New Zealand has had numerous unexplained UFO sightings over the years; the following are two reports from witnesses in Maungaraki.
UFO Sighting Report 1
Location: Maungaraki, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
Date: June 27 2010
Time: 22:30
Features: Looked Cylindrical but could have been the angle (Flat and round seen from the side)
Weather Conditions: Clear
Witness Description:
"Don't know about aliens, but this was definitely weird! We were watching TV when we heard helicopters flying low over our house, so we went outside to have a look, and as we stepped out, this thing (don't have any idea what it was, but it looked cylindrical with a light at each end) flew really fast in a wide arc past our house (came from Maungaraki shop area roughly, and arced towards Queensgate) It was then followed by 4 - 5 unlit helicopters (All we saw was silhouettes, but we could hear they were helicopters) moving much slower (but still pretty fast.) whatever it was, it was definitely being followed by those helicopters which were struggling to keep up."
"Both my flatmates saw it too. One flatmate says its the second time he's seen something like this in our area, which is why we rushed out when we heard the helicopters."
UFO Sighting Report 2
Location: Maungaraki, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
Date: Tuesday 1st August 2006
Time: 8.50 pm
Features: Triangular object with lights shines beam of light.
Weather Conditions: Clear
Description:
A witness was standing on his back doorstep, when he noticed a beam of light extending down over a hill approx. 1.2 kms from his house (looking in a northerly direction over bush-clad hills).
"Suddenly the beam disappeared and a large, bright yellowish light appeared and hovered soundlessly over the hill around 300-400ft above the summit."
The witness watched it briefly and then called another witness from inside the house to video the light (captured on digital camera).
"After 30 seconds or so, the light began to move around above the hill, changing direction frequently. Two other lights began to flash on the underside forming a triangular shape in the sky, two bright yellow/white and one orange. The lights flashed on and off randomly, although they all moved about in unison or formation, as the light/object moved about."
The witnesses believed the lights were all on one object, rather than a group of three separate objects. They considered the initial sudden appearance and the 'behaviour' of the light/object very strange.
The video footage shows a 'falling leaf' or 'swaying' type of movement, with sudden changes of direction, followed by a rotation of the three bright lights in triangular formation, executing a flat, angular turn on a flat plane (not banking like an aircraft), blunt-end-forward, as the light/object began to move off. The light configuration appeared to be on a large, flattish object, possibly triangular. The sighting lasted around 2 minutes and ceased when the lights "just flicked off like a light switching off".
Air Traffic Control has established that it was not an aircraft. The possibility that it may have been a police helicopter was ruled out when ATC viewed the footage, as the light configuration did not resemble that of a helicopter.
image taken from witness video
The entire sighting captured on video shows 9 out of the 15 main characteristics of 'black triangle' craft, sightings of which are increasing worldwide. At the time of this sighting, reports were made of unusual lights in the night sky all over the southern North Island.
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