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FAB CENDOC Envelope 09 (1978)

FAB CENDOC via The Black Vault · 86 pages · text by OCR

This FAB CENDOC file, released through The Black Vault, holds material from 1978. Part of it is an issue of International UFO Reporter, edited by J. Allen Hynek, with a long report on the October 21, 1978 disappearance of pilot Fred Valentich over Bass Strait. That report includes his radio transcript, the search, and the competing explanations. The file also has a Brazilian newspaper clipping and a Fourth Regional Air Command investigation of a July 1978 landing report by eleven-year-old Dalton Legnaioli in Penha, São Paulo.

  • p. 3 …Estimated time of arrival at King Island: 7:28 PM. His parents expected to hear from…
  • p. 4 …My intentions are -ah- to go to King Island -ah- Melbourne that strange aircraft is hovering…
  • p. 5 …A thorough land search of Cape Otway and King Island also proved fruitless. Thus, the search…
  • p. 6 …1969, Peter Phillips, 25, was flying a Fuji low-wing aircraft from King Island to Moorabbin…
  • p. 7 …Why did he overlook securing the landing lights at King Island when it would be impossible…
  • p. 8 …51 Researcher Paul Norman went to Currie, King Island and deliberately waited until 8 PM to…
  • p. 9 …Woodward of Currie, King Island was notified of strange lights appearing to the north of the…
  • p. 10 …When he left the house, he took $200 with him to buy the crayfish from King…
  • p. 11 CASE TIME PLACE NUMBER OF WITNESSES DURATION #1 2 PM Currie, King Island 1 (young woman…
What is your government's official opinion regarding UFO's (unidentified flying objects)?

Is there any official group or department within the government or armed forces specifically appointed to deal with UFO's and, if so, please give details:

Are there any civilian organizations and/or individuals involved in UFO research in your country and, if so, please give their names and addresses if available:

When were UFO sightings first reported in your country?

Have their been reports of UFO sightings in your country in the past 30 years and, if so, in what quantity (average estimates):

- none

- 1-50 per annum

- 50-100 per annum

- 100-500 per annum

- 500-1,000 per annum

- over 1,000 per annum

Are UFO's currently being reported in your country and, if so, in what quantity (average estimates):

- none

- 1-50 per annum

- 50-100 per annum

- 100-500 per annum

- 500-1,000 per annum

- over 1,000 per annum

Has there been any period of concentrated sightings and, if so, when?

Have UFO's been observed in your country by military personnel and/or government officials?

What is the term or terms employed in your country's language (if other than English) to denote:

- "unidentified flying object":

- "UFO":

- "flying saucer":

Additional comments:

Cases discussed

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