1996

JANUARY 1996
1996 MURWILLUMBAH HWY, NSW 1930hrs
(Source: 1800 Freecall National Hotline Number - Callin Code: 01239)
John was driving back from Lismore from the Gold Coast when around 7.30 p.m. his car stopped. He checked under the bonnet but could not find anything obvious so decided to start walking to get help. John stated that he had a funny feeling like something was touching on his spine. He looked up to see 2 bright white lights about 500m above and heard what he described as like the sound of an arc welder. He noticed trucks were driving by on the road. John then hit the ground and rolled down the embankment.

John states that he noticed a grey alien which said to him "you can’t get way" and grabbed him by the arm and proceeded towards one of the motherships. John states that the craft was shaped like an egyptian eye, was a metallic gun metal grey and had no apparent door. He said they both walked straight through the wall. The alien (who John refers to the Doctor Grey or Theoraba) took him inside and he observed other aliens working on computers etc. and also noticed what he now calls ‘baby aliens’ in flasks of red, green orange solution. John asked him "what are those"? and the alien replied that they are baby ones of us. The alien then asked him "would you like to have something to do with these in the future"?. John states that 2 aliens grabbed his arms and legs as he was approached by a female alien who he suggests was half alien/half human, with the body of a woman, long arms, 5 fingers and very dark black eyes. He was told that the aliens wanted him to father children for them, and at this point John started to freak out. John states that the female alien then took on a more human appearance and that he then became aroused and made love to the female alien etc. He also states that a metal ‘thing’ was put up his backside and a patch of skin from his left hand palm was taken for DNA. When he asked about the skin sample he was told that their planet had blown up and that in order to continue their species and ensure that genetic inbreeding didn’t occur that hybrids were the only alternative.

On another occasion John was walking along the road at Kingscliffe and saw the two motherships again, and shouted at them to bugger off, how did you find me? Doctor Grey stated to him that they can find him due to the implant he has in his finger. John has what appears to be an implant in the pad of his middle finger on his left hand. It appears to be metalic (my opinion), is about 4mm long and is clearly visible inside the finger (not like a splinter on the top). On his ring finger he has a whitish circular mark on the pad.

John has also observed UFOs whilst camping on the top of Mount Warning in Qld with friends and claims to have been taken and dropped back at the bottom on the mountain. He states that many locals around Berril Creek have seen ufos around the back of Mt Warning and near Cedar Creek and are reluctant to speak to others about it.

John states that on one occasion whilst out in the bush that he encountered a female alien hybrid, which he assumes his one of his offspring. He said he communicated to the alien telepathically. He states that she was quite young and because of this was wearing what he assumed to be breathing apparatus which went from around her head into her mouth and nostrils. He was told that she was unable to breathe in our atmosphere etc. John states that he has hybrid offspring (5 male/1 female) and is quite proud of this. AUFORN QLD

01.01.96 MYRRHEE, VIC 2130hrs (NL)
The area in which the sighting took place is known as the Upper fifteen mile Creek Road, Myrrhee. The area is approximately five kilometres South West of Boggy Creek Road. The nearest township is Moyhu being 25 kilometres from the area. It is also approximately 55 kilometres South West of Wangaratta. The nearest airport is situated at Benalla 25 kilometres west of Myrrhee. The area is predominantly farming

On the evening of Monday the 1st of January, 1996, G along with his wife R and daughter M were camping at the Upper Fifteen Mile Creek Road, Myrrhee in a Camper van. The property is managed by a Carl and Lorraine Monshing who reside a short distance away. At approximately 2130 hours, G left the camper van and once outside his attention was drawn to an extremely bright object in the western sky. He instantly called for his wife and daughter to come outside and check on the object. G stated that the object was the size of the moon and on occasions the size of a 50 cent piece held at arms length.

The object was observed for a period of 35 to 40 minutes and during this time witnesses stated that the object moved along a hill in a southerly direction following the contour. The object then returned to it’s near original position when first sighted. This was approximately 60 degrees above the horizon. It was also stated by M that the object also moved some distance to the right being in a northerly direction at a very fast speed. She likened it to an X wing fighter from a Star Wars Movie and stated that it was a blur. It then appears that the object set behind the hills and upon doing this lit the hills up like the M.C.G. It appeared like numerous spot lights. The object never re-appeared after this. On this occasion the family never had a camera. They stated that the dogs at their camp were uncontrollable and in the end had to be tied up. They also stated that the cattle in nearby paddocks, were or appeared to be in a distressed condition.

