2001

JANUARY>>

Deception Bay, Monday January 1 2001
An orange light was seen travelling from the southeast to the northwest. It was silent and moving very fast. A video image was obtained which appeared to show a dozen windows on the object. This video was subsequently shown at our January public meeting.

Tuesday, January 2 2001, 3.37am
A bright white object was observed moving from horizon to horizon over two minutes from north-northwest to east-southeast. It maintained a constant direction and was not as bright as Venus at this time.

Morayfield, January 5 2001
At about 2:00pm one day in early May I saw a blue oval shaped object that was rippling like water. It was at the top of the mountains southwest of Morayfield. I thought it was a mirage or a reflection of water of some kind. It was there for about ten seconds, then shot off to the right, stayed there for a while and moved back to its original position. It then moved straight up very fast but not very high. Then it dropped rapidly behind the mountain. All this took place in no longer than 20 seconds.

Runcorn, Saturday January 20 2001, 8.55pm
Two witnesses observed a bright yellow light moving west, seen for five minutes. It moved too slowly to be a plane and was first seen to the north. It was round with a constant brightness and displayed no navigation lights. It appeared much bigger than a star but smaller than a full moon. It seemed to be moving too fast to be a blimp.

FEBRUARY>>

Bulimba, Monday February 5 2001, 7.18pm
Two people were in a stationary car and observed a fireball moving to the southwest at about 20 degrees elevation. It was coming down at an angle and broke up into numerous sparks as it disappeared. It was about twice the size of Venus and had a long tail. It was bright orange and it faded away with the sparks the last thing to be seen. It was not bright enough to light up the ground.

Near Aratula, Sunday February 11 2001, 3.00am
Two witnesses were in a car proceeding towards Ipswich and saw a completely silent object come so close that its moving parts could be observed. The driver flashed his vehicle headlights and the object flashed back three times. They had lost their way, and stopped to get bearings when the object was first seen by them, looking like the moon. It bounced around like a ball and then shot across the sky. It appeared to be metallic when seen up close and displayed swinging arms but seemed to be a smallish device. The witnesses were going to an all night party, got lost and made it there by sunrise. They drove off after first seeing the object and it appeared to them again. The object would "switch off" and appear elsewhere. Other witnesses had also seen the object. The witness reporting has not talked to anybody else about the incident and is bothered by it.

Sunshine Coast, Sunday February 11 2001, 8.44pm
Two witnesses observed a white light with a tail moving rapidly across the sky somewhat slower than a shooting star. It was seen for approximately 3 seconds.

River Hills, Monday 1February 12 2001, 7.05pm
A witness reported a white light seen for about 10 seconds moving across the sky from west to east to the horizon. It was of constant brightness, followed a straight path at constant speed and was comparable to the brightest star in the sky.

Tumcurry NSW, Friday February 12 2001, 9.55pm
A witness observed a bright light through his window to the northwest moving souhtheast. He went outside and by the time he saw the light again it was directly overhead and divided into two, one moving off to the south and then changing to the southeast also. The initial separation was almost instantaneous and there seemed to be a flash when the second light first appeared. The duration of the incident was 90 to 120 seconds. There was no sound and the lights were lost sight of low on the horizon.

Brisbane Area, Wednesday February 14 2001, 9.10pm
Witness was in bed looking out the window, and observed a stationary green and red light for 20 minutes. It then became a white light with a ring of red lights around it, and looked like a shuttlecock on its side. Observed this for about 45 minutes. The white light looked like the headlights of a plane coming towards the observer, and the object seemed to have an apparent size of about 1/6 of the moon. When the light disappeared it just seemed to go out without moving.

Beaudesert, Monday February 26 2001, 2.00-3.00am
A woman observed to the east a light pass over quickly at an elevation of 30 degrees, and disappear toward the horizon. The object was seen for 8-10 seconds, during which she also saw a falling star which seemed to move much faster than the object.

Kangaroo Point, Wednesday February 28 2001
Witness saw a white light comparable to Venus in the northeast sky towards Brisbane Airport, and observed it for about 10 minutes. The light seemed to be very high up and acquired a red aura during this time, and seemed to be moving away. Same witness stated that he had a UFO sighting in 1974.

MARCH>>

Glass House Mountains, Monday March 5 2001, 5.00-6.00pm
A woman was outside in her yard and saw a big bright light moving quickly through the sky. At first she thought it was a plane but concluded that the object was not moving like a plane. It was seen for 4 seconds and then vanished. It was still too light for stars to be visible in the sky. She had a similar sighting a few weeks previously.

