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Kaikoura Lights

Event date: 1978 Dec 21
Location: Kaikoura, New Zealand
Country: New Zealand

Record summary

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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