2009


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March 2009

Received on 1/03/2009 19:29:33

26.02.09 Brisbane (QLD) 19:00hrs
Source: AUFORN ONLINE UFO Report Form
Witness: Mr. Jose
Number of witnesses present: 4
Sighting Duration: 10 Seconds
Occupation: Student

Observation: UFO hovered & tilted very slightly, just stayed there on the horizon, no stars - just this peculiar still light, no flashing or weather balloon. - Description: White light, nothing more nor nothing less.


Received from FORM on 7/03/2009 09:51:46

07.03.09 Alding Beach (SA) 00:25hrs
Source: AUFORN ONLINE UFO Report Form
Witness: Ms. X
Number of witnesses present: 2
Sighting Duration: 15 minutes
Occupation: Local Government

Observation: It started by looking like an unusually bright star, its for this reason it got my attention. When watching it I realised it was moving. I thought it may be a plane, while continuing to watch it started to flash as it moved horizontally across the sky, it began to flash an incredible neon white, it then suddenly moved across and then back it then went straight up, it continued to do this for some time, it stopped moving and then was no longer the neon white but rather the appearance & size of a normal looking star, as this happened another one appeared a little lower in the sky a short distance from the other, it too did the same thing but was more erratic with its movements traveling up down left and right and then went straight up and the other then came down they both stopped level with each other and they both then looked like normal stars.

They then again became neon white and moving erratically with the first one shooting straight up into the sky and then suddenly stopped with the other doing the same but remaining a little lower. They both stayed in the sky looking like stars for what I witnessed for at least 15 Minutes before going back inside as my kids where freaking out. My friend had called me to tell me about it as did a number of people on her street who all came outside on the street to watch and make sense of what we were all seeing.

I haven't spoken to my friend yet to find-out what happened after when I went to bed, however if someone could call me that would be great and I can tell you what happened after my account... Description: it did change in shape and movements as noted above - Location: Aldinga beach (street location removed) - Apparent Size: Tennis Ball - Moon Visible: yes the moon was visible and the objects where to the right of the moon the objects where as bright if not brighter than the moon - Moon Size Comparison: when they where moving they where about half to 1/4 the size of the moon when they where stationary they where the size of a normal looking star - Planets Visible: there where a few stars visible but not many, there was fine cloud. - Weather Comments: there was fine /thin cloud cover only in parts of the sky - Viewing Aids: they were not view through anything & yes they were taped on phone - Effects Psychological: I didn't but my son, 16 years heart was racing to the extent I could hear it and so could he.


Received on 10/03/2009 18:30:51

06.03.09 Ringwood (VIC) 00:30hrs
Source: AUFORN ONLINE UFO Report Form
Witness: Mr. John & Ryan
Number of witnesses present: 2
Sighting Duration: 5 seconds
Occupation: Student

Observation: MY friend Ryan and I were sitting out the back of my house having a smoke before we watched a movie, anyway, we were talking and I noticed a strange bright orange crossed with white light with 2 faint dots on either side of it, and saw it moving strangely, so I pointed it out to him, we both witnessed it do the following, it moved up diagonally then dropped down, then vanished, at no time did it make a sound. At this point we both looked at each other in awe of what just happened. - Description: I noticed a strange bright orange crossed with white light with 2 faint dots on either side of it, which completely vanished soon after the sighting.

Location: My backyard, (in the sky) - Other Witnesses: my friend Ryan - Apparent Size: Little smaller than a tennis ball, but a little larger than a star - Actual Size: id say 3 times larger than an average plane - Altitude: it looked as though it was taking off from the ground and heading upwards in a diagonal direction, before it dropped altitude then vanished. - Object Origin: upwards in a diagonal direction, as though it came from the ground. - Object Destination: imagine a big bright star (a little smaller than a tennis ball) moving up and down then vanishing. - Moon Visible: I am pretty sure that it was behind us, and fairly visible - Moon Size Comparison: Half the size. - Planets Visible: Orions belt was visible, as was the Southern cross. - Weather Visibility: Clear, Cold - Viewing Aids: viewed with our eyes. - Effects Physical: We were bother freaked out. none other than that. - Effects Other Witnesses: Freaked out as I was.

Other Experiences: Yes we both saw a UFO when we were staying at Phillip Island over 2008 christmas holidays between the 27th and the 7th (thats how long we were there for), but it must have been a lot higher up in the sky, it took a wired course of direction and sped off into the distance)


Received on 18/03/2009 12:36:10

18.02.09 Karrinyup (WA) 06:00hrs
Source: AUFORN ONLINE UFO Report Form
Witness: Miss Marian
Number of witnesses present: 1
Sighting Duration: 1.5 minutes
Occupation:

Observation: I saw a light the size of a bright star or aircraft-light, heading north very slowly (conventional aircraft could not maintain altitude at such a slow speed and they make a noise). I was looking at it from inside my apartment and it took at least a minute to travel the distance from the point where it became visible to me, at the top of my window, to the tree-tops some distance back on the other side of the road.