Kallangur, Wednesday March 7 2001, 2.15-2.20am
Witness was in bed looking out of a window facing south. Seemed to have been wakened by a street light and then saw object. Observed object for about 20 min at an elevation of 35 degrees. A bright white light with a diffused halo all around, which eventually faded out. It looked bigger than Venus with an apparent size of a fingernail at arm's length. Had seen something similar at age 12.

Kallangur, Wednesday March 7 2001, 2.20am
A man saw a bright white light to the south-southwest which changed to blue and yellow. Witness watched for 45 min. and saw the light fade away and come back again. [This seems to be the same object reported above - Ed].

New Farm, Friday March 16 2001, 6.25am
Three witnesses watched a small light like a star to the southwest moving slowly, for about 7 minutes. One of them went to get a telescope, but the light was gone when he came back.

Rosewood, Monday March 19 2001
Two witnesses were outside because of an electrical blackout in their area and saw a red flashing light coming from the direction of Amberley Air Base, passing over from east to west in about 15 minutes. It was the size of a star, and no noise was heard.

Gold Coast Tuesday March 20 2001
A woman and other occupants of a car driving along Springbrook Rd were followed by a cluster of 10 or 12 lights duller than stars but bigger. There were no clouds in the sky. They eventually stopped to look at the lights and continued on home. On two occasions the phone rang and the lights stopped. As they arrived at their property the lights darted around and seemed to behave aggressively. [Editor's note: This incident bears some resemblance to Min Min light accounts].

Springwood, Thursday March 22 2001, 7.25pm
Two witnesses, one of which is known to have reported UFO experiences from early childhood, reported observing a boomerang shaped object with three lights along each side and one in the centre, looking much bigger than a plane - about the angular size of Orion's belt. It was first seen almost overhead moving north to south, looking west for 15 seconds. It was also observed through an 8x telescope and had a metallic colour. No noise was heard.

Deception Bay, Friday March 23 2001, 9.00pm
A witness in a car saw a bright white light with a red light underneath, moving west to east and downwards to the south at an elevation of 45 degrees and at the pace of an F1-11 at close range. He hopped out of his car to see better. It moved in a straight line like a very bright falling star without leaving a trail. It was observed for 1.5 to 2 seconds and was lost behind trees. Throughout the sighting the object maintained brightness.

Springwood, Sunday March 25 2001, 8.45pm
Two witnesses observed a huge orange yellow golden light to the east, below clouds and moving south for about 3 minutes. It moved in a darting fashion with sharp movements, dropping and rising without noise. Its apparent size was about half a fingernail at arm's length. Its brightness varied and it was lost behind trees.

The same witness called back to report that at 9.07 he observed a yellow object moving faster than a plane north to south and visible for 1 minute. He confirmed that the earlier object had moved much faster, and had a slightly triangular shape.

Gateway Bridge, Tuesday March 27 11.00pm
A witness was standing under the Gateway bridge looking towards the Port of Brisbane [south] and observed a bright green round object the size of a small car come down through the clouds, move horizontally and then down again. It would have come to ground less that half a kilometre away near a substation.

Moorooka, Thursday March 29 2001, 8.00pm
A woman saw a really bright round light almost directly overhead and stationary glow for about 1 second and then fade quickly. At the same time she noticed lights in the area around dim briefly and alarms went off. The object was like a light bulb behind clouds but it lit up everything around her. There was no sound. She became frightened and went straight inside.

APRIL>>

Bundamba, Wednesday April 4 2001, 1.20am
A woman was letting her dog out and saw a squashed [elliptical?] orange ball in a break in clouds to the west-northwest. It moved away and seemed to get bigger as it did so. The moon was not visible in the sky and this object looked bigger than the moon and was a deep bright orange. When the object was gone, the clouds were also gone and the stars were out. A relative to the woman living about 15km to the west was up that night trying to contact Europe and Africa on his ham radio. Conditions were expected to be poor because of solar activity. He operates at 11 metres and has a steerable directional antenna. At 1.08am he picked up very strong static at a bearing of 285-290 degrees, the general direction of the woman’s observation.

Prion Mountain, Thursday April 5 2001, 6.00pm
Two witnesses living on a ridge with a good view observed a bright light to the northwest at about 12 degrees elevation. Through binoculars there seemed to be three lights on an object with no navigation lights. It seemed to be stationary for about 10 minutes and then quickly moved into the distance. The Sunday had set and it was just on dark. The sky was clear in the viewing direction.

