Light over Rockhampton (~ 70kms S of; on Bruce Highway) (Australia) · Australia
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Then, about five minutes later I observed what appeared to be a motorcycle headlight on high beam coming up behind me on the highway. It approached very fast again making me think it was a motorcycle. The light was extremely bright as it approached and only took seconds to travel from way back behind me to a point just behind my car where I noticed that it looked to be about as large around as a basketball or perhaps slightly bigger and intensely bright white. I was looking back and forth at the road in front of me and in my rear-view mirrors at the light expecting it to pass me when it just went dark. There was no turnoff and nothing passed me – it was just gone. I pondered what had just happened for several hours as I continued to drive home and resolved to report it as a UFO.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #123070). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Department of Defence (Australia) · records window 2015-10-18 → 2015-11-04