On 26 June, Father Gill again saw a bright light to his northwest. Evidently, rumours of the
previous sighting by Moi had spread among the villagers, and soon they were beside Gill,
watching the light above.
Sworn statements of this event listed 38 individual
witnesses who saw a disc-shaped UFO the size of 5 full moons strung together. The UFO had
four legs, like landing gear, but was high in the sky.
An enormous object was hovering over the mission. Soon, four beings, similar to humans,
emerged from the object. They appeared to be working on something on their ship. The
beings would go inside the object, and then soon return, as if fetching tools. At regular
intervals, a blue light shone up above the UFO. This craft was visible for 45 minutes,
vanishing at 7:30 pm.
Forty-five minutes later, many of the witnesses remained, still pondering the sight they had
seen. Soon, several objects smaller than the previous UFO appeared in the sky.
About 20 minutes afterward, the first UFO was back in view. The sighting of the larger UFO
would last four hours, as witnesses would come and go. Twenty-five witnesses signed their
testimony to the sighting. A heavy cloud cover ended the event.
Incredibly, the next night the giant disc-shaped UFO returned at 6 pm. Two of the smaller
objects flanked it. Father Gill, with many of the witnesses from the night before, watched the
unbelievable sight.
“On the large one, two of the figures seemed to be doing something near the centre of the
deck,” said Father Gill. “They were occasionally bending over and raising their arms as
though adjusting or setting up something. One figure seemed to be standing, looking down at
us."
Gill then waved at one of the creatures. "To our surprise the figure did the same. Ananias
waved both arms over his head-then the two outside figures did the same. Ananias and myself
began waving our arms, and all four seemed to wave back. There seemed no doubt that our
movements were answered... "
This series of alien contacts in Papua seem like something from a science fiction movie.
However, the reputation of Father Gill cannot be overlooked, and there is no reason to think
he and the other witnesses were lying or hallucinating.
Veteran UFO expert Dr J Allen Hynek thoroughly investigated the Papua events, and
concluded that they were genuine. No alternate explanation has been offered to explain what
happened, except perhaps to say that UFOs and alien beings visited Papua in 1959.