Holland Park, Saturday April 7 2001, 9.50pm
A man was driving south on the Southeast Freeway near the Marshall Rd exit and saw a bright white light like a flare crossing his view from right to left. It seemed low [500 feet] and was seen for 15 seconds. A second orange light separated from the first and moved off at right angles to the south or southeast and was seen for about 30 seconds. The first object was round at the front with a ragged rear; the second was round and much smaller. There was some low cloud in the sky, and the objects were below the clouds.

Redbank, Monday April 9 2001, 7.35pm
A twelve year old boy and his mother observed two white dots low in the sky towards Brisbane city [northeast], hovering and moving about. The lights were also observed with binoculars and seemed to be spinning and flashing. One of the lights came quickly to join the first while it was being observed. The family dog also reacted to the incident.

Manly [NSW], Saturday April 7 2001, 11.00pm
A man reported seeing several orange lights in the sky. When viewed with binoculars they looked as though flames were coming out of them. They seemed to be floating across the sky in triangle formation. A triangular shape seemed to be moving with the lights. About half an hour later another 7 lights moving in formation were observed.

Carindale, Monday April 16 2001, 10.45pm
A woman observed two dark yellow lights moving southeast to northwest in formation and a third light catch up with the first two. The elevation and speed of the lights was similar to that of planes [she lives under a flight path], but there was no noise. The lights were seen for 5 minutes. At the time of the sighting she was unable to get her camera to work, but was able to do so later.

Morningside, Tuesday April 16 2001, 12.20am
A woman reported seeing a big golden ball in the sky move to the south and disappear. A dark object appeared in the same position and started to go down towards the mountains. With night glasses she saw a dark big object moving north to south until trees blocked her view. The first object had a red flashing light and bulging portholes. She was still watching this object when she saw the other big oval shaped object with no lights. A year ago her sister had observed a big golden object for 10 minutes in Albany Creek.

Rockhampton, Thursday April 19 2001, 7.00am
A woman observed and obtained video footage of a black object well out to sea and travelling straight. It was white on top and red underneath. The video was posted to us and examined. It showed a pencil shaped object and a contrail about 10 times longer than the object. It is understood that military exercises were being conducted in that area around that time, and it is likely that this was an unusual but conventional aircraft.

Underwood, Friday April 19 2001, 10.50pm
A security guard who also holds a pilot’s licence and is an amateur astronomer observed 3 stars in a straight line sharply defined at about 30 degrees elevation to the northeast. While he was engaged locking up a gate, one of the lights disappeared. The remaining two moved around each other. The lights were seen for 3 to 4 minutes and seemed to be over Moreton Island. As 12 or 13 year old boy on a farm in Victoria he saw a perfect sphere like the full moon with heat shimmering off it, come down and disappear. It looked like the full moon falling.

Bracken Ridge, Sunday April 21 2001, 12.30am
A man observed 4 orange lights moving west to southwest without noise and faster than a plane. One light was bigger than the other three and they were not in formation. They were seen for 3 minutes and lost behind clouds. The witness has a pilot’s licence.

Gundagai, Sunday April 22 2001, 1.45-2.05pm
A woman was driving on the Uringilli Road to Gundagai and noticed an object in the sky to her right, pacing her. It made no sound, was round and had no protruding parts. She thought of it as a “magnificent machine” with a lip like a casserole dish, and was silver in a blue sky. It moved like a “Rolls Royce” to the right in the sky until she got to Nangath, a small township on the way to Gundagai. She went into the local store and asked the keeper if they had sightings there, to which he replied “no”. She asked him to come out and look at this object in the sky. He came out and on looking to the indicated direction said: “That’s a flying saucer and it seems to be spinning”. She continued on and the object moved further away becoming indistinct in a vaporous cloud. She noted that RAAF Wagga was nearby and thought this might be relevant. At the time she did not want the object to be anything unusual and did not want to get “involved”.

Mount Gravatt, Monday 2001, 10.55pm
A man observed 2 orange lights like stars but bigger moving south in the eastern sky. When seen through binoculars the lights seemed to be spinning. The lights were observed for 4 minutes and then faded out of sight.

Brisbane Area, Thursday April 26 2001, 4.00am
A man saw a bright shining pulsating light in his mirror and then looked out of his window to the east to see a yellow white light bobbing about. He experienced a tingling from head to toe, and observed the light for about 7 minutes.

