Historically, the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia has been a major hotspot for UFO sightings and reports. The book 'The Gosford Files' details the 1995-96 flap where police officers are mentioned in several cases, in particular one incident where the local police were chasing a strange flying metallic craft back and forth across the bay all night. As residents called to report that they were woken by a thunderous roar and blinding lights, animals howled or cowered and hid, and parties suddenly erupted into anti-social behavior.
I have listed a few interesting observations by residents of the Central Coast including a mysterious encounter that involved several people in Terrigal / Gosford, NSW.
A former air traffic controller has inquired about a strange object he witnessed.
Lindsay Carter, of Terrigal, said he was reluctant to speak out but had become so frustrated at not being able to identify it he has called on the public to provide an answer.
''If someone can tell me it's the 2.30pm (passenger flight) from Brisbane then I would be happy,'' he said.
But after three years with the British Air Force as an air traffic controller and a lifetime interest in planes, Mr Carter, 63, said he was confident at being able to identify almost every kind military or commercial aircraft.
''This is different-looking enough for anyone to find it strange,'' he said.
''A UFO is just that, an unidentified flying object. I'm not talking about little green men. I'd be happy with an earthbound explanation.'' But so far no explanations have been forthcoming.
Others have seen the strange comet-like object during daylight hours, including assistants of a nearby takeaway shop.
Mr Carter said it had a contrail, the line of condensation in the sky caused by planes at high altitude, but it was shorter.
The contrail was also pointed slightly up compared to conventional planes.
''I have seen things in the sky in England and Australia but nothing compares to this,'' he said.
He first noticed the object about two years ago and said he had seen it about 50 times.
The video below describes this encounter as well as those of other residents in the area.
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30 December 1952 12:00
Terrigal,, Australia
Extremely brilliant carbon-arc bright object.
RAAF Wing Commander Tomkins and wife and child (Alexander?) saw an extremely brilliant carbon-arc bright object to the east about 7.5° elevation in very slow level flight to the left or north for about one minute over about 8° of arc, estimated at about 2,000 feet height and two miles away. Object suddenly turned east and departed away from the observers at high speed disappearing in about 20 seconds.
Balloon-like object observed.
One ball was observed by three military witnesses on the shore for one minute (Tomkins).
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Project Blue Book document links:
Project Blue Book, 1947-1969 - 1
Project Blue Book, 1947-1969 - 2
Project Blue Book, 1947-1969 - 3
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26.10.08 TERRIGAL (NSW) 1105hrs
Source: AUFORN ONLINE UFO Report Form
Witness: Mr. Dale N
Number of witnesses present: 1 & ?
Sighting Duration: 3 seconds
Occupation: Hairdressing
Observation: As I was walking along the street I noticed a long, thin, cylindrical, shiny metallic object about 20 feet long moving very fast through the air about 150 feet above the horizon. There was no engine sound and some other people saw it too. Description: No sound. Very shiny, I could see the sun shining off it. There was no engine sound. Location: Campbell Crescent, Terrigal NSW
Apparent Size: Dinner Plate - Actual Size: About 20 feet- Altitude: About 150 feet - Object Origin: East to west - Object Destination: Went straight over the horizon. - Weather Visibility: Clear, Warm, Calm.
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May 18th 2006 : Terrigal, New South Wales
AUFORN UFO HOTLINE FOLLOW UP REPORT: NSW
1800 UFO HOTLINE CALLIN CODE: 5552
DATE OF SIGHTING:: 18/05/2006
DATE REPORTED: 29/05/2006
TIME OF SIGHTING: 09:49 am
LOCATION: Terrigal
STATE: NSW
NAME: Gary
NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 1
NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1
REPORT:
On 18/5/06 at 9.49am, Mr P was driving through the Central Coast suburb of Terrigal and saw an object, which at first glance, thought it to be an aircraft as it was leaving a contrail.
After viewing the object for about 5 minutes, Mr P then saw an aircraft come very close to the object which then made him realise that both objects looked quite different to each other and what he first viewed was not an aircraft. He has no idea what is was, but seems to think there are a few strange things happening in the Central Coast area.
Mr P took a photo of the object with his mobile phone and is going to forward it on to AUFORN. He is a private investigator and has seen quite a few strange things in daylight hours while doing investigations and has forwarded a report onto AUFORN earlier this year.
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Posted on: September 7th 2008
Early this morning, around 3am, I was in a taxi traveling home from Terrigal (East Coast, New South Wales, Australia). We were passing through Ettalong when I looked out the left window when I spotted a orange ball of light high in the sky. It appeared to be moving horizontally across the sky before it began to descend. It didn’t seem to be traveling at a very high speed. As it descended it seemed to burst into a fireball and descend more rapidly until it broke into about 3 different visible pieces. My friend was sitting in the back seat with me and she asked me if it was a shooting star. I have seen many shooting stars and this wasn’t one. Unfortunately as I was in the car, I wasn’t able to tell if there was any noise coming from this object. I assumed that it was a meteor of some kind but after having carried out some minor investigation and having read these stories I realised that there have been many sightings of orange “orbs” around the central coast area and along the east coast of NSW… Strange.
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news.com.au - March 29, 2010 - There's something strange happening in the skies over a little patch of our pristine holiday coast.
The suburbs around Gosford, on the Central Coast in NSW, are the state's biggest hot spot when it comes to UFO sightings, with dozens of seemingly authentic cases reported every year, The Daily Telegraph reports.
Each month, as many as 30 people turn up to meetings to share their UFO experiences.
UFO Research NSW secretary Joann Kanda, who helps organise the meetings, saw what she believed was a UFO near her home at The Entrance in the mid-1990s.
"It was just a sort of a glowing light in the middle of the night," she said.
"The dogs made a strange noise and I got up. There was something up in the sky with a greenish glow."
The region was the scene for one of Australia's most baffling UFO cases - a series of sightings in 1995 and 1996 - that were reported by police and many other credible witnesses.
Residents have told of seeing shiny, spherical, illuminated UFOs that often hovered above water.
UFO Research NSW's Doug Moffett said UFOs were commonly spotted over water or near power plants and the Central Coast had plenty of both.
The geography of the Central Coast may also play a part. It is heavily populated in parts, which means there are people around to spot UFOs, but still isolated enough for them to be visible in the night sky.
"What UFOs do is, largely speaking, covert in nature. They're obviously not landing at the steps of the Opera House and saying, 'Take me to your leader'," Mr Moffett said.
The UFO and Paranormal Research Society of NSW said the Blue Mountains also figured heavily in UFO sighting reports.
A group of enthusiasts spent the weekend in the mountains searching for UFOs they say visit the area each year in the last week of March.
One of the group, who declined to be named, said that in past years the craft had appeared above the Burragorang Valley, beyond Jenolan Caves, and were seen to hover for some time.
Several readers have reported seeing UFOs near Wollongong a week ago.
One said that about 8.15pm last Sunday, a trio of orange lights appeared overhead grouped in a triangular formation and moved silently through the air.
"There were probably another four in a straight line from Stanwell Park directly over our place," he said.
NOTE: I could have literally spent days posting witness reports from the Central Coast area...and that doesn't include those sightings in Sydney and it's suburbs. As always, I'd appreciate narratives of your personal experiences, be it UFOs, cryptid, spiritual, etc...anything related to the paranormal. Lon
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