4 Jan 1996 MALENY SUNSHINE COAST QLD 2200hrs CE2
Sky lit up close to horizon and a light shot out over the land. No thunder. Oval, dark shape
with light streaming out. Power went off for 5-10 seconds. Humming sound which ceased
and power resumed. (UFO Research Sunshine Coast.)
7 Feb 1996 MALENY QLD 1920hrs NL
Circular light with hollow centre, red light flashing within. Smaller circle appeared to turn
within larger. Object in view 20 seconds. Lower than Venus. (UFOR Sunshine Coast.)
9 Mar 1996 MONTVILLE QLD NL
Two electrical blackouts south-west of Nambour saw six huge orange lights. Three high in
two columns. Drifted to coast one by one at a certain level. Then disappeared. (UFOR
Sunshine Coast.)
17 Mar 1996 MAROOCHYDORE QLD 0430hrs CE1
Flashing white light in the east, three hundred metres away. Object had two fins at the base
corners, with a flat base and bulging curved top, orange and white in fins. (UFOR Sunshine
Coast.)
25 Mar 1996 BLI BLI & COOLUM QLD 1850hrs CE1
Several female witnesses saw a ring of ten to twelve outer lights counter rotating against an
inner ring of five lights. Five to ten minutes to go from Coolum to Maroochydore. Two
hundred metres below clouds. Dogs had been spooked three out of five nights. (UFOR
Sunshine Coast.)
1 May 1996 MEADOWS SA 1910hrs NL
To the north a woman noted two bright, stationary, lights which went on and off. A third
light appeared, then a fourth, and a fifth. (AIUFSRS Newsletter Nov 96.)
Mid May 1996 MOOLOOBAH QLD 1030hrs CE1
Cigar shaped object three to four kilometres off the ground. White coloured object with no
wings or lights. Very fast. Constant sound. No wavering, trail behind ten to twenty lengths
of object. (UFOR Sunshine Coast.)
23 May 1996 CALOUNDRA QLD 0100-0200hrs 1 hour NL
Two witnesses saw a v shaped object. Three orange lights on left, one blue light in middle
at base and three more orange lights on, right arm. Distance five hundred metres. Height ten
to fifteen metres. (UFOR Sunshine Coast.)
24 May 1996 PT FAIRY VIC 1920hrs 5 mins CE1
Three people saw three lights, only three hundred metres away. travelling westwards. Each
silent light was white and triangular. (AIUFSRS NL Nov 96.)
19 Jun 1996 KIMBA SA 1745hrs 10 mins NL
Six people saw a red light on an evening where there were several short duration local power
failures. (AIUFSRS NL Nov 96.)
1 Jul 1996 HAPPY VALLEY SA 0440hrs CE1
A rectangular object was reportedly hovering two to three metres above a house for thirty
minutes. Red/green/blue/yellow lights were noted. It then moved slowly away. (AIUFSRS
NL Nov 96.)
8 Jul 1996 KENSINGTON SA 1630hrs 10-15mins DD
A student noted a golden/silver cigar/circular object which moved slowly across the sky, then
made a sharp turn and moved south-east. It flashed every four seconds. (AIUFSR NL Nov
96.)
14 Jul 1996 CRAIGMORE SA 2035hrs 2-3mins NL
Two golden/white lights moved to the south-east and simply vanished. (AIUFSRS NL Nov
96.)
18 Jul 1996 LAGUNA BAY QLD 0745hrs Lits
Taxi driver at Noosa observed red lights over bay accompanied by brown and blue light. On
same day reports of red and blue lights flashing over from Noosa-Cabundra. (UFOR
Sunshine Coast.)
28 Jul 1996 CLEARVIEW SA 0110hrs 5 mins Nl
Three orange lights, sighted by two people. Two lights were travelling along slowly, but the
third was moving quickly. (AIUFSR NL Nov 96.)
9 Aug 1996 BORDERTOWN SA 2145hrs 5 secs CE1
A woman, travelling by car, sighted an intense light and heard a sound. It seemed only fifty
metres up, and disappeared. (AIUFSRS NL Nov 96.)
12 Aug 1996 PEREGIAN BEACH QLD 0517hrs 90 secs CE1
13 Aug 1996 PEREGIAN BEACH QLD 0503hrs CE1
First sighting white object with red trace. Next day two very bright flashing lights which
turned red and assumed a cigar shape. Then a white rod of light came from ground to centre
of object and disappeared into it. Objects and light pulsated and moved inland to the west.
(UFOR Sunshine Coast.)
25-29 Aug 1996 TEWANTIN , SUNSHINE BEACH, MOOLOOLABA,
WURTULLA QLD NL
Between 1830-0040hrs reports from numerous persons on the above dated of large orange
lights or balls, carrying out various unusual manoeuvrers, e.g. launching off the ground,
drifting, changing directions, hovering, even dropping into the ocean. Durations varied from
30 seconds to six minutes. (UFOR Sunshine Coast.)
5 Sep 1996 PROSPECT SA 2120hrs 10 mins NL
Three white lights were observed in the north-western sky by a student. After zig zagging
around there was a flash of light and they disappeared. (AIUFSRS NL Nov 96.)
7 Sep 1996 ALLENBY GARDENS SA 2335hrs 3-4mins NL
In the north western sky an orange, circular object was seen. After moving, it stopped for
thirty to sixty seconds before moving on again. (AIUFSRS NL Nov 96.)
9 Sep 1996 Eastern Australia 2030hrs Few secs
Mt Victoria NSW
A pilot reported a bright, white light travelling to the North-west, which lit up trees.
Coonabarabran NSW
Astronomer noted a cigar shape, silver coloured object moving to the North-west.
Upper Caboolture QLD
Two people noted what appeared to be a ôflaming objectö descending. An orange flash then
lit the sky. Seen to the South-west. (Martin Gottschall UFORQLD Newsletter 172 p 14,
citing Paul Sowiak of UFORNSW.)
3 Oct 1996 LAKE COOTHARABA QLD 0125hrs NL
Bright light with a dimmer light behind doing five perfect loop the loops. Faded out and
five seconds later back on, dimmer light only up higher and zig zagging in northern sky
over Kir Kir area. Leaving a slight trail. Appeared to go round a big star. Duration five
seconds on, five seconds off. (UFO Research Sunshine Coast.)