UFO Reports World-Wide

What is a UFO? The term Unidentified Flying Object refers to any object, which is flying and cannot be identified. This can be just about anything you can imagine, from planes seen at funny angles to secret experimental aircraft. It can also mean meteorites or planets such as Venus or Jupiter which can sometimes look like they are moving. There is an endless list of things which when seen by the untrained eye will not be readily identifiable. When a UFO is reported (if someone actually bothers and actually knows who to report it to) this is what most of them turn out to be, 90 to 95%, probably more, are in fact perfectly identifiable objects to those who know their sky.

Most UFOs are not UFOs at all. It is the remaining 5 – 10% which are the most interesting, these have been reported for many, many years. These are objects that cannot be identified that have no explanation. Now this does not mean they are from outer space, they could be (and in many cases probably are) experimental or advanced military aircraft. On the other hand all UFOs could just be a case of misidentification of mundane objects. (see our UFO video  page)

But this doesn’t explain everything. There are some aircraft which fly into the airspace of countries all across the world are tracked on radar and are even sometimes chased by the military aircraft. The thing that sets these aircraft apart is their characteristics, these are unusual shapes such as black triangles, glowing orbs, cigar shapes and of course the famous “flying saucer”. Read on…….

 UFO REPORTS THIS WEEK

UFO Or Meteor? FAA Weighs In On Burst Of Light Shooting Over Texas Sky
Nearby residents in the small Texas town thought this bizarre flying object might be a distressed aircraft crashing or the sort of UFO visitation celebrated in Steven Spielberg movies, ITN reports. The UFO talk crops up whenever these strange light …

UFO over Utah? Not exactly
By Michael Sheridan / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS A man in American Fork, Utah recorded what he thought to be a UFO. It turns out it was just a balloon sent out as part of a contest. Did a Utah man capture a bright-blue UFO flying over the night sky of Utah?

UFO dodges police in Mexicali, hovers in the skies over Tijuana
This video of a weirdly sparkly UFO was taken a few days ago in the skies above Tijuana, Mexico. Could it be the same UFO that taunted police by flying over an airport in Mexicali last week, leading to a high-speed chase? “A UFO with white lights, …

UFO or meteor? Texas police dashboard camera captures bright light crashing to …
A dashboard camera in a police car captures a bright light, that local authorites say was probably a meteor, falling to Earth. . Report by Mark Morris. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at …

UFO? or Lenticular Cloud ? Neumeyer Station Jan 31 2012
you decide! is this finally a ufo caught on film? is this a set picture only to lead us in the alien invasion plan? or is this a lenticular cloud in the antarctic?

Man captures video of spinning blue UFO ‘cruising slow’ over Utah
UFO alien paranormal The stunning image of a UFO was captured on video last week, but is it an alien craft, or is there a simpler explanation? Anthony Piceno, of American Fork, Utah, said he was drawn to the sight in the air because it was like nothing …

Seeking the truth on UFO sightings
A PARANORMAL expert has published his latest book – taking a second look at UFO sightings in his native Scotland. Malcolm Robinson, who works here in Eastbourne, having traded the Highlands for the Sunshine Coast a few years ago, is considered the …

UFO or Ship of Gold? Sonar Image of Anomalies at the Bottom of the Baltic.
Enthusiasts, however, believe that these could be parts of an UFO or a Nazi remnant. Until more can be ascertained by the experts, the costs of a full-scale exploration cannot be justified. As expressed by Professor Andrew Lambert, …

Witnesses say they spotted UFOs over Long View, Hickory
The western part of the state has been a hotbed of activity for Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) recently, if you believe reports submitted to examiner.com. The web site reported there was a sighting on Sunday and one on Monday in the area.

UFO Moviez opens up Assam’s cinema business
MUMBAI: With 54 UFO Digital theatres in Assam, UFO Moviez India Ltd., the satellite-based digital cinema network, has ensured that audiences across Assam are able to view new film releases first day first show at the same time as the rest of India. …

UFOS – AN HISTORICAL LISTING

A CATALOGUE OF THE MORE INTERESTING   AUSTRALIAN UFO REPORTS

 By: Keith Basterfield

As at 5 February 2012

This catalogue has been prepared from a variety of sources; but mainly from the files, Newsletters and Journals of the many civilian Australian UFO organisations which have  existed during that time. Entries have also been sourced from a number of books written by Australian authors. In addition, Australian government UFO files, as located in the National Archives of Australia, and via the Freedom of Information Act have been valuable sources of cases.

