A green UFO was recorded on video in the sky above the city of Ipswich in Queensland, Australia by resident Arthur Sollitt on the night of February 24.

Sollitt described his UFO sighting to the Queensland Times stating,

The UFO recorded by Sollitt. (Credit: Arthur Sollitt/YouTube)

From some angles it is like a green rectangle, and then it has a white object above it almost in a T shape in some angles. At times the white image is above it and at times it is below it. It is almost as though it is turning upside down. It is real hard to explain.

Others have reportedly seen the same, or a similar, UFO in the area.

According to the Queensland Times, Sollitt’s son sent the video to UFO Research Queensland president Sheryl Gottschall who concluded, “I’ve seen a lot of things, but I haven’t seen anything like that . . . not even on the internet. It remains unidentified.”

Sollitt told the Queensland Times, “As far as I am concerned it is an unidentified flying object, but whether it is earth-made or something from outer space . . . you just wouldn’t know.” But he opined, “It may be a remote-controlled object. But it is something in the sky and it is flying like a plane.”

The strange-looking object could very well be exactly what he described–a remote-controlled object flying like a plane. The online zine Who Forted? recently pointed out that glowing wings are sold for model airplane enthusiasts who want to fly their planes at night. And owners of remote-controlled gliders have been adorning their craft with LED lights to enable night flying for years.

Although an illuminated, remote-controlled glider is a likely identification for this mysterious object, no positive identification has been made, and therefore the object remains unidentified.

Watch the video below of an illuminated glider to see the similarities between it and the UFO recorded by Sollitt. And share your thoughts with us in the comments below, or on the Open Minds Facebook page.

Peter Spinks hosting the ‘Are we alone?’ discussion. (Credit: The Age)

The video series is produced by The Age, a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, and hosted by science columnist Peter Spinks. He explains that this alien video series features “a panel of four scientists who consider the possibility of habitable worlds in the universe, the chances of them harbouring life, what aliens, if they exist, might be like, and how we might one day communicate with them across space and time.”

The series was filmed before a live audience at The Deakin Edge theater at Melbourne’s Federation Square.

A new video in the series will be added to The Age‘s website every day this week.

In this episode, we talk with Ben Hansen of SyFy’s Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files about a recent UFO he witnessed in Huntington Beach, California. That and other UFO and space news on this episode of Spacing Out!

Periodically, a local news station in Denver does a story about DIA’s conspiracy theories. On Tuesday, May 14, Denver’s NBC affiliate, 9News, aired a story during which the reporter received a tour under the airport by DIA Communications Director Stacey Stegman. During the story, Stegman states, “I’ve never seen a facility that has so many questions about it.” She goes on to say, “I think people would be very disappointed if they were to actually spend some time under DIA.”

After the tour, 9News concludes, “Aside from the random handprints on the walls, the alien an airport worker drew on a wall and the old baggage system, all that’s under DIA are everyday airport operations.”

What are your thoughts about the various conspiracy theories surrounding DIA? Share your comments below, or on the Open Minds Facebook page.

The rocket was launched at approximately 9:00 pm on Monday, May 13 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. According to China Daily, “The consequence of this rocket launch, which is a common occurrence, is that many UFO believers mistook it for the latest visit by alien guests, as people across the southern part of China, including Chongqing, Kunming, Hong Kong, Changsha, Haikou, and Wuhan, all took images of the rocket and posted them on the Internet.”

This rocket reportedly belongs to the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) and was used to collect data about high energy and magnetic fields in the ionosphere.