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Rev. William Booth Gill

Anglican missionary, Boianai PNG 1959 · AU · b. 1927–2007
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Australian Anglican missionary stationed at Boianai mission, Papua New Guinea. On three consecutive nights in June 1959, he and 37 mission staff and parishioners reported a stationary lighted craft and humanoid figures atop it. The case is one of the most-witnessed in the Project Blue Book era and is referenced in Hynek's writings.

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Australian Anglican missionary stationed at Boianai mission, Papua New Guinea. On three consecutive nights in June 1959, he and 37 mission staff and parishioners reported a stationary lighted craft and humanoid figures atop it. The case is one of the most-witnessed in the Project Blue Book era and is referenced in Hynek's writings. Their main public affiliations include Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea (former). They are most often discussed in connection with firsthand accounts, interviews, and case literature.

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