JANUARY>>

Auchenflower, Tuesday January 29 2002, 9.02pm
A man observed a fast moving white/yellow light to the east, moving west to east. It had an oval shape and moved horizontally along its long axis at about the apparent height of high rise buildings in Brisbane city a few km away. It was seen for one second only and then seemed to switch off because it did not disappear in the distance nor move behind any obstruction. It was a clear night and no clouds were in the sky about the object. There was no associated sound, the brightness, size and shape of the object were constant, and its outline was slightly fuzzy. The witness had not seen anything like it before. His wife and son were with him but could not respond quickly enough to see the object.

FEBRUARY>>

Glass House Mountains, February 3 2002, 1.30am
I would like to inform you of a strange light myself and 2 friends witnessed. At approx 1.30am I was driving home on the Bruce Highway with some friends and was approximately in the area of the Glass House mountains, heading north. On the low horizon directly in front of us a distant orange light which looked like just an aeroplane was flying east relatively slowly which I only noticed for a few seconds before it all of a sudden shot off north out of view at great speed. It appeared to be probably hovering over some where between Coolum and Noosa and perhaps inland a bit from the coast before disappearing. It was a very overcast night so the possibilities of this being a shooting star is low and shooting stars don't change direction at right angles! I would love to know if anyone else may have seen this as well!  

Sunshine Coast, February 11 2002, night 
Myself and my hubby were looking up and saw what looked like stars moving very fast. They were coming from the north [mostly], a few were in the south, but we saw what must have been 30 or so. They were much too high for a plane. I also have a sister living here, and my god children and their mother and my son [6 people in total] all saw this happening. One looked like it was being chased by another. The one that was being chased just looked like a star, and the other was flashing but just could not keep up with it. They all just looked like stars, very very high and moving very very fast.

Ipswich, February 14 2002, 4.00am
I work odd hours and was sitting by my pool looking into the sky almost due north. The town bells rang at 0400 hrs [GMT+10]. The sky was crystal clear. Within 30 seconds of the last bell, I saw a bright white light travelling towards the north at a speed equalling a light plane at low altitude. It appeared from amongst the stars and had a bright centre and undefined edges. Its size was larger that the brightest star we ever see, maybe twice the size. I first thought it was a satellite as I have seen many but the speed was far in excess of the speed I have been used to with the satellites. Also, the period of the arc during which it was visible was small, say 15 degrees. It stayed in clear view for no more than 10 second and faded in intensity while maintaining the same speed. The angle of observation was between 45 degree above the horizon minimum and 60 degree maximum. It came into view from being nothing to full brightness in about 2 to 3 seconds and its exit from view was the exact reversal of its arrival.

I live near Amberley Air Force base [for the last 12 years] and I see hundreds of aircraft flying both at night and daytime. If it had been a landing light then there should have been a red on the left side and green on the right as an absolute minimum. Also it was travelling away from me. There was no sound.

Richlands, Saturday February 22 2002, 9.50pm
A woman happened to look out a front window from a darkened room and on the acreage property of a neighbour across the road to the north she saw what at first seemed to be the front of a very high truck seen by moonlight. When she looked closer she saw a giant dome-shaped vehicle accompanied by four pods that seemed to be scraping things off the ground as they went, with arm-like appendages. The object was moving slowly towards her and was only about 30 meters away at last sighting. She went to another room to turn on an outside light, and when she looked again the object was gone. In the moonlight the object looked metallic grey and was about 5 metres wide with the pods extending beyond its own width being about a meter in size.  

Toowong, February 27 2002, 9.00-9.30pm
A woman reported seeing two craft in the northeast sky moving at the “speed of light”. They had a red light on one end and a white light on the other end. When they moved to the SW both objects plunged off in different directions. They made no sound and it seemed to her that one was chasing the other. She observed the objects for three to four minutes. There was no cloud the sky.

MARCH>>

Manly [QLD], March 1 2002, daytime
A man was standing in a sports field observing the sky when he saw a reddish-orange light which was beneath cloud cover travelling south to North. It appeared from the south moving towards the airport. It had no flashing lights and was travelling in a straight line at a consistent speed similar to that of an aircraft. He observed the object for 2 to 3 minutes. He also reported it as being slightly triangular in shape and marginally bigger than a plane.

Emerald Friday March 15 2002, 8.00pm
Six witnesses observed an orange light steadily approaching them and making no sound. 3 flares shot out and it stopped while one flare came down. Then it moved southwest and faded. It was first seen in the southeast at an elevation of 45 to 50 degrees. The witness also reported seeing a UFO over a big dam in the area [Fairburn Dam] about 10 years ago. He observed it for 10 minutes. When he was a kid [30 to 35 years ago] he saw a saucer nest on a golf course which was about 20 feet in diameter. There was a circular depression in the reeds and the top of the grass was flattened.

One of the other witnesses called in with her version of events. She stated that an orange light was travelling west going slowly in the direction of Fairburn Dam. It was going across the sky, lower than a satellite, higher than a plane, and round in shape. It was travelling across the sky getting lower. She was looking south to begin and looking SW when she lost sight of the object. She estimated it was about 60 degrees above the horizon and 3 times bigger than a star. She also observed there were a lot of shooting stars that night.

