Five miners in the Northern Territory of Australia say they spotted a UFO last week. In the early evening, worker Arnold Murray noticed a light silently flying towards his work site and alerted his coworkers as the object swooped in:
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.
It wasn't a chopper, it wasn't a plane--we knew that much--and it definitely wasn't a shooting star.
Interestingly, the mine is on Groote Eylandt, close to where Australia's most famous UFO sighting was recorded. In 1964, the "light wheel" appeared off the coast of the island, causing a ship's compass to malfunction as a rotating circle of lights descended from the sky.
In 1997, thousands of people saw the now-famous Phoenix Lights, including Arizona's governor at the time, Fife Symington. Last night, it appeared they'd returned to the skies above Phoenix.
Dozens of people called in to local radio and TV stations to report an eerie quartet of red lights. An FAA spokesman had no explanation for the phenomenon, but did have a sense of humor about it, given the agency's recent troubles:
It could be aliens coming down to save us from ourselves, you never know. The only thing I do know is if they were coming down, they weren't talking to air traffic controllers.
Former Governor Symington describes the original Phoenix Lights 45 seconds into this video.
In the beautiful Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, weird things are about to interrupt the cityscape of heritage houses and communist buildings. The Guggenheim Museum plans to open another branch in the city, and since the Guggenheim has a tradition of inhabiting memorable buildings, this one will be no exception.
Depending on the angle you choose, the new Zaha Hadid-designed building looks a bit like a cruise ship, a spaceship or (we think) a giant computer mouse. Quite how this fits into Vilnius is something we can't quite imagine, but perhaps the point is that it doesn't.
If you want to see the design up close, along with the two losing ideas, they're being exhibited at the Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center in Vilnius until the end of June. Miss that, and nobody's sure quite how long you might have to wait to see the actual space ship land in Lithuania.
No, this isn't a famous UFO sighting. Instead, many years ago, some crazy architects decided to build a UFO house in Signal Mountain, TN, near Chattanooga.
In these hard times it is no surprise that the flying saucer house was recently put up for auction. But the fact that the three bedroom home couldn't fetch more than $135,000 is a bit of a surprise. The auction winner and new UFO resident is said to have bought the place as a second home.
The crazy thing? There are more of these UFO style homes peppered throughout the country. But where are they? Get out and find 'em, because the truth is out there.
It's official, at least according to the Ministry of Defense in Britain: UFO sightings are on the rise. Quite a substantial rise, too, rocketing from 97 sightings in 2006 up to 135 sightings during 2007. A whole range of UFOs were spotted, including:
But our favorite UFO sighting in Britain last year came from a man in Cardiff, Wales, who reported that spaceships flew near his house and abducted his car, tent and dog. Other witnesses in the area at the time also say they saw a spaceship. So take extra care on your next trip to Wales, which might just become a favorite hangout for UFOs with dog-loving aliens on board.
The locals in Wycliffe Well are divided when it comes to the sightings in Australia's self-proclaimed UFO capital. While some believe the area's gas station is a preferred hangout for aliens, others chalk it up to booze. The skeptics argument? Most of the sightings have been reported by people exiting the local pub late at night, after guzzling a beer or 12.
But while it may have something to do with high levels of alcohol consumption, some claim the extraterrestrial visitors just prefer the Northern Territory. The owner of the saloon has even racked up a half dozen sightings on his own:
When I came down here it was just a common occurrence. It was just one of those things. Even the previous owner just mentioned it to me in passing.
Today, the gas station props up statues of green-colored aliens along the roadway, hoping to catch the eye of motorists and tourists making the long drive from Alice Springs to Darwin. When it comes to the real thing, though, locals say they "hardly even blink when they see it." The tiny town, which is isolated and surrounded by scrubland, has garnered significant attention from the UFO community, attracting "experts" and even a couple UFO conventions.
Drunk or not, we'd love to pull up in a barstool next to a local and hear some UFO stories.
Over twenty Stephenville residents, including a pilot, allege they recently saw a large silent object with bright lights flying low and fast over their town. Some folks even claim a fighter jet was chasing it.
The pilot witness had this to say:
People wonder what in the world it is because this is the Bible Belt, and everyone is afraid it's the end of times. It was positively, absolutely nothing from these parts.
Maj. Karl Lewis, a spokesman for the 301st Fighter Wing at the Joint Reserve Base Naval Air Station in Fort Worth, said no aircraft from his base were in the area recently, however, he is "90% sure" this sighting was an airliner.
So say for a minute, just a minute, that 10% ruled the day. What exactly were aliens looking for in Stephenville? Could have been Jewel, who filmed a music video there, or, if you are more into doomsday theories, these aliens could have been looking for the KKK, who held a rally in Stephenville last summer. However, our hope is that these alleged aliens were simply looking for some good BBQ, which can be found over at Hard Eight in Stephenville.
If you haven't been lucky enough to visit yet, you're still probably aware that there's a massive red rock right in the middle of Australia. Uluru (once known as Ayers Rock) is a World Heritage Site as well as being a particularly sacred spot for the local Aboriginal people, who have to put up with close to half a million tourists traipsing 'round there every year.
What the Aboriginal people probably didn't realize is that the old rock paintings you can find around Uluru are actually the work of astronauts. Apparently, the red rock of Uluru is in fact a giant red egg that was a kind of spaceship, and when it crashed into the middle of Oz, humans emerged from it.
At least so say the members of an American UFO enthusiast group. You might want to plan a trip to Uluru to check out this story for yourself, or even better, just go because it's a really beautiful place. Take a plane down under or just fly in a big red egg if you prefer.
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