TUFOIC Newsletter No 071 1994

13 Pages·1994·4.5 MB·English

TASMANIAN
/
TUFOIC
TASMANIAN UFO REPORT
-1994
TASMANIAN STATISTICS
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YEAR REPORTS UNIDENTIFIED IDENTIFIED
TUFOIC Publication Number -71
Pre 1965 130 29 . 101
1965 23 12 11
1966 34 15 19
TUFOIC EXECUTIVE 1994 1967 17 5 12
1968 30 7 23
PRESIDENT: Ron Jolly 1969 62 14 48
SECRETARY/LIAISON: David Keyworth 1970 45 8 37
1971 97 23 74
ASST. SECRETARY: Anne Fellows
1972 69 15 64
INVESTIGATiON & FILES: Keith Roberts
1973 136 26 110
PUBLICATIONS: Brian Webberley
1974 161 57 104
TREASURER/MEMBERSHIP: Paul Jackson
1975 182 50 132
LIBRARY: Douglas Lockhart
1976 192 43 149
COMMITTEE: Janine Hunt 1977 156 39 117
1978 178 32 146
1979 152 19 133
SIGHTINGS TELEPHONE NUMBER 1980 63 11 52
1981 87 10 77
1982 62 18 44
23 6009 or 25 4054 (area code 002)
1983 64 9 ., 55
1984 44 7 37
1985 88 12 76
AREA REPRESENTATIVES _...., __
1986 85 11 74
f 1987 71 9 62
. . /
Launceston . Don MacSween 1988 108 19 89
(003) 39 2410 1989 90 10 80
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1990 44 6 38
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East Coast: Jenny Lyne 1991 43 5 38
1992 77 14 63
MEETINGS 1993 82 4 78
Meetings are held in Hobart quarterly, generally on INVESTIGATIONS IN 1993
the first Thursday of the mof!th.
Unidentified 4
Insufficient lnfo./Under lnvestiqation 7
Dates for 1994:
Astronomical 35
Thursday: March 3rd, June 2nd, September 1st
Aircraft 14
and Friday, December 2nd
Satellites 6
Meteoroloqical 2
Meetings are held at the GLENORCHY LIBRARY
Balloons 8
Meeting rooms, Terry Street, Glenorchy.
Others 6
Starting at 7.30 PM
TOTAL 82
The Tasmanian UFO Report is Published and THE PRINCIPAL AIMS OF TUFOIC:
Printed by TUFOIC To conduct investigations into Tasmanian UFO reports.
To collect and examine information on the UFO
Some of the views expressed in this publication phenomena. To distribute that which we consider
may not be those of the Executive, Staff or authentic to our members and to fellow UFO organisations
Membership of TUFOIC. in Australia, and overseas via 1the Tasmanian UFO report,
Newsletters and other special publications. And to the
Items may be quoted from this journal provided that general public via publications and the media.
TUFOIC is fully credited.
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TUFOIC was founded in 1965 Is open to all who support the aims of the Centre, and
have a serious interest in the UFO phenomena.
TASMANIAN
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Further information and a sample Newsletter may be
INVESTIGATION CENTRE obtained upon request . by writing to the membership
secretary, or by attending meetings.
TUFOIC
P.O. Box 99, NORTH HOBART TUFOIC meetings are open to all members and
TASMANIA, 7002, AUSTRALIA friends, and to the general public.
NEWS FLASH!
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY CAN NO LONGER
ENTERTAIN THE NOTION THAT UFOs DO NOT EXIST.
Thes ayinggo es" Whata differenac e
daym akes"i,n T UFOICsc asei tswh ata Representatives of the twelve nations of the E.C.
differenac ey earm akes.T he�y ear1 992 have enlisted the services of Tullio Regge, the
hada bito fe verythinag v,i siftr omC olin commissioner of Energy, Research and Technology
and one of the worlds top astra physicists ·to
Andrewso f Crop CirclFe ame, TV
investigate the UFO phenomena. The
Documentarisepsa,t oeaf s ightilnagtsei rn
announcement was made at the UFO conference at
the year and thet obteaoslft cases
San Marino and was brought about by the
Austrawliidaef oorv era decade. extraordinary events over Belgium and the former
J
Soviet Union in the years 1983 - 91. Russia has
Lasyte ar(1 993i)ts eemsh adn oneo f
given an assurance to Mr Regge that they will co­
thesef eaturelsi,t tilnef ormatiforno m
operate fully in passing on any information he may
overseaasl thougthh erew as passing
seek.