West End, Monday March 26 2002, 10.00pm
A band was practicing in Montague Rd when they saw an object with 4 lights on it in the NW sky. There was a blue light on the bottom going round while the object moved slowly. It then sped up and moved to the SW. It passed near overhead at 45 degrees elevation and about 50 metres away. It looked metallic and it’s actual size was uncertain. The panels on the side of the object were tinted blue and the rest was black. Some parts of it were lit up by a subtle light. The entire object was turning at 5 to 10 second revolutions. It seemed to have come off the ground a block from the river.  

Redcliffe, Friday March 29 2002, evening
We received 4 reports of 2 circles of light spinning in one direction and then the other, appearing to dance in the sky. Further enquiries have revealed it is highly likely this was a laser light show commemorating Good Friday.  

Esk, Saturday March 30 2002, 9.00pm
A large orange light was observed by a security guard while he was on patrol. He was shining his torch while inspecting a building when he saw it and froze on the spot. It was travelling from Gatton to Fernvale and then disappeared into clouds. He watched it for 5 minutes.

APRIL>>

Texas [QLD], Sunday April 7 2002, 7.40pm
A woman was looking north when she saw a bright white moon-sized light like a search light in the sky. There were red and green lights flashing on either side of it. The light moved from north to south and passed overhead. There was no noise at the time but after it had passed there was a low droning noise which was heard about 2 minutes later. The object flashed a searchlight twice. She and her husband and children observed it for about 5 minutes. She rang Amberley Air base and was told they had no planes in the sky at the time.

Guy Fawkes National Park [NSW], April 3 2002, 3.00pm
A man and his girlfriend were camping in a National Park outside Coffs Harbour at 13oo metres above sea level when they observed a green fireball. Then about 1 ½ hours after sunset but while there was still a faint glow in the sky, they observed a grey halo shape moving from the western horizon to the eastern horizon taking 3 minutes to do so. This was followed by a second one that was not geometrically perfect and a third one like an aurora. Then bands of grey light appeared that were 4 to 5 degrees thick and took up about 50 degrees space in the sky. After this a UFO appeared as a red light doing acrobatic movements and appeared to be putting on a display to either attract or distract attention. It was observed for one minute then disappeared. It was obvious to both people that this was not a plane. Soon after a plane flew very slowly overhead.

Brisbane area, Tuesday April 14 2002, 8.30pm
A man was walking his dog when he observed a light yellow light travelling from south to north and reasonably faster than a plane. It was 10 times the size of a star and made no noise. He watched it for 10 seconds before it shot off arcing into the sky.

Bundaberg, Wednesday April 17 2002
A man found 3 circles on the ground of a property he bought in Bundaberg. They were perfectly round and beside each other and appeared in grass. The circles eventually grew out. Soon after he awoke with unexplained bumps on his face under one of his eyes. When he got up they disappeared. On the same property he also found a circle on the bottom of a creek. The water was perfectly clear, about 2 feet deep with a slight tinge of orange to it. It was 3 feet in diameter.

Another incident occurred one and a half years ago when whilst standing behind the property shed he saw a big green light, described as the same green as a traffic light. It was the size of a car and only 10 metres above his head. It moved at about 4kms/hr, down the driveway and disappeared. His twin brother was also a witness to this incident. His mother has also seen a UFO at Mt Mee which appeared as a light that came straight for her.

Keperra, Friday April 19 2002, 7.00pm 
A string of 6 to 8 dim lights were seen in the Northern sky. They were slightly undulated, equally spaced like a string of pearls with a slight curvature and travelling at a high angle. There was no noise and they appeared to come down. This incident was observed by a man and his wife.  

Brisbane Airport, Wednesday April 17 2002, 9.30pm
A man was standing at the ocean end of the runway waiting for his girlfriend to arrive when he observed a yellowy-orange ball-shaped object travelling at a high altitude towards the refinery. It made was no noise as it travelled from SW to NE. Along the way it made bizarre directional changes of sharp turns. The witness described it as smaller than a plane headlight, about the size of his thumb nail at arm’s length. When it was over the airport it appeared to slow down.

Brighton, Thursday April 25 2002, 8.00am  A young boy reported seeing a flat disc-shaped light grey circle in the sky. It made a noise like a strong fizz.

MAY>>

Capalaba, Wednesday May 15 2002, twilight
A witness reported seeing something that looked like a star moving southwest to northeast at an elevation of 70 degrees. It seemed far away as it travelled straight. There was no noise or any flashing, and moved away faster than a plane then disappeared. The witness later saw a plane and noted the differences between it and what was previously observed.

Moorooka, Thursday May 15 2002, evening
A man observed something like a bright star moving in a straight line at about 15,000 feet high. It travelled across the sky in about 8 to 9 seconds then faded out until it was too far away to see. The following night he saw a plane and knew what he had seen was nothing like a plane. He had also had a very close sighting in New Zealand. He described it as a black plane hovering overhead at about 2 lamp posts height. He never heard it approach or knew it was there until he looked up and caught a glimpse of it. He said it looked like one of our planes but a lot sleeker. He tried to look in through the cockpit and stood up and as he did it disappeared and all he could hear was the sound of it 3 to 4kms away out to sea. It was so fast he never saw it leave.

