The Encounter on the Road to Belgrave
Driving home in the hills outside Melbourne, a woman saw a craft over a field, then tall black figures with red eyes. She says other drivers saw them too.
What was reported
In August 1993, Kelly Cahill and her husband were driving home at night through the Dandenong Ranges, outside Melbourne, when they saw a large, lit object hovering over a field. They pulled over. She later said they saw a tall, black figure with glowing red eyes in the field, and others gliding towards them.
When they arrived home, they found they had lost about an hour. Cahill later said she learned that other people in a second car had seen the same figures that night. She told her story publicly in a book in 1996.
Explanations offered
The case has never been independently confirmed. Sceptics suggest a real but ordinary light, a frightening night drive, and the way memories of shocking events can change over time. Researchers who interviewed Cahill considered her sincere, and the case remains one of Australia's best-known close encounters.
- When
- August 1993
- Where
- Near Belgrave, Victoria, Australia
- Witnesses
- Kelly Cahill, her husband, and others she says were there
- Status
- Unexplained
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