mentioonfa sightiinngc reaisnte h eU nited
Statetsa,l efsr omP uertoR icoa ndM exico,
Top Italian UFO Researcher Alfredo Lissoni says
butn oneo ft hirse gisteirnet dh em edia.
that Europe can no longer ignore this phenomena
The CropC irclewse, assumea re still and it is important that Regge takes a serious and
occurribnugtt, h ep henomenhaa sd ropped scientific approach in his endeavor to research
outo ft hel imelight. UFO's.
One fact that could not be ignored by the European
Australsiiagnh tiansg sc anb e seen
officials is that in the two year period of 1989-91
from oAunrn ualli sthianvge r eturnteopd r e
over 1200 sightings were reported in Belgium
92l evels wthhiiflsas lthl a sa lsboe enn oted
alone.
inT asmania.
One such report is that of military pilot, Michael
Bougard, whose F16 jet was scrambled when radar
operators from Glens air traffic control reported a
Elsewheirnet heR eportth ea rticloen
UFO.
TUFOlC'dsa tai llustrgartaepsh icatlhley
Bougard locked on to this target and then
risaen df alolft heU FO phenomenian t he
established visual contact. He described the craft
state.
as being triangular in shape with many bright lights.
Reporttso t heC entrdeu rin1g9 93 In two seconds the object's speed was calculated to
continuaetda satisfaclteovrebylu ti tw ill accelerate from 280 kph to 1800 kph - a speed no
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human can survive. Its altitu e also dropped from
ben otetdh et otoaflU FO cases weartae n
�j3QO metres to 1700 metres in just a few seconds.
extremelloyw levelN.o nethelessosm e
interestiinnvge stigatoicocnusr reddu ring
Other news to come out of the San Marino
they eart,h eo rang·e-�igohftL sa unceston
conference was the revelation of Soviet cosmonaut
beinogn es uchs erioefse ventWse. picked
Genndye Strekalov, who sighted an unidentified
upo ccasiorneaplo rftrso mo urn orthercni ty object while orbiting the Earth in the space station
ofa n OrangeL ITo rL ITSm ovings lowly Mir directly above Canada. This news was withheld
towardtsh es outh, usuallfyr omst eheen by officials until now. The object approached the
space station from the opposite direction and was
RavenswoodE,a stL auncestoCni,t yo r
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lit up like a Christmas tree with lights flashing. Isn't
lnvermaayr eas. Wtihtehh elpo f some
it amazing that the international press haven't taken
' mediac overagfreo m theE xaminewre
this announcement seriously.
receivceadl lfsr om tPhueb litch aitn dicated
maybes ome hota ird evicwea s being
Source:
releasferdo mt heM owbray/lnvearrmeaay.
Australian International UFO Flying Saucer research.
May 1993
Membershoifpt heC entrhea sr emained
stabldeu ringt he yearw itha good
attendanatc e oquura rtermleye tings.
An excelletnatl ko n Astronomwya s
presentaetdt heS eptembemre etinbgy
MartiGne orgeC,u ratoorft heP lanetarium
att heQ ueenv ictoMruisae umL.a unceston.
KEEP LOOKING UP!
SIGHTINGS in 1993
As mentioned in our Review, sightings ERRATIC LIGHT OFF EAST COAST
were few and far· between although we still
picked up some interesting cases from earlier Mr N was at Redbill Beach, just north of
years. The first unexplained case for 1993 Bicheno, at 6.40 PM on the evening of May
occurred on January 11th about 2.10 am. 10th.
