Since the founding of the nation, there have always been sightings of unusual phenomena in the sky. Many can be identified as meteorological phenomena (eg sun dogs; partial rainbows); astronomical phenomena (eg planets, stars); man-made objects (eg satellites; aircraft; light houses); and numerous other things.
The following sightings have been drawn from one of the catalogues in the ‘catalogue’ tab of this website. They reflect a typical cross-section of some of the more interesting reports.
November 1862 Morpeth, New South Wales – a meteor?
http://magoniadownunder.blogspot.com.au/2015/12/a-meteor-morpeth-new-south-wales.html
1868 Sydney, New South Wales – the Frederick Birmingham story
http://theozfiles.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/
http://theozfiles.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/
1893 Central Western Australia – an ‘escaped balloon’ flies over
http://magoniadownunder.blogspot.com.au/2015/12/a-supposed-escaped-balloon-over-central.html
September 17 1900 Alpha, Queensland – an ‘extraordinary phenomenon’
http://magoniadownunder.blogspot.com.au/2015/12/extraordinary-phenomenon-alpha.html
March 31 1907 Cairns, Queensland – an ‘Easter Venus’?
http://magoniadownunder.blogspot.com.au/2016/01/31-march-1907-cairns-queensland.html
October 25 1910 Minderoo Station, Western Australia – a ‘balloon’ crosses the sky
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2011/12/cold-case-minderoo-station-25-oct-1910.html
January 6 1923 Tasmania – an unknown spherical body
http://magoniadownunder.blogspot.com.au/2015/12/unknown-spherical-body-tasmania-6.html
1927 Fernvale, New South Wales – sightings, a landing and mystery creatures
http://theozfiles.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/
1931 Berrigal Creek, New South Wales – ‘disk-like object’ seen
http://magoniadownunder.blogspot.com.au/2016/01/disk-like-object-berrigal-creek-new.html
June 18 1933 Taree, New South Wales – A seven minute meteor?
http://magoniadownunder.blogspot.com.au/2015/12/a-seven-minute-meteor-taree-nsw-18-june.html
http://magoniadownunder.blogspot.com.au/2015/12/solved-7-minute-meteor-taree-new-south.html
October 10 1935 Newcastle, New South Wales – Australia’s earliest UFO photograph?
http://theozfiles.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/
October 19 1938 Manjimup, Western Australia Strange object in the sky
http://magoniadownunder.blogspot.com.au/2015/12/a-meteor-morpeth-new-south-wales.html
1942 Bass Strait – pilot sees airfoil dive into sea
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/amazing-1942-bass-strait-aircraft.html
February 26 1942 Timor Sea, North of Australia – sailor on warship sees flying disc
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/cold-case-26-february-1942-australia.html
February 1944 Bass Strait – bomber encounters UFO
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2011/02/cold-case-bass-strait-1944.html
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/february-1944-aircraft-encounter.html
July 6 1945 Cairns, Queensland – RAAF meteorologists fail to recognise Venus!
http://magoniadownunder.blogspot.com.au/2015/12/solved-7-minute-meteor-taree-new-south.html
February 5 1947 Port Augusta, South Australia – Five ‘flying eggs’ cross the sky
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2011/01/cold-case-port-augusta-5-february-1947.html
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2016/01/port-augusta-south-australia-flying.html
May 1947 Leeton, New South Wales – five metal bodies pass by in daylight
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2017/01/newly-discovered-australian-report-from.html
June 1947 Shepparton, Victoria – ‘alien spacecraft’ reported
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2017/01/newly-discovered-australian-report-from.html
1950 Redfern, NSW – an object in the sky
http://www.nicap.org/50XXXXaustralia_dir.htm
October 26 1951 Australia
http://www.nicap.org/511026australia_dir.htm
May 3 1952 Sydney – could it have been a bright meteor?
http://www.nicap.org/520503australia_dir.htm
August 23 1953 Port Moresby – a classic Australian case with movie film
http://www.auforn.com/Bill_Chalker_4.htm
http://www.auforn.com/Bill_Chalker_5.htm
http://www.nicap.org/530823australia_dir.htm
1954 Alice Springs, Northern Territory – man nearly knocked off horse by UFO
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/alice-springs-1954-encounter.html
January 1954 Mt Gillen, Alice Springs, NT – an early photograph – was it a hoax?
