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UFO. New Zealand

ID #1689689199
Added Tue, 18/07/2023
Author July N.
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Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness
Incident date: 
16.03.2008 19:50
Location: 
Чартвелл
New Zealand

Date: Sunday, March 16, 2008

Time: 19:50

Location: Chartwell, Hamilton, North Island

Features/Characteristics: spherical yellow light

Description:

The duration of observation is approx. 30 seconds. Clear sky, a few stars, windless.

Observers saw a round or spherical yellow light in the evening sky. He became visible from behind the cornice of their house, moving in a straight horizontal line from west to east. According to their estimates, the light was at an altitude of about 500 feet and about 100 meters from the observers. 

The object/light produced no sound, although observers could hear the sound of a small plane in the sky far to the west of the light source. The yellow light flew a little faster than a small plane at this altitude. The intensity of the light remained constant (no flashing lights) as it moved from right to left in their field of view before it disappeared from view behind the trees.

Original news

Date: Sunday 16 March 2008

Time: 7.50 pm

Location: Chartwell, Hamilton, Nth Island

Features/characteristics: spherical yellow light

Description:

Sighting duration approx. 30 seconds. Clear sky, a few stars, no wind.

The observers saw a circular or spherical yellow light in the evening sky. It became visible from beyond the eaves of their house traveling in a straight horizontal line from west to east. They estimated the light to be at an altitude of approx 500 ft, and about 100 metres from the observers. The object/light made no sound, although the observers could hear the sound of a small aeroplane in the sky to the far west of the light. The yellow light was traveling a little faster than a small plane would at that height. The intensity of the light remained constant (no flashing lights) as it moved from right to left in their field of vision, before it was lost from sight behind trees.

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