Although it was overcast a light was
The witness's report tells the story. "I visible at about a 15 degree elevation out over
awoke because the dogs were barking and I the sea to the north east. The light which was
opened the bedroom window to tell them to be white went red then blue. It commenced a
quiet. I noticed a very bright shinny yellow light movement on a level path towards the north,
above the tree line to the west. but then it performed an arc move, going up
and over until it was heading back towards the
Perhaps in the area I would describe as south at about a 20 degree elevation.
a Longley. It was rocking back and forth Next thing it was spiraling down towards the
slightly. At first I thought it was a very bright star sea performing a figure eight move on the way.
but it seemed far too big. Then I noticed it was As if these maneuvers were not enough the
a very heavy clouded night and I could not see light did some circle----moves, moved fast
any other stars. I watched for a full 10 minutes towards the south and faded out. It then
but I coul.dn't convince myself that it really was reappeared at a higher elevation before fading
a UFO. Strangeiy enough : iay back down on out. The whole incident had taken son ie 1 u
the bed but couldnl'9et it out of my mind. At minutes.
2.20 PM I got back up to watch what happened
to this "light" but it had gone!. There were no
other lights or stars visible.
ORANGE LIGHTS
Elsewhere we have mentioned the
"MARTIANS OVER EV ANDALE" orange lights reported over Launceston and
the possibility of being some aerial device,
So ran the "On The Spot" column in the however, we are not so sure about a sighting
Launceston Examiner of January 15th reported in the early hours of May 29th.
After several telephone calls the Centre Our witness with his wife and a friend
was able to contact th:; witness for details of were in the Launceston dty centre when tney
the sighting, which of course had no noticed at a fairly high elevation to the north
suggestions of Martians from anywhere. Mr M two orange lights. They thought it was a plane
and his wife had been at their home near at first but the lights seemed to be too far apart.
Evandale on the evening of January 12th when The witness drove up to the Talbot Road
M noticed a bright light through the lounge Lookout to try and obtain a better view of the
room window, it was about 9.50 PM. lights. They got out of the car and watched the
lights turn in unison over the city. Despite the
There seemed to be three spinning calm overcast weather they could hear no
lights on a bright round shape away to the east sound of any aircraft engines. The lights turned •
at about a 20 to 30 degree elevation. Mr M together and headed away to the south.
used binoculars to view the lights and had the
impression there was a cylinder shape. The The witness drove along Hobart Road to
lights were stationary for some 10 minutes Youngtown with the lights visible ahead of them
before they seemed to drift away towards the over a drive of some 5K. However, the lights
north east. They looked to lose elevation over still in the same pattern looked to gain elevation
the distant hills about 20k distant. finally the and were lost from sight in low cloud. They had
lights became blurry and disappeared, maybe been in sight over some 20 minutes.
behind the hills. There was no air traffic in the
area at the time. Enquiries showed that the cloud was
mostly about the 400m level.
Sightings continued.
and started to bubble. Mr G said to his son it
MULTIPLE SIGHTINGS ON FARM was time too get away from the object, they
had moved a few mts when they heard a
The location of the farm on which strange sound. Mr G said it was like a singing
multiple sighting occurred during 1985/1986 is type of noise coming from the obje�. it was
some 55K north of Hobart. The area is open unintelligible, like some foreign language.
rolling paddocks backed by sandstone hills with
steep rocks and gully's. At the time of the Mr G says at this stage he dropped the
sighting Mr G and his wife were living on the possums they had shot and made off for the
farm with their three sons and two daughters. car about 1 K away. He says they did not look
The eldest son was about 161'17 years old at back at any stage, and he noticed that after
the time, the youngest child about 6/8 years some 0.5K the battery on his back had cooled
old. Mr G who sold the farm in 1988 had run off again. Reaching the car he then dropped
the property for some 18 years. his rifefl and left the battery on the ground. He
drove home without any headlights and used
Mr G recalls that the first UFO sighting the handbrake to slow the car, he did not want
took place about July 1985, he and his eldest to attract the attention of the UFO. (the battery
boy had gone out to do some possum shooting worked OK next time).
on an adjoining property. They were at the
base of a hill about 2.5K North-East of the Once home Mr G' checked his clothes,
farm. his shirt and. pullover were in order but his
singlet for some reason had a 15cm hole burnt
The weather was cold but fine, it was in it, there were no marks on his back. His wife
about 10 PM. Mr G1says his son called out to later burnt the singlet. Mr G says he went back
him to turn off the spotlight because someone for the rifle and battery, but never went back to
was coming. Mr G said he was carrying a 12 the landing site. Mr G told his brothers about
volt motorbike battery in a tin on his back to the event but they asked him what had he
power the spotlight. Mr G says he turned and been drinking!