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/cold-case-mount-gillen-photograph-alice.html
January 1 1954 Melbourne
http://www.nicap.org/540101australia_dir.htm
January 10 1954 Morgan, South Australia – aircrew reports sky object
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2011/10/cold-case-investigation-10-january-1954.html
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2011/10/cold-case-investigation-further.html
April 1954 Eucla, Western Australia – men photograph ‘flying saucer’
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/cold-case-april-1954-westernsouth.html
August 31 1954 Goulburn, New South Wales – Navy pilot encounters two unknowns
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/facts-matter-1954-goulburn-radarvisual.html
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2017/06/cold-case-review-31-august-1954-sea.html
http://www.auforn.com/Bill_Chalker_30.htm
October 1954 Queensland – an early entity case
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/cold-case-investigation-north.html
January 8 1959 Hobart, Tasmania – strange series of sightings
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/a-strange-series-of-sightings-hobart.html
June 26 & 27 1959 Boianai, Papua New Guinea – mass sighting of UFOs and ‘men’
http://theozfiles.blogspot.com.au/2007/08/
October 4 1960 Cressy, Tasmania – clergyman sight cigar and discs
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/the-cressy-tasmanian-sighting-1960.html
1962 Port Moresby – family sees UFO
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/family-sights-object-port-moresby-1962.html
January 13 1962 Coogee, New South Wales – a hovering balloon?
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/cold-case-investigation-coogee-nsw-13.html
February 15 1963 Willow Grove, Victoria – a classic ‘flying saucer’ – could it have been a Gustado?
http://www.nicap.org/630215tasmania_dir.htm
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/cold-case-review-moe-victoria-raaf.html
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/cold-case-review-moe-victoria-vfsrs.html
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/cold-case-review-moe-victoria-mcdonald.html
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/cold-case-review-moe-victoria-my.html
http://theozfiles.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/
February 19 1964 Plympton, South Australia – an entity on the ground
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/plympton-south-australia-entity-case-of.html
June 5 1964 Woomera, South Australia – object photographed near rocket
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2010/12/1964-woomera-ufo-movie-solved-cold-case.html
http://theozfiles.blogspot.com.au/2016/05/
January 13 1965 Between Australia and New Zealand – QANTAS aircrew report multiple objects
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2010/12/cold-case-13-jan-1965-qantas-aircrew.html
May 24 1965 Eton Ridge, Queensland – three men report encounter and take photos
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/cold-case-investigation-eton-ridge.html
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/did-raaf-investigate-24-may-1965-eton.html
May 28 1965 Bougainville Reef, off Queensland – aircraft pilot photographs a UFO
http://www.nicap.org/650528nqueensland_dir.htm
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/bougainville-reef-28-may-1965-cold-case.html
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/follow-up-research-on-28-may-1965.html
July 15 1965 Canberra, ACT – Air traffic controllers see daylight object
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2011/09/cold-case-canberra-australia-15-july.html
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2011/12/cold-case-canberra-1965-new-information.html
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/canberra-15-july-1965-two-additional.html
July 19 1965 Vaucluse Beach, Sydney – a close encounter on the beach
http://www.nicap.org/650719vaucluse_dir.htm
July 27 1965 Carnarvon, Western Australia – object ‘swoops’ on car
http://www.nicap.org/650727carnarvan_dir.htm
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2015/02/uap-dives-at-car-27-july-1965-carnarvon.html
January 19 1966 Tully, Queensland – the famous ‘flying saucer’ nest
https://theozfiles.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/the-1966-tully-flying-saucer-nest.html
http://www.auforn.com/Bill_Chalker_13.htm
January 24 1966 Perth, Western Australia – series of photographs taken
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/perth-photographs-january-1966.html
April 4 1966 Bourkes Flat, Victoria – car’s headlights veer close by UFO
http://theozfiles.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/
http://www.nicap.org/660404australia-dir.htm
April 6 1966 Westall High School, Clayton, Victoria – mass sighting of an object
http://theozfiles.blogspot.com.au/2009/01/
http://theozfiles.blogspot.com.au/2010/05/
http://theozfiles.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/
March 5 1967 Hallam, Victoria – young man takes several photos of flying saucer
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2015/02/the-coyle-photographs-hallam-victoria-5.html
October 1967 Brisbane, Queensland – photographs of flying saucer, a hoax?
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2017/04/the-october-1967-brisbane-queensland.html
October 30 1967 Boyup Brook, Western Australia – UFO stops a car
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/cold-case-investigation-boyup-brook-wa.html
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2017/08/police-report-on-boyup-brook-encounter.html
November 16 1967 Yerecoin, Western Australia – very close encounter with object near ground
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/cold-case-investigation-yerecoin-wa-15.html
April 24 1968 Heyfield, Victoria – could this UFO have been the Moon?
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/cold-case-investigation-heyfield.html
August 2 1968 Wittenoom, Western Australia – a meteor reported?
