Testimonials (video, audio, written)
- Clayton Calendar (Term 1, 1966). Eyewitness account of a flying saucer [Newsletter of former Clayton Primary School]. Retrieved from Project1947, Source 10.
- Close Encounters Down Under (2023). [TV show, Discovery Canada, 7PLUS Australia]
- Dandenong Journal (1966, Apr 14). Flying Saucer Mystery: School Silent What Was It? p.1.
- Dandenong Journal (1966, Apr 21). Flying Saucer Mystery Deepens: Who were 5 pilots? p.1.
- Dandenong Journal (1966, Apr 28). Letters: Mystery Solution? p.21.
- Dandenong Journal (1966, May 5). Around Oakleigh with Damian: Saucer worry, p.?
- Dean, P. (2017, Nov 5). Westall High School Teacher Reveals Unexpected Information Regarding Famed Melbourne UFO Case. UFOs - Documenting The Evidence.
- Fox, J. (Director). (2020). The Phenomenon [Film]. James Fox Productions, Farah Films. [Westall is covered from 23:45]
- Gardam, S. (2017, Mar 16). BRIEF 04 Encounters Close to Home [Video]. YouTube. (Features unused footage from Westall '66.)
- Jones, R. (Director). (2010). Westall '66 [Film]. Endangered Pictures.
- Joy T. (1966, Apr 7). Sighting report to Victorian Flying Saucer Research Society. (Courtesy VFSRS)
- Kibel, J. (1966, c.Jun). [Audio letter to James E McDonald]. Arizona Archives Online.
- McDonald, J.E. (1967, Jun 28). [Recorded interview with Andrew Greenwood]. Retrieved from YouTube.
- McMahon, J. (2019, Sep 25). Joy Clarke - In The Sky - Westall 1966 (Extended Witness Interview) [Video]. YouTube.
- Mitchell, N. (Host). (2022, May 19). 3AW Mornings with Neil Mitchell [Audio podcast episode]. Omni Studio.
- 7NEWS Spotlight feat. Ross Coulthart (2021, Dec 9). Secrets of the UFOs - Full Documentary [Video]. YouTube. [Westall is covered from 14:00]
- Studio 10 (2016, Jan 21). Melbourne UFO Mystery: 50 Years On [Video]. YouTube.
- VUFOA-TV Victorian UFO Action (2017, Apr 15). WESTALL The Witnesses Speak Conference Presented By VUFOA (April 2, 2017) [Video]. YouTube.
- Westall Flying Saucer Incident Facebook Group (created 2007, Dec 2). Shane Ryan (admin). [Cited as “Westall Facebook” throughout.]
- Westall High School 1966 UFO Incident Yahoo Group (created 2005, Feb 14). Shane Ryan (admin). (via Keith Basterfield and Internet Archive). [Cited as "Westall Yahoo" throughout.]
Other cited sources
- ABC TV & iview (2020, Jan 29). The Stranger 1964 (ep1) [Video]. YouTube.
- Basterfield, K. (2013). Westall 1966: A new hypothesis. [personal communication]
- Chalker, B. (1996). “The Westall school sensation” in The Oz Files. Duffy and Snellgrove.
- Halperin D. (2018, Mar 9, 22, Apr 19). “The Stranger” and the Westall UFO – Does Life Imitate TV? (Part 1, Part 2); “The Stranger” and the Westall UFO – Some Afterthoughts. [Blog]
- Health & Safety Laboratory (1968, Jan 1). Fallout Report: Fallout program quarterly summary report. US Atomic Energy Commission. Retrieved from osti.gov.
- Investigation of flying saucers - policy (1972-81). A703, 554/1/30 part 3. Department of Defence. Retrieved from Internet Archive.
- Magee, J. (1970, Jul). ‘Nests’ and ‘landing pads’ in Australian Flying Saucer Review No. 2. VUFORS.
- McDonald, J.E. (1968, Jul 29). Statement of unidentified flying objects submitted to the House Committee on Science and Astronautics. Retrieved from The Computer UFO Network.
- Musgrove, N. (1964, Apr 29). Kids - you can't fool them. Women's Weekly, p.15. Retrieved from NLA Trove.
- Peach, B. (presenter), Munro, B. (producer) (1967, Jul 4). This Day Tonight [TV broadcast]. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved from YouTube.
- Project Hibal (1964-69). A1838, 694/7/23 part 2. Department of External Affairs. Retrieved from NAA.
- Reports on flying saucers and aerial objects (1969). A703, 580/1/1 part 12, p.96, see also p.99. Department of Defence. Retrieved from NAA.
- Stratocat (2020, Sep 24). Project Loon: deflated Hibal in lower atmosphere above La Paz, June 20, 2020 [Video]. YouTube.
- Thorn, S. (2021). Project Hibal. Self-published. (Available on Amazon Kindle and National Library of Australia Trove)
- Willis, Martin (2020, Sep 6). Paul Dean, Possible UFO Detection Documents through FOIA and More! on Martin Willis Live Shows [Video]. YouTube.
More resources
- Keith Basterfield’s blog posts on Westall and the Hibal hypothesis
- Keith Basterfield’s source material for the Westall incident (2012, Jul 28). [Transcriptions and summaries of articles.]
- David Halperin’s blog posts about Westall
- StratoCat videos of Hibal [YouTube]
- RAAF Museum: the CAC Winjeel
- RAAF Basic Flying Training School (#1 BFTS) at Point Cook on Wikipedia
- Westall UFO on Wikipedia
- Herald Sun (2013, Dec 22) A UFO-themed playground has opened at The Grange Reserve in Kingston.
- Mildura Rural City Council photograph collection relating to HIBAL
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