Australia’s School UFO

On April 6, 1966, over 200 students and teachers at Westall High School witnessed a silver disc-shaped object land near the school, then depart at incredible speed. The event was followed by an immediate official response and decades of official silence.

The School

Westall High School:

• Clayton South, Victoria
• Near Melbourne
• Morning recess
• April 6, 1966
• Hundreds present

The Sighting

What happened:

• Silver disc appeared
• Descended to paddock
• Landed briefly
• Then ascended
• Incredible speed

The Witnesses

Over 200 people:

• Students
• Teachers
• Staff
• Varying ages
• All saw same thing

The Object

Descriptions:

• Silver/grey disc
• About 30 feet diameter
• Metallic
• Silent
• Classical flying saucer

The Landing

In the paddock:

• Descended slowly
• Touched down
• Brief period
• Then rose
• Left grass marks

Other Aircraft

Some reported:

• Five smaller objects
• Circled the disc
• Before departure
• Multiple witnesses
• Additional craft

The Departure

Witnessed by all:

• Shot upward
• Incredible acceleration
• Beyond any aircraft
• Silent
• Gone

Immediate Response

What followed:

• Military arrived?
• Area cordoned
• Students returned to class
• Assembly held
• Ordered silence

The Silencing

Teachers told students:

• Don’t talk about it
• Didn’t happen
• Warned about speaking
• Parents contacted
• Suppression began

Physical Evidence

At landing site:

• Circle in grass
• Swirled pattern
• Later removed?
• Some photographed
• Mostly gone

Missing Evidence

What disappeared:

• Photos confiscated?
• Records missing
• Witnesses intimidated
• Official denial
• Cover-up alleged

Decades Later

Witnesses came forward:

• Documentary made 2010
• Consistent memories
• Still impacted
• Never forgotten
• Trauma evident

Joy Clarke

Key witness:

• Ran toward object
• Closest approach
• Collapsed nearby
• Taken away
• Lost memory period

Significance

Largest Australian mass UFO sighting with official suppression of hundreds of witnesses.

Legacy

Westall demonstrates how mass sightings can be suppressed—200+ witnesses told to stay silent, evidence removed, records disappeared. Yet the witnesses remember.