1954. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/...=strange sight sky &searchLimits=# Comes in from ocean, goes back out to ocean.
This one is really excellent. Asn Bass Strait!! And I love hoe the object dives in like a shooting star in daylight and stops dead in air, and then opens into saucer --thatsa technolgy! Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Wednesday 29 July 1953, page 5
Another great one: Beverley Times (WA : 1905 - 1977), Friday 13 December 1957, page 5 Just like "airships".
Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tuesday 21 December 1954, page 3 Another car encounter on road.
Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954), Thursday 21 October 1954, page 51 Colored lights around perimeter More soon.
Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent (NSW : 1887 - 1932), Friday 17 March 1916, page 2 Another "Zeppelin"..