Westall School UAP — 200 Witnesses, Australian Dept of Air

On April 6, 1966, at approximately 11:00 AM, students and teachers at Westall High School and the adjacent Westall State School in Clayton South, Victoria, Australia observed a disc-shaped craft approximately 20 feet in diameter with a slight dome descend through light aircraft traffic over the Grange Reserve (a grassed area behind the school). The craft landed briefly in the field, leaving a circular depressed area and a brown ring in the grass. It then ascended rapidly and disappeared to the northwest at speed. Five smaller craft were observed following it. The entire incident lasted approximately 20 minutes in full daylight. Witnesses included teachers, the school principal, and approximately 200 students. Multiple motorists on Westall Road also stopped and observed the craft. Within hours, uniformed men (described by witnesses as RAAF and civilian officials) arrived at the school. Teachers report being told to instruct students not to discuss what they had seen. Physical evidence at the landing site — a ring of flattened grass — was reportedly collected by officials. Witnesses describe a teacher being reduced to tears at a school assembly when instructed to stop talking about the incident. The Department of Air classified its investigation file. RAAF records from 1966 were later destroyed in a routine culling of archive material, removing direct documentary evidence. However, over 100 of the original witnesses have given on-record testimonies to researchers and documentary makers over the following decades.