THE AUSTRALIAN X-FILES

In an astonishing admission, the Pentagon has finally conceded that UFOs exist. They may or may not be emissaries from outer space, but of 144 cases they have investigated since 2004, 143 remain unexplained phenomena. In June last year, a nine-page document was presented to Congress. In it, America’s Department of Defence formally admits UFOs are invading airspace, buzzing fighter jets and hovering over top-secret nuclear defence installations. As a matter of national security, key government officials warn, it is time to seriously investigate UFOs.

Multi-award-winning journalist Ross Coulthart agrees. In his groundbreaking book, In Plain Sight, he takes an in-depth dive into UFOs, government denial and the possible intent of ‘unidentified aerial phenomena’, now more commonly known as ‘UAP’.

“When I started researching this book, I was struck by how many people told me it was real,” Ross tells The Weekly, “including air force pilots, people at very senior levels in our Defence Department. They witnessed anomalous phenomena on our radar systems, even at our top-secret military bases.”

During his two-year investigation, Ross was struck by Australia’s long history of UAP sightings. And intriguingly, he says, these craft seem to have a real interest in our defence installations, like Woomera, Pine Gap and the abandoned site, Nurrungar.

The military sighting

One of the most interesting Australian UAP encounters happened at the top-secret naval communications base on Australia’s North West Cape in Western Australia. The area is remote, stark in its beauty and, even now, much of it remains off limits to Australian civilians.

“Intelligence services are well aware