Townsville, Sunday May 19 2002, 12.50am
A woman reported seeing a grey, boomerang-shaped object moving silently and not as fast as a plane. There were no lights on it and it made no noise. It was travelling at the speed of an ultra-light and in a straight line. She thought it might have been a hang-glider but it was going too fast. She said she could see the structure of the object and even the welding [I think she meant the seams of its structure?] When asked how she saw this object in the sky at 12.50am she replied it was a very light night.

Broadbeach, Gold Coast Sunday May 19 2002, 8.30pm
Four witnesses were in a two-story building looking east over the ocean when they saw a shooting star. One minute later they observed an off-white sphere moving rapidly towards the south to join two others. It had a glow on one side and was about one tenth the size of the moon. The objects joined in formation at an elevation of 5 degrees. The objects were seen for 15 to 20 seconds. They were too fast to be satellites.

Westlake, Brisbane Thursday May 23 2002, 4.44pm
A woman was driving along Arrabri Avenue and saw a bright light in the Western sky. It was bright like light reflecting off a mirror. She described it as being "like a star with petally bits off it". She thought it was too early to be a star. As she came around the curve in the road it disappeared. The sky was cloudless.

Mt Coot-tha, Brisbane Thursday May 23 2002, evening
A man was looking from Kelvin Grove towards the west over Mt Coot-tha when he saw a light bigger than the brightest star in the night sky. It was sometimes, stationery and at other times it would move up and down fast. It was about six times the size of the red light on top of Mt Coot-tha [TV tower]. The previous night he had observed two objects in the same area doing the same thing.

JUNE>>

Moggill, Brisbane Thursday June 6 2002, 10.15pm
A man and his wife were sitting watching TV when they heard what sounded like the sonic boom of a meteorite. The dog started barking and the wife went outside to see what was happening. The husband went outside too and reported seeing 6 lights travelling in pairs across the south west sky. By the time he joined her a couple of lights in the sky had already gone past. His first reaction was he thought they were flares. They were yellow with a pinkish tinge and spherical in shape. They were travelling horizontally at a 45 degree angle. They turned towards the east and seemed to accelerate. They made absolutely no noise, were smaller than a large aircraft’s landing light and about 10kms away. The male witness rang the RAAF base at Amberley, Archerfield air field and Air Services Australia. They all reported nothing on radar. [see 14.6.02** for more reports from the same witness]

Ipswich, Friday June 14 2002, 9.30-9.45pm
A woman was in the bathroom when she saw lights out the window. She alerted her brother, mother and sister-in law who all went outside to have a look. They reported 15 red lights travelling slowly from the South, about the speed of an aircraft, in the Eastern sky close together. When they were over Brisbane city, they also saw another bunch of approximately 60 to 80 lights behind them out over the ocean. One of the red lights in the group close to them fired something over the western suburbs down towards the ground. Two seconds after it shot, a booming noise could be heard followed by an airwave. An F1-11 came over the top of their house, appearing to come from the Amberley air base, and when it got close to the group of lights they shot off to the north east. The lights were observed for approximately 2 to 3 minutes in total.

Bulimba, Friday June 14 2002, 10.15pm
The witness was looking south-west from his bedroom window when he saw an intense bright white light. It travelled through to the east as he watched it for 10 minutes. He also saw two lights well spaced and a bright blue flash in the west.

Sinnamon Park, Brisbane Friday June 14 2002, 10.00pm
A woman reported seeing 12 stationery red lights in the sky travelling towards Ipswich. She went to get a camera. About 6 of the lights spread out and went to a higher level. There were 2 witnesses.

Moggill, Brisbane, Friday June 14 2002, 9.45pm
This witness had reported seeing lights in the sky the previous Friday night. He was now reporting seeing the same lights travelling south-west to east. These lights were very bright and bigger than Venus. Their apparent size at arm’s length was 3-5 mms when they were close. They passed across the sky then accelerated east until they disappeared. He heard the same explosive noise more from the west.

Ipswich, Saturday June 15 2002, 9.58pm
A previous caller [see 14.6.02] reported seeing 5 more red lights in the eastern sky. They looked the same as he had previously seen and one of them again fired a red trail like a rocket towards the ground. This time it took 8 seconds for the blast noise to get to him. He watched the lights for 5 minutes. He thought the things being fired on the ground were markers of some sort possibly being set up for triangulation purposes. He also predicted there would be another sighting the following night with an object firing something to the ground completing the three markers needed for triangulation.

Eight Mile Plains, Brisbane Saturday June 15 2002, 10.00-10.30pm
Four women sitting outside observed something like a ball of fire in the sky. They all exclaimed "What is that?" It was travelling about the height of a plane, the speed of a plane, about the same size as a jumbo and made no noise. It disappeared behind trees. They observed it for one minute as it travelled from the south-east to the south-west. It appeared to be about 10kms away from them.

