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October is here, and for the Perth is OK! office that means one thing — Spooky Season! Look, how hard you get into the Halloween of it all is up to you, but we like to think of it as a fun opportunity to poke around Perth’s spooooookier nooks and crannies. And we’re kicking things off today with a look at the secret police file that documented UFO sightings in Western Australia for decades!
Too spooky for you? If bright and colourful is more your jam, down the end you’ll find a nostalgic little look at WA’s wildflowers (it is also spring, after all).
Have a great week!
Troy Mutton, Editor-In-Chief, Perth is OK!
SPOOKY SEASON
WA’s UFO files: The bizarre sightings police secretly documented for decades
With Spooktober upon us, we thought it was about time to revisit WA’s bizarre history of UFO sightings – and the once-secret police file that came with it.
It’s 1951 and a land inspector was camping out in his station wagon, about 60km east of Bridgetown.
Staring up into the night sky, at a time when the first artificial satellite was still years away, he noticed an unidentified flying object above him.
For about 20 minutes, he observed the object – a noiseless, wingless, tailless vessel which glowed with green and orange lights, before accelerating and disappearing into the night sky…
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Flower power! Take a look back at these vintage photos of WA’s wildflowers
October is here, and we’re proudly saying, for about the zillionth time.. Spring has sprung!
With an increase in sunshine comes the fresh blooms of a new season of wildflowers – and while our antihistamine consumption has skyrocketed, if we get to enjoy these technicolour fields of fabulousness… We’ll take the sniffles and sneezes gladly.
Reuben’s Supper Club. Image credit: Sally Hall
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The week ahead
Today: Max 23
Partly cloudy
Tuesday: Min 11 / Max 27
Mostly sunny
Wednesday: Min 13 / Max 22
Partly cloudy
Thursday: Min 14 / Max 19
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Friday: Min 12 / Max 20
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