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Kaikoura Lights

DATE21 Dec 1978
LOCAL TIME—
LOCATIONKaikoura, New Zealand
COORDINATES42.37°S, 173.75°E

UFO sightings over Kaikoura were tracked on Wellington air traffic radar. A television film crew captured the objects on 16mm film, including a large luminous orb that paced their aircraft. The New Zealand government classified the objects as unidentified in a report to the United Nations.

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WITNESSES & UNITS

Military personnel & radar operators

SENSORS & EVIDENCE

Ground / airborne radar track
Photographic / visual media record
Archived investigative case file

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