Near Claypans, 150 kilometers northeast of Adelaide, Carl Towill, postmaster, and Percy Briggs, mail carrier, saw a dome-shaped object take off from a field 400 meters away. It resembled a huge, brilliant circus tent, studded with lights that kept changing from red to blue. They approached within 200 meters, then saw it rise, hover, and shoot off at immense speed toward the south. They had observed it for ten minutes. Mr. Briggs was questioned by investigators from Woomera Rocket range.

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