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Historic UFO Encounters: Newspaper / Magazine Articles

West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wednesday 20 February 1952, page 2

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Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Wednesday 13 January 1954, page 10

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Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Friday 2 April 1954, page 1
"almost skittled"
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Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954), Thursday 3 June 1954, page 5

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Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954), Wednesday 7 December 1910, page 7

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Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 - 1954), Thursday 22 January 1953, page 2

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Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Friday 20 November 1953, page 1

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Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954), Wednesday 20 December 1944, page 3

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Daily Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1915 - 1954), Thursday 2 September 1954, page 3

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Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Wednesday 20 December 1944, page 1

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Thank you so much for putting in an epic, legendary, shift here.

Conclusions so far...

- It's a foundation of why we have the 'UFO phenomenon'.

- Were any of these reports ever explained?

- A fascinating miscellany, with, 'cigar shaped' objects notably prominent.

- The absence of any reports - except the one I mentioned earlier - which is comparable with what Kenneth Arnold claimed to have witnessed.

Great stuff, more study of same as time permits - that's a helluva lot to take in!
I'm glad you are enjoying them! Not sure about eventual explanations for some..
 
This is a fun one.
Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Saturday 1 October 1955, page 1

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Pffft....nothing to see there...saucers are not real...just humans making things up...you know,....psycho social and all that.
;)
 
Brisbane Telegraph (Qld. : 1948 - 1954), Saturday 25 September 1954, page 5
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Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Wednesday 14 July 1965, page 21
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Over Wright Patterson AFB
Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Monday 4 August 1952, page 1

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Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser (NSW : 1904 - 1929), Friday 2 October 1914, page 7

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Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Saturday 2 January 1954, page 4

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Central Queensland Herald (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1930 - 1956), Thursday 12 July 1956, page 15
Love it.
Real UFOs not those dodgy psychosocial ones.

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Just like some airship descriptions.

Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thursday 4 August 1910, page 6

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Looks like real UFO footage starting at minute 2:06, from Kentucky.
 
This is very possibly real footage. Amazing, wish was less grainy:
 
Height of "airships".
Daily Telegraph (Launceston, Tas. : 1883 - 1928), Thursday 4 August 1910, page 5

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Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Friday 30 April 1954, page 6

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Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), Wednesday 6 October 1954, page 12
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Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), Tuesday 20 February 1951, page 8


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Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Saturday 25 February 1950, page 2

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