Peter E Norris And The Australian Government Ufo Files 1957 To 1968 Part Two
CRESSY SIGHTING:The UFO sighting of a out of this world cigar twisted object and accompanying several less significant discs, by the Rector Browning of Cressy, Tasmania, was the installment of Peter's arrival assassinate dated 4 November 1960, to DAFI. "We implication that UFO activity in the sphere of the Immense Amalgamate area of northern Tasmania is of careful substance, having count up to the fact that a out of this world hydro-electric project is today under construction in that province." Again, Peter asked if Browning's sighting had been legitimately investigated and if so, what were DAFI's conclusions. (Source: Digital feature of file 554/1/30 Booth 1 p.151.)DAFI responded on 18 November 1960 that they were investigating and zealous themselves to advising their consequence. (p.149.)After interviewing Browning, DAFI, in a assassinate dated 7 Sandpaper 1961, advised that Browning had seen the Moon rising, and unruffled in the same way as 'scud' type clouds this had "...created the make of flying objects." (p.124.)I had the ambition, in 2010, of interviewing Gordon Waller, the RAAF director who was sent to interview the Brownings. Gordon's aim was that he had been sent to examination the report, bearing in mind fan question for the RAAF to do so.Pristine TASMANIAN CASE:Peter, on VFSRS letterhead, dated 3 May 1961 wrote to DAFI "Meeting of this organization perfectly interviewed Mrs Webster and her immature person, Sally, of 'Charnak' Cressy, Tasmnaia, in relation to their assumed sighting of an Dull In the air Care for in October last appointment...Would you nice inform us of your Department's judgment of this sighting report." (Source: Digital feature of file 580/1/1 Booth 3 p.153.) Peter essential to jog the Department's defense, by assassinate dated 23 June 1961. The Discord replied on 28 June 1961 in the same way as a inform assassinate that assumed "Sighting...was most perhaps T.A.A. Viscount VH-TVC..." i.e. an aircraft.THE DRURY FILM:At 1200hrs on 23 Noble 1953, Mr T Drury, Use instead Higher of the Australian Discord of Polite Aviation, in Waterfront Moresby, saw an object in the sky. In the bright south-western sky he noticed what seemed to be praise detached house up' which grew in ability for several report. Like a shot, an object appeared from one side of the cloud and climbed sure in a north-west categorize. In position, Drury assumed it seemed some more than a pin-head. The muted object gone a clearly-defined vapour stick to. It at last consumed in the same way as a bright level of direct. Drury had a movie camera in the same way as him, and filmed by a telephoto lens. (Source: Digital feature of file 114/1/197.)In a assassinate dated 15 February 1962, Peter, on VFSRS letterhead, asked about the Drury film of 23 Noble 1953. "Would you be so copy as to inform me whether the film would be sound for manipulate by gathering of this organization. Additionally, what is the Department's judgment of the Drury sighting? (Source: Digital feature of file 580/1/1 Booth 3 p.86.)DAFI responded dated 22 February 1962 "I sorrow to inform you that this Discord can grasp no fastest of this film or the report referred to in your assassinate dated 15th February 1962." (Source: Digital feature of file 580/1/1 Booth 3. p.85.)CAPIO:The Commonwealth Antenna Phenomena Shadowing Organisation (CAPIO) was shaped in 1965 at a convention supposed in Ballarat, Victoria. As a soprano society it represented the interests of a measure of Australian UFO groups. Air Marshall Sir George Jones was its humanitarian, and the RAAF sent a Mr B G Roberts to ration a functioning on behalf of the Reign.The arrival epistle from Peter was on CAPIO letterhead, dated 19 July 1965, asking if Mr Roberts, Top research Scientist, Discord of Air, may perhaps help if a sighting reported in a US UFO magazine re an Australian aircraft 'buzzed' by a UFO, had in fact been reported to the RAAF? (Source: Digital feature of file 554/1/30 Booth 1 p103.) Peter signed the assassinate as Person in command of CAPIO.DAFI's Flotilla Enhanced Wheeler replied on 18 Noble 1965 (Source: Digital feature of file 554/1/30 Booth 1 p.100) that they had received no report of the incident and referred Peter to the city dweller Discord of Polite Aviation. "From the article you covered for information it appears that photographs were completed of the UFO. This is most entrancing and if copies can be completed sound obligation present several entrancing discussion."NEBO:On 12 November 1960 Peter, on CAPIO letterhead, wrote to DAFI asking if they may perhaps make happy answer to a assassinate he had sent them on 17 September 1965, about a case at a rigid called Nebo? (Source: Digital feature of file 580/1/1 Booth 5 p.205.)The DAFI remedy came dated 1 December 1965. It responded to whichever the letters of 17 September and 12 November. "Mr Robert's report of 4th June referred to an peculiar cause fairly than an unidentified flying object and bothered a disturbance in the immaculate which he deliberate to storeroom been subjected to deep-seated restful. The extract of gum foliage which was forwarded to us was analyzed but showed no peculiar natural history. This Discord is barred to encounter the create of the phenomenon." (Source: Digital feature of file 580/1/1 Booth 5 p.202.)THE TULLY EVENT:The classic UFO fastest case of Tully, Queensland occurred on 19 January 1966. On that hours of daylight, George Pedley reported seeing an object contiguous to the ground. It was light-grey in colour, twisted absence two saucers face to face. In position he assumed it was 25 feet long and 8-9 feet resonant. Exhibit were no structural character deceptive. It was in pulverized for a flatly of about four seconds. An area of trampled, swirled grass/reeds was found at the segment in in which the object had been seen.On 2 February 1966 CAPIO wrote to the Secretary, Discord of Air, Mr A M McFarlane. McFarlane's answer dated 11 February 1966 included "Investigations of the area covering the reported 'nests', vigorously of samples occupied from surrounding them and interrogations of persons neurosis in the report failed to pass on what of substance." The nests "...may perhaps storeroom been the outcome of a tough brutality, which usually guide line squalls and thunderstorms." After that, "Exhibit is no explanation for the deceptive phenomenon reported but it may perhaps storeroom been joined in the same way as or the outcome of "downdraughts", "willy willies" or "water spouts." VUFORS commissioned its own meteorological try out of the weather surroundings and disagreed in the same way as the RAAF's consequence. (Source: Digital feature of file 580/1/1 Booth 5 p.182.)(To be continued.)