SIGHTING: RUSSELL ISLAND, QUEENSLAND (AUSTRALIA)

Witness Testimony

"I was standing on my front verandah having a coffee & cigarette at 11:55am local Queensland time on Saturday the 2 of Feb 2013 on Russell Island looking east towards North Stradbroke IslandI was thinking what a beautiful day it was after some very heavy weather when I noticed a white 'craft' moving very slowly in a south - north direction.It just appeared.I observed it for about 6 seconds, flying dead straight, when it just winked out.I thought 'What the hell?' It was flying against a very clear blue sky, with white clouds way above it so I know it didn't just fly into clouds and disappear.I watched the same patch of sky for another 5 to 10 minutes when it re-appeared.This time it was above the flight path it had taken and further south but still flying at the same speed and in the same direction, again for about 6 seconds, but just before it winked out it seemed to 'bank' in a left direction. It appeared slightly larger.Then once again it simply disappeared against a very blue sky.Then about 10 minutes later a helicopter appeared flying from the general area of the craft over North Stradbroke Island from east to west straight over my house.I stood on the verandah for another half hour but observed nothing else.I first noticed it because it seemed to just appear out of thin air.I was looking at the right spot at the right time. Pure chance.When I first noticed it I thought it was an airplane.Even though it had been clear sky I thought it might have come down through the clouds but when it just suddenly disappeared twice I knew it was not 'normal.'Was it a UFO? Yes.Was it a man made UFO, perhaps."