I'd intended to start part 2 of this post by picking up the threads of the McDonald-Greenwood interview where I left them at the end of part 1. (And if you're not clear on what the McDonald-Greenwood interview is, and why it's crucial to understanding the UFO that made its appearance at an … [Read more...]
The Westall UFO – A Teacher’s Testimony (Part 1)
Toward the end of June 1967, the American physicist James E. McDonald visited Australia. His ostensible purpose: to do research on cloud physics. McDonald had another aim as well. He'd become convinced that UFOs were a scientific problem of the first magnitude, to which orthodox science had … [Read more...]
The Westall UFO(s) – Why They Were Two
"All the kids were hanging on the fence, here, quite a few kids, here," says the lean, mustachioed man in his 50s who's been introduced to us as Victor Zakruzny. It's ten minutes into the documentary "Westall '66," and Zakruzny is showing investigator Shane Ryan the spot--once "a grassy paddock" … [Read more...]
Westall UFO, 1966 – The “Clayton Calendar” Story
When I was in fourth grade, back in the 1950s, I was editor of a class newspaper. It was called "Cinderella News." If this sounds like an odd title for a newspaper, that's because you didn't go to the Walt Disney Elementary School in Levittown, Pennsylvania. All of our classrooms were named … [Read more...]
What Was the Westall UFO? – A Theory and Some Evidence In Support
"This is all an insoluble mystery to me," said I. "It grows darker instead of clearer." "On the contrary," he answered, "it clears every instant. I only require a few missing links to have an entirely connected case." --Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes, in The Sign of the Four A few days ago, I … [Read more...]
