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Subject: Rosedale Case: Part 2
Date: 30 Dec 1994 04:50:22 GMT
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Continued from part 1

 At about 5 a.m. he arose and decided to return to the
paddock where he had observed the object.  With daylight, he found a ring
standing out quite clearly in the precise spot where the object had been.
The surrounding paddock was a blanket of yellow flowers, but on the ground
the mark was near black or brown, consisting of grass flattened in an
anti-clockwise direction, to a width of 18 inches.  Inside the ring only
green grass remained. The yellow flowers had been removed.  Total diameter
of the trace was 28 feet. Evenly spaced within the perimeter of the ring
were six "spokes" of relatively undamaged grass.
 In a definite path leading out of the spot to the east was debris,
according to the reporter, the debris which he had seen falling from
underneath the object.
 The witness stated that, while he was inspecting the mark, a truck driver,
who had stopped his vehicle on the main road, came across to him in the
paddock. This man related that he had been followed by an object from
Traralgon to Rosedale at about 0100hrs that same morning.

LATER THAT MORNING:

 At about 0900hrs the owner of the property arrived on a regular visit and
asked the witness what was wrong with him as he was as white as a sheet.
The witness told him that he had something to show him and together they
inspected the mark .  The owner reported the incident to the local paper
and an account appeared on the front page of the "Gippsland Times" of
October 1, 1980.

THE TANK:

 The witness relates that he had noted that the 12 foot high, 8 foot wide,
concrete water tank had been full the day before (September 29, 1980), and
held about 10,000 gallons of water which is pumped by a wind pump through an
incoming one and a half inch pipe.  Once full, it is used as a summer
reservoir.  A valve is closed and water bypasses the tank and is pumped out
by 1 inch pipe directly to the area around the house.
 When it was inspected on the day of the event, he states that a) about
10,000 gallons of water had gone, and b) in the centre of the tank the muddy
residue on the bottom was piled up (the outlet is on the side not in the
centre), to a height of perhaps two feet, and c) there was algae, which had
been floating on the top of the water, stuck on the walls near the top
hanging downwards.
 It was estimated that it would take 72 hours or so to empty the tank by
normal pipe means.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:

 Another effect noted was that by lunchtime, on the same morning, a strip
(a chain wide) of grass beneath the path of the object - from tree to
hayrick, and from fence (by the top gate to the paddock where the object
had been) to the tank, was noticeable.
 By 1100hrs the same morning, the witness says he developed a headache,
which persisted until about 1500hrs when it went.  He said he didn't
normally suffer from headaches, but that he encountered a sharp, constant
pain across his forehead above the eyes and also at the top of his head.
 For the next 7-8 days, these headaches came between 1100 and 1500hrs each
day and not even an aspro would clear them up.  Also, for the 7-8 days
after the event, he couldn't sleep properly.  He would wake up in a sweat.
He ate meals in the mornings but experienced vomiting and diarrhoea each
time.  Evening meals caused no problems.  He did not seek medical advice.
 On the 7th or 8th night, he had a vivid dream of seeing the object again
and of holding an old fashioned shotgun.  He awoke from the dream with a
start and from about this time onwards recovered normal health.

THE STOCK:
 On the night of the event, immediately upon awakening, the witness heard
the bellowing of cattle and the sound of a horse racing around.  Looking
outside, he noticed cattle up one corner of an adjacent paddock and a horse
running anti-clockwise in a small paddock at the back of the house.
 Later, as mentioned, he found one cow hiding under a shed.  Cattle were
still being rounded up to the east, at the end of the large paddock, up to
a week later.
 The witness also maintained that the stock would not go near the mark.

INVESTIGATION:

 Following the discovery of the mark, many people inspected it, including
one in spection, about two weeks after the event, by Paul Norman (VUFORS (2)
vice-presi dent and MUFON state representative for Victoria) and his VUFORS
associate Pat Gildea.
 The authors, together with Gary Little of Melbourne,
conducted an on-site investigation during December 1980.
Although he had received visits from all sorts of people, the witness
provided an in-depth report of his experience and a six hour interview and
inspection ensued.  The party went through the event step by step and
inspected the marking.  When viewed three months after the event, there was
present a vaguely defined area of bare earth/grass of approximately 28 feet
across.  The paddock vegetation had been cut and new clover growth was
regrowing in places in the paddock, but only in one corner of the marking.
Soil and rock samples were taken for analysis but the results were
indeterminate.
 The owner of the property was talked to, and copies of relevant local papers
we re obtained.  Inquiries were made to locate a GTV 9 news report film of
the mark taken within a few days, the truck driver, accurate weather details
for the time, and to ascertain any abnormalities in the soil.
 In total, the event reported includes many extraordinary elements,
including a one witness close encounter, a UFO - apparently correlated
physical ground trace , effects on the reporter and his watch, other trace
effects, effect on stock, the disappearance of 10,000 gallons of water
from a tank, and possibly a secondary reporter.
 Further ostensibly unusual events were reported, or came to light, in the
Gippsland area of Victoria, in the few months that followed the event.
These included further reports of "ground traces," UFO reports and water
losses.

NOTES:

(1) The witness gave all his estimates in the imperial system and they have
been left here for accuracy.
(2) VUFORS - Victorian UFO Research Society.

Vladimir

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