MAY>>

Noosa Heads, May 17 2001, 6.15pm
Description: The Whitman’s airship had just passed overhead [which is operating from Maroochydore Aerodrome] and I observed its passage until out of sight. I looked up shortly after this and observed three distinct lights in an almost straight line, perhaps forming a very shallow triangle. They were aligned in a direction parallel to the coast. They attracted my attention because they appeared much closer than stars, however the light was not fully white but rather of a dull yellow-like appearance. I continued to observe the formation and they appeared to move southerly, generally maintaining their separation but inverting to form a very shallow triangle which was virtually still a straight line. This continued for perhaps up to ten minutes until they were out of view. By 18.25 they were certainly out of view. Other remarks that I can add are that there was definitely no noise indicating any conventional propulsion, the movement was too fast to be a star or satellite. I am a private pilot and am accustomed to observing conventional aircraft, but this was certainly not conventional. No other lights such as the usual beacon or anti-collision strobes of aircraft appeared with the formation. The skies in our location at the time were clear and [to my re-collection] there was no moon observable. Other people may also have observed this and I pointed it out to one of the waitress staff of the restaurant.

Marsden, Saturday May 19 2001, 4.00am
A woman was up tending her sick daughter when she saw an orange light to the WNW. She woke her husband and they went outside to look. They went in to get a video camera and when they came out they saw a row of 5 evenly spaced lights in a horizontal line in the southern sky over the tops of nearby houses. They were orange in colour and looked several times bigger than a star. They were visible for 5 to 6 minutes before fading from view.

Mansfield, Sunday May 27 2001, 8.45pm
A red light was observed moving west to east faster than a plane. As it moved it dropped two red lights. The first maintained a red glow and fell steadily for 5-10 seconds before it was lost to sight. The second dissipated as it fell. The original light was seen moving for 1 to 2 minutes and stopped to the east at an elevation of about 60 degrees as a yellow light. When viewed with binoculars it looked like a bright yellow ball. No navigation lights were observed, and there was no wind. The motion of the light was very steady.

Sunshine Coast, Saturday May 29 2001, 7.30pm
A woman was driving slowly on the highway towards Bli Bli. There were no other cars on the road and it was very dark. What she thought were lights from another vehicle appeared behind her, so she drove slowly waiting for this vehicle to overtake her. She then realised that the lights from the vehicle behind were half way in height up the back of her car. Traffic began to come from the other direction and the lights behind her pulled back and went into an arc shape before disappearing.

She stated she had seen unusual things when she was little and was plagued with strange dreams all her life. Some of her experiences included being taken to strange ships where she saw many other people having a great time.

Wynnum, Thursday May 31 2001, 8.00am
A man reported seeing a dull white light moving south to north for 3 to 4 minutes. It was oval shaped and eventually lost behind trees. It looked like a plane with no wings.

JUNE>>

Newmarket, Thursday June 142001, 5.30am
A man was awakened by the sound of a plane. He then observed in the west/north western sky a bright U-shaped light which appeared bigger than the moon. He described it as a crescent shape with two legs on it moving very slowly, always in the same direction. It was a golden coloured light like a candle light which he stated looked like a plane on fire. He observed the object for 30 minutes.

Tweed City, NSW, Thursday June 15 2001, 8.05pm
A woman was driving south along a main road and saw an orange light in the top right hand corner of her windscreen which was getting bigger and bigger. It then seemed to stop above a street light and move slowly across the windscreen to her left. She pulled over and saw the light stationary above a street light. It then moved to her left again and stopped again for 3 to 4 minutes. The light seemed to have a haze around it of different colour to the central portion. It then shot up, becoming like a star in the distance in 2 to 3 seconds. When closest the light was the size of a thumbnail at arm’s length, and had an oval shape, but its edges were not well defined, it appeared elongated like a sodium street light. A three -year old child in the car saw the light too and became frightened. It would not go to sleep that night and spent the night in bed with its parents. It is also frightened of fireworks. The witness recalls a similar experience as a child about 5 years old.

Brisbane Airport, June 20 2001, 6.00pm
Working at the airport. Saw an object around the size of my thumb. Brilliant white with blue-orange cinder type objects flying off. Started seeing the object at around 40-50 degrees elevation reference the horizon. Continued to burn until a small orange object remained around the size of a ‘screw head’. This ball continued until around 3-5 degrees from horizon. Sound was herd similar to aircraft wake turbulence and distant rumble. Thinking back this could have been aircraft in the vicinity of airport, not sure. But quite big, brilliant light and did not completely burn up in atmosphere. Total time of event around 10 seconds. Sound occurred around 5 seconds after loosing the object. Several aircraft in the area did report to air traffic control about the item.

