Subject: Rosedale UFO siting - update (sortof)
Date: 29 Dec 94 14:39:32 GMT
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The recent 'Rosedale Case' posting spearked my interest enough to
find out a little more about it. I found one of the local libraries
have archived the "Gippsland Times" issues, and so I managed to get a
photocopy of the UFO siting report of the 18st of October 1980.

Here is what it said:

---quote---

KILMANY MANY SEES UFO

An unidentified flying object shaped like a huge top landed at
"Whiteacres", a cattle property on the Princes Highway west of Sale
early yesterday.

Veteran farm hand George Blackwell got withing 150 yards of the
aircraft before it took off with a "Whoosh."

Later, the property owner Mr Ralph Anderson and Mr Blackwell found a
large burnt circle on teh ground "and cow pats overturned by the air
rush."

Mr Blackwell said yesterday what he saw was almost "unbelievable."

The hereford cattle in the adjacent paddock woke him up at 1 am.

'I then heard a whistling sound, and got up to see what was worrying
the cattle. They were running across the paddock.

"Then I saw this thing, about 10 to 15 feet high, with a row of
lights, like portholes. It was white with a black brown band.

"I actually saw it land on the ground just a little way off the
highway.

"I got on my motorcycle and started to ride across but when I got
within 15 yards there was a terrific rush of air.

MISSED SHED

"The thing lifted off, just narrowly missing a shed and water tank.
It went between them."

Mr Blackwell said the area was well like "like moonlight,"

"I knew what I was seeing, it was all so clear."

He then found a burnt circle about 6 metres across.

"It's like a char patch."

Mr Anderson said that after seeing the burn marks, he firmly believed
an aircraft of some sort had landed.

"I didn't believe in this sort of thing but I'm convinced now."

BURNT RING

He said cow pats embedded in the ground had been lifted and blown
four or five metres away from teh circle.

The grass was bruised, and the ground had a ring of burnt circles.

"It appears that something protected parts of the circle from
burning."

Mr Anderson said that cape weed flowers had been torn from their
stalks around the circle.

Mr Blackwell said that he, too, had doubted UFO's.

"I tell you", he said, "if anyone wants convincing now, they should
come and see where this thing landed."

---END QUOTE---


It differs from the other story a bit, but close enough :]. This is a
picture attached with the caption:

"Mr Ralph Anderson and Mr George Blackwell examine the burnt circle."

The picture shows both men nealing and looking at the ground (B&W),
but I couldn't make out any good ring features. A pretty
dissappointing pic considering.

On the way to the library, I actually passed the property in
question. I didn't see anything strange :).

Very interesting stuff tho. My dad knows of another UFO siting around
the area too, plus there is the ring he remembers on our farm many
years ago.

I wonder if George is still alive.

Row.