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title: "The Westall Encounter: Australia's Most Profound UFO Sighting"
description: "In 1966, over 300 students and teachers at Westall High School in Melbourne witnessed a flying saucer hover over their school. Decades of silence, alleged government threats, and conflicting theories make this one of history's most compelling mass UFO sightings."
url: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/article/westall-encounter-australia-most-profound-ufo-sighting.md
canonical: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/article/westall-encounter-australia-most-profound-ufo-sighting
datePublished: 2026-06-28
dateModified: 2026-06-28
author:
  - name: Simon Whistler
    url: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/author/simon-whistler
publisher: Decoding the Unknown
image: "https://media.decodingtheunknown.pub/cdn-cgi/image/width=1600,height=900,fit=cover,quality=80,format=auto/articles/8yxg5BCdAHQ/hero.jpg"
type: Article
contentHash: 48cb0e3144e9edc147b74fd1317bd44c77dfbf6d4d11d2d52bcb83c81c7792aa
tokens: 66
summaryUrl: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/article/westall-encounter-australia-most-profound-ufo-sighting.md.summary.md
---

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In 1966, over 300 students and teachers at Westall High School in Melbourne witnessed a flying saucer hover over their school. Decades of silence, alleged government threats, and conflicting theories make this one of history's most compelling mass UFO sightings.
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