THE Territory’s top UFO spotter has done it again.

Alan Ferguson snapped the first UFO of the season on Saturday morning, flying above his Acacia Hills property about 50km south of Darwin.

Mr Ferguson told the NT News he felt an “urge”, just before 10am before running outside with his camera.

“It’s just a connection. When you get the urge you just go outside and bingo. They still let me know.

GREEN UFO SPOTTED OVER DARWIN

“You’ve got to have the camera on fast-speed, continuous shoot. That way you are guaranteed to get them. They are that fast.

“I just took it - yep, no worries, that was it - then I headed off to the pub.

“I showed a few people there and they said ‘Gee, that’s heavy. What’s that’?”

media_camera Another photo of a UFO taken by Alan Ferguson at Acacia Hills. Picture: Alan Ferguson

Mr Ferguson said UFOs often appeared in the Top End at the beginning of the dry season.

He said this was the first genuine spotting of the season, claiming his sources at the weather bureau had told him a flashing light spotted by backpackers last month was most likely a weather balloon.

“Apparently it was a green thing flashing in the sky, but I don’t think that was a UFO at all.”

In contrast, Mr Ferguson said the disk-shaped object he photographed on Saturday was the real deal, and was one of the best images he had managed to capture in years.

“You can see a little shiny bit on the top. The browny, reddy tinge. It might be the sun reflecting off the top. As I said, it was involved.”

media_camera Alan Ferguson - the Territory’s top UFOlogist. Picture: Daniel Hartley-Allen

Despite the clarity of the picture, Mr Ferguson said it wasn’t as impressive as some he had photographed about six years ago.

“I think the metallic balloon one that I took years ago ... that was the best,” he said.

Mr Ferguson attracted global media attention in 2009 when he first encountered UFOs flying over his rural property.

Later the same year he caught the objects on film for the first time in a moment described by some as the “biggest day in Territory history”.

He has since become an online sensation through his website - ufoterritory.com.au - where he has attracted thousands of loyal followers.

His stories have featured on highbrow news channels including the ABC and SBS, as well as Channel 7’s Sunrise program.

Mr Ferguson said he gets a “gut feeling” when UFOs are in the area.

“I’m not the only one,” he said.

media_camera Another photo taken at Acacia Hills, a UFO hotspot south of Darwin. Picture: Alan Ferguson

“I’ve got a whole lot of ... I’ll call them friends ... we get the same feeling.

“You get the urge in your guts and it just controls you. You just walk outside and nine times out of 10, they are there. It’s as easy as that.

“For the mere mortals? Suck eggs. We’re lucky that we have the ability to get them.”

Mr Ferguson said there was more to the story but he was limited in how much he could reveal.

“If I was to tell you the whole thing that goes on it would blow your mind, but I can’t. I just can’t,” he said.

Analysts were last trying to determine if the latest spotting rated a four or a five on the Gerrymeter scale.

media_camera They don’t come any more credible than Independent MLA Gerry Wood (right), seen here playing table tennis. The “Gerrymeter” scale is a well-recognised way of scientifically rating the quality of any claim.

The scale was named after Independent MLA Gerry Wood who spotted UFOs in his spare time when he was effectively running the Territory as kingmaker in the Henderson Labor Government.