| ID | #1600443312 |
| Added | Fri, 18/09/2020 |
| Author | July N. |
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Research
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Elizabeth S. and her family regularly spent Christmas holidays on the South coast of New South Wales.
One evening, Elizabeth was driving an old Valiant car with four other people. The meeting took place in early January 1973, when the group crossed the turn to Sussex Inlet. Elizabeth called the others ' attention to the light ahead. To Elizabeth, it looked like the light of an approaching semi-trailer. Then it seemed to move to the left and approach the car like a passing plane. It was then that events took an unusual turn.
The object, perceived as a bright light, turned back and began to move near the car. This represented a 180-degree change in the UFO's direction. At this point, the object seemed very large at ground level and quite close. He kept a parallel course with them for about the next 24 kilometers.
Elizabeth described the object as large, with red lights under the portholes. The red lights looked like a thin strip of light. Elizabeth said the night was very dark. At this point, the UFO looked like a large disk-shaped object with possible "window features"and along its entire length. There seemed to be a distinct effect of a "spotlight" beam that rotated around the bottom of the object. At least one of the witnesses, an army officer who could best see this unusual sight, was sure that figures could be seen in the Windows of the object.
At a point near the turnoff to HMAS Albatross naval base, the object seemed to suddenly disappear. It seemed to have instantly moved to a great height and was moving in a large arc around the Burrow, and then headed towards the sea, where it was no longer visible.
Later that morning, one of the group saw something clearly strange at their camp in Shoalhaven Heads. A large number of tourists gathered on the ocean. They saw several helicopters flying low over the camp and heading out to sea. Helicopters flew over the water. However, the Navy later said it knew nothing about the incident.
Because of their previous experiences and events at the camp, three members of the group, including Elizabeth, went to HMAS Albatross to talk about their experiences. They feared a light-hearted or even unwelcome reception, but instead the group became the subject of a detailed high-level interview. They were told that the UFO had numerous witnesses, and that during the incident, the UFO affected the base radar.
An army officer in the group said that after he returned to his unit, intelligence officers interviewed him about the South coast experience.
Later, the author of the article interviewed Elizabeth S. and an army officer who was with her, and found that they were impressive and convincing witnesses.
There can be little doubt that something extraordinary has happened, but no official confirmation has been made. I contacted the Navy, who denied knowing about the incident.
Original news
AN EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR NEAR NOWRA
Drawing of Nowra UFO based on witness’ sketch. (credit: Chalker)
Elizabeth C and her family regularly took their Christmas holidays on the South Coast of New South Wales. One evening, Elizabeth was driving an old Valiant car carrying four other people. The encounter occurred in early January of 1973 just as the group passed the turnoff to Sussex Inlet. Elizabeth drew the attention of the others to the presence of a light ahead. To Elizabeth it looked like the light from an approaching semi-trailer. Then it seemed to move to her left and approached the car like an aircraft passing by. It was then that events took an extraordinary turn. The object, perceived as a bright light, appeared to reverse direction and began to travel alongside the car. This represented a 180 degree change in direction for the UFO. At this point the object appeared to be very large, at ground level and quite close. It maintained a parallel course with them for approximately the next 24 kilometres.
Elizabeth described the object as large, with red lights under portholes. The red lights looked like a thin ribbon of light. Elizabeth said the night was very dark. At that point the UFO was apparent as a large disc-shaped object with possible ‘window’ features along its length. There appeared to be a distinct ‘searchlight’ beam effect that rotated around the bottom of the object. At least one of the witnesses, an army officer, who was in the best position to see the extraordinary display, was certain that figures could be seen in the windows of the object.
At a point near the turnoff to HMAS Albatross Naval Base, the object seemed to suddenly vanish. It appeared to have instantly relocated to a high altitude and moved in a large arc around Nowra and then headed out to sea, where it was lost to sight.
Later that morning, one of the group saw something decidedly odd at their campsite at Shoalhaven Heads. A large number of holidaying campers were gathered at the ocean edge. They saw a number of helicopters passing low over the campsite, heading out to sea. The helicopters were flying over a fiery mass in the water. Yet the Navy later said it knew nothing of this incident. Because of their earlier experience and the campsite events, three members of the group, including Elizabeth, went to HMAS Albatross to report their experience. They feared a light-hearted or even an unwelcome reception; instead the group was the subject of a high level and detailed interview. They were told that the UFO had had numerous witnesses, and that the base radar had been affected by the UFO during the incident. The army officer in the group said that after he had returned to his unit he was interviewed about the South Coast experience by intelligence officers.
I later interviewed Elizabeth C and the army officer who was with her, and found them to be impressive and compelling witnesses. There seems little doubt that something extraordinary happened, but no official confirmation has been made. I contacted the Navy, which denied all knowledge of the incident.
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