Sphere over Gold Coast, QUEENSLA · Australia

The report, as filed

It was night time already and was fairly cloudy. Me and about 40 other people all saw and began pointing at this huge purple orb in the sky. It was massive and most definitely not man made. We could tell that it was far away as it hid behind the clouds, but for about 10 minutes it illuminated almost half of the sky in purple, and therefore we could all tell that it was massive. As I said it hid behind clouds so we couldn't see if there were any trails or movements but it did certainly dim and light up again and again over and over before it began to fade before vanishing. If you looked at the sun from where you are, it looked about the same size but certainly closer and within atmosphere. I was 9 at the time but adults, parents, and many other children saw the orb. I must emphasis that it was massive and the light that it emitted could not have been human. NOTE: There may have been more witnesses from nearby houses, soccer and rugby fields, and drivers nearby. There were no EMP like affects as far as I know but that is as I say, AS FAR AS I KNOW. It is still a very clear image in my mind, and all my friends and family who saw it along side me remember it vividly. I do not know if any animals reacted to the event, and the orb made no attempt at landing.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #177215). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.