On April 6, 1966, more than 200 students and teachers at Westall High School in Melbourne, Australia, witnessed something that has since become one of the most compelling mass UFO sightings in history. A silver, saucer-like craft hovered and landed in a field near the school, leaving behind a mystery that has never been fully explained.
A Schoolyard Spectacle
It was mid-morning when students playing outside suddenly noticed a strange object gliding through the sky. Descriptions varied, but many agreed it was a round, silver or metallic disc, about the size of a car, moving in an almost controlled manner. Some witnesses claimed to see smaller aircraft—possibly military jets—chasing the object as it descended into a nearby paddock.
Curious and unafraid, several students sprinted towards the landing site, reaching it just in time to see the UFO lift off and vanish into the sky at an incredible speed. Some reported seeing an odd purplish tinge in the grass where the object had rested. Others described three distinct circular impressions left behind in the field.
A Sudden Cover-Up?
Moments after the event, men in dark suits—believed to be government officials or military personnel—arrived on the scene, ordering students and teachers to stay quiet. Witnesses claim that these mysterious figures threatened them, insisting the event never happened. Teachers were pressured to silence the students, and any talk of the sighting was dismissed as hysteria.
Despite this, the event was reported in local newspapers, with headlines questioning the official silence. The Australian government and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) refused to acknowledge any unusual activity that day, fueling conspiracy theories that the object was either an experimental military craft, an extraterrestrial visitor, or something even stranger.
Decades of Mystery
Over the years, former students and teachers have come forward with their accounts, reinforcing the legitimacy of the sighting. UFO researchers have struggled to obtain official records, with many documents reportedly missing or classified.
To this day, the Westall UFO incident remains one of the most credible mass sightings in history. Was it a top-secret aircraft? A government experiment? Or an extraterrestrial encounter deliberately buried by authorities?
Whatever the truth may be, Westall stands as a chilling reminder that sometimes, even in broad daylight, the unexplained still happens.
