gave Petty Officer K.E. Jessop no description of flying saucers to look for...

4/ The second object appeared at O'Farrell's nine o'clock position. It passed roughly one mile ahead of the Sea Fury and turned towards the position where he'd first seen the other light. O'Farrell could see brightness and movement, but very little detail. His original report describes "a vague shape with the white light situated centrally on top." He didn't report wings, a tail or the normal arrangement of navigation lights. He also avoided calling the objects flying saucers in his written a...

3/ O'Farrell described a bright light closing quickly from his one o'clock position, ahead and slightly to his right. It crossed in front of the Sea Fury and continued around to his port beam. Instead of carrying on past him like an aircraft crossing his route, it appeared to remain in that position. O'Farrell was travelling at 220 knots, around 250 mph. He was flying one of the fastest piston engine fighters of its time, an aircraft which had recently been used by the Australian Navy during...