The 1966 Westall UFO incident

Maybe it had overheating problems and had to land in a hurry.?I

a reply to: Blackfinger

Maybe.... since they so effectively hushed it up and stole the pictures/camera, we are simply left to guess as you have done.

a reply to: BASSPLYR

Not sure you are absolutely claiming it was military, but if it was, why would the US be conducting testing down under instead of one of their own bases?

In one video, Chalker says he thinks it was US military and that is why there is no documentation about the case. But unless their scientist were key players in the research(maybe this tech originated with the aussies), why would the US be there? Westall doesnt appear too close to Pine Gap either, trying to piece together the military angle seems more and more far fetched.

Project SPARTA ...

Using a spare American Redstone rocket from the tripartite Sparta project conducted at Woomera, WRE satellite (WRESAT) was designed, developed, built and successfully launched in eleven months. It was launched at Woomera on 29 November 1967, making Australia only the third country in the world to build and launch its own satellite, behind Russia and the United States.

NASA and Australia were working together on Australian satellite launches.
WRESAT Research

Surprisingly good recent coverage of the case from the Australian corporate media where the main witnesses describe what they experienced:

Recent in depth interview with main researcher Shane Ryan:



Also mentioned is another UFO event at a nearby Australian school and this book by Preston Dennet.