| Article from the Adelaide, ADVERTISER Exact date not Known, some time in the middle of 1978 |
| MYSTERY MARKINGS BY UFOs |
| Did close encounters of the second kind take place in Adelaide on Wednesday night? Thats what Adelaide's UFO pundits want know following mystery sightings and two sets of unidentified markings left on the ground at Dudley Park and Aldgate. Theo Hkarakis a public relations officer with the Australian International UFO Society, said yesterday there was no immediate explaination for the lights and markings. "We're not saying they were UFOs", he said, " but who's to say they wer'nt. "We're just looking for a reasonable explanation." The supposed close encounter of the second kind - jargon for physical evidence of UFOs based on the hit science fiction movie "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind" starting in Adelaide this week - are being closely investigated. The first encounter took place about 8.15 p.m. Wednesday when two joggers in the Tranmere area saw a glowing red light sweep down from the Adelaide Hills. The light moved in a south-westerly direction then headed north before disappearing in a westerly direction. It was seen at 8.30 p.m by a man at Adelaide University. He also reported it was a red colour. Mr. Hnarakis said the, " landing pads" were reported to his society on Thursday. the most spectacular one was in the grouds of the Bex factory, Pym Street Dudley Park. He said a gardener had reported for work in the morning and found a wide circle burnt and flatened grass near the wire fence fronting Pyn Street. The perfect circle was six metres in diameter and the burnt grass was flatened in a clockwise direction. Inside the circle were three burnt spots forming a perfect triangle and insde that the grass was also flatened and scorched material. " It looked like there were carbon deposits among," he said. "We'll have it analysed by the Botanic Gardens". He said there was a high wire fence fence arond the factory and it did not make sense that someone would climb over and make the marks as a joke. The area is very industrial and there were no homes near by. The next alledged encounter took place in Kermona Drive, Aldgate. A householder, who did not want to be named, said he had found a small and perfectly round patch on his front lawn on Thursday morning. |
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