- This Council has no opinion about the object.
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- We just do not know what the object could be and would
welcome any explanation.
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- This Council believes it has an obligation to pass the
image on to the relevant authorities for their consideration and investigation.
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- The image has been referred by Council to the Chief Defence
Scientist, Defence Science & Technology Organisation, and the Civil
Aviation Authority.
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- Council is considering referring it to NASA and other
authorities.
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- http://www.whittlesea.vic.gov.au/content/content.asp?cnid=1545
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- Extremely Similar UFO Photographed In 1979
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- UFO Photo A Saucer Wonder
- By Kate Uebergang
Urban Affairs Reporter
Herald Sun - Australia
1-24-4
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- While man is making his mark on Mars, some humans are
wondering if aliens have zoomed into Melbourne.
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- A mysterious photograph has sparked a UFO frenzy in the
city's north.
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- Both believers and sceptics are scratching their heads
over this picture, snapped in Beveridge by a council officer last week.
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- Whittlesea Council is considering informing NASA and
has already sent the image to Australian authorities.
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- The photographer, Whittlesea Council traffic engineer,
Roland Rozario said he could not explain the digital photo, which shows
a small round object zooming through the top right side of the frame.
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- Mr Rozario said he and a colleague were doing a routine
audit of a railway level crossing about 2pm on Thursday, January 15.
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- "We didn't see or hear anything when we were there,"
he said. "I took about 10 or 12 photos, facing east and west.
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- "Then I came back to the office, downloaded the
images and noticed an object in one photo.
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- "I still don't know what it is. I passed it around
the office and people didn't know what it was. A few said it didn't look
like a bird, an aircraft or even a bug in front of the camera."
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- Mr Rozario said a train passed through the crossing just
seconds after the photograph was taken and believes a passenger may have
spotted something in the sky.
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- Whittlesea Council's communications officer, Jim Linton,
said the image to the Chief Defence Scientist, Defence Science and Technology
Organisation and the Civil Aviation Authority.
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- He said the council was considering referring it to NASA
and other authorities.
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- "As a municipal council we have this image and we
believe it is responsible to pass it on to the Government authorities who
have the expertise and let them work it out," he said.
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- Mr Linton said staff assured the council the photograph
was not altered or tampered with.
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- "We're not making any claim on it. We're looking
for some expert who can look at it and tell us. Maybe there will never
be an answer."
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- Weather bureau senior forecaster Peter Blake said the
photograph did not look like anything meteorological.
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- "It almost looks like a plane from the rear. It
is certainly not a weather balloon," Mr Blake said. Local flying saucer
experts also struggled to explain the photograph.
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- Victorian UFO Research Society scientific adviser Bernard
Wilson said the group needed more information in order to make a full assessment.
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- "There are some interesting aspects to this photo.
The sun reflections from the object and the rails appear to be fairly consistent,"
he said. "There appears to be some motion blur to the left of the
image which might indicate a fast-moving object."
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- But the Australian UFO Research Network Victorian director
George Simpson said a digital photograph was not considered acceptable
evidence of a flying saucer.
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- "They cannot be verified. They are too easily manipulated
on the computer and you don't have a negative," he said.
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- Mr Simpson said he had not heard of any other recent
sightings in Melbourne's north. But he said a local member would investigate
the sighting for his group.
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- http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,8475447%255E2862,00.html
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