Description: It changed direction a few times, between blinks, reappearing diagonally left or right and then quickly resuming its northerly heading. It made no sound whatever - Location: I was in my home in Karrinyup, which is a near-coastal suburb of Perth in Western Australia. - Other Witnesses: I was alone at the time. - Actual Size: I have no idea how big it was. It did not seem to diminish in size as it headed north, but seemed to stay the same size - Altitude: It appeared to be at the height of a conventional aircraft. - Object Origin: It came in to view from directly overhead - Object Destination: It went north and vanished from view because it was obscured by a dense line of tree-tops. - Moon Visible: No, I did not see the moon that night. - Moon Size Comparison: It was about the size of the light on a night-flying aircraft. - Planets Visible: A few stars were visible - Weather Visibility: Clear, Calm - Weather Comments: The faint glow of dawn showed to the east - Effects Psychological: I felt completely at ease, as if whoever was in the craft wanted me to see it.

Other Experiences: Yes. In the early '80's I was seriously ill in hospital and had an "out of body" experience where I was aboard a huge "mother ship" which was inhabited by humans adapted to breathing water, rather than air. I kept "returning" to that craft several times during my illness.


Received on 18/03/2009 18:34:23

18.02.09 Tarneit (Vic) 18:00hrs
Source: AUFORN ONLINE UFO Report Form
Witness: Ms. Nat
Number of witnesses present: 1
Sighting Duration: 20 seconds
Occupation:

Observation: Object that appeared to be a very bright star at first glance moved from south to north over the distance of several house blocks. Object was high in the sky out of the earths atmosphere and travel straight above several stars. Object moved quickly, but not lightening speed. There were no flashing lights.

Description: The object made no noise, appeared to be solid and moved in a perfect horizontal line - Location: Tarneit (street location removed) - Actual Size: Star sized, but up close it would have had to have been huge!! - Altitude: Object definitely in out of earths atmosphere - it travel above several stars - Object Origin: South - Object Destination: North - Moon Visible: I did not notice a moon- Planets Visible: Yes - Weather Temp: Mild, Cloudy- Effects Psychological: Was-not scared or surprised. Strangely it felt normal, like I see that kind of thing everyday.

Other Experiences: Yes, several UFO sightings. Bright orange ball over you yangs in Lara, red flashing lights on Princess Highway, Red, blue & yellow flashing lights last year early morning in Tarneit around winter time when dark outside.. the list goes on. All sightings experienced scared me. This current sighting is the first time I was not scared.


Received on 27/03/2009 20:48:43

20.03.09 Colunboola (QLD) 22:10hrs
Source: AUFORN ONLINE UFO Report Form
Witness: Mr. John
Number of witnesses present: 1
Sighting Duration: - Found in Photograph
Occupation: Professional Photographer

Observation: I was doing some commercial photography at one of the gas fields in the Chinchilla region of Qld. On the Sunday 22/3 I was sorting through all the images I had from the shoot on my computer and noticed what I thought were dust spot on the image. I magnified the image to remove the spots when I noticed they were not dust spots at all. One object can clearly be defined even at high magnification and the other object appears less distinct but still appears to be metallic or solid. At the time the photo was taken I was not aware of the two objects and they are not present in the previous frames of that particular shot I was doing. The shot was of a gas field employee on inspecting some vegetation and the photo shows a large expanse of sky.

Location: The nearest road to the property I was on was Brownlies road in the district of Colunboola near Chinchilla, Qld - Actual: Size: I would guess they are aircraft size and green in colour. - Altitude: Several thousand feet - Objects Origin: I can't be sure as I have only one image with the objects and the proceeding images don't show them - Planets: Visible: No - Weather: Visibility: Clear - Weather: Comments: some very sparse cloud - Viewing: Aids: Photographed.


Received on 29/03/2009 12:35:51

28.03.09 Berwick (VIC) 20:40hrs
Source: AUFORN ONLINE UFO Report Form
Witness: Mrs. Janene
Number of witnesses present: 2
Sighting Duration: 20 seconds
Occupation:

Observation: 2 UFO's one following the other. I said to my partner look at that two stars moving and the 3rd one isn't of course I knew that we were looking at. We were watching them for about 20 seconds then they disappeared. The distance between them was about 3 inches from where we were sitting. But if you scaled it correctly they would have been miles apart.

Description: no sounds - Location: at home in our back yard - Actual Size: They would have been massive because of distance that they where traveling at - Altitude: as high as the stars - Object Origin: East to West then straight up - Object Destination: They went straight up and disappeared. We where watching them for about 20 seconds - Moon Visible: Sorry I didn't noticed - Moon Size Comparison: They where the size of a star - Planets Visible: Yes many - Weather Visibility: Clear, Pleasant, Calm

Other Experiences: with my husband and friend about 10 years ago watching an orange light descending very fast for about 20 minutes then went sideways and disappeared within sec's It was not a man made.


