THINK ABOUTIT UFO SIGHTING REPORT

2005 Waroona, Western Australia UFO Photograph:

The Glowing Sphere at Sunset

Stepping outside to photograph a striking sunset over Waroona, Western Australia in March 2005, a witness took four quick digital photos, deliberately framing a crescent moon against the colorful sky in two of them. It wasn’t until reviewing the images on a computer that a small, glowing white sphere, low in the sky, turned up in one frame — somewhere neither the moon nor anything else visible to the eye had been.

Date: March 13, 2005

Sighting Time: 8:00 p.m.

Day/Night: Dusk/evening

Location: Waroona, Western Australia, Australia

Urban or Rural: Rural

No. of Entity(‘s): None documented

Entity Type: None documented

Entity Description: None documented

Hynek Classification: DD (Daylight Disc) — applied loosely; as with other photo-only cases in this archive, the object was not directly observed in real time, only discovered afterward in one of four digital photographs taken in quick succession

Duration: Not observed live; the object appears in only one of four photographs taken one after another, implying a presence of a few seconds at most between exposures

No. of Object(s): 1 (single orb)

Description of the Object(s): A glowing white orb/sphere, positioned low in the sky to the right of a tree in the frame, distinctly separate in location from the moon, which appeared to the left of the frame as a small crescent

Shape of Object(s): Orb/sphere

Size of Object(s): Not documented

Color of Object(s): White

Distance to Object(s): Not documented

Number of Witnesses: 1; the object was not seen live by the witness or anyone else, only discovered upon reviewing the photographs afterward

Special Features/Characteristics: The witness specifically checked whether the object could be the moon, confirming the moon was in a distinctly different position in the frame (to the left) and was a small crescent, not full, and separately verified that Western Australia did not have a full moon on March 13, 2005; the witness returned outside roughly three minutes after taking the photographs and found nothing unusual in the sky, with the moon still visible in its same crescent form and position

Case Status: Insufficient Data — a single, self-reported photographic anomaly with no independent analysis of the image, submitted directly by the witness seeking outside opinions rather than through a formal UFO research organization

Source: Witness submission (photographs and account provided directly)

Summary/Description: Taking photographs of a sunset near Waroona, Western Australia on the evening of March 13, 2005, a witness later discovered one of four images showed a glowing white orb low in the sky, distinct in position from the crescent moon also visible in the frame. The object was not seen at the time the photograph was taken, and nothing unusual was found when the witness checked the sky again minutes later.

Related Cases: None documented

Detailed Report

The first three images show different crops/versions of the same photograph containing the orb. The fourth image shows the separate frame confirming the moon’s actual position and crescent phase that evening.

The witness had taken a digital camera outside near Waroona, Western Australia to photograph an especially striking sunset on the evening of March 13, 2005, taking four photographs in quick succession. Two of the shots deliberately included the moon, then a small crescent, positioned attractively against the colorful sunset sky.

Reviewing the images afterward on a computer, the witness noticed a strange-looking light positioned low in the sky in one of the photographs. Checking the other frames to rule out the moon as an explanation, the witness confirmed the object was in a completely different location in the frame from the moon — described as being to the right of a tree in the image, while the moon appeared well to the left — and that the moon itself was a small crescent, not full. The witness separately verified that Western Australia did not experience a full moon on March 13, 2005, ruling out any possibility of confusion with the moon in a different phase or reflection.

Approximately three minutes after taking the original photographs, the witness went back outside to check the sky again, but found nothing resembling the object; the moon remained visible in the same crescent phase and position as before. The witness, uncertain what the object could be, shared the photographs seeking outside opinions on what might explain it.

Researcher’s Notes

The Waroona Orb — 2005 and a Witness Who Did Their Own Homework First

• This is a photo-anomaly case, not a live sighting, and that distinction matters. The object was never observed with the naked eye — it exists only in one of four photographs taken in quick succession, discovered afterward during review on a computer.
• The witness’s own verification steps are a genuine credibility strength. Rather than simply assuming the object was unusual, the witness actively checked the moon’s actual position and phase in a companion photograph, and separately confirmed the lack of a full moon in Western Australia on the date in question. This kind of self-directed due diligence, ruling out the single most common misidentification source before calling something unexplained, is a meaningful positive indicator, even in an otherwise uninvestigated case.
• No independent photographic analysis has been conducted on this image. Unlike the Beveridge/Whittlesea case, where a weather bureau forecaster and a VUFORS scientific adviser both examined the photograph, no named expert appears to have analyzed this specific image for lens artifacts, reflections, or other conventional explanations.
• A single anomalous frame among several taken in rapid succession is consistent with either a genuinely transient phenomenon or a range of mundane possibilities — a reflection, a lens flare from the setting sun, an insect or airborne particle briefly illuminated, or a distant light source only captured at one specific angle. This page does not have enough information to favor any explanation over another.

The Waroona orb photograph is preserved here as a modest but carefully self-checked personal account — the witness ruled out the most obvious explanation (the moon) before asking for help, even though no independent investigation of the image itself has been conducted.

“When I put them on my computer I noticed a strange looking light low in the sky.”

— witness account, Waroona, Western Australia, March 2005