It is a subjective listing, selected by the author, and does not constitute a comprehensive listing of cases which are held, being merely a sampling of the Australian data. There are no doubt other cases which deserve to be in this listing, of which the author is unaware. On the other hand some of the events may have conventional explanations of which the author is not aware. The author welcomes corrections and additions to the catalogue and may be contacted via: keithbasterfield@yahoo.com.au

5 August 1909 Goulburn, New South Wales  
“The first Australian reports of 1909 apparently came from Goulburn, New South Wales, on 5 August when three or four residents of north Goulburn reported seeing a bright, moving blue light in the sky…The reports at Goulburn continued for the next five nights. The mystery light was described as big as ‘a motor car lamp.’

On 7 August four young men at the brick kilns near the north Goulburn railway station saw the light. ‘It was pale blue in colour. The brightness of the light attracted the youths’ attention. Only the light was seen, there being nothing to show the presence of a supporting body.’ On 8 August ‘the light made its appearance from the south traveling once again towards Governor’s hill, inclining towards the east and returning back to the south.’
(Chalker, Bill “The Oz files” Duffy & Snellgrove. Potts point, NSW. 1996. p.30-31 citing “Sydney Morning Herald 10 Aug 1909. “Daily Telegraph” 11 Aug 1909. Also cited in Bill Chalker, “The wave of 1909” in Clark, Jerome “The Emergence of a Phenomenon.” The UFO Encyclopedia Volume 2. Detroit, MI. Omnigraphics. 1992. pp333-336.)

13 August 1909 Glen Innes, New South Wales
“ ‘several responsible residents described an object like a balloon moving in a northerly direction. A night glass was obtained and the object was found to be shaped like an inverted top.The lower portion was lighted, and as the body revolved a light like a small flashlight kept turning on the land beneath. The upper portion was in darkness and the object kept drifting in a northerly direction’” (Chalker, Bill “The Oz files” Duffy & Snellgrove. Potts point, NSW. 1996. p.31.)

August 1910 Adelaide, South Australia
“Captain Nelson of the coastal steamer Wookata, the second Engineer M Arnold and Helmsman G Rudd are at a complete loss to explain the meaning of curious lights which they witnessed when the vessel was passing Althorpe Island on her way to Port Adelaide early the other morning. ‘Bright lights as distinct as  masthead lights of a steamer but high up in the air,’ were observed by the trio, and a strange thing was that they circled around the Wookata in a tantilising way. “It was about 8 o’clock,” says Captain Nelson today, “that the man at the wheel remarked, “Do you see these lights flying about?” I replied, “Yes there are a great many more lights about than I have ever seen here.”

Just then I saw a mysterious light off Cape Spencer, which disappeared as suddenly as it came into view. Presently the helmsman said “It is strange, but I have never seen lights on the port bow, then right ahead, then on the starboard side.”“I stepped inside the wheelhouse, and on coming out again saw two lights just over the starboard side bow no distance away, but high up. They seemed to pass us. They were as bright as our masthead lights, and as far as I could judge they were from 200 to 300 yards distant.

The lights appeared to be 10 yards apart, one a little above the other. I could not make it out. I said to the man at the wheel: “Did you see them?” He answered, “yes they are like a German airships flying about.” I did not know what to think. I feel sure I saw something unusual-something which in my 45 years experience of the sea I have never observed before.” The second Engineer Arnold also declared that he the saw strange lights.”
(Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW: 1889-1915) Tue 9 Aug 1910 page 7.)

