| ID | #1689867441 |
| Added | Thu, 20/07/2023 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | |
| Phenomena | |
| Status | Fact
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Initial data
Date: Saturday, October 2, 2010
Time: 20:15
Location: New Plymouth, North Island
Features/Characteristics: orange light moving at speed disappears
Description:
A clear starry night. Two observations occurred within about 25 minutes.
Four witnesses noticed an orange light over the city of New Plymouth heading east. Then the light abruptly changed course and headed north. It was at a low altitude in the sky, and there was no accompanying sound. They stared at the light until it disappeared from sight.
After about 10-20 minutes, the eyewitness looked up and saw an orange light in the sky in the direction of Waitara. The light froze for a minute or two, changed color to white, flashed brightly 3 times, changing color from white to orange, then to white and again to orange. Then the light "just disappeared as the lights were turned off."
Original news
Date: Saturday 2 October 2010
Time: 8.15 pm
Location: New Plymouth, North Island
Features/characteristics: orange light travelling at speed, disappears
Description:
Clear starry night. Two sightings occurred over approx 25 minutes.
Four witnesses observed an orange light over the city of New Plymouth heading east. The light then abruptly changed course, then heading north. It was at a low altitude in the sky, and there was no accompanying sound. They watched the light until it went out of sight into the distance.
About 10-20 minutes later the reporting witness looked up to see an orange light in the sky in the direction of Waitara. The light became stationary for a minute or two, changed colour to white, flashed brightly 3 times changing from white to orange, to white, and then orange again. Then the light “just disappeared like a light being switched off.”
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