Brisbane Airport, Thursday June 21 6.00pm
A witness reported seeing a white light with “cinders” at a low angle of elevation, turning into an orange glow and becoming smaller to a quarter of its original size.

Brisbane Airport, Thursday June 21 2001, 9.40am
A witness reported seeing a white object that looked like a plane without wings or tail, moving southwest to northeast 3 to 4 times higher that a plane, passing over the airport. [Ed: planes can seem to have no wings sometimes when seen from certain angles.]

Arundel, Monday June 25 2001, 6.40pm
My wife, three children and myself saw what we believe to be a UFO on the night of Monday 25th June 2001. I live in Arundel [Gold Coast] and the object was observed due east from my house at 18.40hrs AEST. It was at an elevation of about 30 to 40 degrees initially to the east and after a few moments it vanished from view in a south southeast direction. I am an aircraft mechanic by trade and I know it was not an aircraft of a commercial type nor any current military variant. It was stationary in the sky. Round and bright orange but not too bright. The rest of the family ran outside and I went to get my telescope. Stupid indeed, my digital video camera would have been better. I observed it start to move in a horizontal plane to my right and although I can not be sure of the distance [several hundred or thousand of miles], it appeared from its mass to move quite quickly. It then appeared to move in a slight downward arc as if it was moving closer and lower towards us, then it accelerated slowly at first and then faster, to my right and then appeared to climb away from us. the intensity of the light appeared to fade as it turned away from us. It dimmed and then disappeared. This all happened over about 4 minutes. After about 5 minutes of frantically searching the night sky we all then observed a meteorite falling to earth from right above us. It was a very intense bright white light with a spiralling smoke trail. It was very close and fell in the east, presumably into the ocean. I do not think it was your common shooting star as it was too close and you could actually see the smoke trail in the moonlight. I noticed in today’s Gold Coast Bulletin there have been other sightings of this orange light recently.

Gumdale, June 26 2001, 5.45pm
I was driving home along Stanborough Road Gumdale, Brisbane at about 5.45pm and saw a ball-shaped object go across the sky from the west to the north east. It was reasonably low in the sky and it did have a tail of flame I think. I only saw it for a couple of seconds, but it was close enough to make me think it would have hit somewhere in Moreton Bay.

Puerto Rico [South America], June 27 2001, 11.45pm
At 11.45pm, one large object flew slowly over the mountain. It was gold in colour and had many points of light around it. There was no sound and the weather was cloudy. There was no reaction from people or animals in the area. The object was twice the size of the moon, and part of the sighting was video taped.

Hervey Bay, June/July 2001, 5.45am
We live in River Heads Hervey Bay. One morning at about 5.45am my dad and my brother saw an unusual object which they say was a UFO. One night before this we saw a meteor land in the sea, as our house is near the sea. Two nights later we saw another similar object. About 2 weeks later we were coming home late one night and saw a bright light like an orange lightbulb in the sky and then all of a sudden there was another one next to it, and then they both extinguished, as though someone had turned the light off. We live on a road that leads to the barge to Fraser Island and have water on both sides. We have been looking out for other objects but have not had any luck. I have not believed in UFOs [not a hundred percent] but now I know there must be something out there.

JULY>>

Munruben, Friday July 6 2001, 6.45pm
A woman phoned with a report of military activity in her area where she observed approximately 15 helicopters. This occurred the same week many Brisbane residents heard on the news there would be increased activity due to exercises in preparation for the CHOGM [Commonwealth Heads Of Government] visit in October 2001. She also reported seeing a white triangular shape with a bright white light on the top of it. She watched it for 3 to 5 minutes before it disappeared.

Gateway Bridge, Friday July 13 2001, 10.15am
A woman, looking northeast from the bridge, was observing Jumbos taking off at the Brisbane Airport, when she noticed a little silver oblong object. It immediately went straight up and disappeared. She described it as “being there one minute and gone the next”. Her father has seen a giant silver cigar-shaped object in Scofield, NSW, when she was 12 years old.

Hoppers Crossing, Melbourne Saturday July 21 2001, 3.10am
The witness was outside having a cigarette when he observed a crescent-shaped object about half the size of the moon moving due south in the sky. It was a dullish silver colour, not particularly bright, and climbing at 30 degrees He went inside and tried to look out the window. He went to wake his wife but the object disappeared. The witness had been a member of the air force for 12 years and had never seen anything like it before.

