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Mooroolbark, Victoria, Australia

u.f.o exploding on entry to atmosphere????

Thursday 3rd August 2000 approx 5.15 pm driving through town of Mt Evelyn when noticed a tornado shaped cloud in sky, pointed cloud out tobrother in car also and thought no more of it out of the ordinary. As sunset was approaching, we both noticed the spectacular sunset over Mt Dandenong. As i am a photographer i rang my home to get camera prepared to take shot as i had forgotten to bring it with me. As was looking in sky to see if could spot tornado shaped cloud, i noticed what appeared to be a roundish shaped cloud but orangish in colour, then my brother and i both noticed at least 3 reflections from centre of "cloud". At this point cloud was obvious not a cloud as i was looking a bit closer due to reflections was obvious a fireball in the sky. Now only less than 1 min from home i sped to get camera and back to vantage point to take photos. Qhen could see again trails of fire were formed streaking downwards. Only reason convinced that not plane is no object in earth's standard atmosphere will take approx. 45 minutes to reach earth. Also a jet plane then approached from i think northerly direction and circled the explosion. Can the army cargo jets reach atmosphere heights?? im not sure, but also a fighter plane in the style of a f-17 sped towards site. NO MEDIA REPORTS AT ALL TO EXPLAIN I RANG MEDIA AND KNOW OTHER PEOPLE SAW AS WELL!! Friday 5 th August 2000 approx 7.40 pm noticed 5 bright orange lights static in sky in rough formation of the southern cross but all same size, when got to destination 2 minutes approx. away had video camera so recorded on that no photographs but they then became mobile no sound at all flying in a semi arc formation, two of the lights dropped slightly in height to others then all lights again static, the two lower lights then complety dropped out of view, other 3 then started to move again then still in sk7y for approx 30 sec before fading out in brightness not distance to nothing. Approx 1 minute later all 5 lights returned in first formation from nowhere, then all static in air faded out of site again Present with me were 4 adults and 6 children to witness along with after the event a neighbour i never met came to us and asked if anyone got that on film.

Posted by Neil de Vaus on Sunday August 6, 2000.