At the time of this sighting the weather was fine, warm and dry. There was no wind or cloud cover. It appears that after the object had moved behind the hills a light mist rolled in.

G on this occasion made diagrams of the object. It appears that the sighting had some effect on the family in relation to their behavioral moods in as much that G and M became moody and continually stirred each other up. As stated by R, this is out of the ordinary for her husband and daughter. G also stated that he had suffered two severe blood noses. He does suffer nose bleeds but never to this extent.

Bureau of Meteorology have no explanation as to the size of the object on this occasion. I have no explanation why the hills lit up as they did. On this sighting I believe that it should be considered a UFO. James W.R. Owen & Mary-Lou Owen VUFORS

02.01.96 MYRRHEE, VIC 2100hrs (Identified as Venus)
On this occasion, G , R and M were again alone at their camp site . At approximately 2100 hours they were outside and in the same approximate area observed an object similar to the evening before. This object was smaller than on the first sighting. Their attention was drawn to this object due to it’s brightness. It was commented by the family that this object was much smaller than they had seen and it was not behaving in the same manner. It was stated that on the second and following sightings the object just set behind the hills. Again at the commencement of the sighting the dogs behaved irrationally, running about and barking. The object then set behind the hills at 2145 hours being much earlier than on the previous sighting.


On this occasion I believe that they observed Venus appear and set. On this occasion it cannot be classed as a U.F.O. James W.R. Owen & Mary-Lou Owen VUFORS

03.01.96 MYRRHEE, VIC 2100hrs (Identified as Venus)
This sighting had a gathering of eight witnesses. They viewed this object from the same position as the family had on the previous occasions. The time was again 2100 hours. They observed the object appear and as the evening progressed the object grew brighter as in sighting two. It set behind the hills in the west at approximately 2145 hours as observed in sighting 2. There was no similar behaviour as in sighting one. On this occasion they had an instamatic camera and took photographs of the object.


I am again of the opinion that this object was Venus and thus cannot be classed as a UFO. James W.R. Owen & Mary-Lou Owen VUFORS

04.01.96 MYRRHEE, VIC 2100hrs (Identified as Venus)
On this occasion Lorraine Monshing arrived with a Video camera to film this object. At this stage the Chronicle Newspaper had been notified and a Mr. David Newport, a journalist for the paper was to attend but never arrived until after the sighting. The object again appeared around 2100 hours. Lorraine filmed the object on and off from different locations around the camp site until the setting of the object at 2145 hours. Lorraine has stated that she is no expert with the Video Camera and that on this occasion the camera was hand held. During the filming the dogs can be heard barking . As this sighting progressed it appears that the Instamatic camera commenced to operate without any human intervention. On the first occasion it was being held by G who then placed it on the bonnet of the car. The camera then again switched itself on and extended the telephoto lens. It then switched off. G then placed it into the carry case and stated that he could hear it switch on and off again. He stated that the batteries were reasonably new and that the camera never played up after this. In the filming G mentioned that this object was similar to what he had seen. At 2145 hours the object that had been filmed, set behind the hills. This was not filmed. No comment was made that the setting was out of the ordinary.

I believe that Venus was the object videoed . I am at a loss as to why the camera was playing up on this occasion. I am also at a loss why the dogs were behaving as they did. The only possibility is that due to the hills and terrain and the limited visibility of the surrounds, that an object may have been in close proximity. James W.R. Owen & Mary-Lou Owen VUFORS

06.01.96 MYRRHEE, VIC 2100hrs (NL)
On the evening prior to this sighting, myself and my wife, accompanied by Mr Robin Kirk a local pilot and an official observer for the Internationale Federation Aeronautique (A.F.I.) attended at the camp site. We were greeted by the Simpson’s and we obtained details of previous sightings. At this stage there was heavy rain with quite a lot of lightning. The visibility was poor. We all decided to follow it through on this evening and we attempted to take wet and dry temperature checks for inversion layers. During the evening we observed nothing out of the ordinary. We then returned to the Monshing premises where we observed the Video. We left the area at about 2300 hours.

On the 6th of January, 1996, my wife and I attended at the camp site at the Upper Fifteen Mile Creek Road, arriving at 2000 hours. Other people were present, keen to see anything out of the ordinary. A short time later Lorraine arrived with her video camera and food for the visitors. Whilst at the site others arrived. The evening was clear with absolutely no cloud cover. It had been a warm day and as the evening progressed it cooled down. At approximately 2030 hours I noticed Venus appearing in the West sky. The sun had not long set and Venus was a light, the size of a pin head.

