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[[The Phenomenon (2020 film)|''The Phenomenon'']], a documentary film directed and co-produced by ufologist James Fox, includes content related to the Westall UFO case.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |last1=Horton |first1=Adrian |title='It's not a question of belief': the film examining government UFO records |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/oct/07/the-phenomenon-ufos-james-fox-documentary |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=7 October 2020 |access-date=24 March 2021}}</ref>
[[File:Grange_reserve_park,_city_of_Kingston,_Melbourne.png|thumb|right|still of Grange Reserve Park at dusk]]
 
==Local culture==
*A witness reunion was held at Westall Tennis Club Hall, on 8 April 2006, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the incident.<ref>{{cite web
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[[File:Grange_reserve_park,_city_of_Kingston,_Melbourne.png|thumb|right|still of Grange Reserve Park at dusk]]
*The [[Kingston, Victoria|City of Kingston]] created a children's play space, Grange Reserve UFO Park at The Grange Reserve in Clayton South Melway. The park features a silver UFO with red slides to reflect the 1966 Westall UFO Incident.<ref name="Kingston">{{cite web |title=The Grange Reserve (UFO Park) |url=https://www.kingston.vic.gov.au/Outdoors/Parks-Playgrounds/Playgrounds/The-Grange-Reserve-UFO-Park |website=kingston.vic.gov.au |publisher=[[City of Kingston|Kingston City Council]] |access-date=24 March 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210621110501/https://www.kingston.vic.gov.au/Outdoors/Parks-Playgrounds/Playgrounds/The-Grange-Reserve-UFO-Park|archive-date=21 June 2021 }}</ref>
Installed during June of 2013, the [[Kingston, Victoria|City of Kingston]] commissioned a children's play space, designed by council official Steven Perumal, with Urban Initiatives, a landscape design firm, who were the lead consultants, who collaborated with Allplay Equipment Australia. Grange Reserve UFO Park within the [[Nature reserve|reserve]] where the UFO landed is today accessible via an [[Avenue (landscape)|avenue]] named [[Osbourne (name)|Osbourne]], within Clayton South Melway. The park features a silver UFO with red slides to reflect the 1966 Westall UFO Incident.<ref name="Kingston">{{cite web |title=The Grange Reserve (UFO Park) |url=https://www.kingston.vic.gov.au/Outdoors/Parks-Playgrounds/Playgrounds/The-Grange-Reserve-UFO-Park |website=kingston.vic.gov.au |publisher=[[City of Kingston|Kingston City Council]] |access-date=24 March 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210621110501/https://www.kingston.vic.gov.au/Outdoors/Parks-Playgrounds/Playgrounds/The-Grange-Reserve-UFO-Park|archive-date=21 June 2021 |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Griffin |first=Michelle |date=9 April 2013 |title=Flying saucer lands in Clayton South again, decades on |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/flying-saucer-lands-in-clayton-south-again-decades-on-20130408-2hhcv.html |work=The Age |location=Australia |access-date=6 January 2023|quote=Kingston Council will in June...Steve Perumal...Urban Initiatives...}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.urbaninitiatives.com.au/project/the-grange-reserve/ |title=The Grange Reserve |website=www.urbaninitiatives.com.au |location=[[Fitzroy, Victoria|Fitzroy]]|publisher=urban initiatives |access-date=6 January 2024|quote=...Collaboration Allplay...}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allplay.com.au/gallery|title=Allplay Equipment Australia |date=2010|website=www.allplay.com.au|publisher=AllPlay Equipment Pty. Ltd. |access-date=6 January 2023 |quote= The Grange Reserve Osbourne Avenue Clayton South, 3169}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://maps.monash.edu/#v=1&zlevel=1&center=145.133543,-37.945448&zoom=15.55&campusid=159 |title=<small>MONASH DIGITAL WAYFINDING</small> |website=maps.monash.edu |publisher=[[Monash University]] |access-date=7 January 2024 }}</ref>
 
==See also==