Unknown over Wollongong (Australia) · Australia
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Light flash, moving, tree shadows move accordingly strange sound afterwards for a short while. The source of the light may have been a meteor, we suspect. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #123967). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Australian aerial sighting records answer to the Freedom of Information Act 1982. Through Aletheca, the house instrument, anyone can commission the request — filed, chased, and published in the open, refusals included. The draft goes over already written: the records sought, and the date window they would live in.
Routed to: Department of Defence (Australia) · records window 2015-11-08 → 2015-11-25
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