looked to the north and saw a bright blue object
in the sky, it was still at a fair distance, maybe Some 6 months later in the Summer of
5K, but even so was reflecting some blue light 1986 a second UFO paid a visit to Mr G's farm
towards them. only this time it stayed around Mr G says for
about 3 months, from January to March. Mr G
The object in the next minutes came gave the Centre information on a few sightings
closer until it was some 200m away and not far but said he saw the UFO a couple of times
above the ground, at this stage some 7 to 1·1 each week over the 3 month period.
round lights were emitted out of the top of the
object hung about 6/7m in a line above the Mr G was out about 10 PM one January
object, they were blue also. The object then evening with his daughter to shoot some
dropped vertically and landed on the ground, at kangaroo for dog meat, they were about 2k
no time was there any sound. The object itself North-East of the farm on the edge of the
was also surrounded by a blue glow, it was so paddock which was backed by bush.
bright that the whole area about it and where Mr G noticed a bright light in the
the witnesses were standing was lit up by a northern sky, then he realized that his light was
blue light. The witness recalls seeing a strainer growing in size, getting lower, and headed for
post closer to the object which stood out as if in them. Eventually it came right over the top of
daylight. where he and his daughter were standing, he
told her to lie down. As they lay on the ground
The object itself looked like a huge bullet he watched an oval shape object with
type shape, tall with a rounded top, about half numerous white lights around its edge pass
way was a ring, or ledge around the object. It overhead. Th� object also had other lights in its
has a straight base. Mr G estimated it at centre but he 9an not recall any pattern.
20/25m tall and 6/7m wide.
This object seemed to be huge. , Mr G
As the UFO touched down Mr G began compared it to a football field (Australian Rules)
to feel something warm on his back, he then in size. He estimated that it was at least some
discovered the 12 volt battery had warmed up 200 to 150m across.
It passed over his car some distance The object looked big, roundish, and lit up with
away and out of sight over the bank. lights. It was lighting everything up as it passed
over.
Mr G and his daughter now made a dash to
the car and set off down the track for the road. The UFO �ontinued on its circle
However, the object reappeared behind them movement until it W,as traveling away to the
and moved over the car before swinging away North-East, it climbed higher into the sky and
a second time over the bank, as it moved off it within a minute had dwindled to a speck of
seemed to have a dome type shape on its light, then it had disappeared. Mr G and his
topside. At no time did Mr G notice any sound family never sighted any strange lights after
during the sighting which lasted some 5 that night, it was almost as if "Charlie" was
minutes. giving them one final farewell performance.
After this sighting the same or similar Mr G says that he often saw "Charlie"
object frequented the area so much that Mr G when he would be out feeding the dogs, very
dubbed it by the name of "Charlie". The object often just after dark. He would appear from a
was seen at varying distances, sometimes just variety of directions, and sometimes he would
a bright distant light, mostly over hills to the appear at a fair height or move along the hill
East, or on other occasions as a defined round line to the East. Several times he saw it near
shape with its lights around the edge. Quite a the location of his first encounter, he never felt
few times Mr G was up the hills in the bush and like hanging about there and would return
the object would appear nearby, Mr G says he home. It always had the same appearance, a
usually gave up what he was doing and distant bright white light, or clos�r up a
headed home. The lights were seen by his wife roundish shape, a bit flattened with bright lights,
and elder children on a number of occasions. it was always hard to see the top bit it looked to
have a dome shape.
Mr G recalled one night in particular
when the object came directly over his UFO FlAP OVER CANADA
farmhouse. It was around 10 PM, in fact the There have been hundreds of reports of UFO
light usually put in its appearance soon after activity between 14 January - 2 February 1993
dark. Anyway Mr G saw the light approaching in the Kamloops area. 422 kms Northeast of
from the south, it approached until it was Vancouver.
directly overhead, at this stage it had the It began with a teenage girl reported seeing an
apparent size of the full moon. Mr G was able object near her home. She flashed her torch at it
to call out the family to view the object some three times and she said it responded by
300m above the house. flashing back at her three times.
