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Eastern Australia UFO sighting, 3 May 1952

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GEORGE & JILL SHIRLEY’S UFO SIGHTING George and Jill Shirley, circa 1955. Compiled by Graham J. Shirley Contents The Memoir Australian UFO sighting 3-9 May 1952 Berowra UFO Sightings – 3 May 1952, 15 & 19 June 1954 1952 – ‘Year of the UFO’ References 1. The memoir The following transcript of a memoir of a possible UFO sighting on 3 May 1952 was handwritten by my father George A. Shirley (1923-2014) on 27 May 1952 onto two flyleaf pages of the book Behind the Flying Saucers , by Frank Scully (Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1950). When he later discussed the sighting with me, George recalled that it occurred at Razorback – located approximately 60 kilometres west of the coastal Waterfall to Helensburgh region - during a Sydney-to-Melbourne holiday trip. George was at the wheel of the family car, my mother Jill Shirley nee McDonald (1925-1984) was beside him, and I, aged 2 ½, was asleep on the back seat. In transcribing George’s text, I have crea