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/cold-case-investigation-wittenoom.html
August 22 1968 Zanthus, Western Australia – a formation of objects seen from an aircraft
http://www.nicap.org/680822australia_dir.htm
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2011/09/cold-case-zanthus-22-august-1968-part_13.html
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2011/09/one-of-witnesses-to-22-aug-1968-zanthus.html
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2011/09/zanthus-paranormal-connection.html
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2011/09/zanthus-sighting-newspaper-article.html
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2011/09/comments-on-zanthus-case-from-martin.html
June 1 1970 Zanci Station, New South Wales – diamond shape at close range
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/cold-case-zanci-station-1-jun-1970.html
November 1970 Binalong Bay, Tasmania – Australian Navy investigates UFO report
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/navy-looks-into-ufo-story.html
July 1972 Frankston, Victoria – multiple encounters with an unknown
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/cold-case-investigation-frankston-vic.html
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/cold-case-investigation-frankston-vic_4.html
October 25 1973 North West Cape, Western Australia – a spectacular observation from the ‘secret’ US Navy base
http://www.nicap.org/731025australia_dir.htm
September 16 1974 St Helens, Tasmania – bizarre nocturnal encounter
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/a-detailed-look-at-1974-st-helens.html
May 26 1977 Orange, New South Wales – close encounter with traces
http://www.nicap.org/anreact/ar-770526.htm
October 21 1978 Bass Strait – the disappearance of Frederick Valentich
http://theozfiles.blogspot.com.au/2008/10/
http://theozfiles.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/
http://theozfiles.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/
1979 Butterworth, Malaysia – RAAF member photos object
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/cold-case-investigation-butterworth-2.html
September 30 1980 Rosedale, Victoria- close encounter with traces
http://www.auforn.com/Bill_Chalker_12.htm
http://www.nicap.org/ar-800930dir.htm
Late 1980’s Jam Jerrup, Victoria – Abduction?
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2016/01/three-more-vehicular-close-encounters.html
July 23 1992 Sydney, New South Wales – Peter Khoury – the ‘alien hair’
http://aliendnaparadigm.blogspot.com.au/
http://theozfiles.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/
http://theozfiles.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/
http://theozfiles.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/
1992/1993 Exmouth Naval base, Western Australia – an extraordinary close encounter and official aftermath
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/an-extraordinary-close-encounter-near.html
January 1993 Mansfield, Victoria – cylindrical object passes over car
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2016/01/project-newsprint-queensland-commences.html
August 8 1993 Belgrave, Victoria – the Kelly Cahill case
http://www.ufoevidence.org/cases/case187.htm
http://theozfiles.blogspot.com.au/2016/03/
Autumn 1994 Korumburra, Victoria – missing time?
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2016/01/four-complex-victorian-vehicular-close.html
1997 Congulla, Victoria – lights blind man in car
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2016/01/three-more-vehicular-close-encounters.html
October 4 2001 Gundiah, Queensland – the Amy Rylance abduction hoax
http://www.auforn.com/Gundiah_page3.html
2003-2004 Paradise Beach, Victoria – light approaches a car in daylight
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2016/01/three-more-vehicular-close-encounters.html
January 7 2007 Baulkham Hills, News South Wales- digital image
http://theozfiles.blogspot.com.au/2007/02/
February 29 2008 Coogee, New South Wales – sphere with entity
http://theozfiles.blogspot.com.au/2007/08/
June 2012 Broome, Western Australia – daylight video of unusual object
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/intriguing-report-from-broome-western.html
Early to mid december 2013 Mildura, Victoria – two unusual objects pass over
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2016/01/two-unusual-objects-pass-over-mildura.html
2014-2015 Kairi, Queensland – ‘drone-like’ object seen nightly
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/preliminary-investigation-report-kairi.html
March 19 2014 Perth, Western Australia – near collision between aircraft and unknown
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/full-report-near-collision-unknown.html
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/near-collison-between-australian.html
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/perth-near-collision-radar-replay_7.html
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/near-collision-2014-unknown-object.html
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/perth-near-miss-with-unknown-2014.html
May 4 2015 Goulburn, New South Wales – a fall of ‘angel hair’ or spiders’ web?
http://theozfiles.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/
May 11 2015 Blue Haven, New South Wales – object seen could have been helicopter
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/investigation-report-blue-haven-nsw-11.html
May 29 2015 Townsville, Queensland – lights circling around the clouds
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/investigation-report-townsville_7.html
June 12 2015 Oakey, Queensland – two photographs of strange object
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/investigation-report-oakey-queensland.html
July 10 2015 Chinderah, New South Wales – lights near several cars
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/investigation-report-chinderah-new.html
August 23 2015 Point Cook, Victoria – daylight object
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/preliminary-investigation-report-point.html
September 17 2015 Cairns, Queensland – lights in the sky
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/report-from-cairns-queensland-17.html
September 21 2015 Armidale, New South Wales – more lights in the sky
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/preliminary-investigation-report.html
September 27 2015 Adelaide, South Australia – a possible hot air garbage bag balloon
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/preliminary-investigation-report.html
February 4 2016 Collarenebri, New South Wales – boomerang shaped object seen
http://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/boomerang-shaped-object-4-february-2016.html
OTHER SOURCES OF AUSTRALIAN SIGHTINGS
1. The Australian UFO Research network website contains hundreds of Australian reports between the 1800’s and 2012
2. The website of UFO Research New South Wales Incorporated has dozens of Australian reports dated between 1958 and 2017 and maintains an ongoing listing.
http://www.ufor.asn.au/sightings/
3. The UFO Research Queensland website also has a large number of sightings
http://uforq.asn.au/sightings/
Australian UFO Archives 