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August 2009 Received on 1/08/2009 14:46:34 01.08.2009 The University of Western Sydney Kingswood campus (NSW) 01:30hrs Observation: I'd just finished watching a movie and emailing my shift preferences for work and decided to go outside for a cigarette and before bed. I went to the back of my unit and sat on the patio which faces roughly 190 degrees south. I saw a bright set of three lights very close together, which were gradually growing larger (though not by much at all) and at approximately 165 degrees SE. At first it looked like a single VERY bright light the same color as halogen car lights, but at one stage it gently pulsated for a few minutes and when it did this, I could tell it also had red/blue sections - thus three lights, in a kind of triangular shape. Holding my fingers up from my face it appeared to be 1cm above the horizon, just at the level of the lowest leaves of the tree in my back yard (to give you an idea, the leaves/branches of the tree are about 1.6m off the ground). It began fairly low on the horizon like I said, kind of below my tree. However, it was slowly moving, slightly SE, while also moving further above the horizon, and growing definitely brighter and slightly larger. At this stage, it moved slightly faster and again holding my fingers in front of my eyes was approx. 2cm above the horizon. If you want better measurements I can probably provide them going by the tree, but at the time of sending you this, I'm not sure how specific you'd need my info to be. This faster movement took perhaps 7-10 minutes, I was silly enough to not be timing. This is when it was at its largest point. It stopped moving SE and the lights dimmed slightly. At this stage, although it wasn't moving SE it was still moving, although slower, further above the horizon. It stopped and stayed in this position for some time. Again, I'm not sure as to how long, but would estimate maybe ten minutes as I had time to phone my poor mother and wake her up freaking out. I placed my call to her at 1:43am. At this stage, it's rough direction was 153 SE and doing the finger-in-front-of-my-eye thing again, about 3.5cm above the horizon. After this it continued moving lightly further above the horizon and again SE. It was at perhaps 4cm above the horizon and at 148 SE and shrinking/fading greatly. At this stage, I went inside on the phone to my mother for approx. ten minutes. I went back outside after this and it had faded greatly, now was not so bright, and far enough away from me that it appeared to be just one light, simlilar to a bright star, but not *the* brightest star - so it had faded and shrunk a great deal. This is the final time I looked at it. At this stage, it was roughly 134ish degrees SE and 4.5cm using my fingers above the horizon. I've used an electric compass that goes by GPS so the directions might not be 100% accurate. Description: No sounds, there was a helicopter flying near my house earlier that night, but I could see it, hear it and recognise it was a helicopter. The changes in shape seemed only to be due to the change in light colours and the gentle and slow pulsation of the lights. It remained the same shape. The movements have been listed in the above text box. I thought it unusual that an aircraft would seem to rise about the horizon but not seem to grow any closer or further away to me and not be moving in any apparent direction. At the last stages, I found it unusual that as it was moving above the horizon, in a south easterly direction, it was also fading/shrinking (moving further from me).
Apparent Size Other: larger than a star, smaller than a pea - Actual Size: It looked roughly the side of a plane. - Altitude: the same level as a high cloud appears to be. - Object Origin: approximately, 165 degrees SE and 1cm using my fingers in front of my eyes above the horizon. - Object Destination: 134ish degrees SE and 4.5cm using my fingers above the horizon. - Moon Visible: I wasn't looking for it, and was also under the roof of my patio with my house behind me. It was a clear night though. Moon Size Comparison: If I compare to the moon by memory, it would be maybe 1/5 of the size of the moon. - Planets Visible: all. - Weather Visibility: Clear, Cold, Calm Viewing Aids: I tried to catch a photo with my camera, but unfortunately I think I only captured streetlights Effects Other: my Iphone/computer was running really slowly. My iphone kept freezing and I repeatedly switched it off and on, but this is the only other thing that occurred. Other Experiences: Very similar experience with my mother, perhaps in 2001, but that time I was too scared and refused to look. It was around the same time of year, but in Cootamundra NSW. That time, the object moved faster and disappeared in a strange direction. She can give you more info as she watched it the whole time. The object was the same apparent shape as this time except with my mum, I can't remember if it was one color or more. 03.08.2009 MITCHAM MELBOURNE (VIC) 23:30hrs Observation: I came home last night about 11.30.As I proceeded to go inside my house, I looked up to see the full moon.Off to the north east of the moon at about the same level or a bit higher I noticed a round object which was way to large for any star or planet I have ever seen.It appeared to be a hazy white round object. About the size of a 5 cent piece at arm's length or slightly smaller. As I looked at for a while,it appeared to change colour and form hazy patterns. I went inside and i got my camera. I took a photo but the camera was not able to capture the object due to low light.The object did not seem to move for the time I saw it.After about 10 minutes a just went inside the house. Description: colour