Two backpackers on a year long trip around Australia got the fright of their life last week while they were out trekking in bushland in the vicinity of the township of Leura, not far from the well known Katoomba landmark, 'The Three Sisters'.
It was early evening and by the two ladies admission a bit late to be by themselves in the bush. Ingrid Schoen 23, of Germany and Adi Hassan, 22 of France decided to head back into to town when heard the breaking of branches and loud footsteps heading towards them. Ingrid shone a torch onto the track in front of them. At this point they both claim to have seen what they now describe as Bigfoot charge away into the distance.
A Blakedown resident has reported seeing a "strange orange light" float across the sky on Saturday night.
John Shellis, of Birmingham Road, said the light looked like "a large ball" and moved "quite low in the sky" from north to south.
Mr Shellis, an astronomy enthusiast, was standing in his garden looking at the sky at about 12.30am on Sunday morning.
He said: "This light was definitely out of the norm. I often look up in wonderment at night time if it's a clear sky.
"You can often see up to 10 satellites at any hour of the night but this was much faster and larger.
An Aberdeen UFO expert today warned a further wave of activity could be on the horizon.
At the end of last year the Evening Express revealed how a spate of readers came forward after spotting suspected UFOs - ball of light moving strangely in the sky.
Now Aberdeen-based expert Ian Taylor, who has studied UFOs for more than 50 years, claims there has been another sighting in Aberdeen.
He said: "Just when we thought the active UFO sighting wave of late 2008 had all but ceased, yet another sighting took place to the east end of Aberdeen."
The UFO expert spotted a "brilliant" orange-red light moving above the roof-line of homes on Aberdeen's Gray Street, near Great Western Road.
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Some exciting UFO sightings have come across the wire today, including a strange object photographed in Clairton, Pennsylvania; multiple objects changing shapes in San Francisco, California; and, a possibly landing/crash in Austin, Texas.
Clairton, Pennsylvania - 4/13/2009 - A family spotted an object flying very slowly over the horizon. They immediately got a camera and began taking pictures. One of the pictures is illustrated on the right. No additional information is available at this time, but Mufon will be investigating.
Pennsylvania sightings summary for the first three months, ending March 31st - 4/13/2009
During the first quarter of 2009, the Mutual UFO Network (Mufon) had received a total of 58 sightings reports from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Of the 58 total sightings reported to the center, 50 have been completed by state Mufon field investigators, with eight still under investigation. After completing a thorough investigation, the field investigator reaches a conclusion as to the appropriate classification of the reported sighting. The respective classifications include: Unknown - meaning that the sighting did not fall into the explanation of being either man-made in origin, a weather/atmospheric anomaly, or an observation of a natural celestial object; Identified flying object - meaning that the object is a conventional type of aircraft (i.e. airplane, helicopter, blimp, balloon, etc.); Insufficient data - meaning that there wasn't enough information available from the report to be able to reach a reasonable conclusion; and finally, a hoax.
The following is the breakdown, by case classification, of the final dispositions as determined by the assigned field investigators: Unknown - 19; Identified flying object - 8; Insufficient data -21; Hoax - 2. Of the 19 cases classified as unknown, the following are descriptions of the objects observed: Disk, oval-shaped - 3; Slow moving objects - 2; Circle - 2; Star-like - 4; Square/rectangular - 1; Diamond-shaped - 1; Triangle - 1; Fireball, sphere, star-like - 1.
Just as some of the mystery of America's Area 51 is lifted another less known UFO related military facility in another part of the world is beginning to capture the imaginations of ufologists.
Xinhua, the Chinese government owned news agency, has just published a dramatic article that has been republished throughout China and is creating shockwaves amongst UFO researchers in the entire region. The article claims that Xinhua received information during the Cold War from Russian military sources regarding UFOs and alien bodies being kept in Russia's top secret rocket launch and development site: Kapustin Yar in the Astrakhan region.
Kapustin Yar, often referred to as Russia's Roswell is reasonably well known in the West. UFO sightings are a common occurrence in the area. UFO researchers have long heard rumours of retrieved UFOs and alien bodies stored in vast underground facilities said to exist beneath the grounds of the facility.
Numerous residents in and around the village of Mezoband, in the Mures region of Transylvania at the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains witnessed a UFO three weeks ago. The object was described by witnesses as bright, spherical and darting too and forth in a seemingly impossible manner. Shortly after appearing the object shot off. It was reported by local media that photos of the object were taken but none have come to light yet.
The mayor of this town in an area largely populated by minority Hungarians, Mr Mircea Rusu, is planning on organising a UFO festival. This is by no means the first UFO seen in the area and the mayor hopes to increase tourism into the area by promoting it as a Romanian 'Roswell'.
Posted: April 13, 2009
Date: March 20, 2009
Time: 21:30
Number of witnesses: 1
Number of objects: 1
Shape of objects: Triangle.
Weather Conditions: Calm.
Description: Saw object in sky coming towards Muskham round about and thought that's strange as object was on fire. Got out car on Muskham Road and watched it travel towards the factory. It raised up and went into the steam of the chimney on factory. No noise from object.
Posted: April 13, 2008
Date: March 16, 2009
Time: 21.50
Number of witnesses: 2
Number of objects: 7
Shape of objects: Round Orange lights
Weather Conditions: Clear Sky
Description: Along the coast road in Malahide looking towards Donnabate there were 7 orange lights which appeared in the sky. This was an amazing sight and I have never seen anything like it before. They held position for around 15 minutes. I could see the lights from my house and when I got home I took my binoculars for a closer view. Looking towards Donnabate I could see another orange light appearing which was rising up slowing from the ground as if it had landed. This light came to a stop near the other lights after it got to a certain height as if it was fixing into a position.
Posted: April 13, 2009
Date: March 22, 2009
Time: 1:12 a.m.
Number of witnesses: 2
Number of objects: 2
Shape of objects: Fireball oval looking glowing shape constantly orange
Weather Conditions: Prior to rain
Description: Bronson and Chad. We were walking over Chevron Island, which is located in Goldcoast Q.L.D. Australia. We suddenly saw a fireball oval shape moving smoothly and rapidly but slow enough to have a very good look at. One travelled north until out of sight, straight after another followed and disappeared above us. It was the most amazing thing we have ever seen and it has changed our lives forever. For everybody else who saw this incident please email bro182@hotmail.com
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