JUNE 1997
JUNE 1997 BALLARAT, VIC 0700hrs (CE1)
Online UFO Report. Reported 16.10.06
Greg was driving due west to work at about 7 am in mid winter. The sun was just rising. It was a sparkling clear sky and visibility was unlimited. He saw straight ahead a large rectangular object illuminated by the rising sun. He immediately realised it was not like anything you would expect to see in the sky. He got to work a minute or so later and the object was clearly visible. He stood and watched it for several minutes. It was huge.  He quickly ruled out all the normal flying objects as he has a thorough knowledge of aircraft and spacecraft and this object was nothing that could be categorised. It was bordering on massive in size. It was probably two to three kilometres west of Greg and was quite an impressive sight hanging in the sky. It seemed to almost defy gravity.

He said: “In the years since the sighting I have often pondered on what it was. I have since formed the opinion that it probably wasn’t a flying object at all but more likely a hole. The way it reacted to the sunlight and its general appearance looked just like a large dark rectangular hole in the blue sky. At the time I assumed it must be a flying object because that’s all we EXPECT to see in the sky. But it wasn’t really flying; it was just hanging there. It was amazing.” The object was very large, about twice the size of a 747. It was the shape of a shoebox but the corners of the box were not sharp but kind of softened or slightly rounded. It lacked colour however. Although the rising sun was falling directly on the object there was no reflection as such. If fact he got the distinct impression it was absorbing the sunlight. It was a dull gun metal grey, almost black. It at first appeared to be totally stationary, but as Greg watched he realised it was drifting very slowly when referenced to objects in the foreground. It was only moving at a walking pace, barely noticeable at first. It was very quiet at this time of the morning with no one about. It was totally silent. It had no obvious propulsion system or wings; nothing that would identify it as being able to fly.

01.06.97 WARBURTON, VIC 1930hrs (CE1)
Source: VUFORS Web Page
A triangular shaped grey object flashing a red light flying east to west slow at first then sped away at a fast speed. No sound heard.

02.06.97 BRISBANE, QLD  (NL)
Source: ABC Radio 612 4KQ Interview Sighting
Rae was at Mooloolaba with 4 of her friends over the weekend of 1st  June.  Early in the evening they observed a helicopter over the ocean.  One hour later all 4 women observed a bright orange light appear from Maroochydore area and move above the water, then disappear. Callers Name: Rae

06.06.97 BRISBANE (COOPERS PLAINS), QLD  1845hrs (NL)
A Coopers Plains resident was on her way home with her son and a friend.  When entering her street they encountered 3 very large bright Orange/Red lights/UFOs hovering over her house.  They were in a pyramidal formation.  She stopped her car.  The UFOs moved south/southwest, then  headed north/northwest and then disappeared.  There was no sound.

09.06.97 BRISBANE (ALGESTER), QLD  1830hrs  (CE1?)
A couple in Algester was in their backyard on the evening of 09.06.97.  The male witness looked up to the sky and observed a ‘weird looking’ light, and it was heading towards them.  When it moved closer, he describes it as being orange in colour, perfectly circular, the size of a basket ball and no sound.  He asked his partner to grab the camera.  The UFO moved toward the neighbour's house (2 houses away), near some large trees and stayed at tree level.  The UFO then moved off towards Mt Gravatt area at a slow pace. The witness was able to take 3 photographs.  The photos are presently being examined.

09.06.97 BRISBANE (STRADBROKE ISLAND), QLD  1845hrs
Witness observed 1 Orange/Red light/UFO, he was looking in the direction of Point Lookout, and it was heading north towards Redcliffe area. It looked like a sheet of paper burning, and there was no noise.  As it moved north it was gliding and then began to climb higher in the sky.

09.06.97 BRISBANE (REDBANK PLAINS), QLD  2145hrs (NL)
A Redbank Plains resident observed 3 Orange/Red lights/UFOs flying in formation, high in the sky, travelling from Brisbane City are towards Redbank Plains.

15.06.97 INNISFAIL, QLD 2015hrs (NL)
QB97009
At approximately 8.15pm a Sergeant with the Innisfail Police driving west across Old Johnston River bridge observed two bright light sources in the sky to the west at 45 degrees elevation, spaced approximately 10 degrees vertically apart, the top light was white and bottom red in colour.

They appeared to be above the Innisfail Township CBD.

The stationary lights were obscured from his view as he drove towards the station. After entering the Police Station the sergeant received a phone call at approximately 8.17pm from a Sundown resident (approx. 5km north) reporting two bright orange lights travelling north-northwest at speed of an aircraft.

At approximately 8.14pm two female witnesses and a 13 year old girl observed two bright lights stationary above the Innisfail Hospital, after a few minutes the witnesses observed the lights travel towards the north (Sundown).

The three male witnesses at Sundown observed the lights approach from the south, passing them at approximately 45 degrees elevation and an estimated 500ft altitude and 30kph speed. The objects moved in tandem heading north, approaching the district of Babinda Township. The objects, still in synchronized flight, turned northwest and slowly disappeared from view. Two Sundown witnesses viewed the objects through a 200mm zoom lens, which showed them to be made up of four orange lights connected. No normal configuration of an air navigation lights were observed. Several other witnesses also observed the lights above Innisfail. Russell Boundy UFORFNQ

18.06.97 CANBERRA, ACT 1710hrs (NL)
Source: Ross Dowe - Australia's National UFO Hotline
At 5:10 p.m., residents of Canberra, Australia's capital, reported seeing "three or four bright yellow lights in the western sky. Two of the illuminations were pencil-shaped."

19.06.97 SYDNEY (TERRY HILLS), NSW 2115hrs (CE1)
Source: Ross Dowe - Australia's National UFO Hotline
At 9:15 p.m., people in the Terry Hills suburb of Sydney "reported sighting a dark, oval-shaped object with square windows and read lines coming out of it, heading in a northwesterly direction."

20.06.97 EASTERN SEABOARD OF AUSTRALIA bet.1710-2100hrs (CE1)
Source: Ross Dowe - Australia's National UFO Hotline
A "line or tube-shaped illumination" was seen in several large Australian cities on Friday, June 20, 1997. The object first appeared over Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) at 5:10 p.m. Five minutes later, it was seen over Melbourne, and then an hour later, at 6:15 p.m., over Adelaide. Finally, at 9 p.m., residents of Sydney caught a glimpse of the UFO.

23.06.97 OFF POINT HIBBS (nr.BIRD ISLAND), TAS 2130hrs (CE1)
Source: TUFOIC Newsletter October 1997 Edition 82
Point Hibbs on Tasmania's West Coast is a very lonely spot frequented only by fishermen and the odd bush walker. J and his father had anchored for the night close in the shelter of Bird Island, a small island just south of Point Hibbs. J was on deck when he first spotted a group of three lights out to the west at about a 20 degree elevation. The top light was red with two green lights below. Around the lights was a glowing area of light. Altogether the lights covered an area of about a 3/4 moon. J called his father up to see the lights which were watched off and on by the witnesses for the next couple of hours.