Dandenong Ranges Victoria Australia 1966

On April 6, 1966 — one week after the famous Westall School incident on April 6, 1966 in Clayton — Victorian schools in the Dandenong Ranges experienced a related wave of sightings involving over 300 students and teachers as witnesses. The proximity to the Westall event and the sheer number of simultaneous witnesses made this one of the most significant civilian encounter clusters in Australian history. A disc-shaped craft performed hovering maneuvers at approximately 500 feet altitude before accelerating away at extreme speed. Multiple teachers filed official reports with the Victorian Police and the Royal Australian Air Force's Air Force Office investigated. RAAF investigators interviewed witnesses but their classified report was never publicly released — and witnesses reported being told by military personnel not to discuss what they had seen. Researcher Keith Basterfield compiled witness testimonies decades later confirming coordinated pressure on witnesses to remain silent, consistent with similar school encounter cases globally.