FEBRUARY 2002
FEBRUARY 2002 ALICE SPRINGS, NT (CE1)
(Source: Filer’s Files #16 - 2002, MUFON Skywatch Investigations George A. Filer, Director, Mutual UFO Network Eastern April 17, 2002)
An Alice Springs woman was driving home last month when she saw a light in a paddock 30 kilometers south of Wycliffe. "She saw a triangular-shaped craft and then three silvery beings came out of the craft and walked towards her - it was then that she panicked and drove off." April 11 2002 Mysteries Phenomena UFOs Web Page
04.02.02 PERTH (MAYLANDS), WA 0230-0400hrs (CE1)
(Source: 1800 Freecall National Hotline Number - Callin Code: 1927)
Witness saw a bright light south over Perth city, at about forty degrees It seemed to be giving off some sort of electrical discharge. It moved rapidly up and down , left and right and dropped to just above some trees. Moved straight up again and three smaller objects also giving off some sort of discharge flew around it. The witness also noticed similar objects to the large one in the East and the North. The original larger object (South) seemed to change shape with a dome on to and red and green lights. The three ‘baby’ lights moved high in the sky and the other two lights moved towards the one to the south. All lights left a small tail as they moved about. Brian Richards ASPR/UFORUM
05.02.02 MAYLANDS (NORTH OF THE RIVER), WA 0230-0400hrs (NL)
(Source: Journal of Alternative Realities Volume 10, Issue 1, 2002)
The witness, Nikki, watched a bright white light moving erratically about over the city (Perth) in the region of King’s Park. There appeared to be some sort of electrical charge coming off the light and three other lights were seen around the main one. One of the three lights seemed to change shape and a dome-like top appeared. Red and green lights could also be seen. As the three lights approached the main (largest) one, electrical or sparkling effects were observed from all four objects and small trails or tails were seen as the objects darted about. The witness eventually tired of the display and retired to bed.
09.02.02 BRISBANE (KANGAROO POINT), QLD 2042hrs (CE1)
(Source: Filer’s Files #15 - 2002, MUFON Skywatch Investigations George A. Filer, Director, Mutual UFO Network Eastern April 10, 2002)
On February 9, 2002, I was being dropped home by some adamantly non-UFO-believing friends and we had stopped outside my home on the Kangaroo Point Cliffs. While we were saying our good-byes Julie, who was in the back seat, pointed up through the windscreen and said "look at that triangle - it’s wobbling" - as though the wobbling was the only thing out of the ordinary. I looked up immediately and saw a colorless equilateral triangle at about 5,000 feet altitude and was about 2cm in size on each side. It remained stationary for a couple of seconds while wobbling, then sped off to the west at a very high speed and vanished. This is the third mysterious aircraft I have seen since December. Randal.Foley@citec.com.au farshores@canada.com
09.02.02 PERTH (HEATHRIDGE), WA 2315hrs (NL)
(Source: Journal of Alternative Realities Volume 10, Issue 1, 2002)
A group of ten witnesses watched as four silent, bright orange/yellow lights moved slowly West towards the Indian Ocean from the East. They were in a diamond formation, with the first three lights in a triangular configuration, apex forward, and the fourth some distance apart taking up the rear. They grew fainter with distance and one of the lights seemed to drop down towards the sea.
15.02.02 SAMSON, WA 2230hrs (NL)
(Source: Journal of Alternative Realities Volume 10, Issue 1, 2002)
A Samson (south of the river) man, John R., was looking East when he saw two brilliant orange/yellow lights, one above the other, travel from South to North. The lower light varied its intensity from time to time, and both lights seemed to stop for a while in the North-East before being lost to view. The witness was adamant that the objects were not stars, helicopters, airplanes or hot-air balloons.
15.02.02 PERTH (COOLBELLUP), WA 2150hrs (NL)
(Source: Journal of Alternative Realities Volume 10, Issue 1, 2002)
Glen H. and his family watched two OBOLs travel from South-West to North-East. The witness watched the objects for about ten minutes and was able to obtain video footage. One of these images was published in The Sunday Times on 17 February (p.11) with a small article covering a number of reports related to orange balls of light and UFORUM’s involvement with the investigations.
16.02.02 PERTH (LEEMING), WA 2245hrs (NL)
(Source: Journal of Alternative Realities Volume 10, Issue 1, 2002)
Rex M. reported two OBOLs traveling South to North. He was looking West. One of the lights was about two minutes behind the first and higher up, and he believed the lights were traveling along the coast.
