Thousands
in the New Britain region, the Gazelle Peninsula, the remote Bainingo
ranges,, the Duke of York Islands, the Baining area, Vavu Beach, North
coast of Rabual, and Pilapila community have apparently witnessed a
large slow moving object described variously as a craft "which
had huge lumps on the sides with light flickering around it.",
apparently about 200 metres long, 50 metres wide and "lit up like
a city in the sky", moving slowly across the sky "making a
quite puffing noise" - an airship perhaps?
But
other descriptions challenge that possibility. People living on the
Island in the Duke of York group closest to New Ireland province reported
seeing a huge craft hovering just meters above the sea off St. Georges
Channel, and travelling very slowly. They also reported other smaller
craft with bright lights circling the larger one "in a playful
manner." John Berenti, and family of Namatanai, New Ireland, saw
"a huge craft appear just above the top of the mango trees."
He estimated it to be 200 meters to 300 meters long & 50 meters
wide. Others tried to chase the object. Raymond Theodore a Police officer
at about 8.30 pm, on Vuvu Beach, North Rabaul coast, saw "a huge
craft travelling just meters above the seas... we saw it travel over
Waton Island. It had very bright lights at the back as it moved along."
Alex
Jame and 4 other boys returning from Pilapila Community School about
7 pm and others saw bright lights approaching. As the UFO approached,
Alex claimed "the street lights dimmed like when the batteries
in a torch are flat." He thought it was noiseless, oblong in shape,
bright lights around the edges, with a top like a pyramid with some
lights around it. All white lights. The boys said it took 30 minutes
to pass them. Alex said when the object hovered over them the place
around them light up and they could see people near them as if it was
daylight. It eventually disappeared over the mountains near Vuvu. Another
local, John Mcleod, manager of the Malangan Beach resort, New Ireland
province, said he watched it and thought it was a satellite re-entry.
He seems to be describing something else entirely. If it was an airship
or blimp it was a spectacular one??
Regards Diane Harrison Co Director
of The Australian UFO Research Network