Melbourne's most famous UFO sighting mystery reignited

1966 - the Soviet Union completed the first “soft landing” on the Moon, England took home the FIFA World Cup and a group of school students sent the world into a tailspin by reporting a sighting of an Unidentified Flying Object.

April 6 started like any other day for Westall High School students, but quickly became a day they would never forget, with a group of them alleging they saw a UFO fly over the school and land in the nearby Grange Reserve.

The Grange Reserve now hosts a playground and park honouring this strange slice of Clayton South’s history, complete with a large UFO slide installation.

Like all good stories, the mystery is far from dead, with a UFO researcher and enthusiast has now launched a petition to the Australian government to launch a new inquiry into what occurred on that day.