Is that a UFO or just flying sperm?

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Is it a UFO or a Yak
MATT CUNNINGHAM
July 26th, 2008

COULD UFOs reported to be cruising the sky above Darwin's rural area actually be flying sperm?

Members of the Top End Flying Club, based at Noonamah, believe people might be confusing some of their craft for spaceships. The club's secretary, Mark Christie, said that the aircraft most likely to be confused with a UFO is the Russian built Sigma-4 ultralight, affectionately known as the "flying sperm''.

The Northern Territory News has received several reports of UFOs around Darwin's rural area. Many UFO spotters report seeing grey objects cruising across the sky at low speed and making no noise.

Mr Christie said the flying sperm cruises at about 90 knots and makes little sound. "There's a possibility they have been mistaken for UFOs,'' he said. "That thing goes seriously slow. It would be overtaken on the Stuart Highway by a road train.''

But there may be one glitch in the flying sperm theory. UFO spotter Alan Ferguson said he had seen the objects move in an ``N'' pattern above his Acacia Hills home. But Mr Christie said the flying sperm wasn't capable of such a manoeuvre.

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"But there may be one glitch in the flying sperm theory."