Mentone, Victoria: Former Air Marshal George Jones and wife see silent round object
On the evening of October 16, 1957, former Australian Air Marshal George Jones and his wife saw a round object like a “flying balloon” cross silently at jet speed over their home in Mentone, Victoria.
Background
In the evening former Australian Air Marshal George Jones and his wife saw a round object like a “flying balloon” moving silently at the speed of a jet over their home in Mentone, Victoria, Australia. It moved from south to north at an altitude of 1,000–1,500 feet. The Canberra Times reported Jones's description on January 4, 1958, and Jones wrote about it in Flying Saucer Review in 1958. The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.