16.02.02 PERTH (MURDOCH), WA 2340hrs (NL)
(Source: Filer’s Files #13 - 2002, MUFON Skywatch Investigations George A. Filer, Director, Mutual UFO Network Eastern March 27, 2002)
On February 16, 2002, Brian Richards writes, I was privileged to witness one of these enigmatic OBOLS at 11:40 PM, that was not a conventional aircraft or an orange garbage bag fueled by firelighters. I went to check the pool and saw a brilliant orange yellow light moving above me heading north. It was totally silent and about the size of a quarter of the full Moon almost 2000 feet high. I called out to the family to come and look, which they did. I raced to get a camera, but when I came back out the object had dimmed and reduced in size and climbed higher and parked itself like a star to the right of Orion’s Belt. It jumped to the left about two fingers width at arm’s length, then remained absolutely stationary for six minutes. I watched the object through binoculars and could see no identifying features or appendages. After six minutes the object started to move slowly west and at one point was a very impressive fourth (top) star of Orion’s Belt. There was a flash and the object simply vanished. Brian Richards ASPR/UFORUM
16.02.02 ALFRED COVE (SOUTH OF SWAN RIVER), WA 2305hrs (NL)
(Source: Journal of Alternative Realities Volume 10, Issue 1, 2002)
Scott H. watched three orange/yellow balls of light travel from South-South-East to North. The lights were very bright, silent and about 2,000 feet [600 metres] up, traveling in a group. The first light in the group suddenly rocketed ahead of the others. The second light faded out and the third traveled North as if following the coastline.
16.02.02 PERTH (nr.MURDOCH), WA 2340hrs (NL)
(Source: Journal of Alternative Realities Volume 10, Issue 1, 2002)
This writer was privileged to witness one of these enigmatic OBOLs. And I can state categorically that this was not a conventional aircraft or an orange garbage bag fuelled by fire-lighters or any other combustible material æ the product of hoaxers or pranksters as claimed by Bickley Astronomical Observatory to puzzled witnesses. I went into the garden to check the pool filter pressure gauge prior to switching it off. I was bemoaning the fact to myself that although I receive many phone calls from witnesses reporting sightings, I rarely see anything unusual in the night skies. Almost at the same time, a brilliant, orange/yellow light was moving above me from South to North. It was totally silent and about the size of a quarter of the full moon at arm’s length. It was possibly between 1,500 feet [450 metres] and 2,000 feet [600 metres] high, although difficult to judge. I called out to the family to come and look, which they did. I raced in to get a camera and telephoto lens, but the lens wasn’t where it should have been, so the opportunity was lost. When I came back out, the object had dimmed and reduced in size. It climbed higher and parked itself like a star but more orange, to the right of and higher than Orion’s Belt. It jumped to the left about two fingers width at arm’s length, then remained absolutely stationary for six minutes. I watched the object through binoculars and could see no identifying features or appendages. After six minutes the object started to move slowly West and at one point was a very impressive fourth (top) star of Orion’s Belt. Even the spacing was correct. It then disappeared behind a gum tree. My son, who was on the garage roof by this time to get a better view, said there was a flash and the object simply vanished. I should add that the breeze this night was from the South-West, so the object, traveling initially from the South and later heading West, would have been against the wind on both occasions, and it remained stationary for six minutes; hardly the expected norm for a wind-driven device.
16.02.02 PERTH (WILLAGEE), WA 2250-2305hrs (NL)
(Source: Journal of Alternative Realities Volume 10, Issue 1, 2002)
June F. and several other witnesses watched a group of three OBOLs travel from South to North. They were silent and brilliant, like mercury-vapour street lights. Directly over the prime witnesses’ house, the three lights stopped for two or three minutes before two of them headed west before turning north. The third light seemed to disappear. A fourth similar orange/yellow light was witnessed traveling from south to north at 11.20pm.
17.02.02 KARDINYA, WA 2045hrs (NL)
(Source: Journal of Alternative Realities Volume 10, Issue 1, 2002)
Don and Lorraine P. watched an orange light travel from South-East to West. It seemed too bright for a satellite and the wrong light configuration to be an airplane.
17.02.02 TREVALLYN, TAS 2230hrs NL
(Source: Tasmanian UFO Investigation Centre)
Three starlike lights were seen moving together towards the eastern horizon, as the moved away they appeared to be changing positions. Keith Roberts TUFOIC
18.02.02 PERTH (GLEN IRIS & HEATHRIDGE), WA 2215hrs (NL)
(Source: Journal of Alternative Realities Volume 10, Issue 1, 2002)
Two independent witnesses reported an OBOL traveling South to North. It was described as silent, orange/red and very bright. The first witness, Jan, of the southern Perth suburb of Glen Iris, saw the object pass over her car as she headed south along the Kwinana Freeway. She was convinced it was coming in to land and expected to see it grounded when she looked over her shoulder. Steven and his girlfriend were in the Northern Perth suburb of Heathridge, near Ocean Reef at 10.20pm, when a bright orange/yellow light passed by from South to North. It appeared to have smaller lights within the main body and dimmed down and reduced in size as it passed. Total sighting time was twelve to fifteen minutes.
