Claim UFOs are mother of a ship

GET out the tinfoil hats — two Gold Coasters believe they have answers to the recent UFO sighting at Tweed Heads West.

Last week, David Walsh sent the Bulletin a photo and video of an object he claims he saw while fishing off Kennedy Drive about 3am on Sunday, February 3.

He said it was travelling “too quickly” to be a plane or helicopter.

Another man has now come forward saying he saw the same object early that morning.

Ken Duke, 72, says he has seen UFOs in his Tweed Heads backyard for about 54 years, and sees the flying saucer at least once a month.

“I was taking my dog out for a pee and I saw the same thing,” he said.

“I came inside and looked out my window to the east and I saw the mother ship.

“It flies between Fingal and Point Danger. It’s this big silver dome-like ship with white lights.

“There was two that night. One was the mother ship.”

Mr Duke said he saw his first UFO in 1965 when he was driving with his mate toward Murwillumbah.

Astronomer John Crane, who lives in the Gold Coast Hinterland, believes the sighting was a different type of spacecraft.

“I have a suspicion it was the International Space Station (ISS),” he said.

Mr Crane said the ISS flew over the Gold Coast regularly, taking 90 minutes to orbit the Earth.