Saturday, May 03, 2008
Miners 'saw UFO'
FIVE mine workers are convinced they saw a UFO fly over them on a remote Territory island.
Mine maintenance worker Arnold Murray said a bright object whizzed over the Gemco mine site on Groote Eylandt as he and his colleagues started the night shift last Friday.
Mr Murray, 32, said the bright light was slightly higher than a plane coming to land -- but it was silent. He and four workmates were at the mine site at 7.15pm when he saw an object flying towards them.
"I noticed a star in the sky and it was getting closer,'' he said.
"As it approached I realised it was at plane level.
"Four other lads walked out of the office and we watched it for a little while. It was vertical from us, there were no flashing lights or noise.
"The plant's pretty quiet at night. (It made) no noise whatsoever.
"All of a sudden it shot off and left a long orange trail behind it. That orange trail just faded out like a shooting star.''
Mr Murray said they wanted to know what flew over their heads in the night.
"It wasn't a chopper, it wasn't a plane, we knew that much, and it definitely wasn't ashooting star.''
"It blew us out of the water.''
Defence spokeswoman Kelly Cooper said the object was not a military plane.
"There were no military aircraft flying in that area at that time on that day,'' she said.
She said any navy ships letting off flares would have been at least 200 nautical miles off shore.
Groote Eylandt, in the Gulf of Carpentaria, is near one of the first and most famous UFO sightings in Australia -- the "light wheel'' reported on January 23, 1964.
Sailors on a vessel off the northeast point of the island reported seeing a circle of pulsing lights rotating clockwise, and they said their compass went "haywire''.Labels: Arnold Murray, Australia, Gemco, Groote Eylandt, Gulf of Carpentaria, Kelly Cooper, UFO
Permalink | Link to External Source Article
Monthly Archives - Previous Articles
May 2003 June 2003 July 2003 August 2003 September 2003 October 2003 November 2003 December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009
Previous Blogger UFO News Articles
Previous HTML UFO News Articles. Predating 05-15-2003
Share 
 
 Xerpi
RSS Feed
Blogroll Me!
|
