23 July 1983
(The Canberra Times, ACT,
Australia
Source: Trove, National Library of Australia , Canberra
The whole article:
“MELBOURNE : Police are
baffled by two unidentified flying objects sighted at Melton on the western
outskirts of Melbourne
Chief Inspector Ray Hickman said yesterday that the
UFOs had been followed for about six hours by police from West Melton to the
local shopping centre as they flew over the area.
The objects had been spotted by Constable Peter
Ferguson and Constable Ray Allans while on car patrol about 1.30 am. They said
later that one of the objects could have been a gyrocopter.
‘The other aircraft, which I also saw, was a jet-type
craft about 13 by five metres,’ Inspector Hickman said. ‘It was a grey colour with
white lights at the back and front and red lights on the top and underneath.’
It had been moving very quietly at about 130 to
145km/h.
Above the shopping centre both crafts’ lights had gone
off and the UFOs had disappeared.
A spokesman for the Department of Aviation, Mr Ken
Williams, said the aircraft control tower at Tullamarine had received an occasional
signal but not enough to identify the aircraft.”
(tageo.com photo)