change,hazy,no movement,object did not get bigger or smaller. - Actual Size: a five cent piece at arm's length. - Altitude: slightly higher than the moon at that time 11.40pm. - Object Origin: stationary. - Object Destination: stationary. - Moon Visible: yes Full Moon fully visible The moon was north west at about 10.30 o'clock. - Moon Size Comparison: a lot smaller about 1/8 the size. - Planets Visible: no. - Weather Temp: Cold. - Weather Wind: Calm, hazy. - Viewing Aids: photographed. Other Experiences: About 10 years ago, I saw very clearly a triangular shaped object with a very strange undercarriage.It appeared to be only about 200 feet in the air pass right over me at 7.30 pm at night as I was just about to get in my car in the driveway to go out for the evening. It was about 25 to 30 feet from edge to edge. 08.08.2009 BELL BAY (SA) 23:30hrs Observation: 4 oval shapes flying in formation from North-east to South-west. Apparent Size Other: football. - Actual Size: car size. - Object Origin: from North-east. - Object Destination: to South-west. - Planets Visible: some stars. - Weather Visibility: Clear, Mild, Calm. 12.07.2009 WINTON (QLD) 17:50hrs Observation: On sunset 50 klms from Winton heading to Mt Isa I noticed quite a large metallic object in the sky cigar shaped almost like a jumbo jet turned upside down but much larger, so I took, I pictures with my mobile phone due to the screen being so small I couldn't really tell if it had captured the object as it was a considerable distance away maybe 3 or 4 klms estimate so I watched the object for a bit and seen other small objects as triangular in shape in the vicinity by fly away from the larger object anyway when I got home put the pictures to my computer, I could see the object with the larger screen. - Description: no sounds it moved across sky - Location: 50klms north of Winton Qld. Other Witnesses: whoever It was on the road, there were a few cars stopped at the side of the road watching it also. Apparent Size: Tennis Ball Actual Size: massive. - Altitude: a fair way up maybe plane height. - Object Origin: middle. - Object Destination: left. - Moon Visible: was dusk. - Weather Visibility: Clear, Pleasant, Sunny, Calm. - Viewing Aids: photograph 09. 08.2009 MALVERN (VIC) 17:50hrs & 18:15hrs Observation: Just after dusk at night between 5:30 pm and 6:15 pm I saw what I thought was a satellite, but it was traveling much faster across the sky from west to east towards the Dandenongs...It suddenly quickly dropped downwards with a comet tail and turned into what looked like the last part of a flare but didn't start as that... With four distinct sparks and disappeared into nothing. I am interested in knowing what it was...I( am of the thought that it was space junk entering then burning up in our atmosphere??? Apparent Size: Star. - Altitude: Higher than the plane flight path. - Object Origin: West to East. - Object Destination: It looked like it exploded over the Eastern Suburbs - perhaps the Dandenong ranges. - Weather Temp: Cold, Calm. Viewing Aids: Naked eye. 11. 08.2009 HOPPERS CROSSING (VIC) 18:20hrs Observation: Was standing out the front of my house with my boyfriend having a cigarette and a large bright light in the sky caught my attention by moving in a semi-circle direction i said "What the hell is that!" and alerted my boyfriend to it. it moved very fast across the sky had no blinking lights and no similarity to a plane. We called out 2 others from inside who witnessed with us the light gradually go across up into the sky then it turned into a red light until it disappeared into the night sky. Description: Large very bright star, much bigger than a shooting star or plane, and ten times brighter than any star in the sky. - Location: Near Tarneit rd Hoppers Crossing. - Apparent Size: Pea-Sized. - Actual Size: bigger than a plane or at least much brighter. - Altitude: plane altitude or higher. - Object Origin: went from one side of the sky to the other but going up as it did. - Moon Visible: I was unaware of the moon. - Planets Visible: there were stars visible and venus was visible. - Weather Visibility: Clear, Cold, Sunny, Breezy. - Effects Psychological: Afterwards I was a bit dumbfounded and wished I could have photographed it. 17. 08.2009 ALICE RIVER TOWNSVILLE (QLD) 19:21hrs Observation: I took 1 photo of the fence with nothing to show. I then took another 1 second later of exactly the same thing. The second photo clearly shows a saucer shaped bright light suspended in night sky picture taken on 10.1 mega pixel digital camera. No possible source of reflection. Bright light becomes very defined in shape when zoomed in on. Results received from FORM on 24/08/2009 19:46:10 24.08.2009 MOOROOBOOL CAIRNS (QLD) 19:15hrs Observation: a group of 7 "stars" dancing and moving into different formations moving quickly from north to south than moving away into the night sky. All the time making different formations, glistening like they were mirrors being flashed!!! 29.08.2009 NAMBOUR (Qld) 20:35hrs
It had no obvious colour, but was pale whitish and possibly ovoid (like a flat oval on its side) It's size was about one tenth of the moon at most or a bit smaller. - Altitude: 40 degrees in the north eastern sky. - Object Origin: N/E to South. - Object Destination: South Moon Visible: We had a 1/2 moon about 80 deg. in the W/S/W sky. - Weather Visibility: Clear. - Weather Temp: Mild, Breezy Other Experiences: Saw objects in the sky around and off the coast of Victoria (Torquay) in summer about 1967 or 68 There were many sightings at that time, and they were well documented and reported on in the press. Also once saw an object "land " on the moon for want of a better description. More coming
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