Caboolture, Saturday June 15 2002, 10.00pm
A man saw a bunch of 20 red/pink lights in the sky and heard 2 bangs. His friend in Ipswich heard the sound too.

Holland Park, Brisbane Friday June 21 2002, 9.45pm
A woman reported a sighting on behalf of her daughter. Her daughter and husband were getting off the bus at Holland Park when they saw the outline of a V-shaped object hovering at street light level. It was black, made no noise and about the width of a large tree. It was possibly lit by the nearby shop light. They observed it for 6 seconds then it shot off very fast. It made no noise. The object was not thick or high enough for a man to stand upright in it.

Mt Isa, June 21-22 2002, daytime
A man was near the Mt Isa mine when he observed a slow moving light travel north over Mt Isa township. It flashed on and off every 8 seconds. It changed direction towards the south then to the east and began flashing every 16 seconds. It looked white in colour and he watched it in total for 15 minutes. As he watched a small plane moved overhead. He stated it was not a plane nor a satellite. There was no noise. There were two witnesses to this sighting.

Rochedale, Monday June 24 2002
A man observed a star moving erratically. It would move then stop. He was looking straight up above him. The object moved from overhead to the horizon in approximately 8 seconds. It was headed towards Moreton Bay [east]. He had never seen anything move as fast as this.

Sunshine Coast, Saturday June 29 2002, 2.00am
Two motorcyclists were travelling on the Freeway from the Sunshine Coast to Brisbane when they saw something like a shooting star coming into the atmosphere. It was light blue and shaped like a triangle and travelled from one horizon to the other in 4 to 5 seconds leaving a bit of a trail behind it. It was 20 to 30 times the size of a star and travelled higher than cloud height. They reported they had seen a shooting star before but this was not the same. They immediately pulled off to the side of the road but couldn’t hear anything as they did not turn their bikes off.

Gold Coast, June 2002, midnight
Three people saw an intense orange light over Biggera Waters. They got in the car and drove down to the canal and looked over the water at the object. It kept rising as they watched it through binoculars. Through binoculars it looked like a white light covered with orange plastic. The light went out about three times while they watched it. It came in from the east, travelled west, then turned southwest. It was brighter than Venus and was about 20 stars across in diameter. On another occasion about 3 years ago the caller saw a triangular-shaped object over Mt Gravatt. He was on the verandah having a cigarette at about 9.00pm looking southeast when he saw some movement. And on yet another occasion, he saw something that looked to him, at first, like a flock of birds. While he was trying to figure out what birds they were he realised it was a solid object. He yelled to a friend but by the time the friend came outside it was fading out. The object had travelled at the speed of a light aircraft, it was silent and seemed to have a depth to it.. It appeared to be the size of a jumbo jet at 1km distance.

JULY>>

Teviot Downs, Friday July 5 2002
A man observed a bright light twice the size of a star in the southern sky looking over New South Wales. It was at 20 to 30 degrees elevation above the horizon and appeared to disturb his dogs who were barking crazily. The object was witnessed by his wife also. He rang Enoggera, Amberley and Greenbank military services who all reported nothing on radar.

Chermside, Brisbane Friday July 5 2002
A woman reported seeing a star with a very long streaming tail in the southern sky. At times it was moving slightly and other times it was stationary. It seemed to just hang in the sky.

Cunnamulla, Wednesday July 10 2002, 8.30pm
A man witnessed an orange light the size of a star moving slowly across the horizon. At times it would seem to speed up while bouncing up and down and looked like it had a bit of a tail. A second white light appeared doing big circles in the sky. The two lights were within 10km of each other. The orange light disappeared below the horizon.

Browns Plains, Friday July 12 2002, 10.00-10.30pm
A Scout group along with their scout master reported seeing 26 orange objects travelling from a southerly direction going north. They were slow moving and seemed to be travelling one by one in a straight line. They were balloon-shaped and glowed orange, seeming to be shaped like balloons. They were silent with no navigation lights. There was no wind and the maximum size of the objects was a quarter of the moon. There were 30 witnesses in total.

Dajarra, Friday July 12 2002, 7.45pm-4.00am
A man reported he has been witnessing lights in the sky every night since the 27th June. The lights are usually seen from 7.45pm on and off through to 4.00am. They can be seen singly or in groups of up to six. They often come down from the sky to just above tree height then travel horizontally along the countryside seeming to be looking for something. At times he has seen a beam of light directed toward the ground shining on the trees. He described them as being like a disco ball with the top half being white and the lower half reflecting red, blue and orange lights that are flickering on and off while spinning around the objects. He described them as being too bulky to be planes and emitted no noise. Sometimes he would see them hovering above the ground and flashing to each other. He has attempted to radio the security guards at the mine to alert them to the objects close proximity but each time he has attempted to do this the lights will become dull as though not wanting to be seen. There have been reports of cattle on a nearby property being spooked by the lights to the point of pushing down fences.

