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1988: The Abduction Phenomenon in Australia

by Keith Basterfield, Vladimir Godic and Pony Godic of UFO Research Australia P.O. Box 229 Prospect, South Australia 5082 ============================================================== In July/August 1988 issue of IUR Budd Hopkins, referring to the testable fantasy-prone hypotheses advanced by Keith Basterfield and Bob Bartholomew, wrote that his advice was “to put their theory on the back burner and to look into any possible abductions that come their way.” Unfortunately, within Australia, this is easier said than done. There has been an apparent lack of well-documented abduction cases in this country. The authors, therefore, decided to review the situation on two fronts. First, they undertook an intensive examination of the Australian UFO literature. Second, they undertook to uncover any previously unreported cases. This article documents our findings to […] Read More

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RECENT RESEARCH Thomas E. Bullard’s 1987 compilation of global abduction cases, “UFO Abductions: The Measure of a Mystery“, contains 14 entries for Australia. This article presents brief details of 11 out of 14. One of Bullard’s cases, case 16, doesn’t seem to describe “missing time” and another, case 214, occurred in 1868, and the third, case 26, is spurious. This last event, dated March 28, 1982, was almost certainly explainable by the sighting, by a fatigued driver and passenger, of the planet, Venus rising. No missing time or abduction scenario emerged, other than in speculation in the media generated by over-enthusiastic UFO researchers involved in the case. By 1988, with the upsurge of the discovery of abduction cases in other countries, UFORA believed it […] Read More

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The fourth event, unfortunately, could not be documented properly, came from Springwood, New South Wales, in 1973. One night two men were asleep in a caravan on a remote building site when one was awakened by a blue light projecting from a hovering aerial disc. A time-lapse of some two hours occurred. He felt some “beings, Caucasian types,” were somehow involved. The fifth case was uncovered by Bill Chalker. In 1974 two young women from Canberra, Australian Capital Territory felt compelled to get into their car which allegedly drove itself to a remote spot. They were escorted by a brilliant white light source. Vague human shapes were seen and strange noises heard. There was an episode of missing time. Two additional cases came to light […] Read More