Maryborough, Tuesday July 24 2001, 7.45pm
A woman [a well known public figure], and her husband were driving north towards Maryborough on the Bruce Highway saw a massive object which looked like fireworks in the sky break up into three pieces and come down over or near the town.

The same witness was recently driving to work from Hervey Bay to Maryborough at about 5.15am, coming to the top of a hill about 30km from Maryborough facing southwest towards Tin Can Bay, and saw a large triangular object, the largest thing she had ever seen in the sky, above the tree-line on the horizon. It had lights across the bottom edge and in its centre, with red/orange lights at the R and L ends. It was just catching the rising sun, and its apparent size was the width of 4 fingers at arm’s length.

She also described an experience which happened in Inverell NSW in 1977 when she was 18 years old and living in a house with two other people. She was awakened at 3am and whatever had wakened her left her very frightened. In an instant it was complete daylight in and around the house. In an instant it was pitch black again. She sensed danger,

Brisbane City, Sunday July 29 2001, 10.00am
A man was driving near the Botanical Gardens and QUT when he observed an object through the trees. It was a grey metal unpainted object that resembled a food warming cover used by the hospitality industry. It had no tail or rotors and was travelling in an easterly direction about 1km high. He was only able to observe the object for a few seconds.

Thornlands, Monday July 30 2001, 5.40pm
A couple were sitting outside when they observed a limey-green light with a white tail. They watched it for a few seconds when it fell at a slant behind some clouds and disappeared. They had seen the same thing a few years previously.

Redcliffe Peninsula, July 30 Monday 5.50pm
The witness was standing with a friend outside when they observed a vibrant blue object going straight across the sky. They watched it for a few seconds as it travelled at the same speed or slightly faster than a jet while they looked east over the water. The object suddenly stopped then just disappeared. The friend reported seeing a fiery tail.

Eight Mile Plains, Sunday July 29 2001, 9.30pm
Two orange lights were observed travelling from the south then heading due east. They were bigger than stars, travelling in formation, described as not being aircraft. One of the lights went down to the ground and disappeared, the other continued on.

Cleveland, Monday July 30 2001, 5.40pm
This evening Monday 30 July 2001, at approx 5.40pm while travelling north on Bloomfield St Cleveland, my mother and I saw what was to us an unexplainable occurrence. My mother is 75 and I am 43 years old, and not prone to seeing things, I’d like to be sure that what we saw can be logically explained by someone in your organisation.

We both saw a very bright circular light travelling extremely fast from about the south-east direction and travelling towards the north west. This is very general, direction wise. However, I caught sight of it [I was driving] in my peripheral vision [my right eye] and the light came across the sky to be about the top centre of my windscreen. My mother and I both exclaimed ‘Look at that!’ I thought initially it was a meteor, due to the speed of the object, but the object did not travel towards the earth as I would expect a meteor to do. Nor have I ever seen an aircraft travel so rapidly across the sky. Next the light stopped. Appeared to intensify for a split second, and seemed to shoot upwards before it, amazingly, just vanished. I now knew it couldn’t be a meteor.

I hope you do not think we made this up, as the rest of our family think we saw an aircraft, but to me, no aircraft I’ve seen can travel that fast, stop dead still, and then vanish by turning off its navigational or landing lights.

Moorooka, Tuesday July 31 2001, 6.10pm
A man was travelling on a bus looking towards Acacia Ridge when he observed a rectangular shaped ribbed object. It was red on one end and blue on the other. He watched it for 3 seconds then it disappeared.

AUGUST>>

Gosford, Thursday August 2 2001
A man reported that he often sees lights in the sky over Gosford NSW. They look like a satellite, usually in a grouping of 3, and will suddenly turn and go off. They are usually white or orangey-red lights and shaped like a tic-tac. On another occasion he saw a jelly bean-shaped silver object which was later reported in the newspaper. His parents and grandparents have seen unusual objects too.

Labrador, Friday August 10 2001, 8.30- 9.00pm
A man was standing outside in the evening when he observed a bright soft orange light in the north western sky at 20 degrees altitude. It was moving in a south-easterly direction and was 1/10 the size of the moon. He called his wife and step daughter out to see it too. It moved in a straight line, had no tail and was constant. He is an amateur astronomer.

Bribie Island, Friday August 17 2001, 11.41pm
Three people were on the beach looking for a camp site when an object lit up into an odd green light turning night into day. The whole city of Caloundra turned green. The object was a round circle with a green light behind it, very intense. The object was just above the ocean and every direction around it was clearly lit up. It was estimated to be 4kms from the witnesses and lit up the inside of the car they were in. This intense light lasted for about 8 seconds and was too bright to look at. They witnesses discussed it with friends but didn’t really want to talk about it.

