Some more UFO stuff

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April 20, 1969: Harwood Island, NSW - Helmet-Shaped Object with Tractor Beam?

1969 Australian cases described in this story:

• 17 April: the Bungawalbyn "saucer nest", NSW
  
• 20 April: the Harwood Island close encounter with possible "levitation" effects, NSW
  
• 25 April: the "Anzac Day" close encounter of the third kind in suburban Sydney - Greenacre, NSW
  
• 23 May: a compelling "radar visual" case - Cloverdale/Kalamunda, Western Australia
  
• mid July: a close encounter at Beaufort, Victoria
  
• 30 August: my own daylight experience with apparent "angel hair"
  
• the dramatic close encounter at Surfers Paradise, Qld, witnessed by Australian surfing legend Peter Drouyn
  
• I've also added at the end of this post a few further bonus stories from the 1969 UFO wave in OZ, including:
  
• the Spackman UFO photo saga
  
• the strange story of the Vas family in January 1969 who were reported as telling a story of a UFO and its giant occupants, encountered near Childers, Queensland - was it a real encounter?
  

This story of "the Great UFO Daze of OZ" begins with what’s happening now, then it reflects on the importance of an earlier attempted “end game” for the UFO mystery, that pivots around the year 1969. The US Air Force sought to use science to bury the UFO subject. Things didn’t quite work out that way. Current events suggest here we go again, but many things have changed and there may even be some real solid science to emerge from the current UFO/UAP “game”. More to the point, while we were told back in 1969 UFOs were a pointless waste of time, the UFO phenomenon itself put on a major show in Australia across that year. It seemed like a profound response: thanks for the attention, despite the games being played, but here we are again. Try to pay attention.50 years later - new and old players, but now the show is being played out to a much bigger audience, more often, it’s manifesting in the mainstream. And media, military, intelligence, and even science seems to be paying attention. Not bad for something that was given an official burial back in 1969.


A few years later I would learn of a striking UFO encounter at Harwood Island, also in the north coast region, which occurred on April 20th, 1969.  That incident suggested that the Bungawalban affair might indeed have been UFO related.   While intriguing the Bungawalban physical trace incident lacked one personal element for me.   I was not there when the crop was affected.  It was several days before I could get out there and certainly there were many people there before me.

While fascinating the "nests" found lacked clear UFO connections. The case at Harwood Island, on the north coast, provided that missing dimension. The case remained hidden for a few years, until the witness, a local woman, wrote to me.



On April 20th, 1969, 3 days after the Bungawalban find, the Harwood Island woman was out walking at about 7.30 pm.  She saw and heard a large patch of 2-year-old sugar cane rustling and waving violently, on what was a still night.  A very powerful beam of light came across the top of the cane and very slowly turned about a half circle until it was in front of the witness. The woman felt as if some powerful force was lifting her off the ground and drawing her towards the source of the beam. This "force" stopped when the "high beam" went out.  The woman found herself still on the ground.  She could then clearly see a strange object over the top of the cane. The "high beam" had been replaced by a sort of "low beam" and "cabin lights" emanating from a large helmet shaped object, situated only some 40 to 50 feet away, and about 8 to 9 feet above the top of the cane (which itself was about 8 to 12 feet high).

The woman described the object, "It was a dark shiny, grey colour all over, and the glow from the inside lights were pale yellow, pinkish red, and a very faint tint of green.  The glow came on to the brim of the object and around the head part of it.  Out of the top was this thin trail of smoke. Below the object the violent movement in the cane had given way to a mere slight rustling. It seemed that after about a minute the arrival sequence was totally reversed, with the violent movement in the cane reoccurring.

A whistling sound commenced then nothing.  The woman did not see the object depart, but assumed it just disappeared at fantastic speed. Recollect that the witness said the experience had taken place at about 7.30 pm. Another woman and her daughter were fishing nearby, downstream from the Harwood bridge.  They saw "a very bright red light, with a whitish tail, which appeared to be suspended above the bridge.  We saw it for several seconds and then it just disappeared."  They said their sighting occurred around 8 pm, half an hour after the striking close encounter.

1969: The Great UFO Daze of OZ

Well, there is something I never knew about Harwood and I've been living near there over 10 years.  Only visited the pub for lunch the other week. Fished under the old bridge many times.  1969, also travelled through there as a young bloke with my parents.  Stayed at Yamba not far down the road. Wonder if the '69' sightings had anything to do with the Apollo missions.

Never knew this story.  There is no stories of the occurrence now.

Very familiar with Westall 1966 as I lived near there too. 

Great read,  Thankyou.


Bally)