Buckingham Downs near Dajarra, Monday July 15 2002, 10.30-10.45pm
Two witnesses saw a dull orange light hovering about 1 km away from them, low down in the sky. It disappeared then reappeared on the opposite side of the road. When it reappeared it had changed from a yellowy orange to a red and green colour. Then it went out again. 15 minutes later they saw a very green light high in the sky and then it fell vertically down towards the ground in a matter of seconds, suddenly performing a 90 degree turn and moving horizontally across the countryside and away from them.

Bundamba/Wivenhoe, Sunday July 21 2002, 7.00pm
A man was outside putting rubbish in his bin when he observed 2 red lights moving slowly from south to west at approximately 60km/hr. The lights appeared to be low at 500 to 1000 metres high moving in a continuous steady straight path. His 2 neighbours came out and observed them too. One of the neighbours saw an outline of a cross. No sound was heard.

Winton, Monday July 22 2002, 9.10pm
A woman on a cattle property was hanging out the washing when she noticed a very bright star changing colours from red, green to orange. It hovered about one third of the way up in the sky over her dam. It slowly descended down over 15 minutes. She said she thought it was too bright to be Venus but further questioning revealed it was highly likely it was Venus.

Karrabin, Thursday July 25 2002, 7.10pm
A 12 year old boy reported something outside his home like a fireball which was leaving sparks behind it. He was looking southeast at an elevation of 45 degrees. The object was approximately half the size of the moon and circular. It was an orange-red with sparks coming out the back of it. It was moving fast to the west and got smaller as it moved. He lost sight of it behind the roof of the house. He observed the object for 20 seconds and his 10 year old sister saw it in the southwest for a shorter duration. He rang Amberley RAAF Base but they told him to phone our organisation.

Between Moree and Narrabri [NSW], Thursday July 25 2002, 8.00-8.30pm
A man and his son observed 4 lights in the sky, described as being ‘in a horizontal line like aeroplane lights’. The lights were blinking consecutively, were yellow-whitish and appeared to be 2km away. There was no noise heard from them at the time even though traffic noise could be heard up to 8km in the distance. The elevation of the objects was 40 degrees and their apparent size was estimated to be from 3 to 4 inches across to 7 to 8 inches. It was a clear sky. The lights seemed to come closer while engaged in a regular blinking pattern. They were observed for a total of 5 to 6 seconds before they suddenly went out.

Bellingen, NSW Sunday July 28 2002, 6.10pm
The witness reported seeing something like a satellite flare very brightly while moving across the sky. At first it was in the west at 60 degrees and passed nearly overhead to the east. It seemed to speed up and faded somewhat. It slowed and faded out altogether when he lost sight of it at 70 degrees elevation in the east. This object was sighted for 90 seconds. There were 3 witnesses.

Hampton, 30km north Toowoomba, Monday July 29 2002
The witness reported seeing an object in the northern sky moving northeast, about 6 inches above the horizon. The witness has been watching this appear for the last 6 to 8 weeks. It appears to bob up and down as it moves across the horizon. It’s movement has been observed by lining it up with a tree in the yard. It was reported as looking like it was being 'dangled on a string'

AUGUST>>

Westlake, Brisbane Saturday August 17 2002, 4.20pm
A woman observed something black high up in the western sky. It was shaped like a maple leaf, and appeared to have an extra two wings. It made no noise, did not look like a plane, remained stationery for 10 minutes and did a ‘flip’. When it flipped it reflected light and she saw a flash of silver. When it moved it did so smoothly and eventually went into a cloud. She had never seen anything like it. She took 2 photos but is doubtful they will show anything.

Browns Plain, Wednesday August 28 2002, 10.15pm
A man and wife were driving their car when they reported seeing a round ball of fire that seemed to have flames like fire coming from it in the sky. They stopped the car and got out and estimated the object to be the width of a hang-glider as it moved slowly overhead about 200 metres high. It was also described as ‘like a bundle of rags on fire in a ball shape’. They watched it for 3 minutes then left.

Sinnamon Park, Thursday August 29 2002, 9.00-9.10pm
A woman observed an object through binoculars in the western sky. It was a bright light that seemed to have a round shape to it and a lot of windows could be seen. It was stationery and low in the sky while fluctuating in brightness. It was observed for a few minutes then it went down and disappeared. It was a clear sky. There were 2 witnesses. The caller also had another experience 20 years ago in Sydney, when she heard a noise and the room she was in turned orange.

Toowoomba, Saturday August 31 2002, 6.55-7.15pm
A woman saw a yellow-red light in the sky at 40 degrees elevation to the south. It appeared to be on the ridge and far away. At one stage it did a quick ‘zip’. She was in a car proceeding southwards on a straight road and had to look away at intervals. As she continued observing, the light seemed to be much closer. She heard no noise from the object and saw no flashing navigation light. She is a flight attendant and takes notice of aircraft in the sky. The time between the light being far away and then closer was about a minute. The abrupt sideways motion “zing” happened in about one second. It was a very clear night. She contacted Oakey army base and was told that there were no helicopter movements at that time.

