Karawinna, Australia: Object lifts off from paddock, leaves circle of flattened grass
On the night of 25 September 1976 Vera White and three others driving in the Karawinna area west of Mildura, Victoria, saw an object on the ground in a paddock take off vertically and hover silently for about 5 minutes; a circle of flattened, discolored grass was found there.
Background
At night Vera White and three others were driving between farms in the Karawinna area west of Mildura, Victoria, Australia, when they noticed a strange object on the ground in a paddock. It took off vertically and hovered silently for about 5 minutes. Returning to the site in daylight, they found a circle of flattened, discolored grass about 30 feet in diameter. The Melbourne Sun reported the case on 29 September 1976; the Australian UFO Bulletin, the ACOS Bulletin and the IUR followed, and in November 1977 the Australian UFO Bulletin reported that tests on the Karawinna samples were negative. 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.