On 20 January, a large fireball was seen in
The U�O was stationary for a good 2/3 several places and reported by hundreds of
minutes then it let off two lights, one went people to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
towards the North, the other to the South-East. The average length of sighting was one - two
The two starlike lights just traveled away at a minutes. Several independent witnesses
steady speed and disappeared into the reported it to have a bluish-green aura.
distance. The oval object with its bright lights Within this aura and slightly behind it were two
then moved away over the hills to the East. smaller balls of light. A piece of the main object
broke off and fell near a set of hills near
The last sighting was in March about Kamloops.
10.30 PM, Mr G was out shutting the gate near
his house when the UFO appeared seemingly Two ground level "near landings" were also
out of the gully just East of the house. Once reported, one by a woman who saw a "glowing
again he had time to call out other members of ball of fire sitting behind the trees for half an
his family. hour. All of the above reports are being
The object came past just north of the investigated by the UFO Research Institute of
farm swinging round past one of the sheds Canada, who have a team in the area
about 1OOm from Mr G. This time the object attempting to capture the phenomena on video.
seemed to have darts of light that were
shinning down onto the ground below as it SOURCE: Australian International UFO - Flying
swept past the farm. Saucer Research - May 93)
7ate
II¥ David Keyworth
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AUSTRALIAN UFO SIGHTINGS 1.992/93
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DATE TIME STATE TYPE LOCATION DETAILS
NOV15 2045 SA NL· GOODW OOD 2 Org lits travEelas t onw obblpya th- 3
NOV27 2205 WA NL HUNTING DALE Manyli tsd aratb ouwitt,h 2 large lits -4
DEC8 2400 VIC NL ASPENDALE 2 e1Tatilci tmso,v ing sttoogpe ther 1
DEC28 2140 WA NL HEATHRIDGE Org litsm ove/stop/foaudti ng 4
DEC 28 2215 vVA CE1 NORLEY Ovalo bjn eargro undfl,a shs,h ootusp 4
DEC 30 2340 TAS NL BELLER IVE 2 Orgli tss,e paratgeo,t oS outWhe st. 8
JAN5 2130 WA NL BEDFORDALE Blues phertiney , stopssh,o otusp 4
JAN7 2145 WA NL ARMADALE E1Tatliictl ,o oposv er, shuopo ts 4
JAN1 1 0210 TAS NL MTNELSON Barkingd ogsr,ockin g yellowl iste en 8
JAN 12 2200 TAS NL EVANDALE Cyl+d spinnilnigtm so veasw ayto N. East 8
JAN 19 2030 SA NL REYNELLA ZigZ agging ballso fli tr eported. 5
JAN20 0200 SA CE3 McLARENV ALE Hummingn oisweh,i tfiegur e insihdoeu se 5
JAN21 2300 WA NL ALEXANDER HTS Orgl itmso,v ing/stsohipnse,sS .J> eeodff 4
JAN22 2200 WA NL WAROONA Campersse eb lue/greoebnj eclitt upa rea 4
JAN23 0005 VIC NL SEBASTAPOL Triangslhea p+e li tsw hite& yellowr epeat1e d
JAN24 2300 WA NL CLACKLINE 2 flashingl itosn,eb uzzesp assipnlga ne 4
FEB6 2250 - SA NL DARUNGTON Circ+l elitrso tatinga crossksy . 6
FEB1 4 2315 WA NL KWINANA 2 Erratilci tdsa ratb ouitn S outShky 4
MAR20 0020 SA NL STAGNES 4litmso vei nu nisoonfhi gha ltitude 6
MAR22 2315 WA CE1 ARMIDALE 5 litsn ear rafofaedc tca rr adio? 4
MAR24 2055 SA NL GLENELG Erratliitcsr eported csirtcalirnsg 6
APR 2100 SA NL TAILEMBEND Brighlti grte,e nb eloewr ratimco vements 6
APR - QLD NL STH BURNE'IT Reporotfsd arting/flashliignhgt s 7
APR4 2230 NSW NL BOURWOOD Org lit,c hangedirde ctiond,e parted. 2
APR1 5 1845 WA NL WANNEROO Largeli tc rossseksy t,h esnt ops. 4
APR 17 1500 VIC DD ? 'lnangle shagpoei nfga sotn a rct oS outh 1
APR21 0400 SA CEI ELACKPOINT Circolbe+j litpsa sselso wo verhead 6
APR22 0118 VIC NL BAROWHEADS Stop/stoartr gli tm ovefsa st. 1
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VUFORS 1-. UFORNSW -2. UFORA- 3 . UFORUM -4. AUST POST -5. AIUFOFSR -6.
