21 Oct 1978 - Bass Strait, Victoria, Australia
21 October 1978 19:06
Bass Strait, Victoria, Australia

Disappearance, electromagnetic effects, aerial encounter with maneuvering metallic object with green light. Scraping metal sound over open microphone last sound heard before disappearance.

Electromagnetic effects were noted.

One metallic oblong object, larger than a star, was observed in clear weather by one male 20-year-old witness on the ocean for over six minutes (McNiece; Morgan; Mortimer; Petersen; Valentich). A scraping sound was heard.


Hynek rating: CE4: Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind (Abductions)
Vallee rating: CE5: CE4 which results in permanent psychological injuries or death.
Vallee reliability rating: 443: Firsthand personal interview with the witness by a source of proven reliability; site visit by a skilled analyst; natural explanation requires major alteration of several parameters.
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