1994: UFOS ON THE NULLABOR PLAIN

THINK ABOUTIT CRASH REPORT

Date: December 1994 

Sighting Time: 2330

Day/Night: Night

Location: Nullarbor Plains, Australia

Urban or Rural: -Rural

Hynek Classification: CE-II (Close Encounter II) Observation of an object in close proximity to the witness, where physical traces (impression, burn, medical effect, etc.) are left or (electrical effect, heat) are felt

Duration: three hours overdue

No. of Object(s): 1

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Color of Object(s): bright light

Number of Witnesses: 2

Source: Gary Edwards

Summary/Description:

Full Report

1994 December – Nullarbor Plains, Australia

Gary Writes:

Can You tell me if the crashed UFO was recovered on the Nullarbor Plain, Australia, near the Barton railway siding about December 1994. I was the station assistant on duty at Cook railway siding when the incident occured, and remember what was said by the train driver and the fireman (drivers assistant) that the train engine lost power when the UFO hovered above the engine for about 1 minute and the done a steep dive to the right and then crashed into the sand hills. I phoned Pine Gap near Alice Springs and reported the incident. Can you give me any information?

Gary

Here is my report based on Garys recollections:

UFOS ON THE NULLARBOR PLAIN The site of nuclear tests in the 1950s, the Nullarbor Plain in Southern Australia has seen numerous incredible UFO sightings over the years. The Nullarbor Plain is a dry, almost featureless landscape with little rainfall occurring during the year. The plain extends 180 miles west and 150 miles east of the state border between South and West Australia. The name Nullarbor means “no trees”. Only saltbushes and bluebushes survive the intense desert climate.

One of the most interesting UFO reports to come out of the Nullarbor Plain involved a Australian National Railway diesel train. In December of 1984, Gary Edwards was working for the Australian National Railways Commission as a Station Assistant Class 3. One night at approximately 2330 hours he was listening to the radio telephone, (the only communications link to train Control in Port Augusta in South Australia) when he heard the train driver say to train control, “There is a bright light above us and we are losing power.” Then the driver said, “It has moved beside the engine, went up and done a steep dive to the right.” The UFO appeared to crash into the nearby sandhill with a glow in the distance. The engines power then came back on, and it continued its run with no further problems.

When the train finally arrived at Cook railway siding, it was almost three hours overdue. According to Gary, the train driver and fireman (assistant) were clearly shaken up by the incident. So much so, that both men shortly thereafter quit their jobs and disappeared. John Beattie, a spokesman for the Australian National Railways told investigators, “We don’t know what it was, or what caused the diesel train to lose power. The two train operators say they experienced the power loss at the same moment they spotted the light. Because they have much experience of travelling through the outback, the light must have been very unusual for them to report on it.”

The event occurred at the Barton railway siding which is close to the Woomera, joint USA/AUS prohibited area. Local rumors after the incident spoke of a crashed flying saucer recovered at the site and taken into the Woomera area. The next day the sighting made national news on ABC radio and in local newspapers. However, the report never made international headlines, and the sighting was soon forgotten. To this day, Gary Edwards wonders what it was that frightened his two colleagues so much that both gave up good jobs and vanished.