NOVEMBER 2002
01.11.02 LISMORE, NSW 1915hrs (NL)
Source: 1800 Freecallin National Hotline Number - Callin Code 2732
Shape: Ball with tail, Size: half size moon Objects:1 Colour:orange-red-white-yellow, Sound:none, Speed:very fast, Duration:approx4 seconds? Direction: Southto North, Witnesses:2 Fay and Tanya were sitting on their veranda having a drink and a smoke when they noticed a fire ball pass over head. The girls stated, "as the object passed it lit up the sky as though a bomb had gone off they thought it was End of Day. They called TV station, Prime TV Lismore to ask if anyone else had seen the same object. 2 witnesses in Tamworth had also observed the object passing over. Comment: I have confirmed with reporter Danna of Prime News Lismore. that two other eye witnesses from Tamworth had called station. From the description given by all witnesses it would appear the object was meteor passing through our atmosphere. Diane Harrison AUFORN

01.11.02 TAMWORTH, NSW 1915hrs (NL)
Source: 1800 Freecallin National Hotline Number - Callin Code 2735 & 2736
Brian Reported had seen an Shape: ball with tail Size: half size moon Objects: 1 Colour:orange-red-white-yellow Sound: None Speed: Very Fast Duration: Approx 3 seconds? Direction: South to North Witnesses:1. Comment: it would appear to be the same object as the Lismore girls observed. Diane Harrison AUFORN

01.11.02 SYDNEY (CAMPBELLTOWN), NSW 2025hrs (CE-1)
Mr K of Ruse. He notified us of a sighting that occurred on 1st November 2002, at 8.25am. Mr K said that he first saw a DC3 heading south, presumably from outside of his residence. He then said, "A long type of cylindrical type of thing came from the southwest, heading northeast. It was pretty fast flying over." He finally added that the unknown produced no sound at all. Unfortunately no other information was provided by Mr K (including no contact number). I will, however, mail a self-addressed survey/report sheet in the view of obtaining additional details of the encounter. Attila Kaldy UFOSWS

04 or 05.11.02 CARRUM DOWNS, VIC 2200hrs (NL)
Source: 1800 Freecall National Hotline Number - Callin Code ?
Night of a thunderstorm, Lindsay saw 2 pulsating lights with a large red light in the centre. It passed overhead, going towards the Port Philip Bay. It was very low over the bay, then dropped and banked in a sharp right hand direction and headed North towards the city. It sounded "like a truck in the distance". When it went over it was only about 200 ft up, it was rounded in shape, and tapered. It was otherwise indistinct. George Simpson AUFORN VIC

06.11.02 MELBOURNE (MURRUMBEENA), VIC 1943hrs (NL)
Source: 1800 Freecall National Hotline Number - Callin Code 2738
Christian saw a very strange light in the night sky at about 7:43 pm, and wanted to know if anyone else reported the same thing. He described a very large blue light that "flashed across the sky very quickly". He saw it move from Murrumbeena to Chadstone. He said it looked as large as the moon does. This was interesting because my boss and his parents saw the same thing at the same time from Frankston, which is about 20 kilometers South of Murrumbeena. They said it went so fast that they were not sure what they did see, but it was a large bright blue light travelling South East to North West, and very low down from their viewpoint. There were no other reports of this incident. The description is consistent with a meteoric event. George Simpson AUFORN VIC

16.11.02 MELBOURNE (MILL PARK), VIC 2250hrs (NL)
Source: 1800 Freecall National Hotline Number - Callin Code 2747
Vince saw 2 amber lights heading in a South Easterly direction towards the city. These lights didn’t flash at all, but were described as being "orange light beams". His girlfriend watched them also. As they travelled, one followed the other. When the first one reached a particular point it went out momentarily. The second object did the same when it reached the same point. These lights made no sound. They travelled about as fast as a Jumbo jet, and were only about 4 to 5 stories high. Vince estimated that they were not much larger than a basket ball. George Simpson AUFORN VIC

17.11.02 MELBOURNE (NARRE WARREN), VIC 2100hrs (Identified as the star Canopus)
Source: 1800 Freecall National Hotline Number - Callin Code 2749
This unusual light in the sky was the star Canopus. It’s continuous colour changing tricks caused the report to be made. George Simpson AUFORN VIC

