Australia is increasingly gaining attention for its frequent UFO sightings, especially near military installations, according to an investigative journalist. These mysterious aerial phenomena have sparked intrigue and speculation.

Veteran journalist and former 60 Minutes Australia presenter, Ross Coulthart, shared insights with entrepreneur and podcast host Mark Bouris, indicating that unusual flying objects have been a part of Australia’s airspace history for many years.

Coulthart revealed ongoing communication with individuals stationed at the RAAF Base Tindal in Northern Australia. These sources report a noticeable uptick in sightings of unexplained aircraft, stirring curiosity and concern.

“These observers are witnessing UFOs and other strange objects,” Coulthart noted. “As of now, no one has been able to provide them with answers regarding these sightings.”

He further speculated that the presence of American nuclear weapons on Australian soil could be linked to these unexplained occurrences, contributing to the confusion.

Moreover, Coulthart mentioned that contacts within Australia’s defense and intelligence sectors have acknowledged frequent unauthorized airspace entries over critical military sites.

‘Recently, there was one over Richmond in Sydney. There was an object… I won’t call it a drone, that sat there and hovered for over an hour and a half,’ he said.

‘It was recorded. It was reported to the relevant authorities, but they couldn’t do anything to bring it down.’

Investigative journalist Ross Coulthart (pictured) has claimed sources from an air force base in northern Australia have spotted anomalous aircraft

It comes just weeks after a group of workers have reported seeing an unidentified object in the sky near Fortescue Metals Group’s Solomon mine site in Western Australia’s Pilbara region

‘We’ve allowed ourselves to become Fortress Australia for America, and we’ve got, I suspect, nuclear weapons on northern soil in Australia. Nobody’s talking about this.

‘A lot of these UFO sightings seem to cluster around nuclear and strategic assets, and that’s not a coincidence.’

Coulthart said there was a history of UFO sightings in Australia that goes back decades, citing witness and former head of the Defence Department’s Joint Intelligence Organisation Nuclear Branch Harry Turner. 

Mr Turner saw intelligently controlled craft hovering over secretive British nuclear weapon tests in the South Australian desert at Maralinga during the 1950s and 1960s, according to the National Archives of Australia.

‘As a senior scientist in the Defence Department, Turner actually pushed for Australia to set up its own UFO Flying Squad investigative team,’ Coulthart said.

‘He wanted a plane on standby so that we could scramble and go and investigate UFO incidents.

‘There’s a wonderful one where they had an outdoor cinema, and everybody at the outdoor cinema looked up and saw a craft – a structured, metallic craft – hovering overhead, with windows, silently cruising with no visible means of propulsion.

‘These are reports that sit in our National Archives.’

A mystery object baffled residents in Alexander Heights, north of Perth, in 2019

Coulthart told businessman Mark Bouris (pictured) that Australia is a ‘hotbed’ for UFOs

The Department of Defence Defence does not have a protocol for reporting or recording of UAP or Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO).

The comments come weeks after a group of miners shared disturbing photos of a ‘UFO’ in the remote region of Western Australia during an early-morning drive.

The six workers were stunned when they saw the airborne object near Fortescue Metals Group’s Solomon mine site in the Pilbara region at about 5am on December 7.

The group spotted the ‘UFO’ while driving from their laboratory worksite to catch a bus back to camp in the Hamersley Ranges.

Last year, a bizarre object was found on fire in remote WA with no visible signs to indicate how it got there.

Police coordinated a multi-agency response after the item was found in October close to a mining site near the small town of Newman.

The large black object was similar to other known space re-entry debris, WA Police said in a statement.

A month earlier, there were reports of strange lights in the sky near Point Moore in Geraldton, 420km north of Perth.

Perth Observatory received several reports of lights across a widespread area, which a spokesperson described as ‘very confusing’.

At the time, the Department of Defence said there were no military training activities in the area on the night of the sightings.