Mt Coolum, August 2002, 6.15am
A man was out jogging while it was still dark and was passing the local golf course when he saw an incredibly black cloud with blue sky on one side. As he stood looking at this cloud, he saw a satellite. As he watched the satellite pass overhead, it “blew up” like a small moon for a few seconds. He phoned because he was still puzzled and wanted to understand what he had seen. One possible explanation offered to him was that the satellite might have had a large flat solar panel or other flat surface which momentarily reflected the sun straight to his eyes. With the presently available information about the black cloud we can not infer that it was other than an unusual natural phenomenon. Two weeks later while out jogging again, the same witness observed a black or brown, longish, oblong object moving south to north, shooting out a dull red shaft of light forwards every second or two. As he watched, the object stopped, turned and continued on to the east over the ocean. He lost it in the morning glow after observing it for about 2 minutes.

SEPTEMBER>>

Springwood, Tuesday September 3 2002, 6.30pm
The caller reported seeing a light that went from one side of the horizon to the other in 30 seconds. The light travelled horizontally and made no noise. It was travelling higher than a plane and then faded from view.

Cairns, Saturday September 9 2002, 10.00pm
A man reported 3 objects in the south-west sky approximately 10kms distance from him and about 10 to 15,000 feet high over the Lake Norris area. The three lights converged into one line of travel and continued in this pattern for 5 minutes. They then took off in different directions at a speed no faster than a plane. The objects made no noise. There were seven witnesses to this incident. The caller also rang the Cairns Port Authority and was told that others had reported the sighting too.

Coorparoo, Saturday September 14 2002, 9.00-9.30pm
A woman was sitting outside a restaurant on a hillside on Cavendish Road. She was looking towards the city when she observed a rectangular shaped green object seemingly "drop out of the sky." It came directly down to ground and went below her vision so she no longer saw it. She described it as neon green and glowing with no tail or sparks coming from it. She described it a travelling about the speed of a skydiver jumping from a plane.

Kempsey, Saturday September 29 2002
The caller reported seeing a red mushroom shaped object hovering over trees on his property the last few nights. The first time he saw it he thought it was a burning log, until he saw it move. He described it as being approx.15 feet long and bigger and lower than stars. He has reported it to the police 6 times and they have come out to his property to take a look but could not find anything. His brother and the girl in the local supermarket have seen the object in the area too. He rang the Williamstown Air Base in Newcastle but they didn’t want to know about it.

OCTOBER>>

Shailer Park, Thursday October 3 2002, 9.25pm
A 14 year old youth reported seeing an orange light moving directly overhead to the south-west. It was at it’s brightest when it was first observed but dimmed after that, brightening several times during the sighting. The youth’s mother and two friends observed the object as well. The mother described it as being like three balls together and evenly lit up.

Rochedale South, Tuesday October 14 2002, 11.30pm
A woman walked to the local shop to buy a packet of cigarettes. She saw a big light coming in towards the city area and then it stopped. She then noticed 2 other orange glowing lights travel overhead taking approx. 2 minutes to do so. The objects were a bit brighter than a star and travelling in a straight line. One of the objects seemed to occasionally wobble. She stated she had seen satellites and these were not satellites. By this time her son had joined her and they also spotted 3 other objects in the sky that were moving in very small circles. She telephoned her mother, a neighbour and others to look at the objects who all reported seeing them. The woman has seen unusual objects before.

About twenty years ago she was with her father in Newcastle when they saw a plane surrounded by 7 cigar-shaped objects. This incident was later reported on the news.

On another occasion 13 years ago in Coffs Harbour, she was coming home from work at 2.30am when she saw a massive big light burst out of the ocean and fly straight up into the sky with a burst of noise.

Dalby, Wednesday October 15 2002, 7.30pm
A woman reported seeing a white shiny light travelling east to west. When she first observed it, it was low near the horizon. She only saw it for 2 seconds before it disappeared in a flash like "warp drive" on Star Trek. She stated that it would have passed over the range as she observed it from Dalby looking towards Toowoomba. It covered lot of sky. This was not her first sighting. A few years ago she saw a red light in the back yard of her home. It was an inverted triangular shape grey object like a pyramid. It was large enough to block out the house behind it and as it did so it hovered about 3 feet from the ground and about 6 feet away from her. She raced inside to get her husband who returned with her to see the object. She described her dogs as going "mental". The whole experience unnerved her and she didn't go out after this for quite some time.

Manly, Wednesday October 15 2002, 7.50pm
A man reported seeing a flashing light to the south moving north. It changed direction moving northwest and then changed again to the west maintaining the same speed throughout. The flash rate was about 2 to 3 times/sec and white, but seemed to flash a red colour now and then. No sound and moving much faster than plane. The duration of the sighting was 2 to 3 minutes and it seemed to be very high up. The object was lost to sight behind the roofs of nearby houses. He also observed it with binoculars but saw no additional details.

Rochedale, Wednesday October 15 2002, 1.00am [See previous]
The witness from the previous evening phoned back and reported seeing the same orange coloured objects in the sky again. She lined up the objects with something stable so she could see their motion. One disappeared and another appeared. One was about 8kms away to the north then moved southwest. When she rang she had been watching them for 1 hour.

