| ID | #1689940601 |
| Added | Fri, 21/07/2023 |
| Author | July N. |
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Hypothesis
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Initial data
Date: Friday, April 2, 2010
Time: 19:50
Location: New Plymouth, North Island
Features/Characteristics: the bright light moves at a speed, then disappears.
Description:
The duration of aiming is about 30 seconds. The sun has set; clear, quiet evening, windless.
The witness was looking northeast over New Plymouth Hospital. He observed a large bright white light (large - the size of a pea), low above the horizon, moving from northeast to east, covering an arc of about 50° in 30 seconds. The light was larger and brighter than Venus (which was not yet visible in the night sky), and maintained the same light intensity until it disappeared (went out) after about 30 seconds.
The light seemed to maintain a horizontal flight path for most of the observation, and then looked as if it was moving away from the witness in the last five to ten seconds.
Although the distance of the object from the observer could not be determined, to overcome 50 ° and some 30 seconds, it can be assumed that its speed was significant.
Ufocus NZ Comment:
the witness is well acquainted with the flight paths of aircraft to and from New Plymouth Airport and reported that the flight path of the object did not correspond to these trajectories. It also did not correspond to the flight paths of helicopters heading for an offshore oil rig, as well as the flight paths by which helicopters arrive/depart from the helipad of New Plymouth Hospital.
The light could not be the International Space Station (ISS), as the NASA website showed that the ISS was supposed to track the SZ-VJV on April 22, 2010. It was not possible to obtain specific data on the movement of the aircraft from the control tower in New Plymouth that day, but from the witness's description of the intensity of light during the observation and the fact that the light suddenly "disappeared", we consider it unlikely that the object was an airplane.
Original news
Date: Friday 2 April 2010
Time: 7.50 pm
Location: New Plymouth, North Island
Features/characteristics: bright light travelling at speed, then vanishes
Description:
Duration of sighting approx 30 seconds. Sun had set; clear, still evening, no wind.
The witness was looking north-east over New Plymouth Hospital. He observed a large bright white light (large – pea-sized), low over the horizon, moving from northeast to east, covering an approximate arc of 50° in 30 seconds. The light was larger and brighter than Venus (which was not yet visible in the night sky), and maintained the same light intensity until just prior to vanishing (blinking out) after approximately 30 seconds.
The light appeared to maintain a level flight path for the majority of the sighting, then looked as if it was moving away from the witness in the last five to 10 seconds.
Although the distance of the object from the observer was unable to be determined, to cover of the 50° and some 30 seconds, it can be assumed that its speed was considerable.
Ufocus NZ comment: The witness is very familiar with the flight paths of aircraft into, and out of New Plymouth Airport, and advised that the object’s flight path did not conform to those tracks. It also did not conform to flight paths of helicopters going out to the off-shore oil rig, nor to the flight path that helicopters take when arriving/departing from the New Plymouth hospital helicopter landing pad.
The light could not have been the International Space Station (ISS), as the NASA website showed that the ISS would have tracked NW-ESE on 22/4/2010. It was not possible to obtain specific aircraft movement data from the New Plymouth control tower for that day, but from the witness’s description of the light intensity for the duration of the sighting, and the fact the light suddenly ‘vanished’, we consider it most unlikely the object would have been an aircraft.
Hypotheses
Satellite
Ordinary satellites, which often look like single, not very bright luminous dots moving smoothly in the night sky, are quite often mistaken for UFOs. After the Starlink satellites (near-Earth satellite systems developed by SpaceX, in order to create a cheap and high-performance satellite Internet communication channel and technical transmitters for receiving and transmitting signals from earth and orbit) were launched, it became possible to observe groups of satellites (up to 60 pieces) flying one after another.
Events
Rocket launches (from space.skyrocket.de)
- Site: Baikonur (Tyuratam, NIIP-5, GIK-5), Tyuratam (USSR / Russia) Vehicle: Soyuz-FG Payload: Soyuz-TMA 18
Investigation
Resume
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