Wellington Point, Saturday August 25 2001, 8.00pm
A round orange light was reported moving to the north west at an elevation of 75 degrees. After it went out there was a noise and the dogs began barking. It’s apparent size was half that of the full moon and it passed overhead at plane level. The sound it made was like the rumbling of a jet plane and was heard about one minute after the object passed overhead. The sound lasted for one to two minutes.

Scarborough, Friday August 31 2001, 9.15pm
A huge flash was seen in the sky from the north to the east. Then another huge flash was seen from the west to the south. The flashes lasted for seconds but did not light up the ground or the sky. There was a patch of brightness moving in the sky.

SEPTEMBER>>

Daisy Hill, Sunday September 2 2001, 11.35am
While driving along the freeway a man was looking west when he saw a shooting star. It appeared aluminium in colour and approximately 10kms away. It was at an elevation of 30 degrees and was falling and slowing down as if it were out of balance. It appeared to be the size of a plate and was electric blue in colour. He observed it for 2 seconds.

He also had a sighting two years ago when he was outside at 2.15am and saw car container floating through the sky. He got 37 people outside to see it too. It was like a red ember with five red jets on it’s end and sped up when the embers came on. He observed it for 6 ½ minutes and others saw it too. It seemed to be 800 to 900 metres away and 100 to 200 feet high.

Warrego Highway near Tivool, Tuesday September 4 2001, 10.00pm
Two large circular white lights were seen in the sky. They followed the caller’s wife while she was driving the car. They were half the size of the moon about 4 to 5 inches apart and illumined the ground when they came up behind her. They were very bright like high beam.

Wycliffe Well NT, Tuesday September 11 2001, 9.30pm Blue, green and white flashing lights were seen in a straight line by a group of young people. They were seen for about 45 minutes. The caller has seen many unusual lights in the sky, one of these was an orange shaped disc hovering with no sound. He observed it for 4-5 seconds and it took off.

Townsville, Friday September 14 2001, 10.15pm
The witness was driving in a car when she observed an orange light travelling very slowly from north to south. It seemed to have two red lights underneath it.

Holland Park, Monday September 17 2001, 12.30pm
A woman saw 4 to 5 orange lights evenly spaced travelling from the south west. She called to her husband and they went to the backyard to have a look. By then the lights were in the west and in a group, then they dispersed and disappeared. The lights were watched for 2 minutes. They were bigger than stars and responded to a car horn.

Cooroy, Friday September 21 2001, 6.58pm
A witness was driving from Noosaville when he saw two lights in the western sky side by side. One light dimmed then vanished. He was looking towards Black Mountain at the time.

OCTOBER>>

Carseldine, Saturday October 6 2001, 9.30pm
A an orange light about half to a quarter the size of the moon was seen moving quite slowly in a straight line across the sky. It was round, looked like a landing light but bigger, and made no sound. It came towards the witnesses and passed over them, fairly high but lower than an aircraft. It was last seen in the south east and was lost behind some trees.

Samsonvale, Thursday October 11 2001, 6.00pm
A woman was driving when her son said to her that he had just seen a UFO. It was disc-shaped, moving slowly across the sky, then suddenly went diagonally towards the ground. She did not see it.

Park Ridge, Friday October 19 2001, 8.53pm
A man saw a light like a shooting star moving horizontally, low in the sky. It was moving in a wavy line, stopped then disappeared. It was moving about eight times faster than a plane, almost flat and dull white in colour. It was seen at an elevation of 15 to 30 degrees and observed for 6 to 8 seconds.

Brisbane City, Wednesday October 24 2001, 11.58am
This report was given by one of our members. He was travelling in a bus when he observed a brown object 10 feet square. It went down Ann street. It looked like bits of paper stuck together and was approximately 1000 feet high. Another passenger said it looked like a kite. When the bus stopped he ran towards the river following it. It was then he realised it was moving in a straight line. He had glimpses of it at times but the longest he saw it was for 5 seconds.

Dalby, Thursday October 25 2001, 7.30pm
A woman was out walking when she saw a bright orange ball coming down to the ground in a straight line at 80 degrees. It had a long tail and lit the sky up in an orange light. She observed it for 2 seconds. She rang the Oakey army base and was told the MPs there saw it too.

