February 7, 1980🇦🇺Crash
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Stirling: Yellow object crashes into tree

Ranch worker Daryl Browne saw a yellow crescent-shaped object crash into a tall cypress tree near Stirling, Australia, on February 7, 1980. Dogs reacted with fear, tree showed damage, object vanished before police arrived.

Date
February 7, 1980
Location
Stirling, South Australia🇦🇺
Type
Crash
Country
🇦🇺 Australia
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Background

Zeuge und Ereignis At 9:50 p.m. on February 7, 1980, Daryl Browne, a 21-year-old ranch hand at Glenalta horse ranch near Stirling, South Australia, heard guard dogs howling in fear and noise from breaking branches outside while watching television. He went out and spotted a yellow, half-moon-shaped object, roughly 25-30 feet long, hovering 100 feet high in the branches of a 230-foot cypress tree, causing limbs to bend and the trunk to sustain large gouges.

Nachwirkungen und Untersuchungen Browne alerted police, but the object had disappeared by their arrival. His dogs avoided the tree for two days. UFO researchers from UFO Research South Australia visited the site the next day, confirming damage to a 40-meter pine tree consistent with impact. Multiple agencies and groups examined the location at Glenalta Stud on Old Gully Road.

Weitere Berichte Nearby, 10-year-old Phil Tindale and his twin brother reported witnessing a yellow and a red object battling in the sky over Aldgate for 15 minutes from their window, linking to Browne's sighting. Browne later expressed reluctance to report future incidents due to intense scrutiny, despite not believing in UFOs prior.