As the evening continued Venus grew brighter. I noticed that this became a talking point among the witnesses. I noticed that G was continually looking at Venus. I was conversing with him and during this he stated that this was not the same object that he had seen on the first occasion. I had set up the telescope and Venus was viewed through this. I informed G that this object was Venus and spoke to him about the possibility of this being what he saw. He stated that this was not the object that he had seen on sighting one but agreed that it may have been similar to the other sightings. Lorraine stated that it was or looked like the object that she had videoed, but was not as red. Venus then set and nothing unforetold happened.

It was quite apparent that the family was becoming disheartened. Both my wife and I conversed with them . R was under the belief that everyone would think she was lying. At this stage we re-assured them that this was not so. At 2145 hours I recorded that Venus had set behind the hills . No glow or anything similar could be seen from the position it had set. During the evening I checked for inversion layers. There was no layer detectable. I also checked compass readings with a Prismatic Compass.

As Venus set the Moon could be seen rising behind the camp site in a north east direction. It was a full moon.

Just prior to 2200 hours, the moon had risen above the hills and the telescope was directed at the moon. The children present were using it. As it approached 2200 hours I was looking in the westerly sky as were others at intermittent periods. It was then that my attention along with the others in the group was drawn to the western sky. We observed an extremely bright white light approximate size of a quarter moon. At first it appeared to travel towards us at a slow speed and then moved to our right without changing shape or brightness. The light of the object was similar to numerous spot lights but were not blinding in any way. It was possible to look at the light without hurting your eyes. This cannot happen when looking at spotlights or similar. The object made no sounds nor was there any flashing lights. At first it travelled slowly and then at a fast speed ending up as a pin head light.

When the sighting occurred G exclaimed that this was what he saw on the first night . He also commented and to my surprise that this object would have landed if there had not been so many people in the area. I noticed that he was very excited and also in a way disappointed. During the sighting that lasted approximately fifteen (15) seconds, I had asked everyone to quieten down and listen and observe. When asked no one had heard any sound. They all seemed excited and could not explain what they had seen.

After the sighting Mr Carl Monshing arrived at the camp site. He was also quite excited and informed us that he was driving up to the camp site when he observed an object travelling from the west towards him. He stated that it looked the size of a one cent coin and estimated the size as two 707 Jet planes. He stated that it was a white light and that it dropped behind the hills faster than anything he had ever seen before. I noticed that Mr Monshing continually looked in the western sky once at the camp site.

We continued to watch the area for some time after. We observed satellites crossing the sky. Approximately 40 minutes prior to this sighting, a small plane had been seen travelling in a south westerly direction. It could be heard and the flashing lights easily observed. It was in a totally different area than the actual sighting and was not similar to the object seen. At the time of the sighting the temperature was 15 degrees C. It was still a calm night with no wind.

Information has since been received from an Independent person Mr B from Wangaratta , that he was camping at Middle Creek on Saturday the 6/1/96. This position is west of the family camp site on the opposite side of the ranges. He stated that he knows the area extremely well and knows where the Monshing farm is situated from his camp site. He stated that he had read the article the day previous and decided to stay up and watch the sky. At 2200 hours he was watching the eastern sky when he observed a red glow coming through the trees. He stated that it was not flashing . He stated that it was not a plane or a fire and that he could not explain it. He never saw any object.

I am of the opinion that this object is unexplainable and at this stage should be classed as a UFO. James W.R. Owen & Mary-Lou Owen VUFORS


07.01.96 CENTRAL EAST NORTHERN TERRITORY 2020hrs (CE1)
(Source: Diane Harrison, e-mail: tkbnetw@fan.net.au. The Keith Basterfield Network 17.09.98)
Sunday 7th January 1996 8.20pm, Central East NT cattle station hand has daylight sighting of battleship gray object 100ft wide by 40ft height, box shape beneath 25ft wide, 6ft high. Altitude 130ft. Top of object spinning. Bottom half-unmoving and emitting a vapour(?) and smell like steam off hot metal. A whirlwind or vortex underneath near wild livestock. Station hand ex-marine and UN force member took photos and reported the cattle and wild horses 'transfixed by the object'. Brian Richards UFORUM


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