On
the 16th January 1996, I received a telephone call from a woman who reported
a UFO sighting of a landed craft on a property next to the Federal Highway
near the Collector turn off. Kerry reported that while she and her
daughter Samantha were traveling from Canberra to Sydney they noticed
a very bright light in then sky.
The
woman noticed the object travel towards them at great speed as if about
to crash into them. The object stopped and suspended itself above
their car, it was at that point they noticed a solid structure with a
number of colored lights. Samantha wound down the window to listen
for any noise, she did not hear anything, the object hovered for a short
time before heading off behind them, they could see that the object was
emitting what they called sparks from underneath.
A
four wheel drive vehicle was in front of the two women, some of the sparks
might have fallen on the wheel drive, but it was to late to warn them
as they speed away and the UFO moved behind the women. The object
was tracked visually for some time until it disappeared as they passed
Lake George. They pulled into a roadside rest area for a break and
spotted the UFO again. They watched it for a while until it seemed
to be heading towards them, in panic they drove away.
Kerry
kept the object in sight for quite a while as the object followed them,
she lost sight of it just before the Collector turn off.
Kerry
was constantly looking out the rear window to see if the object was trailing
them. A short while after they passed the Collector turn off.
Samantha looked through the front passenger window and noticed that the
object had landed in a paddock not more then twenty meters away.
She could see a number of lights or windows along it's side.
Next
to the large object was a smaller UFO which also had landed. As
they were slowing down Kerry also saw the large object in the paddock
but did not see the smaller one, she described the lights or windows as
more roundish.
The
two women had parked about 150 meters down the road, they noticed two
other cars parked directly opposite the UFO. The two women noticed
a single bright light which was moving rapidly towards them, they panicked
and quickly drove off leaving the scene without marking a landmark for
directional purposes.
I
contacted Bill Chalker and Matthew Favaloro and arranged with Kerry to
meet at the location in Collector. We waited at one end of the turn
off to Collector while Kerry was waiting at the other end. After
a while we decided to go for a drive and happened to meet her on the way.
This is important as it made it difficult for Kerry to pin point the spot
due to the two turn off points.
I
introduced Bill and Matthew to Kerry and her nephew. While Bill
interviewed Kerry, We tried to locate the spot by driving back and forth
on the highway hoping that some land mark would trigger Kerry's memory.
Kerry became confused as to the location of the landing site as there
are two turn offs to Collector, she could not workout which turn off the
sighting took place at.
I
walked around in the fields along the highway trying to find some indication
that something had landed in the field, it was a private property
and was fenced off, we were very careful not to trespass. If we
were able to locate the property owners we may have had a little luck,
but not to many people want to get involved when you mention UFOs. We
came away wondering how many people may have witnessed this event.
Could
this have been another multiple sighting, hopefully one day the other
parties may contact someone to report this experience. If
you know about or have heard anything similar to this case please come
forward. We
share this in the hope that if someone knows anything about this case
please contact.
Email:
pkhoury@ufoesa.com
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