Wycliffe Well is little more than a roadhouse and tourist park, which boasts the largest selection of foreign beers in Australia (over 300). This might also explain why it also has the reputation of being the UFO capital of Australia. The have been hundreds of recorded sighting of unidentified flying objects there since World war II.

Location: Wycliffe Well is 130 km south of Tennant Creek and 380 km north of Alice Springs on the Stuart Highway.

The town today essentially consists of the Wycliffe Well tourist park which covers 60 acres of land and includes a recreational lake for fishing and boating, a bar that has the largest range of beer available in Australia plus three life-size Alien figures and a large model UFO.

According to the tourist parks brochure, "UFO sightings are so common, that if you stayed up all night looking, you would be considered unlucky not to see anything, rather than lucky to see something".

UFO folklore has it that UFO sightings have occurred in the Well since World War II. A binder book containing records of UFO sightings from this era was kept until it was stolen from the tourist parks front counter some years ago. Sightings from the 90’s have been kept by the tourist park staff. The local restaurant‘s walls are covered with newspaper clippings written by UFO skeptics and believers alike.

Wycliffe Well is recognised as one of the top 5 UFO hotspots in the world and a place diehard UFO spotters claim they can guarantee a sighting every couple of days.

The reason given is that the sky is said to be full of ley or energy lines, which act like highways for the UFO’s to travel along. One of the crossroads or intersections of those highways is directly above the middle of Australia, which is why there is so much UFO activity there. Wycliffe Well is one of the flattest places in the region. This allows a 360 degree view of the night skies and makes it a great vantage point to see both identified and unidentified objects in the sky.

In an interview by a UFO website, tourist park owner Lou Farcus said he has operated the Wycliffe Well Roadhouse for over 20 years and originally had no interest in UFOs until he moved there. He claims that he has seen so many no longer bothers looking for them and waits for visitors to report them.

Lou has heard many bizarre theories over the years of what the UFO’s may be? One in particular is the theory is that the lights in the sky are Fluorescent birds! “Can you imagine the size of one of those birds?” He laughs. He also claims there have been many visitors from the UK and Japan who bring with them sophisticated equipment. Only after a few days of taking readings they leave.