Murray Bridge, South Australia: Farmer couple sees object like a blazing golden coin
On March 20, 1959, at 9:00 p.m., farmer Cirocco Elio and his wife, driving home from Murray Bridge, South Australia, saw an object like a blazing golden coin that shone like a sun in the darkness and arched upward at tremendous speed before vanishing.
Background
At 9:00 p.m. farmer Cirocco Elio was driving home from Murray Bridge, South Australia, with his wife. His wife suddenly cried out in alarm, and he immediately braked. In the sky ahead they saw what appeared to be a blazing golden coin. It shone like a sun in the darkness and arched upward at tremendous speed before vanishing. The Sydney Morning Herald reported the sighting on March 29, 1959, among strange objects seen in the area. 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.