25 October 1910  Minderoo Station, near Onslow, Western Australia
“At 5.30pm on October 25, when at the Minderoo homestead, my attention was directed by a native to a big object in the air several miles away. The object was traveling from us in an easterly direction. It looked compact like a dirigible balloon, but appeared to be square, more like an aeroplane. The sun shone on it, and flashes came from it as though reflected from something revolving, or off metal work. The color of the object was dark brown or black. It was too far away to distinguish its exact nature and size, or whether any persons were in it. There was no mirage at the time, and not on any account could such an object be taken for a bird.” Mrs Roe stated that she is positive it was an airship of some kind…A couple of white men , station hands, and a civilized native, also saw the aerial object from the shearing shed, which is a mile from the homestead…” (Source: Barrier Miner (Broken Hill) newspaper, 7 December 1910 page 7.) Note: Some sources cite the date as 1909 not 1910.

1919  Central NSW  CE3
While travelling down a country road, a man came across an artefact resting near the roadside. He saw that a “man” was apparently working on it, and went over to offer assistance. The stranger turned as if surprised and pointed something at the witness, who was knocked senseless. When he came to, the object and the man had gone. Subsequently, he found that his memory was never the same again. (Bulletin of the Australian Co-Ordination Section for the Center for UFO Studies  (ACOSB). No 9. p11.

1920 Bass Strait
“The Navy submarine depot ship, the Platypus, was involved in the search for a missing schooner, the Amelia J., in Bass Strait. Mystery lights, thought at the time to be “evidently rockets,” were observed. Two aircraft left the flying training school and aircraft depot at Point Cook to join in the investigation. One was piloted by a Major Anderson and the other by Captain W. J. Stutt – an instructor for the NSW Government Aviation school at Richmond…Stutt and his mechanic, Seargent Dalzell, were last seen by Major Anderson flying into a large cloud. Their plane and the schooner were never found.” (Chalker, C. 1996. “UFOs sub rosa down under: The Australian Military & Government role in the UFO controversy.” )

Spring 1921 Prospect, Adelaide, South Australia
One evening, a man named Felix Jones saw a circular-like saucer. It was 12-15 feet across, and 3 feet deep. It was a lightish colour but reflecting green from within it. It had neither wings nor propeller, but did have rectangular windows. It was seen in the north-north-west, stationary from three minutes. It then moved off to the west, slowly, then quickly. When it moved it glowed at the back. (Australian Saucer Record volume 2 number 4 1956 page 7. The item stated that the report was received 15 Oct 1956.)

1925  Moora WA  CE2  Green  (30:38, 116:00)
Two young men came across an object resting in a paddock. It was described as two saucers on edge, with oval shaped “windows” and four “legs”. The men beat a hasty retreat and didn’t return for several days. When they did, they reportedly found the earth scuffed about. (ACOSB. No 9. p12.)

1927  Fernvale  NSW  BS  (28:20, 153:20)
Two boys observed a large, brightly lit object pass over; turn slightly, apparently following the contours of the valley, and come to rest on a hill. Neighbours also witnessed the landing. The object glowed for some time on the ground. Eventually there was darkness. With daylight, investigations by the boys and the neighbours confirmed the presence of a complete circle of “scorched grass,” about nine metres in diameter. The site was apparent as a brown area amongst the green grass. (Personal investigation by Bill Chalker. See his accounts in “The Terror Down Under”, FATE, Sept 1988 and pp 337-338 in “UFOs in Australia and New Zealand through 1959,” in The UFO Encyclopedia, Vol.2, “The Emergence of a Phenomenon: UFOs from the beginning through 1959″ by Jerome Clark (1992.)

1930 Warrnambool, Victoria Preliminary
“In 1930, an Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) officer, Squadron Leader George Jones, was sent to Warnambool, Victoria to investigate  reports of mystery aircraft flying over the coast. No explanation was found in  this first official RAAF UFO investigation. Further “mystery aircraft” reports were made in the near pacific and Papua New Guinea in 1930, and in 1931 the RAAF was denying any of her planes were the explanation for “mystery planes reported widely in Tasmania..” (Chalker, C. 1996. “UFOs sub rosa down under: The Australian Military & Government role in the UFO controversy.” Page 8. Retrieved 24 January 2011 from http://www.project1947.com/forum/bcoz1.htm)

Ca. 1930  Mandurah  WA  CE3  (31:57, 115:51)
A sixty seven year old woman recounted how at age fifteen she had seen a sixty centimetre tall, pink creature. It had large ears, a slit mouth, big bulbous eyes and small hands. It was bald and shiny. She said her father wrapped the creature in a net and put it outside. (Perth UFO Research Group (PUFORG).)

