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Physicist James McDonald investigates UFO reports in Australia

When: Jun 1967
Where: Sydney, Australia
Sources: 2 public sources

James E. McDonald, who investigated UFO reports in Australia in 1967 United States Government, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

University of Arizona atmospheric physicist James McDonald spent late June and early July 1967 in Australia recording interviews with UFO witnesses. Reuters reported him saying in Sydney that governments, backed by the CIA, were downplaying the subject.

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PressScientist Accuses CIA of World Plot to 'Debunk' UFOs (Reuters, Philadelphia Inquirer clipping), CIA-RDP75-00149R000500070001-2 (opens in a new tab)CIA FOIA Electronic Reading Room / 1967-07-09
OtherDr James E McDonald's Archives (opens in a new tab)UFO Research (NSW) Inc.

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