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In 1966, hundreds of schoolchildren in Melbourne, Australia, reportedly saw something extraordinary above Westall High School.
Witnesses described a strange craft in the sky, incredible speed, possible landing marks at The Grange, and an official response that left many of them feeling silenced for decades.
Nearly sixty years later, the Westall witnesses are still asking the same questions:
What did they see?
Why were they told not to talk about it?
And why has one of Australia’s most important UFO cases never received a clear explanation?
In this episode, I revisit the Westall incident using witness testimony from Grant Lavac’s The Unexplained Rundown: The Westall Witnesses, featuring people who were there that day and still remember what they saw.
This is one of the most compelling mass UFO sightings in Australian history.
youtube.com/@UCUTLm9cyQ4eD_gihOnxYg1Q
Timestamps
00:00 Westall Witnesses Speak
00:55 Introducing Grant and Shane
04:03 What Happened at Westall?
11:42 The Alleged Cover-Up Begins
13:50 Why This Case Still Matters
18:54 Do Witness Memories Match?
29:23 Lost Footage and Early UFO Investigators
36:32 Westall in the Cold War Era
42:26 The Missing Government Files
48:56 What Evidence Is Still Missing?
49:57 Was It Secret Human Technology?
52:53 Why Is There No Paper Trail?
53:41 Grant Weighs the Theories
56:01 The Balloon Explanation Tested
58:42 What Could Finally Break the Case?
01:00:26 Petitions and Public Pressure
01:01:49 Sunlight, Secrets and Deathbed Leads
01:04:12 UFOs, Pop Culture and Public Belief
01:06:31 Where to Find Grant and Shane
01:09:43 The Witnesses Begin
01:10:18 Landing Marks, Detention and Silence
01:10:56 Speed, Hovering, Heat and Humming
01:13:21 Close-Range Size Details
01:14:33 Running to The Grange
01:16:04 The Camera Confiscation Story
01:17:10 Told They Didn’t See It
01:18:23 Men in Black and Weather Balloon Questions
01:20:30 How Fast Did Authorities Arrive?
01:22:00 Paul Smith Sees the Craft
01:24:44 Family Reactions and Stigma
01:25:43 Trucks and Jeeps in the Paddocks
01:26:41 Witnessed From Another School
01:27:01 A Memory Burned In Their Minds
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In 1966, hundreds of schoolchildren in Melbourne, Australia, reportedly saw something extraordinary above Westall High School.
Witnesses described a strange craft in the sky, incredible speed, possible landing marks at The Grange, and an official response that left many of them feeling silenced for decades.
Nearly sixty years later, the Westall witnesses are still asking the same questions:
What did they see?
Why were they told not to talk about it?
And why has one of Australia’s most important UFO cases never received a clear explanation?
In this episode, I revisit the Westall incident using witness testimony from Grant Lavac’s The Unexplained Rundown: The Westall Witnesses, featuring people who were there that day and still remember what they saw.
This is one of the most compelling mass UFO sightings in Australian history.
youtube.com/@UCUTLm9cyQ4eD_gihOnxYg1Q
Timestamps
00:00 Westall Witnesses Speak
00:55 Introducing Grant and Shane
04:03 What Happened at Westall?
11:42 The Alleged Cover-Up Begins
13:50 Why This Case Still Matters
18:54 Do Witness Memories Match?
29:23 Lost Footage and Early UFO Investigators
36:32 Westall in the Cold War Era
42:26 The Missing Government Files
48:56 What Evidence Is Still Missing?
49:57 Was It Secret Human Technology?
52:53 Why Is There No Paper Trail?
53:41 Grant Weighs the Theories
56:01 The Balloon Explanation Tested
58:42 What Could Finally Break the Case?
01:00:26 Petitions and Public Pressure
01:01:49 Sunlight, Secrets and Deathbed Leads
01:04:12 UFOs, Pop Culture and Public Belief
01:06:31 Where to Find Grant and Shane
01:09:43 The Witnesses Begin
01:10:18 Landing Marks, Detention and Silence
01:10:56 Speed, Hovering, Heat and Humming
01:13:21 Close-Range Size Details
01:14:33 Running to The Grange
01:16:04 The Camera Confiscation Story
01:17:10 Told They Didn’t See It
01:18:23 Men in Black and Weather Balloon Questions
01:20:30 How Fast Did Authorities Arrive?
01:22:00 Paul Smith Sees the Craft
01:24:44 Family Reactions and Stigma
01:25:43 Trucks and Jeeps in the Paddocks
01:26:41 Witnessed From Another School
01:27:01 A Memory Burned In Their Minds
🔥 Support the show & get bonus content:
🛸 YouTube Memberships: youtube.com/channel/UCHw9Lru3EcpRQyM7AI5TlmA/join
🛸 Patreon: patreon.com/c/ThatUFOPodcast
🛸 Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/that-ufo-podcast/id1511121397
🛸 Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/7wnXUAQ3vwdsX1BoyaEvjZ
🛸 Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/ThatUFOPodcast
📲 Connect with the show:
Twitter: @UFOUAPAM
Facebook, Instagram & YouTube: That UFO Podcast
YouTube: YouTube.com/c/ThatUFOPodcast
Email: UFOUAPAM@gmail.com
All links: https://linktr.ee/ufouapam
Official Website: ThatUFOPodcast.com
👍 Don’t forget to subscribe, like & leave a review — it really helps!
Thanks for listening,
Andy
🎵 Music Credits:
"Girl with the Saucer Eyes" – Adam Goldsack → bitly.ws/kvIK
"Goblin Problems" – Sean Cahill → bitly.ws/kvIL
