Weird UFO lights spotted in FNQ sky for second night in a row

UPDATE: A UFO described as resembling “a train in the sky” has been spotted for the second night in a row in Far North Queensland — so will it be back tonight?

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UPDATE: A UFO described as looking like “a train in the sky” has been spotted for the second night in a row in Far North Queensland — so will it be back again tonight?

Dozens of Cairns residents saw the weird line of lights moving through the sky about 6.40pm on Friday night, with reports of a similar phenomenon also coming from Townsville.

It appears the unidentified flying object — whatever it was — made another visit last night further up the coast in Cape York.

Hope Vale resident Carmen Pearson is still trying to work out what she saw.

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“Me, my partner and brother were just casually yarning outside under the stars about 7.10-7.15pm,” she said.

“I noticed a long trail of small dull lights about 7pm and a large light further back that flashed bright three or four times, high in the sky.

“It moved northeast across the sky for about one minute.

“We watched it, then I decided to run inside and grab my phone to record it, but when I ran outside it slowly got really dull and disappeared.”

A strange line of lights in the sky over Cairns were spotted by dozens of people, leading to speculation it could be a RAAF military exercise or an extraterrestrial UFO visit. PICTURE: SUPPLIED

Ms Pearson said she believed there was life on other planets but had no idea what had caused the lights.

“I wouldn’t have a clue,” she said.

“We were trying to see if we could hear anything like a plane, but there was nothing.”

The Hope Vale report is uncannily similar to those from Cairns the previous night.

Ms Pearson planned to watch the sky again tonight to see if the curious lights made another reappearance.

A strange line of lights in the sky over Cairns were spotted by dozens of people, leading to speculation it could be a RAAF military exercise or an extraterrestrial UFO visit. PICTURE: SUPPLIED

The Cairns Post has asked the Department of Defence to confirm whether any RAAF operations in the area could have caused the sightings.

Several residents in Cairns have posted photos and videos of the peculiar UFO on social media.

SATURDAY: A UFO spotted all over Far North Queensland last night has been described as “Santa’s sleigh” or “train lights in space” — but what the heck was it?

Cairns residents have reported seeing a strange line of lights moving across the sky about 6.40pm last night, lasting for about 45 seconds before petering out.

Edmonton resident Phil Austin said he had never seen anything like it before.

Residents across Cairns and North Queensland have reported seeing a line of weird lights in the night sky. PICTURE: SUPPLIED

“The only way I can explain it is it was like a distant train with carriage lights inside,” he said.

“There were four little lights, not exceptionally bright but bright enough to be quite visible, then a gap and three more lights, then another gap and I think another two.

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“They were all travelling at the same speed, dead straight.

“I thought it might have been a RAAF exercise or something but I couldn’t hear any noise coming from it.”

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Fortunately for his own sanity, Mr Austin was not alone.

His story — a line of lights moving in perfect unison across the night — has been replicated dozens of times by Facebook users scratching their heads about what they just saw.

There have even been reports of sightings as far south as Townsville.

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Mr Austin said one theory was that the unidentified flying objects were related to SpaceX entrepreneur Elon Musk’s launch of 60 Starlink satellites, each weighing 227kg, into low earth orbit two days ago.

A photo of a line of weird lights in the night sky, purportedly taken from Townsville. PICTURE: SUPPLIED

“But I wouldn’t assume they would be orbiting in exact uniform like that,” he said.

“I’ve never seen or reported anything like that before.

“By definition to me, it was a UFO because it was unidentified.

“But I’m not suggesting Martians are invading or anything.”

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