1930’s
“In about 1989 John’s father-in-law, an Aboriginal man, told him that when he was a young man in the 1930s, camping with his tribe before the white man took them off their land, they saw a green light spinning around in the sky. It landed behind trees. Lots of little men shining with green light came. They walked around the tribe, looking at them, and then walked back to the UFO, which took off.” (Chalker, Bill “The Oz files” Duffy & Snellgrove. Potts point, NSW. 1996. p.22. Note: The John mentioned is researcher John Kernott.)

More Historical Cases Next Week:

UFOs – Where Do They Come From?

Belief in UFOs and extra-terrestrials is fast becoming the high tech religion for the new millenium. We are witnessing more and more reports of UFO sightings, hearing reports of abductions, and seeing many extreme and bizarre New Age UFO cults emerge. Firstly, we will ask the question – Do UFOs actually exist, or are they just a fantasy, a product of the mind? Secondly – If they do exist then what exactly are they? Thirdly, we will ask – Who or what are behind them? And finally, I will go into detail as to what I personally feel about this subject, as a Christian, and will examine what I believe the Bible has to say on the matter.

Do UFOs actually exist?

So do UFOs actually exist? In the mind of those in the film industry there is no doubt to this question. UFOs and aliens exist on the big screen and small screen alike in such things as: Independence Day, The X Files, Dark Skies, Men in Black, Mars Attack, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. And recently there is the renewed interest in the film Star Wars, even though it was originally shown about 20 years ago. Then there is everyone’s favourite Star Trek, where you can boldly go where no man has gone before and join Captain Kirk, and Spock and the crew to encounter a wide assortment of colourful life-forms in a Universe that is chock-a-block with alien life.

Certainly, in the world of Science Fiction UFO’s not only exist, but are here to stay. But what about reality? Do UFOs really exist? The modern UFO era began in 1947 when a man by the name of Kenneth Arnold witnessed 9 disk shaped objects flying at tremendous speeds over Washington. A reporter coined the phrase “Flying Saucer” and the phrase stuck. It appears that after Arnold’s sighting the flood gates opened and UFOs were appearing almost everywhere. And today, the sightings continue, as well as the interest in the subject. I can guarantee you that if you were to go into almost any newsagent’s today and take just a cursory glance at the publications on offer you would see magazines on UFOs and aliens.

But although there is a lot of current interest and alleged sightings, the phenomenon is by no means a new one. Throughout history strange objects and lights have appeared in the sky. The video ‘UFOs: The Hidden Truth’ makes these observations: 1500 years ago the ancient Egyptians recorded strange sights in the skies. Both Greek and Roman literature have references to ‘fiery shields’ in the sky. In the year 323 B.C. Alexander the great and his army were harassed by 2 unidentified flying objects. Most of the men fled, although some of the more courageous ones stood their ground and tried to fight them and hit them with their bow and arrows. In 1492, just hours before Christopher Columbus discovered land, it is recorded that he witnessed a bright flying object flying from the sky into the water and then exiting to return to the sky again. * In addition to the historical record there is also the testimony of many seemingly reliable witnesses.

For example: Edmund Haley, of Haleys Comet fame, watched a light in the night sky that was so bright that it lit up the sky so brightly that he could even read a text by it. In WWII British aeroplanes flying over Germany encountered strange lights in the sky and thought that they were a new breed of enemy aircraft and nicknamed them ‘Foo Fighters’. American presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagen have spoken of seeing UFOs. And the list goes on: astronauts, radar specialists, policemen, FBI agents. Are we really to believe that all these people are actually liars? I don’t think that it is really fair to say that all of these people are lying. However, about 90 percent of the reported sightings can be explained without seeing little green men around every corner. But we are still left with a percentage that remain as a mystery. If they do exist then what exactly are they? So, if they do exist, what exactly are they?

