On July 15, 1960, civilians reported seeing a strange red light in the sky in WeWak, a nuclear weapons test facility in southern Australia. At this time, the tests were ongoing in the banned Womerra region (WPA), which was supervised by the WRESISE Research Foundation, and WRE was also developing a space program in the Rockket Woomra collection. Between 1952 and 1963, the British government conducted nuclear tests in three locations inside Australia – the Monttegilo Islands off the coast of western Australia and in EMU Field and MARALINGA in southern Australia. This was with the Australian government agreement.
Between 1959 and 1963, more than 40 higher secret nuclear weapons tests were conducted under the name “Vixen” code, on the tight security site. The area covered a group of 270,000 square kilometers, which included the MARALINGA and EMU field test sites. During this time, there were many reports on strange lights in the sky, including a fateful day on July 15, 1960. Attention to strange devices began to rise thanks to Hollywood, the National Security Authority, and to curb the public interest, the government took what was at that time an extraordinary step in an official investigation into the viewer. Several witnesses, including the Commonwealth Police, employees from the site, the employees of the armed forces, an original patrol officer and members of the public.
Scientific experts who participated as reports consultants presented a set of interpretations. They said it could be.Air plate‘, As well as satellites or meteorites.
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Range commander, Maranga.
In WeWak, the Fixen “A” test site, about 15 miles from Maraalinga, is a number of fixed balloons used in devices. At 7.15 pm on July 15, 1960, a phone report was received from the Hoppers Dave Scarburo, which is stationed on the site, which is that the balloon had burned in the air. The balloon officer b. Inspection and found that all balloons were intact.
2. Constable was interrogated and said that he was sitting in his convoy at about 7.5 pm when his attention was drawn to a light, almost the power of the bright moonlight, and playing on the ground. He left the convoy and saw what he described as a white light traveling from east to west. It also seemed to approach, or grow greater, it has turned into a red color. Because of his position and height, he was initially believed that he was a balloon and informed him of this way. Due to the lack of knowledge of the dimension, it was found that it is difficult to estimate the size of the light. The only fact that I contributed is that the light seemed to run 1 1/2 to two degrees of the horizon. Connestion believed that the light is burned for thirty seconds.
3. Constaba Richard Henry Maxwell, who was outside the caravan on the side of the road, saw thirteen miles from the village, a light from his eye angle at around 7 pm, I think the light seemed to come from a direction of Weyak at a distance of 2 1/4 miles. As much as it is known that the light did not play on the ground in its direct environment. The light was not so big in his mind that he failed to mention him to his companion when he returned to the convoy only when he received a phone call from Constable in WeWak, inquiring if he had seen the shed on the side of the road.
4. The light from the village was observed almost the same by the following employees –
2/945 Captain Keith Anjus Ross, food service officer.
Trefor James Hoskins, Technical Assistant, Health Physics Group,
Russell Kingsley, PTTER, Mining Department, and
Ian Kenneth Haskard, supervised by Teanicion, Prime Minister, Department G.
All of this gave, more or less, the same description. They saw a light over the village workshop building and come from the general direction of Wewak. There was some dispute over a period
a light; This is a variation between two and fifteen seconds. The contradiction can be explained by some people who see light after a few seconds after it appears for the first time. The person who saw her for fifteen seconds was able to rebuild his movements on time and believes that his appreciation is reasonable. While an agreement cannot be reached at the specified time, everyone agrees that it was some time after 7 pm
5. Inquiries, with a negative result, were conducted from Woomra in the event of a shooting and witnessed in this field. The same source was used to contact the EXOIL PTY scanning party. Ltd. Who was camping in the vicinity of the European Union in an attempt to discover whether they have seen any phenomenon like metero. The result was negative.
6. A suggestion was deducted that the light could have been produced by flash from a high flight plane. No plane was heard at that time, and in any case, there are no known fruits for it like fifteen seconds.
7. Scientific employees who have “knowledge” were interrogated if the light is the result of a joking joke. The assurances were given that no member of the scientific parties was responsible.
8. One practical proposal was presented by a scientific officer that the light may be caused by “St. Elmo’s fire.” The balloon officer said that although balloons “trave” sometimes the static electricity is accumulated enough to break the anchor vehicle. Three balloons are in line with the place where the light is observed from the WeWak and about half a mile from the caravan. At such a distance, it is understood that 1 1/2 degree of the horizon can be calculated to about 40 feet. The opportunity was seized during a visit to Adelaid to try some research in fixed electricity in the Adelaide Public Library. No product book book has given a lot of useful information. The following description of “St. Elmo’s Fire” was extracted from the encyclopedia –
“The glow associated with the brushing -like brush in the atmosphere, which usually appears as a sense of light on the maximum pointed creatures such as church towers or ship maids during stormy weather. It is usually accompanied by crackling or burning noise.“
9. Oliver Herry Turner, a health physics official, who has an inquiry, has conducted an independent investigation and large -scale accounts. He believes that light was not a result of a natural phenomenon, but because of an unidentified air body; Either a satellite cone or a “flying plate”.
10. I have now felt that all MARALINGA investigation methods have been covered now and that the light source cannot be determined positively. However, he feels that light was the result of fixed electricity or electricity.
11. Presenter.
SGD, JJA Bailan
Security officer, MAUALINCE