25.11.02 EDGEROI (between MOREE & NARRABRI), NSW 2040hrs (CE1)
Source: 1800 Freecall National Hotline Number - Callin Code 2760 Additional source: ABC Radio New England North West NSW 27.11.02 http://www.abc.net.au/newengland/stories/s736045.htm
Duration of sighting: 3 seconds approximately
Light colour: red/green
Apparent size: Two road lanes wide
Shape: Unknown
Noise: None
Objects observed: Single
Activity when object seen: Driving
Other witness’s: Girlfriend
Peter was driving down the Newell Highway at 8.40pm DST on the 25th of November just before Edgeroi (just outside of Narribri), with his girlfried in his truck. They had the windows down and were talking and the radio was not on. There were no vehicles in front of him and a car following along way behind. Peter suddenly noticed an object to his left hand side. The object had two red lights at the front, two red lights at the back and two green lights on the edges of the middle, no shape could be determined. The object was approximately 50 metres away from the truck at about telegraph pole height. When first noticed by Peter the object was travelling at right angles to the ground, with the lights at a North/South configuration. It appeared to Peter that the object was either taking evasive action to miss the truck or was trying to show him something. When Peter got the attention of his girlfriend (who had not sighted the object due to it’s incredible speed) the object had now flattened out to a more conventional East/West configuration and only the rear red lights could be seen, this was viewed through the open driver’s side window on the right hand side. The geography of the area in question consists of very flat plains. The object maintained it’s very low altitude over the plains to disappear within 1.5 to 2 seconds over the horizon. Peter stated that the object was like "something out of "Star Wars" and was the quickest thing he had ever seen". No noise was heard during the sighting. The object was estimated to be about the size of two road lanes by Peter. Peter rang Coonabarrabran Observatory, Police and various observatories before calling Williamtown Air Base, who referred Peter to the Hotline Number. When Peter got to Edgeroi, he had cold shivers for three hours after the encounter. Previous to this encounter, Peter had not given any thought at all to possible ET visitation, he is now convinced he saw something totally unexplainable. Due to the sincerity of the witness and the facts pertaining to this case I have no doubt Peter saw a genuine UFO. My personal belief is that Peter saw an ET craft. Peter is going to call back in the next few days to the general store in Edgeroi to see if there are any other reports and will phone the Hotline if there is. I did not feel comfortable asking Peter about missing time/abduction scenario’s as he was experiencing difficulty dealing with what had just happened to him as it was, perhaps at a later date. Doug Moffett AUFORN NSW

30.11.02 BELLATA (bet.MOREE & NARRABRI), NSW 2117hrs (CE2)
Source: 1800 Freecall National Hotline Number - Callin Code: 2762
Duration of sighting: 2 minutes approximately
Light colour: orange/white
Apparent size: Lights appeared 6 foot apart at apparent perspective
Shape: Unknown
Noise: Magnified sound of ocean roaring x 25 plus times in quadraphonic surround sound
Objects observed: Six lights flying in formation
Activity when object seen: On 100,000 acre property opening gate
Other witness’s: Wife

John is a professional shooter and was opening a gate on the 100,000 acre property he was working on when he noticed six orange/white lights moving in formation heading West/Southwest of his position. The lights formed a rectangular pattern with the bottom three lights slightly in front of the top three. The objects held this formation during the course of the sighting. John has been a professional shooter for 25 years and has spent 70% of his nights in paddocks and therefore noticed that these lights seemed out of place in the night sky.

John viewed the lights through the scope of his gun at one point, but the lights only appeared bigger, without definition of shape. The lights were of an intermittent nature, with some on and some off as they "ripped across the night sky" faster than any plane or jet in John’s many observations of the same. As the objects approached approximately 12 o’clock high, John noticed a noise he first thought was the wind. As the objects moved from 12 o’clock to 3 o’clock, the sound increased to such an extent that John in a somewhat frightened state went into his four wheel drive to put the spot lights on fearing " something" was going to ram him. John described the sound "like something coming at you".

At this point it became the sound and not the lights that created most consternation for John and his wife. John described the sound as "surrounding him" and being like "the roar of the sea magnified 25 to 40 times". Interestingly, John stated that the sound did not hurt his ears and did not contain the harsh shrill of jets, nor did the windows of his four wheel drive rattle. The noise grew to a frightening crescendo before reducing in volume as the lights moved to 3 o’clock, this noise lasted for 20 to 30 seconds. At the peak of the volume, John felt that the noise was terrestrial in nature and it was only after he made the correlation of the lights moving away and the sound decreasing that he made a connection. The noise was so loud at one point "you could not hear yourself talk".

Due to John’s experience with night time skies, low flying jets, meteors, satellites and general familiarity with the night sky, as well as the sounds of the bush and due to his vocation and 25 years of experience, I find this an interesting case. I would estimate 80% of cases report no noise, 15% report low humming or whirring and only 5% where the noise becomes the overwhelming experience of the encounter. Obviously I found John to be sincere and logical in his reasoning, and find no grounds to doubt his summation of events. The exact date of this sighting should be confirmed by Wednesday when John checks his diary. Doug Moffett AUFORN NSW