Some, of course, are simply hoaxes, intentionally designed to deceive. For example: blots stuck on windows, then photographed, radio controlled objects, etc. Some are later identified as natural phenomenon Many of the mysterious sightings in the sky that people past ages have encountered can possibly be explained by such things as aurora’s, fireballs, flocks of birds. Probably one of the most notorious things to fall into this category is the planet Venus. Other sightings can be explained as airships, searchlights, and even laser-light shows at rock concerts. Military aircraft is another explanation. There is mounting evidence that new generations of remarkable military aircraft have been regularly misconceived as UFOs before the existence of their technology is officially confirmed. For example, reports of triangular UFOs in Belgium between 1989 and 1991 are now widely believed to have been operations by American stealth jets. This would also be confirmed by the fact that a lot of UFOs are sighted near secret military bases. However, there are a percentage which are simply unexplained.

 Are they from outer space?

Many astronomers and physicists believe that UFOs and their occupants do not come from outer space. Extra-terrestrial believer’s assume that alien visitors can travel through space at the speed of light. But in more recent years many scientists and ufologists alike have recognised that there are problems with this theory. ‘The Hidden Truth’ notes the following: First, there is the problem of time. What if we suppose that UFOs come from some distant star in our own Galaxy? Travelling from the nearest star, Alpha Centauri, which is 25 trillion miles from the earth, in terms of the speed of light, it would take more than four years and three months to travel from this star to the earth. Travelling from a nearby star system at more realistic speeds than the speed of light, say the speeds that our own space rockets travel if UFOs were to travel 1 million miles a day it would take them 70, 000 years to travel to earth. And that’s only from a nearby star system.

Other stars are thousands of times further out in space. Then there is the question of energy. It is estimated that a space ship, carrying ten people, and travelling 5 light years to and from a nearby star system at 70% of the speed of light would consume 500, 000 times the amount of energy consumed in the U. S. in one year! There is also another difficulty with the idea of space travel nearing light speed. Outer space is not an empty waste. The fact is that throughout space there is debris scattered everywhere in the form of cosmic gas, dust and particles.

Any spacecraft would encounter them, and at low speeds brush them harmlessly aside. But at near light speed, it will smash into them with devastating results. Even leading UFO authorities themselves recognise the difficulty with space travel. The British journal ‘ Flying Saucer Review’ is widely recognised as the leading UFO publication world-wide but an official statement by its editor Gordon Crayne is very revealing: “There seems to be no evidence yet that any of these craft or beings originate from outer space.”

And respected UFO investigator, Arthur C. Clarke has stated: “One theory which can no longer be taken very seriously is that UFOs are interstellar spaceships.” (Arthur C. Clarke, New York Times Book Review, 07/27/75). So if it is unlikely that these things are from outer space, then where exactly do they come from? Dr J. Allen Hynek who until his death, was the world’s leading authority on UFOs eventually abandoned the idea that these craft were of a tangible quality as we would understand it, calling it “the nuts and bolts theory”. In 1976 he said: “There are just too many things going against this theory. To me, it seems ridiculous that super intelligence would travel great distances to do relatively stupid things like stop cars, collect soil samples, and frighten people.” (Jacques Vallee, Revelations, p. 290). After 30 years of serious UFO research, Hynek finally adopted the theory that UFOs are from another dimension, or a parallel reality (Bob Larson, UFOs and the Alien Agenda, p. 93).

Who or what are the beings that are behind them?

So, aside from the objects in the sky that can be explained, who, or what, are behind the proportion of these strange objects in the sky that remain unidentifiable? Many people these days claim to have actually met the beings that are behind them; and in most cases people say they have been taken against their will. These days, when the word ‘Abducted’ is mentioned a lot of people instantly think of ‘Alien Abduction’.

The most common and notorious offender in abduction cases, is popularly referred to as ‘the grey’. In fact, it has been said that alleged abductions are so common place in America that it has been said that if you ever see a UFO the chances are that it is either coming from or going to an abduction! As we have seen, records of lights in the sky can be traced back thousands of years but talk of alien abductions appears to be very much a product of the modern age.

The earliest recorded abductions come from around the 1950′s but it appears that it was during the 1980′s that reports of such things seem to have really ‘took off’ (if you will excuse the pun!). But even before the spate of alleged abductions occurred, between 1945 and 1947 the US science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, which enjoyed widespread popularity, had fictional aliens who were kidnapping humans in much the same way as the stories that were to come later and be presented as fact.