Received on 29/03/2009 23:28:32

28.03.09 Dalby (QLD) 20:15hrs
Source: AUFORN ONLINE UFO Report Form
Witness: Mr. X
Number of witnesses present: 2
Sighting Duration: 25 minutes
Occupation: Electrician and Community worker

Observation: At Dalby Queensland Saturday 28th March approximately 7.20pm I glanced up out of loungeroom window and saw a bright orange light in the night sky. It was close enough to see that there were three orange lights that formed a triangular shape. The orange light was an unusual orange tone and nothing like the lights of a plane. The object wandered across the night sky north east ascending quite quickly until it disappeared very high in the sky. My partner and I went outside to observe it, and she went back in to get the camera but it was too high and small by the time a photo could be taken. There was no sound that we could here.

Description: No sounds were heard, but we were indoor when it was at it's lowest. The object was not moving in a direct route or line but more a wandering movement. The lights were from a group of three. After some minutes it was so high as to be the size of a small star. Colour was an unusual orange,quite bright. - Location: Dalby- close to the Moonie Highway, in our flat. - Apparent Size Other: a very very large star - Actual Size: hard to say, it was large enough to look like a street light but high in the sky. - Altitude: it was night and too hard to gauge. - Object Origin: Over Dalby township. - Object Destination: Going toward the Bunya Mountains or a North East direction - ascending quickly until it became too small to see. - Planets Visible: It was a clear night with the milky way very clear and bright. - Weather Visibility: Clear.


Received on 30/03/2009 13:44:31

30.03.09 Greta (NSW) 05:47hrs
Source: AUFORN ONLINE UFO Report Form
Witness: Mr. Jim
Number of witnesses present: 1
Sighting Duration: 2 minutes
Occupation: retired Builder

Observation: Sky watching from about 4am on my property, was medium cloudy with some clearings. Was video recording stars in between scanning the available night sky, Jupiter was the brightest light in the sky at the East. The cloud cover abated to west and most all the night sky was visible, at 5:36am a light the size of a small star was visible moving through the sky with the milky way as a backdrop it was at high altitude ( higher than passenger jets ), it made no sound. I attempted to video it but it was near impossible to get a fix with my camera as it travelled from near straight above me to the North. I could see it visible for about a minute then I lost sight to the NNE sky. After some cursing I lay on my driveway searching the sky again.

At 5:47am I picked up on another moving light, slightly to the North and 10 degrees to the West, this was a larger light ( 2 - 3 X star )this time moving to the South. The video picked up on this one this time (focus on infinity, super night light) the footage and stills are HD although not too clear as altitude was above 1km, maybe 2km+ . Sighting was for the duration of the video which reads just under 2 minutes. Visual was with naked eye at all time of sighting even though super night vision was used on the video.

The UFO was travelling at speed greater and higher than observed jets and had no strobe lighting, only a solid bright glow with no visible colour changes.

1. It was not a known aircraft, and it travelled too fast and silent. No strobe navigation light.

2. It was not a meteoroid, although at least 3 were seen on this sky watch. (very fast and higher )

3. It was not a satellite as they do not orbit this low and travel that fast.
4. I do not know what it was. %. Don't think it was swamp gas, but in some of the comp imagery close-ups their does seem to be a disturbance to the aft and sides of the craft?

Wonder if the RAAF have silent stealth craft, although it wasn't heading to or from Williamtown.

A} silent
B} no navigation lights, strobe.
C} faster than domestic aircraft.
D} Not a flight path of known air traffic.

Note: Other sightings the day before both in the early am and 8pm were also observed. No worthwhile footage obtained though.

Standard aircraft are a lot easier to video.

Thanks, this report is my first report of a UFO to any organisation, I watch the sky as I have time, I will send pics if you like.

Description: No sound, Possible shape changes on close ups. - Apparent Size Other: star X 3 - Actual Size: Possibly up to 30 meters, hard to determine. - Altitude: Most likely higher than 2km as I can video domestic aircraft more easily and see them larger. - Object Origin: Main sighting was from North to South, first seen in the - NNW sky nearly directly above. - Object Destination: Lost sight after about 2 minutes to the South. Not visible anymore, could not re-locate with the telescopic lens. - Moon Visible: Moon had not risen. Jupiter was the brightest light in the moderately lit sky. Earlier cloud cover had waned and the main arena was clear to very good. - Moon Size Comparison: 3 times average star size, not as bright as Jupiter which was in the Eastern sky. Can be seen travelling past stars in video. Planets Visible: The main arena was visible with the lower rim toward Earth being hazed and some light pollution. Jupiter, Saturn, Mars,Neptune, Uranus and Pluto were in the night sky with Pluto being the nearest to the sighting. The object travelled from Ophiucus, below Antares to near Apus before being lost from sight. - Weather Visibility: Clear, Cloudy, Calm - Weather Comments: Earlier clouds had moved to the West - Viewing Aids: Videoed - Effects Physical: Yes frustration that I didn't get better video. But next time..

Old but NEW UFO Sightings received:
Received: on 23/03/2009 22:01:09 - 1995 RESERVOIR (VIC)
Received: on 23/03/2009 16:46:16 - 1971 HAMILTON TO HORSHAM (VIC)
Received: on 02/03/2009 10:38:15 - 2008 DAINTREE NORTH QLD (QLD)

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