Fernvale, Tuesday October 22 2002, 8.20pm
A man reported the sighting of an unusual object, just south of Fernvale near Pine Mountain west of Brisbane. He saw a dark shadow to his east about 400 m away at treetop level which moved to the West. It passed over him and his vehicle at about 50 feet, stopped to his left and displayed six bright lights on its underside arranged in a regular pattern. He stopped his vehicle to observe more closely, and another red vehicle also stopped behind him. An even brighter light then shone out from the front of the object brightly illumining the ground beneath it. In the reflected glow the man then saw a huge box shaped object about 200feet by 100 feet by 30 feet in size. The object then dimmed again, veered left and shot off to the west. Less than a minute after the object's departure two jets passed low over the area in the same general direction as the departing object. While the two vehicles were stationary, two other vehicles passed the site and would have seen the brightly lighted object as well. A copy of this report has been sent to the local media with a request for the other witnesses to contact our Association.

Brisbane City, October 25 2002, 1.00pm
Whilst waiting for my wife to alight from the river ferry at Eagle Street Pier in the city centre at 13.00 I was looking up at the tall buildings and noticed a bright white round ball or disc slowly moving from southeast to northwest. The size of the disc would be approx 2mm at arms length. There was no cloud when first observed to reflect from the object. As it passed overhead some very high thin cirrus cloud passed underneath the object and obscured it slightly. This high cloud was passing in the opposite direction to the object. My estimation of the altitude would be between 20,000-30,000 feet.   As the object emerged from the cirrus cloud it appeared to wobble slightly and the surface went grey and white for about two or three minutes The Sun was obstructed by the high buildings, but was very close to the object which did not give the same shadow profile if you were observing an aircraft. As an aviation enthusiast I am always looking at aircraft at various altitudes and this did not fall into any category that I have seen in the past. If it was a meteorological balloon, I believe it would have looked different.

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Mackay, 2001, reported 2002
The recent incident in Mackay has refreshed my memory. I don't know about the area being a hot spot but I do know that a lot of the old timers who have worked in mines all their lives have seen a lot of strange phenomena. Not just around central Queensland but also in Western Australia. Everything from Min Min lights to bright orange balls of light chasing each other in coal pits. I'm sure there have been others who have seen weird things but just won't come forward. I have also seen at night three white lights moving in the shape of a triangle and it was huge. By the time I tried to stop the vehicle and focus on it, it seemed to just roll over and disappear. I know for a fact that that there have been strange sightings in Central Queensland for a number of years and if I remember correctly some close encounters with UFOs as well.

I have had a few rather interesting sightings of UFOs while working at a coal mine in 1997/98. The mine is called BHP Peak Downs mine and is located 30km south of the township of Moranbah. Moranbah itself is located 200kms west of Mackay.

I have always heard of the old timers talking about Min Min lights and strange lights that they have seen when working at mines at night over the last 30-40 years but never thought I would see one myself, let alone two. I work on the blast crew at the mine and we deal with the blasting of overburden and coal. Due to the type of work we like to start at 6.00am [the rest of the mine starts at 7.00am] to avoid the midday sun. It was early one morning between 6.30 and 6.50am and my offsider, who was driving, and I were travelling on the northern haulroad to the 12N pit where we were to do a coal shot. It was autumn at the time so the Sunday was rising just over the eastern horizon. I was just casually looking out the window when I noticed something shinning in the air. This didn't really surprise me because we can usually see jets flying way off to the east of the mine in the morning and the Sunday reflects off them. I looked closer and realised that this "jet" was very close to the mine. I thought this was strange because we do have smaller planes fly over the site but this one was very large and silver. The other fact was that it wasn't moving but seemed to be hovering. I kept losing site of the saucer-like object behind the spoil heaps and eventually lost it completely. I said nothing to anybody about it at the time for fear of looking like a fool, and also I was thinking of other possibilities. However the next morning there was a report in the local paper of a saucer like object that was seen hovering above the highway at the same time I saw it. It then accelerated straight up at great speed to disappear from sight. The highway is approx 300m away to the east of where I was working and the because of the time of morning it was spotted by about 30-50people driving to work. I have done some calculations and have speculated that the object was approx 300m in the air, silver/chrome in colour, roughly the size of a 737, and was shaped like the saucers from the TV series "V".

If you would like confirm my sighting you can get in contact with the paper that published the story. I cannot remember the date exactly. The paper is The Mackay Daily Mercury and I'm sure they would have a clipping somewhere. There have been a number of sightings in Mackay in the last few years that have been reported by the paper as well.

Crestmead, December 2001 [reported 15.1.02]
A woman reported a sighting she observed before Christmas, of 13 or 14 disc-shaped orange lights flying in formation. There was no sound. The witness also reported that on New Years Eve she hosted a get together in her home. This time four orange lights were witnessed by herself and her thirty guests. Again there was no sound. They came from a north to north east direction. She estimated they were 3 to 4 times larger than a star. She also stated she had experiences in her childhood that were UFO related.

Macedonia, 1999, 9pm [reported August 22 2002]
The witness saw a dot moving overhead very fast. It appeared to be tracing out a geometric shape that had the apparent angular size of 45 degrees. The object ‘switched off’ and disappeared while moving very fast.

