OCTOBER 1998
12.10.98 NOWRA, NSW 2300-2330hrs (NL)
(Source: Brad Mildern & Diane Harrison, e-mail: tkbnetw@fan.net.au. The Keith Basterfield Network 13.10.98)
Fifteen objects in changing formations seen south-southwest of Nowra. All heading south at first, range from 5km going away to 15-20km, then turning and hovering and performing "ballet like" maneuvers. Total observed time around 30 minutes from 11pm to 11.30. Objects seen through binoculars were "bell shaped with steady light on top and fluctuating coloured lights around the bottom rim. All seemed to be translucent".

UPDATE
(Source: Joseph Trainor, UFO Roundup Vol.3, No.42 19.10.98. & Diane Harrison, e-mail: tkbnetw@fan.net.au. The Keith Basterfield Network 31.12.98)
On Monday, October 12, 1998, just before 11 p.m., a 31-year-old housewife went outdoors at her home about 6 kilometers (3 miles) from Nowra, New South Wales, Australia and spotted a group of UFOs in tight formation flying low toward the south. The house is in a rural area with only one dirt road from Nowra to Sassafras and on to Braidwood. Nowra is on Australia's eastcoast about 180 kilometers (108 miles) south of Sydney. The UFOs appeared to be at 35 degrees elevation and hovered there before moving south again. The witness said they only had a visible shape when using the binoculars but appeared to be as large as a 5-cent piece at arm's length when using them. They were bell-shaped with a white or bluish-white light at the top, quite steady. They appeared 'translucent, like a jellyfish' and displayed multi-coloured flashing lights around the sides in no recognizable pattern. Central underneath was a steady bluish glow. When they came back toward the farm, they wove about in the sky about 6 to 8 kilometers southwest of her property, where they stayed for about twenty minutes and appeared to be flying erratically, 'like a conductor's baton or a ballet dance.' Just after 11:30 p.m., they flickered off to the west-northwest, dipping behind some trees. Brad Mildern of Paradox UFO Group, which covers Batemans Bay, investigated the case. Commenting on the Nowra UFOs, Ufologist Diane Harrison said, "Description reminds me of the photos from Gulf Breeze." Brad Mildern