Father William Gill sightings, Boianai, Papua

First page of a typed Project Blue Book case file on a June 1959 New Guinea sighting
Project Blue Book case file for the June 1959 New Guinea sightings Project Blue Book, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Anglican missionary William Gill and about three dozen people at the Boianai mission reported a large lit object with human-like figures on top over two evenings; Gill said the figures waved back. An RAAF officer who interviewed Gill months later suggested planets seen through moving cloud.

Sources

  1. OtherThe Australian Military and Government Role in the UFO Controversy (Bill Chalker), UFOs 'Sub Rosa' Down Under, Part 5 (opens in a new tab)Project 1947 / 1996
  2. OtherFather Gill and the 1959 Papua New Guinea UFO Sighting (opens in a new tab)The Black Vault Case Files

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