Westall '66: A Suburban UFO Mystery

In 1966, the sleepy Melbourne suburb of Westall was thrust into international attention when a bizarre UFO sighting left hundreds of onlookers agog. As a low-flying, silver-grey object hovered above, landed briefly, and vanished in an instant, the crowd erupted - literally, as students surged out to chase it down. The aftermath saw men in uniforms scrambling to collect evidence, with some eyewitnesses even claiming they'd touched the mysterious craft as it took off, while others witnessed a hasty cordon-off and bizarre destruction of the landing site, leaving behind only a flattened circle of grass.