S.O.T.T: A leading Australian researcher has called for the launch of a quick response team to investigate UFO sightings across Australia within hours of them being reported. The civilian unit would take on a role similar to air crash investigators, interviewing witnesses and taking samples from the scene to be tested, with findings documented and released publicly. The concept was among a raft of proposals tabled by experts at a Victorian UFO action conference.
Researcher Keith Basterfield also called for a three-day symposium to help explain one of Melbourneï's most baffling cases. "The 1966 sighting over Westall High School in Clayton South could be solved by bringing together witnesses and experts under the one roof," he said. "I know of at least one Australian researcher who is sitting on some very detailed information about this case supplied by an informant and I would like to see them invited to share the knowledge with us all," Mr. Basterfield said. Questions were also raised about the validity of claims that a high-altitude weather balloon was to blame for the mystery....read more>>>...