UFORQ -7. TUFOIC- 8.
ARE THE\' BACK? UFOs REPORTED IN COUNT\'
By Stephen Smith
Several residents of Dekalb County saw power lines, and he observed it off and on for
objects in the sky last week that C-8n only be about 20 minutes.
described one way- YFO's.
Ogletree said that the man also
Last Thursday morning, January 28, observed a "triangular formation, a series of
many residents reportedly heard a strange white lights with red lights behind them." Three
humming noise around the Dogtown area of sets of these lights formed a large triangle, with
Lookout Mountain. about 500 feet between the point and each
This was the same humming noise base, and 1,500 to 2.000 fee.t high and moved
Dogtown's Sue Johnston heard before looking West to East at about 100 miles per hour,"
·
out and seeing a large craft moving toward her Ogletree related. "He said that he heard no
mobile home. She watched it for several sound at all."
minutes, until it went out of sight.
Her description was similar to that of another The man reportedly watched as the
Dogtown resident who reported seeing the lights stayed in perfect formation action with the
same object. red and white lights going on and off
alternatively.
Another incident occurred on Saturday
which has left Lookout Mountain residents "He said his dogs never bark at
wondering. Sergeant Ron Ogletree of the airplanes, but they barked at this thing," said
Gadsen Post of Alabama State troopers was Ogletree.
called out to Lickskillet that night to the home of
a young man who asked to remain anonymous. "Tuesday night, dispatchers across the
He was 28 years old, very levelheaded and county were kept busy answering phone calls
sensible." Ogletree said. "And it was a very clear from residents who reported seeing strange
night. I believ� he told it like it was." lights in the sky. No official UFO sightings were
confirmed as of prestige.
The man told Ogletree that he first noticed a
bright light in the sky to the West. The sightings come almost exactly four
years after Lookout Mountain UFO sightings
"He said it was about the size that a occurred, which just preceded countless
security light would appear from a quarter of a sightings around the town of Fyfef .
mile. He said it was about 300 feet above the
Weekly Post- PARANET 19/4/93
STATISTICS - TUFOIC v. RAAF
In their 1990 (Vol 2) Journal of UFO Studies over the years by follow up on second hand or vague
article "Australian UFOiogy: A Review", Basteriield
leads that have uncovered some of its stranger cases,
Godic and Godic present a �ection on Trends in UFO
� especially during the 1970's.
Reports in Australia. They m intain that several factors
f
influence the measure of U O reporting activity, the Comments can be made with the above knowledge
number and competence of the investigations, on differences on the graphs. Tasmania experienced a
willingness of the public to report a sighting, and the prolonged series of "Flaps" in the mid seventies, most
creation of a written report that is added to a database. of mainland Australia during that time period had
activity at a much lower level. The Tasmanian activity
Two databases they report exist that can be
was fading by 1979 but elsewhere in Australia such
utilized to estimate the variation in reports over the
events as the Valentich case brought the UFO
years. One source they used was the RAAF figures
phenomena into the public eye. It would have been
from the early 60s until 1980, the second was
interesting to have followed the RAAF figures had they
TUFOIC's log maintained since, 1965. However, at the
continued their records beyond 1980.
time of the article their data for TUFOIC only went up to
1986. The low percentages in the earlier years of the
RAAF figures, down to 0% in 1967/68 almost look like
The author of the article noted peak years for
an explanation at any cost policy.
reports in the two databases did not illustrate many
similarities. It is pointed out that of course TUFOIC Unexplained reports from TUFOIC's earlier years
reports are confined to Tasmania only as opposed to (1960's, early 70's) have been received many years
any trends elsewhere in Australia, whilst the local later and tend to create a deceptively high Unexplained
RAAF presence in Tasmania is not very prooounced. % during that time period.
Following trends noted in the United States the more
Excluding figures for the 1960's in both Sets of
puzzling cases were more likely to come to the
statistics brings the unexplained percentage somewhat
attention of the UFO groups, than the Air Force.
closer, the RAAF at 11.4%, TUFOJC to 19. 7%.
TUFOIC for instance has uncovered many sightings
RAAF TUFOIC
%
REPORTS UNEXPLAiNED UNEXPLAINED