Westall 66 Revisited: Shane Ryan on Australia’s Schoolyard UFO Mystery
That UFO Podcast
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🗓️ 6 April 2026
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
On the 60th anniversary of the Westall incident, I’m re-releasing this conversation with researcher Shane Ryan, originally recorded in December 2022.
Shane has spent years investigating one of the most remarkable mass sighting cases in UFO history: the 1966 Westall event in Melbourne, Australia, where students, teachers, and others reported seeing strange flying saucer-shaped objects over and near the school grounds.
In this interview, Shane breaks down what witnesses said they saw, the reported aftermath on the ground, the response from authorities, and why the case still stands as one of the most important and debated schoolyard UFO encounters ever reported.
If you’re new to the Westall case, or want to revisit one of the most compelling incidents from outside the United States, this is a great place to start.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone and welcome back to that UFO podcast. As always, my name is Andy and this is a special |
| 0:06.3 | bank holiday re-release of an interview I recorded back in December 2020 with researcher Shane Ryan. |
| 0:13.7 | Today, Monday the 6th of April, marks the 60th anniversary of the Westall UFO incident in Australia. I thought it was a perfect time to revisit |
| 0:23.3 | one of the most compelling schoolyard cases, mass sightings on record. And in this conversation, |
| 0:29.8 | Shane Ryan expertly walks through the case, the witnesses and the lasting impact of what |
| 0:35.4 | happened in Melbourne on the 6th of April, 1966. |
| 0:39.6 | Enjoy this one, folks. Lots of shows still to come this week, including a new news update. |
| 0:44.3 | There will be the second part of the AMA, my Bob Lazar review, and perhaps even another show on top of that. |
| 0:51.0 | Lots to come this month of April. So thank you for checking it out. Enjoy this one |
| 0:55.4 | from December 2020. It's very relevant thinking today, of course, of Westall, 1966. |
| 1:02.8 | My name is Andy and on a very cold winter's morning, I am joined by my guest out in the sunny |
| 1:09.5 | warms of Australia even. |
| 1:12.5 | He is a teacher, writer, researcher and federal parliamentary public servant. |
| 1:17.5 | He has worked and studied at Charles Stewart University, the University of Canberra, |
| 1:21.9 | and the Australian National University all in Canberra. |
| 1:25.5 | He was the principal researcher and narrator for the excellent documentary |
| 1:29.2 | on the Westall Incident, Westall 66, a suburban UFO mystery, which was first broadcast on the |
| 1:35.1 | Australian SciFad Channel in 2010. I'd like to welcome Shane Ryan to the podcast. Hello, Andy. It's great |
| 1:42.6 | to see you and to chat to you in person after all this time. |
| 1:47.8 | And it's a real pleasure to join our two wonderful accents together and talk about the crazy subject of UFOs. |
| 1:59.0 | So thank you for the privilege of being on your podcast. |
| 2:02.1 | No, thank you. |
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