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AN almost 50-year-old mystery when more than 200 people believed they had a close encounter with a UFO landing in Clayton may have finally been solved after newly-unearthed government documents revealed a secret radiation-testing program.
But despite government archival records showing the results of numerous HIBAL test flights, the paperwork for the launches scheduled for the day before Westall appear to have been lost or destroyed.
originally posted by: stirling
And by the way....would that balloon theory apply to the school full of children in Africa as well.....
originally posted by: JimOberg
Consideration of the fundamental question of the possible scale of any perceptual gap from stimulus to recollection still remains dominated by wish-based a priori imaginations, not illuminated by real evidence.
That's why i think it's important to find cases where the unusual stimulus IS better documented and the witness perceptions are also recorded.
Dear God a balloon ? well I guess it worked for Roswell, Man I love all the comments its great to see such passion over this this sighting from so long ago. anyway I don't believe there was 200 kids and teachers screaming my god look there's a Balloon coming down, and what about the second UFO that touchdown out the back of the grange, what a bunch of crap just tell us the truth.....please
originally posted by: JimOberg
Consideration of the fundamental question of the possible scale of any perceptual gap from stimulus to recollection still remains dominated by wish-based a priori imaginations....
The HIBAL programme was not conducted in secret at the time of the Westall incident. HIBAL was being openly reported in newspapers from at least 1965 and beyond 1966. Take that as you will in terms of explanations that were dismissed.
No official documents have been found as of the beginning of August 2014 that refer to any HIBAL launch being the explanation for the events at Westall in April 1966. No documents have been found that even confirm that the scheduled 5 April 1966 launch took place