The discussion of UFO's, or as they have recently been rebranded, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) - has long been a taboo topic, however in recent times the stigma around such reports has slowly started to change.

The unclassified report by the United States Department of Defense on June 25 2021 about UFO or UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) encounters has sparked interest once again.

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UFO Research NSW vice president Jaimie Leonarder said he has received an "abundance" of reports from the Grampians.

"A lot of those reports from what I can see from our website with people sending reports through seem to be broken down in what is called the Min Min Light phenomena," he said.

"The Min Min Light dates back thousands of years in terms of our indigenous culture."

Mr Leonarder said many of the region's residents have backed up this claim.

"I have spoken to many truck drivers down in the Grampians area that have had Min Min light sightings," he said.

"They thought they had a motorbike trail up behind them.

"They have seen fluorescent objects in their rear view mirrors and then the next minute it liberated itself off the ground and sped away."

Over the past 12 months, the UFOR hotline has received a plethora of reports near the Grampians, on the South Australian border.

"There have been sightings of large numbers of objects running in parallel that appear to be equally distanced," Mr Leonarder said.

"We actually put this down to what looks like Elon Musk's Starlink Satellite train that has been crossing Australian skies.

"It will give you at least 10 to 20 points of light that is said to be travelling in an equal distance.

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"They don't seem to be showing the characteristics of anomalies, they seem to all be in a linear flow.

"We have received a lot of calls, probably every week for the past year."

Mr Leonarder said the Grampians was a hub for anomaly activity and warned residents to explore the national park with caution.

"The Grampians have an incredible history and it might be very poorly documented in terms of anomalies experiences people have had," he said.

"I know also there is also a large abundance of yowie reports from down in that area from some extremely reliable sources.

"I don't discount those stories, there is a huge indigenous history across the world.

I always say to people to exercise with caution when visiting the Grampians and respect the land because it really is an absolute jewel of Australia's wilderness."

Mr Leonarder said he hoped in the coming years more people would open their eyes to the possibilities of what was yet to be discovered.

"I think it is good to be skeptical but we all need to keep an open mind," he said.

"My motivation is to ensure the ridicule is removed and people take this seriously and eventually we can have science come on board.

"If we all just had a bit more heightened awareness for the world and environment that we are in, all of these mysteries may open themselves to us."

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