AudioBlog: Father William Gill’s Flashlight: Papua, New Guinea 1959

The 1959 sightings of Father William Gill in New Guinea, then an
Australian territory, were well known and much discussed in the
1960s and 1970s. Given the multiple witnesses over two nights,
observation of occupants and the credibility of the reporting
witness, an Anglican missionary, it made for a sensational
encounter. Even more incredible, the craft and occupants sighted
seemed to respond to the witnesses throughout the encounter. The
story was featured in Dr. J. Allen Hynek’s The UFO Experience: A
Scientific Enquiry and The Hynek UFO Report, the double album UFO
Encounters (which features Father Gill telling his story and
Hynek’s commentary) and in the 4th issue of Gold Key’s UFO Flying
Saucers comic book. Although area residents seem to have had minor
sightings of a bright light earlier in the year, Father Gill’s
sightings begin the night of June 26, 1959. He was at his mission
in Boianai, Papau, New Guinea and about 6:45 PM he spotted a white
light near Venus in the evening sky. Soon this light descended
through cloud cover that had moved in as time passed. The light
grew larger until it became obvious that it was some type of craft.
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