Port Elliot UFO Sighting 1995

 

 In 1995, Karen Lee of Port Elliot reported a UFO near her house. Her children called out to her because they were scared after seeing an object in the sky at about 7:10pm on Tuesday 29 August.
 Ms Lee ran from the kitchen to view the object, which she described as “big, round and red.”
 It hovered close to the family home, then sped away at great speed towards the ocean. Lee’s next-door neighbour, Ross Tuckwell also witnessed the UFO at about 7:30pm. Tuckwell was in his yard having a smoke when he witnessed what he described as a ‘huge floodlight’ that hovered over his Sorrento Parade home at Victor Harbor.[1]

Len and Louisa Quick also witness orange lights. They spotted four orange lights the night before floating in a triangular formation. They watched the UFO’s when suddenly one floated down from the sky. Len kept his spotlight on the object and watched it descend into the harbour, and very close to where they were positioned. It did not take them long to realise the UFO was an orange garbage bag!

 Only a few days later Victor Harbor police launched an investigation into the local UFO phenomena after a large orange garbage bag was found, partially deflated. Someone had turned garbage bags into sky lanterns.
 The fuel for the ‘UFO’s’ was believed to be a firelighter suspended inside the bag with light wire.[2]

 The police did not find it funny, stating, "For sure it's dangerous, It's a really silly act. For one, it's stirred up all this UFO talk but more importantly if one of these devices landed in a field or something they could create a bushfire. Because of the danger, we would recommend that people not try to undertake any similar activity."[3]

UFO mystery solved.

© 2022 Allen Tiller

[1] 'UFO sighted', Times, (1 September 1995), p. 1., http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196384194

[2] 'UFOs all hot air', Times, (29 September 1995), p. 3., http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196383187

[3] 'Police warn of danger', Times, (29 September 1995), p. 3., http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196383189.