18.02.02 PERTH (HEATHRIDGE), WA 2220hrs (NL)
(Source: Filer’s Files #13 - 2002, MUFON Skywatch Investigations George A. Filer, Director, Mutual UFO Network Eastern March 27, 2002)
Steven and his girlfriend were in the northern Perth suburb of Heathridge, near Ocean Reef at 10:20 PM, when a bright orange/yellow light passed by from south to north. It appeared to have smaller lights within the main body, dimmed down, and reduced in size as it passed in 15 minutes.
18.02.02 GOLD COAST (BURLEIGH HEADS), QLD ca.2345hrs
(Source: 1800 Freecall National Hotline Number - Callin Code: 1933)
Michelle was having a BBQ outside with friends and family and around 11.45 p.m. noticed a bright orange light at about 20,000 feet hovering for approxiimately 3 minutes. The light shot straight vertically up and stopped, then turned horizontal left and disappeared out of sight. Michelle was wondering if there were any other sightings and was surprised it wasn’t reported in the local paper. She and her friends were adament it wasn’t a plane, laser light or helicopter. AUFORN QLD
22.02.02 PERTH (OSBORNE PARK), WA 2130hrs (NL)
(Source: Journal of Alternative Realities Volume 10, Issue 1, 2002)
Brian J. saw two star-like objects traveling together from NE to SW. They were flashing intermittently, one behind the other and veered towards the west before being lost to view.
23.02.02 HUON VALLEY (MOUNTAIN RIVER), TAS 2242hrs (NL)
(Source: Tasmanian UFO Investigation Centre)
Yet another ‘three light report’ as a Huon Valley resident and his partner followed the nocturnal lights for over five minutes.
Mr D had taken his dog out into the garden when he noticed three star like lights moving through the Orion constellation and heading towards the south-east as they gained elevation in the sky. He ran inside to alert his partner and look for his video camera (no video was shot). Returning outside the lights were now over the Longley area and in a triangle formation. Soon after a shooting star shot across the sky and almost at once the three lights shot straight up and disappeared into the sky in a matter of seconds.
Out with his dog early the next morning (3.50am) D was surprised to spot the same or similar formation of three lights in the southern sky moving across to the east. Once again a shooting star went through the formation which seemed to precipitate an immediate departure upwards by the lights. They were gone so fast it was hard to follow reported the witness. Case unexplained. Keith Roberts TUFOIC
25.02.02 TYRANDARRA AREA, VIC (TRACES)
(Source: Personal Investigation by James Kennedy)
Ms Chin called and claimed that recently she had been to see the Tyrandarra Crop Circles. Whilst travelling home in a friend’s mini bus with 5 children some circles formed in the condensation on the windows. Ms Chin claims that on both her side and her driving friends side three circles appeared about the size of the bottom of a Vegemite ‘jar’. These were in a triangular formation. Ms Chin also claims that on the top circle there were what appeared to be 3 sheaves of wheat!
Ms Chin claims the circles were present for at least 100 kilometres. Ms Chin also claims it was not the work of the stream of air from the vehicles climate control system. I suggested to Ms Chin to attend the next Victorian UFO Research Network meeting and share this experience, plus her thoughts on the Crop Circle issue. AUFORN South Western Victoria Regional Representative
25.02.02 CASTERTON, VIC 1100hrs (DO)
(Source: Personal Investigation by James Kennedy)
A Mrs Owen from Casterton phoned me telling me of her daughters previous UFO encounters and a recent event that she was a part of. Mrs Owen claims that her daughter and herself were travelling along the Casterton Colleraine road when the vehicle they were travelling in was suddenly set into a motion of ‘being rocked like a cradle’ and lifted off the ground. Mrs Owen claims she was not scared, as she was a Returned Veteran and saw had worse experiences during the war.
I phoned Mrs Owen’s daughter, Jane Brown to corroborate this event. Ms Brown stated that this was indeed the case. Ms Brown was unaware of the exact location of this event. There were no marks on the car or any other evidence Ms Brown was aware of a physical nature on the vehicle. Tis event allegedly occurred around 11 a m on the 11/02/02.
Ms Brown then went on to explain and relate a myriad of past UFO and topic related experiences. I suggested for accuracy and recollection value she writes out all her experiences and forward them on if she wishes to share them. AUFORN South Western Victoria Regional Representative
25.02.02 PERTH (WILSON), WA 2042hrs (NL)
(Source: Journal of Alternative Realities Volume 10, Issue 1, 2002)
The witness, Russell B. reported a silent, star-like object traveling overhead from NE to SW. After its initial pass, the object arced South and executed a fairly large clockwise ellipse followed by a tight clockwise circle before heading North-East at terrific speed. Russell said he wished he had not witnessed the event as it altered his otherwise skeptical view of such things. This incident left him bemused. Total sighting time was twelve minutes.