A TINY town in north Queensland is on full UFO alert following sightings of strange lights in the night sky.
Cardwell businessman Greg Smith said he and his son watched the lights for 15 minutes and are convinced that what they saw was some sort of UFO.
" I used to be the world's biggest sceptic about this stuff, but I'll tell you what, this really rattled me and my son,'' he told The Townsville Bulletin.
Mr Smith said they watched the lights from the front of the Lyndoch Motelon the highway towards the northern end of the town.
``There were two large orange lights. There was no beam and no noise. It was absolutely silent and they were moving slowly across the sky towards the north-west. We couldn't tell if the lights were from one or two machines. At first we thought they were over buildings between the highway and the beach, but other people said they were just out over the water,'' he said.
Mr Smith said he thought it must have been one or two helicopters, but discounted the possibility due to the fact there was no noise.
Another Cardwell resident, Phil Mulley and his wife Helen saw the lights on two consecutive nights.
"We thought it was a chopper coming up the channel. We watched it for a few minutes and then it disappeared in cloud. The next night my sister rang me and said to look outside. I went and looked and there were two lights. We watched them for a while until they disappeared in cloud,'' he said.
UFO sightings
Mr Mulley said he knew of at least six or seven people who saw the lights.
President of UFO Research Queensland Sheryl Gottschall said she could not say what the lights were, but added she had no qualms in saying there were extraterrestrials which visited earth from time to time.
"I've been with this organisation for 25 years and in that time I've spoken to 3000 people who have seen strange lights and objects and to another 600 to 700 who have had close encounters,'' she said.
bill12 said
10:26 PM Jan 3, 2013
They are coming to take us away.................
Gerty Dancer said
10:43 PM Jan 3, 2013
Several of us stood in the caravan park one night watching a similar slow-moving, silent orange light in the sky at Derby last July. Nobody had any explanation, but it sounds like a similar event to these ones.
Happywanderer said
11:07 PM Jan 3, 2013
Say hello for me if they land anywhere near you. Thanks.
Imagen how good there mobile homes are and they can fly as well
Rip and Rosie said
09:59 PM Jan 5, 2013
No need to be afraid, they are only looking for a decent CP... the ranger hounded them away from the free camps.
If you get a chance ask them if they use solar panels or a big genny.
leevin said
08:24 AM Jan 8, 2013
Never try to anylize anything you see after happy hour...... and remember, some Cardwellians don't eat their greens......they smoke 'em! Most likely a trawler on the horizon.
Retreat said
04:17 PM Jan 8, 2013
leevin,
Have you by any chance got Cardwell mixed up with Nimbin? However I'm thinking the image of a trawler on the horizon at Nimbin would have to come out the intake of some sort of substance.
The market for medical green, cannabis and other sdubstances is very well regulated in Nimbin.
Bombs do not explode in Nimbin, they just desolve into beautiful dreams, so I'm told.
If a UFO arrives at happy hour, I hope they know it's BYO.
Any one been to Cardwell in the last few days?
A TINY town in north Queensland is on full UFO alert following sightings of strange lights in the night sky.
Cardwell businessman Greg Smith said he and his son watched the lights for 15 minutes and are convinced that what they saw was some sort of UFO.
" I used to be the world's biggest sceptic about this stuff, but I'll tell you what, this really rattled me and my son,'' he told The Townsville Bulletin.
Mr Smith said they watched the lights from the front of the Lyndoch Motelon the highway towards the northern end of the town.
``There were two large orange lights. There was no beam and no noise. It was absolutely silent and they were moving slowly across the sky towards the north-west. We couldn't tell if the lights were from one or two machines. At first we thought they were over buildings between the highway and the beach, but other people said they were just out over the water,'' he said.
Mr Smith said he thought it must have been one or two helicopters, but discounted the possibility due to the fact there was no noise.
Another Cardwell resident, Phil Mulley and his wife Helen saw the lights on two consecutive nights.
"We thought it was a chopper coming up the channel. We watched it for a few minutes and then it disappeared in cloud. The next night my sister rang me and said to look outside. I went and looked and there were two lights. We watched them for a while until they disappeared in cloud,'' he said.
UFO sightings
Mr Mulley said he knew of at least six or seven people who saw the lights.
President of UFO Research Queensland Sheryl Gottschall said she could not say what the lights were, but added she had no qualms in saying there were extraterrestrials which visited earth from time to time.
"I've been with this organisation for 25 years and in that time I've spoken to 3000 people who have seen strange lights and objects and to another 600 to 700 who have had close encounters,'' she said.
Just give me a shout.
Imagen how good there mobile homes are and they can fly as well
If you get a chance ask them if they use solar panels or a big genny.
and remember, some Cardwellians don't eat their greens......they smoke 'em!
Most likely a trawler on the horizon.
leevin,
Have you by any chance got Cardwell mixed up with Nimbin? However I'm thinking the image of a trawler on the horizon at Nimbin would have to come out the intake of some sort of substance.
The market for medical green, cannabis and other sdubstances is very well regulated in Nimbin.
Bombs do not explode in Nimbin, they just desolve into beautiful dreams, so I'm told.
If a UFO arrives at happy hour, I hope they know it's BYO.