Australia · 19 January 1966

Horseshoe Lagoon, 1966

Reported

A police sergeant filed a formal Report on Aerial Object Observed, the RAAF asked for the reeds, and the Department of Air answered in writing that there is no explanation for the visible phenomena reported.

Where

Horseshoe Lagoon, Euramo, near Tully, north Queensland

When

19 January 1966

Who reported it

1 primary civilian banana farmer plus police and RAAF site inspection

Entities described

None reported

Handled as

INVESTIGATED / EXPLAINED

Evidence class

GOV-2

The record

An official file preserves that a report was made and examined. It does not, by itself, establish what was seen.

UNKNOWN

No document is attached yet. The retrieval is open work.

What is not settled

The same police report recorded the sergeant's own assessment that the depressed grass was made by a small helicopter. The Department of Air settled on down draughts, willy willies or water spouts, and by 1973 stated the most probable explanation was a circular wind phenomenon. Single primary witness; floating reed mats can rotate.

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