UPDATE - 4/23/10 Reader solves UFO mystery in Australia

By Ryan Reynolds
From:Geelong Advertiser

AN Australian UFO mystery that captured the world?s imagination was solved today.

Paul Raduka captured footage of strange lights darting above Geelong, west of Melbourne, on Monday night. The Geelong Advertiser posted the video online, attracting tens of thousands of hits across the globe.

But a reader, who did not wish to be named, called the Advertiser yesterday with an explanation.
"A lot of people thought they were UFOs,” the reader said. “When I was told about them at work on Tuesday I just laughed because I knew what they were." The woman said the UFOs were actually remote control airplanes with LED lights.

"There were just a few guys having a bit of fun down near Balyang Sanctuary on Monday night."
The online video attracted more than 27,000 views in 24 hours and was featured on YouTube's main page as the most popular news and politics video.

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Jessica Craven
4/22/2010
www.geelongadvertiser.com.au
Video: YouTube

AMAZING footage captured by a Highton businessman shows mystery balls of light zigzagging across Corio Bay, prompting speculation it was UFOs.

Businessman Anthony Raduka filmed the footage from the deck of his Highton home about midnight on Monday.

The footage shows balls of light flying over Corio Bay at great speed, dipping as low as street level before zigzagging back up through the sky.

The balls change colour and shape during the 20 mins of footage recorded.

Mr Raduka said the light was too fast to be an aircraft and it travelled in irregular directions.

"We have watched fighter jets from our deck when the airshow is on and these lights were going ten times quicker,'' he said.

"It could be a UFO, I don't know what they are. All of the things we thought of didn't explain the fact it changed colour or that it was going so fast.''

Mr Raduka said he had never seen anything like it in his life.

"We just stood there for about half an hour, trying to work out what it could be,'' he said.

"They go over rooftops so they are too low to be an aircraft.''

Credit: The Geelong Advertiser