AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST MASS UFO SIGHTING: VIC, Westall April 6th, 1966
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VIC WESTALL on APRIL 6, 1966.
A Melbourne school was thrown into chaos when strange objects appeared in the sky.
It remains the largest mass UFO sighting in Australian history, witnessed by more than a hundred students in broad daylight.
Sixty years later, through the eyes of the now-adult witnesses, Australian Story examines the enduring impact of that day and the efforts to make sense of it that followed.
The episode features new first-hand accounts and investigates several theories about what might have been behind the sightings.
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