UFO photographed in Balwyn, Melbourne, Australia on April 2, 1966, just days before the Westall mass sighting with 200+ witnesses at a high school in broad daylight only 20 km away.

On April 2, 1966, a man later identified as James Kibel was in the backyard of his parents’ home in Balwyn, Melbourne, taking photos to finish a roll of film in his Polaroid camera when he noticed something unusual in the sky. At the time, he chose to remain anonymous in interviews due to the stigma surrounding UFO sightings. As he stood in the garden, he noticed an intense flash of light across the garden, similar to sunlight reflecting from a mirror. The flash drew his attention upward. He...