UFOs spotted over Maloneys

They came from outer space ... or maybe just Batehaven.

It appears that the impressive spotlight at the Bells Carnival at Batehaven has triggered a UFO sighting in Maloneys Beach.

Last Thursday, a Maloneys Beach resident, who will remain anonymous, saw strange lights in the size and shape of hula hoops from his yard, around 9.30pm.

“They were like smoke rings, one after the other, coming from the south-west to the north-east, and they would reach a point and disappear,” he said.

“I didn’t expect little green men to come out of them, but it was quite unusual.”

The resident did consider the carnival.

“But I thought that they weren’t coming from the right direction,” he said.

“I accept that the carnival is the best answer. They must have a clever machine.”

Bells Carnival’s Elwin Bell thought the lights probably came from one of the spotlights on his no-limit rides.

“Even as far as Maloneys Beach, it would explain the sightings,” he said.

Canberra-based cryptonaturalist Tim the Yowie Man gave a possible explanation for the lights appearing to be coming from a different direction than the carnival.

“You only need one cloud in the sky to create refraction of lights,” he said.

“It used to happen a lot a couple of years ago in Canberra when the Hellenic Club had their big light on when they held their disco. People would report UFOs on the nights the disco was held.”

Source: Batemansbaypost.com