Another Google Earth Triangle

Latitude: 30°42'27.00"S
Longitude: 115°29'24.79"E

30°42'27.00"S 115°29'24.79"

As promised, here's the other Google Earth triangle….

An aerial view.

Using the ruler tool we can see the longer side is .4 miles.

And here we can see how close the two triangles are to each other.

Exclusive Australian UFO Triangle On Google Earth Explained (Again!!)

AXcess News – (Making Old News New!!)

Armando Duke of, “AXcess News” recently (Jan 2008) posted an article online claiming an, “Australian UFO Photo Exclusive!!”

The Australian Google Earth UFO that they exclusively reveal has been doing the rounds on the internet for nearly a couple of years (that I know of). It seems that the story draws a somewhat tenuous link between the recent Stephenville, Texas UFO sightings and the Google Earth triangle, saying:

“An alert reader in Australia captured these photos of UFOs less than two weeks after the host of unidentified flying objects were seen over Texas - taken from Google Earth showing the UFOs in a triangle pattern.”

And that: “We're bringing you some exclusive photos of UFOs in Australia that were snapped off of Google Earth on Thursday.”

It seems that this is one of those stories that surface every couple of months, if you visit the co-ordinates on Google Earth you will see that the Google Earth community have the image flagged with several comments and have done for some time. While the image itself certainly appears a little strange the amount of time that it's been visible is obviously a direct indication of the fact that the object is in fact stationary which means that unless it's a crashed or landed UFO then it's not a UFO at all.

Here's a video of the triangle and another couple of Google Earth anomalies (which I believe to be used for aligning the composite images) that was uploaded over a year ago.

(Original Post)

As recently as 18 th December 2007, LMH of Earthfiles.com received an email relating to the triangle UFO on Google Earth, the sender actually lived in Australia and said he interpolated its position on to a map then set off to investigate:

“(Triangle is) in an area I was fairly familiar with. The astronomy group I am in goes near there for star gazing as there is no light pollution. I made a trip up to investigate the Google earth mystery on Saturday, December 15, 2007. I 'interpolated' its position onto a map and we drove up.

It is a large antenna and appears to be a component of the huge wind farm immediately adjacent to it. The wind farm supplies 80 megawatts of power for Perth and is remote-controlled from Perth Power Company that operates the wind farm. I think the very high antenna transmits sensor and instrumentation data as well as receiving the control signals from the Perth control centre. It is a very tall antenna with 3 sets of guy wires in a triangle formation.

The growth and bushes are most likely cleared out of the antenna area. (We couldn't get close enough to see the base because the roads were blocked with gates and it is rolling hills). The place is fenced and the gates are locked. There are no warning signs, no 'use of deadly force' signs, nor is there any 'keep out' signs.”

The locked gates are there to keep the vandals and curiosity seekers out.”

Unfortunately due to the unique subscription system in place at Earthfiles it seems that once News is archived it then only becomes viewable after taking out a paid subscription, luckily Google caches the pages so the email is still viewable by using this option (click here). (You have to scroll down for the entry for the 18th December).

And here you can see in this image, the sides of the triangle are approximately .6 miles in length.

The co-ordinates are as follows:

Latitude: 30°30'38.22"S
Longitude: 115°22'55.49"E

Or enter, “30°30'38.22"S 115°22'55.49"E” into Google Earth and you'll be whisked straight to the triangle!!

Close Encounters – Classification And Terminology Explained

Defining A "Close Encounter."

With regards to UFO's and UFOlogy, a Close Encounter simply means to witness an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO).

Well, it seems as with everything in the world of UFOlogy that there are conflicting points of view regarding, “Close Encounters.” The, “Old school” train of thought relies wholly on Hynek's interpretation and recognises only the original three types of, “Close Encounter.” While some recognise these as well as a Close Encounter of the fourth, fifth and sixth kind, with some recognizing all 6 along with the sub-types.

The original terminology and the system used to qualify and classify these encounters was first proposed and introduced by UFO researcher and astronomer, “J. Allen Hynek.” It was in contained in his book, “The UFO Experience : A Scientific Study,” which was originally released way back in 1972.

It's also worth noting that UFO sightings more than 500 feet from the witness are classified as "Daylight Discs", "Nocturnal Lights" or "Radar/Visual Reports". Sightings within about 500 feet are sub-classified as various types of "close encounter."

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Close Encounter Of The First Kind: Aerial objects that are not attributable to human technology and/or a sighting of one or more unidentified flying objects; these include flying saucers, orbs, balls of light, cylinders etc.

Close Encounter Of The Second Kind: An observation of a UFO and associated physical effects from the UFO. 3-D physical tracings, or remnants, of something apparently not of this world/dimension , it would appear that Crop Circles would fall into this category, BUT only if the crop circle is found in the vicinity of a UFO sighting.

Also included in a Close Encounter of the Second kind is any damage to the terrain, interference to televisions, radios and internal combustion engines, frightened or panicked animals, heat, radiation, human paralysis etc.

Close Encounter Of The Third Kind: The Third kind is when you not only encounter a UFO, but when you can also see the entities inside the UFO.

Hynek was very careful to label this encounter as one which observed, “Animate beings,” within the UFO, note how he doesn't reference aliens or extraterrestrial, this was in conjunction with his own beliefs, and he further states that they are included because Hynek felt a scientific obligation to include them, due solely to the amount of reports of this type of UFO encounter rather than because of a personal belief.

Close Encounter Of The Third Kind - The Bloecher Subtypes: UFO researcher Ted Bloecher, proposed a further seven subtypes for the Close Encounters of the Third kind in direct relation to/and for inclusion in the Hynek's scale.

• A: An entity is observed only inside the UFO
• B: An entity is observed inside and outside the UFO
• C: An entity is observed near to a UFO, but not going in or out.
• D: An entity is observed. No UFOs are seen by the observer, but UFO activity has been reported in the area at about the same time
• E: An entity is observed. But no UFOs are seen and no UFO activity has been reported in the area at that time
• F: No entity or UFOs are observed, but the subject experiences some kind of “intelligent communication”
• G: Abduction (same as close encounter of fourth kind)

Subtypes D, E, and F may be unrelated with the UFO phenomenon.

Close Encounter Of The Fourth Kind: Abductees (BUT not contactees) so a Close Encounter Of The Fourth Kind is when a human is abducted by a UFO or its occupants.

Close Encounter Of The Fifth Kind: This one was introduced and named by Steven M. Greer's CSETI group. This is the category under which most contactees fall, if you initiate contact, contact does indeed happen, (of any of the previously mentioned first to fourth kinds) this is an encounter of the fifth kind, i.e. b ilateral contact events produced through the conscious, voluntary and proactive human-initiated or cooperative communication with Extraterrestrial intelligence.

Close Encounter Of The Sixth Kind: Direct injury and or death as of a result of encounter with a U.F.O, extraterrestrials or abduction by E.T's.

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Sources: The UFO Experience: A Scientific Study by J. Allen Hynek / Wikipedia Entry – Close Encounters