Keith Basterfield

Keith Basterfield is an Adelaide-based Australian scientific researcher specializing in UAP/UFO investigations for over 25 years. He has documented hundreds of UFO sightings nationwide, authoring a book in the 1980s cataloging reports from across Australia. Basterfield conducts cold case reviews, collates sighting data, and analyzes Australian Government UFO files. Notable achievements include proposing the HIBAL high-altitude balloon as the explanation for the 1966 Westall UFO incident, supported by National Archives documents, matching witness descriptions of a white-silver object with trailing parachute. He led regional research in Western Australia, investigating military base sightings like a black sphere over North West Cape US base and lights near Exmouth RAAF base. Basterfield maintains a blog at ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com, welcomes public input, and emphasizes conventional explanations for 90% of cases.