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Stories37 · page 2

The Templemore Miracles: Bleeding Statues and Pilgrimville, Co. Tipperary, 1920

c. 1920 · Templemore and Curraheen, near Gortagarry, County Tipperary

Paranormal · Other · 13 sources · 1 photos

46Partially documented

The Port Stephens Giant White Shark off Broughton Island

January 1918 · Crayfish grounds near Broughton Island, off Port Stephens, New South Wales

Cryptid · Creature · 11 sources

18Thinly documented

Shackleton's "fourth man": the unseen companion on the South Georgia crossing

May 19, 1916 · South Georgia, from Peggotty Camp at King Haakon Bay across the mountains to Stromness whaling station

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 28 sources

20Thinly documented

Charles Harper's Hairy Man of the Currickbilly Range (1912)

c. 1912 · Currickbilly (Currockbilly) Range, Budawang National Park, New South Wales

Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources

14Thinly documented

The Kangaroo Ground Revolving Lights

August 7, 1909 · Kangaroo Ground, near Eltham, Victoria, looking toward the Dandenong Range

UAP · Other · 14 sources

14Thinly documented

Alf Smith fires a shotgun at a "hairy man", Eden district, NSW

August 1906 · Eden district, Far South Coast, New South Wales

Cryptid · Creature · 12 sources

13Thinly documented

The Karin Case: the Hornsö Rappings of Karin Nauckhoff

1904 · Forest manager's residence, Hornsö, Högsby Municipality, Kalmar County, Småland

Paranormal · Other · 16 sources

23Thinly documented

The Brungle Creek Bunyip Carcass (1883)

c. 1883 · Brungle Creek, near Tumut, New South Wales

Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources

21Thinly documented

Henry James McCooey's "Australian Ape" between Batemans Bay and Ulladulla

1882 · Coast between Batemans Bay and Ulladulla, New South Wales south coast

Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources

17Thinly documented

The Flying Dutchman Seen by Prince George, Later George V (1881)

July 11, 1881 · At sea between Melbourne and Sydney, usually placed in Bass Strait

Paranormal · Other · 21 sources

23Thinly documented

Captain Towns' Apparition in the Wardrobe at Cranbrook, Rose Bay, Sydney, 1873

c. 1873 · Cranbrook (now Rawson House, Cranbrook School), Rose Bay, Sydney, New South Wales

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 10 sources

23Thinly documented

Frederick William Birmingham's Parramatta Park Ark

July 25, 1868 · Parramatta Park, Parramatta, New South Wales

UAP · Other · 19 sources

13Thinly documented

Giglioli's Whale: the Two-Finned Whale Seen from the Corvette Magenta

September 4, 1867 · South Pacific Ocean, about 1,200 miles (1,930 km) off the coast of Chile

International waters

Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources

22Thinly documented

The Yarra Bunyip opposite the Custom House, Melbourne

1847 · Yarra River, opposite the Custom House (now the Immigration Museum, 400 Flinders Street), Melbourne, Port Phillip District

Cryptid · Creature · 20 sources

20Thinly documented

The Murrumbidgee bunyip skull (Balranald, 1846)

January 1846 · Banks of the Murrumbidgee River near Balranald, New South Wales

Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources

29Thinly documented

Fisher's Ghost, Campbelltown, New South Wales

1826 · Bridge over the creek on Queen Street, Campbelltown, New South Wales

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 31 sources

24Thinly documented

The Wynyard apparition (Sydney, Cape Breton, 1785)

October 15, 1785 · Officers' quarters, barracks of the 33rd Regiment of Foot, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 26 sources

