Unidentified Flying Objects over Melbourne ?

[Romeo Tango Alpha]

It COULD have been a JetStar flight. I hear they are unusual occurences still - a Jetstar aircraft actually FLYING

All seriousness, I see "lights" a fair bit recently, but, MOST are in the general direction of airports, or on approaches to. Like flying out of YBMC, I can usually see several orange red lights low down on the horizon of high intensity, apparently motionless, then moving rapidly - yes, they are aircraft on approach to 01 at YBBN, and the landing light is skipping through the smog and dust, and refracting through heat haze and other atmospherics.

Having said that, I am also a keen amateur astronomer, and spend MANY a cold night out with my telescope. In all 30 odd years of peering up, I can say I have seen 1 "sight" I could NOT explain - an object I initially accredited to a satellite, suddenly turned a full 180 degrees, tracked parallel to it's original course for a minute, then performed a RAPID 270 degree turn, and meandered off a while on that course, before coming back AGAIN, and proceeding along it's original course! The object was DEFINITELY at EXTREME altitude (if in the atmosphere at all!), and no noise whatsoever was encountered. It wasn't a very bright light at all, but my night vision was acute from the time I had been exposed.

Alien? Perhaps, who knows! I prefer to think it is one of the USA's little projects.

[lambsie]

You don't honestly think that if the little green men have the whiz bang technology to actually get here, that they'd do it with all lights blazing???

[bush mechanics]

Righto Boys,
Go down to your local Coles and buy the large garbage bags for your wheely bin.Then buy a packet of Fire lighters,They come in a pack of ten cubes.
Then thread lockwire around the opening in the base,Leave a opening of aprox45cms.Then thread 1 fire lighter on to a seperate piece of wire and tie this piece across the opening of your bag(balloon)
Now when you have made at least 5 balloons get your mates all to hold one each from the top corners of the bag,whilst you run around lighting all the the fire lighters.Wait untill the bag is fully inflated and yibada yibada youl be in the news paper either for burning your neighbours tree down or UFOs seen in the Sky.
Not that Im talking from Experience!!!Any X skyport boys and girls will remember UFO nights

[dudduddud]

This is what our first alien encounter will probably sound like

"Tauranga Tower, Uniform Foxtrot Oscar is overhead katikati at 330 000ft in reciept of infomation Alpha 1014, request entry into the zone for landing, pob2."

or

"Tauranga Tower, Uniform Foxtrot Oscar is overhead katikati at 330 000ft in reciept of infomation Alpha 1014, take me to your leader, pob2."

[Blacksheepmuse]

UFO Disclosure

Dear All,

We are a non-profit group who are seeking to end the secrecy and ridicule surrounding the UFO/ETI subject. Currently, we are looking for well-qualified volunteer witnesses from the UK or Europe, and globally, who have had UFO encounters or experiences. For those who might be worried about speaking of their experience, we can assure you that there are many who feel the same way as you, but also other prominent people such as Edgar Mitchell and Gordon Cooper (yes, the astronauts) who have repeatedly given their own testimony in the USA (see www.ukffd.org for details). There are also over 500 witnesses from the military, NASA, FAA and government who have given their accounts and sworn testimony to the Disclosure Project in the USA, and there are police officers in the UK who have also gone on record. We would like to obtain testimony from the UK and the rest of the world that we can publish. Witnesses can contact us through our Website: www.ukffd.org. They can also find out all the details about our movement. Please help us if you are able. We feel this matter is of profound importance and have therefore taken the radical step of posting a message to this forum. Please e-mail Dean Rose ([email protected]) or Andrew Johnson ([email protected]). You can also visit this link to see our collaboration to unify uflogical efforts in the UK.

http://www.alienexistence.com/viewtopic.php?p=1498#1498

Thanks very much for reading.

[Capn Bloggs]

Dud,

in reciept of infomation Alpha 1014

It's "Received Alpha 1014", you feral alien!

[Speeds high]

Have they paid the local Maori iwi for use of the sky?

[barleyhi]

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Search Period Start: 15:57, Wednesday, 01 December, 2004
Search Period End: 16:57, Wednesday, 08 December, 2004
Observer's Location: Essendon ( 37.7670°S, 144.9170°E)
Local Time: Australian Eastern Daylight Time (GMT + 11:00)


Date Local
Time Intensity
( Mag) Alt. Azimuth Distance to
flare centre Intensity at
flare centre
(Mag.) Satellite
01 Dec 20:53:05 -8 68° 96° (E ) 1.1 km (W) -8 Iridium 25
01 Dec 22:36:03 -0 34° 116° (ESE) 55.0 km (E) -8 Iridium 91
02 Dec 02:38:11 -5 11° 231° (SW ) 25.5 km (E) -6 Iridium 4
02 Dec 20:47:02 -0 67° 94° (E ) 32.5 km (E) -8 Iridium 47
03 Dec 22:25:34 -5 39° 117° (ESE) 10.9 km (W) -8 Iridium 60
03 Dec 22:32:06 -1 41° 115° (ESE) 33.4 km (W) -8 Iridium 95
04 Dec 03:46:42 -3 41° 264° (W ) 22.6 km (W) -8 Iridium 56
04 Dec 22:19:32 -1 39° 116° (ESE) 34.2 km (E) -8 Iridium 29
05 Dec 03:40:35 -4 42° 263° (W ) 16.7 km (E) -8 Iridium 84
06 Dec 03:34:29 -0 42° 261° (W ) 56.4 km (E) -8 Iridium 12
06 Dec 22:17:09 -2 43° 112° (ESE) 29.2 km (E) -8 Iridium 90
07 Dec 05:14:17 -8 67° 294° (WNW) 1.1 km (E) -8 Iridium 43
07 Dec 22:10:41 -1 47° 114° (ESE) 36.4 km (W) -8 Iridium 28
08 Dec 03:31:19 -1 35° 258° (WSW) 48.8 km (W) -8 Iridium 53
08 Dec 05:08:13 -1 68° 293° (WNW) 27.3 km (E) -8 Iridium 40
08 Dec 05:08:26 -3 67° 291° (WNW) 12.5 km (E) -8 Iridium 38




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