Samsonvale, Wednesday October 31 2001, just after dark
A bright orange light three times as big as a star was seen to be moving in a straight line in the eastern sky. It moved from Samsonvale towards Carseldine then started moving to the right and disappeared. It was about 15 to 20 degrees above the horizon and travelling in the flight path. A plane was seen at the time but the object was moving differently than a plane.

NOVEMBER>>

No reports were received in November 2001.

DECEMBER>>

Fernvale, Tuesday December 9 2001, 9.00pm
A man was driving on the highway towards Ipswich. When he was approximately 10kms from Fernvale, near the Booralan prison, he observed a white light one km in front of him. The light appeared to be on the roadway ahead of him but as he approached it jumped up in a vertical direction to the height of about 20 feet above the road. It then moved sideways and travelled above the tree line appearing to keep pace with the vehicle. He phoned his wife on his mobile phone and she reported seeing it too. The light began to change to red, white and an "orangey weird colour". The object travelled past Fernvale out towards Esk then back over Fernvale eventually speeding up towards Ipswich. The witness lives in the flight path of Amberley and stated that the jets did not travel as fast as this thing. He rang Amberley and was told their tower was closed and the airspace restricted.

Gailes, December 9 Tuesday 2001, midnight
A man reported hearing what he thought was a train with a funny hollow sound, whirring and echoing becoming louder and louder and eventually speeding past his home in the middle of the night. He raced to the window but saw nothing. He estimated the noise went past his house in 1/10th of a second and sounded like nothing he had ever heard before. There were no lights or illumination and no movement in the surrounding environment to mark it’s passing. He further described the sound as "a ball bearing in a tin spinning around and a whipper-snipper not touching the ground". He knew it wasn’t a plane, rocket or car and the noise gave him a "hell of a fright".

Sherwood, Wednesday December 12 2001, 10.00pm
A light was see in the sky travelling from east to west in a constant path. It was approximately 300 to 400 metres high, yellow-orange like a flame and round in shape. There was no noise as it passed overhead. It’s apparent size was ¼ size of the moon. It was observed by two witnesses for 2 to 3 minutes.

Narangba, December 2001, 8.50pm
A man, woman and their four children wife reported seeing a bright light like a headlight moving in a south easterly direction like a satellite. It brightened then faded whilst moving at a constant speed. The duration of the sighting was 3 to 4 seconds.

MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS RECEIVED IN 2001>>

Emmaville near Glen Innes, 2000 [reported October 9]
One year previously, a man and his son were fossicking when they saw a big light coming over the trees on the horizon. 20 seconds later it was over the top of them, then disappeared. It was glowing white hot like a search light. It was much brighter than the evening start and 4 to 5 times larger.

Jimboomba, October/November 2000 [reported January 18 2001]
A man reported having an encounter with an alien at about 2.30am about Oct/Nov 2000. Two days later he found an elliptical ring of burnt grass on his property. Two days prior to this his son had heard someone walking on the gravel outside the house. The burn mark had a major axis of about 9 feet and a minor axis of about 7 feet and was about 6 inches wide. The man lives on a five acre property. This case is still under investigation.

Tin Can Bay - Gympie, June 1999, 5.20am [reported 2001]
An object was seen whilst driving to Maryborough Qld when car had reached the hill top of Main Street Pialba, Hervey Bay, which looks out over a large distance towards the Tuan Tuan forest. It was grey in colour but with a very hard edge. There were a row of lights as shown at the bottom of object and another row of lights in a zigzag formation closer to the middle of the object. On each side there was a light. At the left the light was yellow. At the right the light was red.

Townsville, 1999 [reported October 12 2001]
Two years previously a man was travelling in a sleeping cabin on a train when he had a UFO sighting. He saw two objects together near Bowen heading in a straight line. The two objects joined and there was an explosion like a star burst.

Ingham, 1999 [reported 2001]
A woman was out walking with her dog in the early hours of a morning, before daylight and saw a bright light coming towards her. It was about 2 metres high and 2 meters wide and shone like a fluorescent light. She stepped aside to avoid it and as it passed she heard a noise and saw two lights at its rear. The light was shaped like a hat with two bumps on top and curved beneath. When she got home it was daylight. Her dog did not exhibit unusual behaviour. After the incident she fell pregnant, but lost the baby.

Yeppoon, Sunday 4.11.01 1997 [reported 2001]
An object like the moon was seen descending at an angle of 45 degrees. It was perfectly round like a five cent piece with no trail or tail. It was observed for 3 seconds. The witness was looking north north-east and the object was about 10kms away.

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