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     February was an active month for UFOs in the
southern hemisphere, as well, with a new flap in
Australia.
     On Monday, February 9, 1998, at 9:50 p.m.,
"a dark triangular-shaped object with three
orange illuminations" appeared in the sky over
Geelong, Victoria (Vic.), a city 40 miles
(64 kilometers) west of Melbourne.  Witnesses
reported that "it traveled very slowly, slower than
an aircraft would fly" toward the Yan Yang Mountains
northwest of Geelong.
     Also, at 9:50 p.m. that night, in Blackwood,
South Australia (S.A.), witnesses reported seeing
"a very bright ball of white light. It appeared to pass
across the sky at about 20 to 25 degrees above the
northern horizon, heading west or northwest of
Adelaide.  Illumination flew straight and level."
     On Wednesday, February 11, 1998, at 10:05 p.m.,
people in Toodyay, Western Australia (W.A.) near
Perth saw "an object or illumination" come from the
east and move to a stationary position near the
moon.  "It came to a holding (hovering) position just
under the moon and changed colours.  It then
moved southward and changed direction.  It crossed
right overhead to the southwest of Perth in only
seconds."
     Minutes later, the UFO returned from the southwest,
again flew over Toodyay and headed east.  "It also
traveled extremely fast.  As the object traveled overhead
the first time, it appeared to stop at one point--rise
sharply up, then drop."
     Smaller lights appeared to revolve around the UFO.
A rumbling sound was heard following it.  One witness
reported, "Animals in the area--cockatoos, gallah sheep
and dogs--were going crazy."
     On Friday, February 13, 1998, at 9:22 p.m., witnesses
at Stones Corner in Brisbane, Queensland (Qnld.) "spotted
a bright point of light in the northern sky."  As they watched,
the UFO "exploded" into a bright circle of light that remained
for several seconds.  "The exploded illumination appeared
to be the size of an orange at arm's length.  It also did
appear to have an orange-red glow" that "was very bright
in the center."
     The same Friday night, at 9:35 p.m., witnesses in
Elstenwick, Vic., a suburb of Melbourne "sighted a
navy blue or black disc-shaped object hovering to the
northwest...The object looked like a Second World War
British battle helmet and it moved from side to side"
as it flew.  Witnesses had the UFO in view for five or
six minutes.
     On Saturday, February 14, 1998, the black disc
appeared again, this time over Queensland's Gold Coast.
The UFO, which "appeared to be a solid functioning
object, flew over at about 1,000 to 1,500 feet (altitude.)
This disc-shaped object heading due north and flew
on a straight and level course, its speed was slower than
a commercial airliner and was only sighted for one to
two minutes before disappearing."
     On Sunday, February 15, 1998, at 9:45 p.m.,
witnesses in the St. Mary's section of Sydney, New
South Wales (N.S.W.), Australia's largest city,
"saw two very bight orange fireball illuminations
crossing the sky underneath cloud" at about 3,600
feet altitude.  The UFOs came from the direction
of the RAAF Richmond air base "and they were
heading towards Liverpool or the (Australian) Army's
Hollsworthy base."  (Many thanks to Ross Dowe of
the Australia-New Zealand National UFO Hotline
for these reports.)
SAUCERS CONVERGE ON
NORTHERN BRAZIL
     Disc-shaped UFOs overflew Fortaleza, the largest
city in Brazil's Ceara state, and its suburbs three
times on Monday, February 16, 1998.
     Fortaleza is 1,760 kilometers (1,100 miles) north
of Rio de Janeiro.
     At 7:30 a.m., Neil Oliveiras Chagas spotted "a
white object in the form of two inverted trapezoids
with rounded edges and two blue lights."  Oliveiras
Chagas, an electrician by trade, grabbed his video
camcorder and shot footage of the UFO.
     At 5:20 p.m., Reginaldo Athayde, director-general
of Centro de Pesquisas Ufologicas do Ceara (CPU-CE),
a Brazilian UFO study group, while investigating the
morning's sighting, witnessed another UFO overflight
in Centro, Fortaleza's downtown district.
     According to Sr. Athayde, he "saw another object
in the sky of Centro, crossing the Rua Barrio de Rio
Branco and the Rua Pedro Pereira.  The object was
very big, with a spherical form," moving first to the
south and then heading east.  It was last seen
flying east over the South Atlantic.
    A disc-shaped OVNI (Portuguese acronym for UFO)
also appeared over the suburb of Cambeba, where it
was videotaped by a TV crew from Verdes Mares.
    At 6:30 p.m., "a luminous white point" was seen
overhead in Varjota, another suburb of Fortaleza.
     Saucers were also reported in Papicu, Messejana,
Parangaba and Barru de Ceara, all districts of
Fortaleza.
     Later in the evening, "an object of discoidal form"
was seen flying towards the South Atlantic from the
beach at Praia do Futuro.
     Sr. Athayde said, "We are going to analyze all
of the material collected."  (See the Brazilian newspaper
Jornal do Povo for February 17, 1998, "Objeto Nao
Identificado Sao Vistos Sobrevando Fortaleza."
Muito obrigado a Pedro Cunha por eso caso.)
CHILE TV NETWORK AIRS
VILLARICA UFO VIDEO
     On Saturday, February 14, 1998, Television
Nacional de Chile (TVN) aired an amateur video
of a UFO encounter that took place last
November.
     On November 24, 1997, Vicente Constant, 26,
and his family were driving to the Andes on
vacation.  They planned to visit Villarica volcano,
a tourist attraction 688 kilometers (430 miles)
south of Santiago de Chile, the national capital.
     As they neared the volcano, Vicente took out
his camcorder and began shooting footage of the
Chilean countryside.  Although they were in the
Andes at a relatively high altitude--1,600 meters
(5,280 feet, same as Denver, Colorado--J.T.), he
reported, "Suddenly we began feeling a heavy
pressure in the air."
     "While moving the camera around (from the
windshield to the right front window), just above
the volcano appeared a cigar-shaped object that
went from the upper right of the (view) screen to
the left part.  Then the object suddenly made a
turn and took off, heading toward the upper left
part of the screen.  The scene seemed like a UFO
entering Earth's atmosphere and then flying off.
This object left no trail."
     The videotape is being examined by Dr.
Rafael Vera Mege of the University of Concepcion.
A request to view and examine the tape has been
made by Agrupacion de Investigaciones Ovniologicas
(AION), Chile's famous UFO study group.  (Muchas
gracias a Luis Sanchez Perry para esas noticias.)
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