Westall 1966 flying saucer incident
I have been talking to Andrew Greenwood, who was a teacher at Westall High School not far from Moorabbin Airport, when a UFO was sighted near the school on 6 April 1966. It has become quite famous – known as the Westall flying saucer incident. Here is a link to the Facebook page.
You might also like to look at the Wikipedia entry here.
Andrew Greenwood said that on the day, he and one of the other teachers rang the Moorabbin Tower to ask about four or five aircraft that were seen flying close to the UFO. Andrew says that the tower said there were no aircraft flying in that area at the time. This seems quite mysterious that the Tower would say that, considering the Westall High School was right on the boundary of the control zone.
Does anyone have any information on this, or does anyone know a controller who could have been present at the time?
I realise it is unlikely that any of the air traffic controllers operating the tower in 1966 are still around – however, there may have been a hand down of discussion or history of the Westall incident. It would be great if we could shed some extra light on this.
Last edited by Dick Smith; 2nd Oct 2023 at 23:54.