| ID | #1689689800 |
| Added | Tue, 18/07/2023 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | |
| Phenomena | |
| Status | Fact
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Initial data
Date: Friday, January 19, 2008
Time: 21.02 – 21.04
Location: Central Auckland, North Island
Features/Characteristics: a dark object with a glowing glow.
Description:
The duration of aiming is 2 minutes. Some cloud cover; windless. Several witnesses.
Drawing a light/object by a witness
The witness and three friends were sitting outside and talking in a house in Gray Lynn when their conversation was interrupted by the sudden appearance of a very bright light falling through the cloud cover over the central business district of Auckland at an altitude of about 4,000 feet. They stated that it was ".... glowing in appearance, like a blowtorch, and a large figure with a dark, barely noticeable rounded silhouette just ahead.”
Then the light moved northwest along a horizontal trajectory below the base of the cumulus clouds, moving at a speed comparable to that of an airliner. There were no other visible conventional aviation lights (strobing, flashing) on the object and there was no sound at a distance. Its speed and direction remained constant, heading northwest at an angle of 15 degrees west of Auckland.
He rose high above the Waitakere ranges and quickly disappeared. The reporting witness contacted the control tower of Auckland International Airport and was told that nothing unusual had been reported or seen on radar. At this time, the planes did not take off.
Original news
Date: Friday 19 January 2008
Time: 9.02 – 9.04 pm
Location: Central Auckland, North Island
Features/characteristics: dark object with flaming glow
Description:
Duration of sighting 2 minutes. Some cloud cover; no wind. Multiple witnesses.
Drawing of light / object by witness
The witness and 3 friends were sitting outside talking at a home in Grey Lynn, when their conversation was interrupted by the sudden appearance of a very bright light dropping through the cloud cover over the Auckland CBD at about 4000 feet. They stated it was, “…. flaming in appearance, like a blow torch, and large with a dark, barely visible roundish silhouette shape just in front.”
The light then proceeded north-westward on a horizontal path, below the cumulus cloud base moving at a speed comparable to an airliner. There were no other visible conventional aircraft lights (strobing, flashing) on the object and no sound from a distance. Its speed and direction remained constant heading northwest on a 15 degree angle towards west Auckland. It ascended high over the Waitakere Ranges and quickly disappeared. The reporting witness contacted the Auckland International Airport control tower, and was told that nothing unusual had been reported or sighted on radar. No aircraft were departing at that time.
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