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Westall primary school UFO incident witnesses reiterate what they saw back on April 6th 1966

Disc200 witnessesSighting reportApr 6, 1966, 1:00 AMWestall Primary School

Witnesses

200 witnesses

Duration

Unknown

Source material

3

Timeline

2

Source context

Limited context

54

Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.

Source provenance

r/UFOs

Live sighting record a23df481-2591-4c93-be56-79907ffd7ba0.

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Correlations

Field Intelligence

Sunlight window

Daytime — sun above horizon

Sighting occurred during daylight hours

Solar window

Sunrise6:38 AM
Sunset6:07 PM
Day length11h 28m

Weather

Open-Meteo
ConditionsLight drizzle
Temperature62°F
Cloud cover89% · Overcast
Wind11 mph
Precipitation0.2 mm

Area activity

Within 2 days2 sightings within 60 mi

Extracted details

Observed facts

Occurred

Apr 6, 1966, 1:00 AM

Timezone

Australian Eastern Time

Location

Westall Primary School

Observers

200 witnesses

Witness account

Narrative

Time (11:00 am) Location [Westall Primary School, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia] Summary of event At around 11:00 AM, over 200 students and staff at Westall High School and Westall Primary School in Clayton South, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, witnessed a large, silvery-grey disc-shaped craft hovering above the schoolyard before descending into a nearby open field known as The Grange. submitted by /u/MadWorldEarth

Case progression

Timeline

Encounter windowApr 6, 1966, 1:00 AM

Witnesses place the encounter near Westall Primary School.

PublishedJun 6, 2026, 6:10 PM

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Source material

media

Cover image

Open

Visual reference carried with the original report.

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Original report

Open

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telemetry

Environmental pass

Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.