| ID | #1689867566 |
| Added | Thu, 20/07/2023 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | |
| Phenomena | |
| Status | Fact
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Initial data
Date: Monday, September 6, 2010
Time: 2:15 (05-09-2010 16:45 UTC)
Location: Timor Sea
Features/Characteristics: diamond-shaped bright orange light
Description:
Location: 11 degrees 26.5' South latitude; 128 degrees 09.8' W.D.
Ship's course: 107 (T) at a speed of 12 knots.
The witness states:
"I would like to tell you about the next observation of the object at night over the Timor Sea in September 2010. At that time I was on a ship heading towards Darwin. A lot of UFO activity has been reported in the Northern Territory of Australia, so I immediately reported it to Alan Ferguson from Wild Territory. He was very interested, since at that time they were regularly observing in the NT, and this object was moving north from the coast. The observation lasted about 10 seconds, and the object was moving VERY fast!!!"
The object was a bright orange light in the shape of a diamond, possibly consisting of a series of bright lights with a small silvery tail that narrowed to a point about 6 times the length of the object. It appeared ahead of the ship at about 45° on the starboard side and crossed the bow (from right to left) to disappear behind the clouds at an angle of about 60° on the left bow (i.e. it was moving more or less from south to north). The object was moving along a straight horizontal trajectory at an altitude of about 40 ° above the horizon.
The witness offered several possible explanations for the appearance of light:
Meteor: I've seen a lot of them around the world, some very impressive, but nothing like this.
Re-entering the cosmic degree: Again, I've seen this a few times and it didn't seem to fit the normal pattern, although I think it might be the nearest possibility.
At that time, naval exercises were held in this area: yes, there were, but what could it be?
Airplane: Too fast, unless it was very close, in which case I think I would have heard it.
Rocket: maybe, but again too fast even for a cruise missile, and most other missiles have a trajectory. There were also no navigation warnings about live firing exercises, which in any case usually do not occur at night.
Original news
Date: Monday 6 September 2010
Time: 2.15 am (05-9-2010 1645hrs UTC)
Location: Timor Sea
Features/characteristics: lozenge-shaped bright orange light
Description:
Position: Latitude 11 degrees 26.5’ South; 128 degrees 09.8’ East
Ship heading: 107 (T) at 12 knots.
The witness states: “I would like to share the following sighting of an object at night over the Timor Sea in September 2010. I was on the ship headed towards Darwin at the time. There is a lot of UFO activity reported in the Northern Territory of Australia, so I reported this immediately afterwards to Alan Ferguson of Wild Territory. He was very interested as they were having regular sightings in NT around that time, and this object was travelling northwards away from the coast. The sighting lasted for about 10 seconds, and the object was travelling VERY fast!!!”
The object was a lozenge-shaped bright orange light – possibly made up of a row of bright lights, with a slight silvery tail that tapered to a point approximately 6 times the length of the object. It appeared ahead of the ship at about 45° on the starboard bow, and crossed ahead (right to left) to disappear behind cloud at about 60° on the port bow (ie. It was travelling more or less from south to north). The object traveled in a straight horizontal path, at an elevation of about 40° above the horizon.
The witness proposed several possible explanations for the light:
Meteor: I have seen many of these all over the world, some quite spectacular, but nothing like this.
Space degree re-entry: again, I have seen these several times, and this did not seem to fit the normal pattern, though I think this could be the nearest possibility.
Naval exercises taking place in the area at the time: yes, there were, but what could it have been?
Aircraft: too fast by far unless it was very close, in which case I should think I would have heard it.
Missile: possibly, but again too fast, even for a cruise missile, and most other missiles have trajectory. Also there were no navigation warnings of live firing exercises which would not normally occur at night anyway.
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Investigation
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