23Thinly documented

Names11

University of Sydney Organisation · 2 stories
An Australian university whose library holds a piece of one of the country's oldest flying machine stories.
Chalker Person · 14 stories
Bill Chalker is a Sydney researcher whose name runs through many of Australia's best-known cases.
Chris Aubeck Person · 12 stories
A researcher of old sky wonders, Chris Aubeck co-wrote Wonders in the Sky with Jacques Vallée in 2010.
sleep paralysis Term · 9 stories
In this archive, sleep paralysis comes up as a sceptical explanation for abduction stories.
yowie Term · 9 stories
Australia's answer to Bigfoot.
Antônio Villas Boas Person · 7 stories
A 23 year old farmer near São Francisco de Sales, Brazil.
crisis apparition Term · 5 stories
A figure seen near the moment of death.
CSIRO Organisation · 4 stories
Australia's national science body turns up whenever a strange case needed a laboratory answer.
Cropper Person · 3 stories
Paul Cropper is a Sydney yowie researcher.
Mascot Place · 3 stories
Sydney's airport at Mascot had a tower, an airfield and radar screens that kept turning up in the archive's Australian cases.
Tasman Sea Place · 3 stories
Open water between Australia and New Zealand.

Documents33 · see all

Scientist Accuses CIA of World Plot to 'Debunk' UFOs FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2004-01-06· 1 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 …INQUIRER H - 522.941 R - 956.206 JUL 9 1967 # Scientist Accuses CIA of World Plot to 'Debunk' UFOs SYDNEY…
8,000 pages of Declassified Canadian UFO Documents Document

Internet Archive· 2015-12-10· 300 pages· 6 pages mention it
- p. 298 …DOSSIERS GPC 683-400-77 68-400-16 SUB-DIVISION SOUS-DIVISION Sydney DETACHMENT DETACHEMENT North Sydney Unidentified Flying Object…
- p. 300 …i/e North Sydney Det. Re: Unidentified Flying Object. Sighting of. Tobin Road, Sydney Hines, N.S. - 12-7-68…
Declassified Canadian UFO Documents, search for Michalak FOIA release

Internet Archive· 300 pages· 6 pages mention it
- p. 298 …DOSSIERS GPC 683-400-77 68-400-16 SUB-DIVISION SOUS-DIVISION Sydney DETACHMENT DETACHEMENT North Sydney Unidentified Flying Object…
- p. 300 …i/e North Sydney Det. Re: Unidentified Flying Object. Sighting of. Tobin Road, Sydney Hines, N.S. - 12-7-68…
The U.S. Government & 'The Iran' Case Document

National Security Agency· 2 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 …Information Berlin 112 UFO RetHrch Network Brussels (SUFOI) YUGOSLAVIA Sydney, New South Wales 83 Societe Beige d'Etude des Kastrup…
US Gov Iran Case (NSA UFO Files mirror) Document

Internet Archive· 2 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 …Berlin 112 UFO Rtsl'6rch Network Brussels (SUFOI) YUGOSLAVIA Sydney, New South Wales 83 Societe Beige d'elude des Kaslrup…
FAB CENDOC Envelope 09 (1978) Document

FAB CENDOC via The Black Vault· 86 pages· 3 pages mention it
- p. 3 …information submitted by Michael Duggin of the University of Sydney and Dr. Richard Haines in the U.S. Frederick Paul…
- p. 11 …Heading towards Sydney. #7 9 PM Warrnambool 2 (housewives) more than 30 min. APPEARANCE: Five times a star, red/orange…

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Videos5

Alien Abduction of Peter Khoury: Physical Evidence of Hybrids

From Peter Khoury and the "Hair of the Alien", Sydney, 1992

UFO documentary | My mum talks to aliens! | 2010

From Peter Khoury and the "Hair of the Alien", Sydney, 1992

The Story of Peter Khoury (Hair Sample of Alien Abduction & Physical Evidence of Extraterrestrials)

From Peter Khoury and the "Hair of the Alien", Sydney, 1992

UFO Witness Reveals CHILLING Daytime Alien Encounter, Peter Khoury, DEBRIEFED ep. 58

From Peter Khoury and the "Hair of the Alien", Sydney, 1992

Alien Abduction with PHYSICAL EVIDENCE: The Peter Khoury Case & Anomalous Hair

From Peter Khoury and the "Hair of the Alien", Sydney, 1992