1990, [reported February 25 2002]
Incident occurred 12 years ago at 5pm one afternoon. The witness was a taxi driver at the time, travelling to Tullamarine Airport. He observed a boomerang-shaped sky blue metallic object in the sky. He stopped the taxi and got out to observe it. It was in the shape of half an egg shell. The taxi driver watched the object hover for a split second then it took off leaving behind a small white cloud. He observed the object in total for 1 minute.

The same man also reported an incident, again 12 years ago, at 3am one morning which occurred while he was driving his taxi into the city. He saw something in the sky like a star which changed colour from white to orange, blue then yellow. It appeared to block his two way radio which used an FM band. The object came down to within 100 ft above his taxi and began chasing him. As it chased him it turned white. It chased him for 12kms consistently remaining above his taxi.

In a further report he described picking up a sergeant from the Pt Cook army air bus as a fare during his taxi driving career, who advised him not to tell people about the things he sees. The sergeant told him that pilots always see things in the sky but don’t tell anyone about it.

Inala, Brisbane 1987 [reported July 26 2002]
A man was driving his car when he saw 2 green lights in the bush on the side of the road that seemed to be pacing his car. He stopped the car and approached the lights on foot. The lights changed to yellow then red. He quickly got back in the car and took off and the lights followed him. He went to a party not long after the incident and heard someone else reporting the same thing happening to them in the same area. On another occasion 2 years ago he observed a bright light above tree tops at Rosewood at 2am. He has also seen 2 silvery cigar-shaped objects when he was young. He also reported a friend of his driving from Ayres Rock to Winton when a light came towards him and seemed to merge into the car headlights. The caller also stated he had been to the UFO Museum in the USA and met Glen Dennis, the mortician involved with the Roswell incident.

Buyong, 1980s [reported 23 July 2002]
A woman was taking a photo of her uncle when they felt a wind vibration a couple of metres over their heads. The camera was knocked out of her hand and hit her in the chin. When she had the photos developed a cigar shaped UFO appeared on one of the photos. She had also had personal experiences when she was 17 and felt a presence in her room. On another occasion she and her father saw a pure white, egg-shaped object through the kitchen window hovering above an old water tank stand, which was just outside the window. She described the object as beautiful and gleaming. They watched it for about 20 to 25 minutes before it disappeared.

Lederger Gorge near Ballarat [VIC], 1975 [reported August 17 2002]
Late one afternoon a woman and her son were going to the local shop. They observed 2 objects in the sky that looked like 44 gallon drums. They were travelling south to north and parallel. As they moved the objects wobbled a bit and one of them went off balance. While this happened the other object remained in balance and still, until the first object regained it’s balance, then they took off. She couldn’t estimate how far away the objects were. It was a lightly clouded day. The witness also reported another incident where she woke up one morning about 2 to 3am. She felt like something shook her awake and she had to get up to be shown something. She put on her dressing gown and went to the front door. She opened it and saw a great ribbon of light to the west. In the ribbon of light were all sorts of ships such as yachts, aircraft carriers, dinghies, etc. She said the ribbon looked like a Star Trek tractor beam and was a brilliant pale yellow light. She was not frightened and went back to bed. The next day she told her husband but he didn’t believe her and she hadn’t told anyone since. This lady is an energy healer and once when she was performing healing on a female friend while sitting on her chair in the kitchen, she got the impression of her friend changing into a male being with elongated bright yellow eyes which she described as lizard eyes. She felt he was very tall and strong and when she spoke to her friend she found that her friend’s voice was deeper and guttural.

Rockhampton, 1972/73 [reported September 25 2002]
A man was driving at dusk when he got a bit tired and pulled over to have a cigarette. He saw a white light in the Northern sky which travelled across his line of vision from left to right. It then did a complete 90 degree turn to the east and disappeared out of sight behind trees. The whole event happened very fast and only too about 4 seconds. 

50 miles from Mt Isa, 1964 [reported July 16 2002]
A woman reported that back in 1964 she was living on a property 50 miles from Mt Isa near the family copper mine. It was evening about 9pm to 10pm and she, along with 3 other family members [adults] and 2 sleeping children were sitting around the outdoor fire drinking tea. The adults attention was drawn to light above them being emitted from a craft no more than 20 feet overhead. She described it as having two compartments to it, the top like a dome and the bottom like a saucer. It hovered for a few minutes while they continued to watch it. It made very little noise as her children remained asleep and it was somewhere between one and two car lengths in diameter. It took off and appeared to go to ground a few miles away. The family was not surprised as they were very open to the idea of ETs. When I asked her how they responded she said they just laughed and said that's one of those UFOs.

Nalligan near Canberra, 1958/59 [reported Wednesday September 29 2002]
A man reported that he was sitting around a camp fire with a friend when they both saw an object come in from the east some kilometres distance from them. It was about the size of a dinner plate, round, and seemed to change colour as it slowed. It hovered in the sky for one minute before taking off due north at an incredible speed. The witness reported that it appeared as a thin line while it was still. The caller recalled that he and his friend never spoke about the incident after it occurred.