I do not believe that the new Pentagon report or any other sightings of UFOs in the past are proof of aliens visiting Earth. I also teach a free online class on astrobiology. I’m a professor of astronomy who has written extensively on the search for life in the universe. The report presents no convincing evidence that alien spacecraft have been spotted, but some of the data defy easy interpretation. The military has rebranded unidentified flying objects as unidentified aerial phenomena –UAPs – in part to avoid the stigma that has been attached to claims of aliens visiting the Earth since the Roswell incident in 1947. The official explanation was lights from boats being reflected off clouds, unburnt meteors, and/or the planet Venus.On June 25, 2021, the Pentagon released a much-anticipated report on UFOs to Congress. Aerospace boss linked to NASA believes aliens live on Earth.Site of Roswell UFO crash to be opened for tours.The Air Force was even asked to investigate by then-Prime Minister Robert Muldoon. New Zealand's most infamous UFO sighting came in 1978 in Kaikoura. Over the next couple of years an orange "blob" was seen over Orewa, a red and orange light in Harewood, Christchurch, and a UFO that looked like a "dark coloured blimp-shaped balloon" about a metre long came close to a passing aircraft. UFO couldn't have belonged to any country on Earth - Pentagon report. There were also sightings in Christchurch and west Hamilton. In 2014, a reported UFO seen in west Auckland was probably an internet-carrying Loon balloon, the CAA said. In Greytown, witnesses were concerned a UFO that appeared the week before Christmas "may be a hazard", while "UFO movement quite heavy over Hamilton central". There were also sightings in the Bay of Plenty and Masterton. Two silent lights were seen in Cambridge, four orange lights travelling in unision about a kilometre apart wowed Christchurch, and a strange light appeared more than once over Whangaruru Bay in the Far North. Down south in Dunedin, a "bright light" was seen falling from the sky, getting bigger as it got closer to the ground.Ģ013 was a bumper year for UFO spotters in New Zealand. The following year 10 bright but silent UFOs were spotted west of Hamilton, and a fast-moving craft with a light at the front was spotted in Seddon. Strange object in the skies above New Zealand.Kaikōura UFO mystery still flummoxing locals 40 years on.Meanwhile, a "fast-moving" UFO wowed Lower Hutt residents in the early hours of the morning. In 2011 a North Shore resident saw something similar - a "red fiery ball about a third the size of the moon" moving southeast at low speed. In 2009, a witness in the small Manawatu town of Kimbolton saw a UFO "similar to a light aircraft but with flames coming out of it", which shouldn't be happening. In 2007, several people at St Cuthbert's College in Auckland's swanky Epsom saw "UFO-type bright lights" near the Southern Cross constellation, while Palmerston North had a slightly less impressive report of "an aircraft or UFO". And down in Whanganui, two objects were seen flying "very high" without making any noise or leaving a vapour trail. In 2004, Auckland got its first UFO of the new millennium - red, green and white lights seen in Mt Richmond, with nothing showing up on radar. Later that year in November, a bright light was seen moving side-to-side on two days in row at Tokomaru Bay. According to the witness, it entered via the city's harbour and hung around Seventh Ave. The next reported sighting didn't come until October 26, 2003, when a "disc-shaped silver UFO with erratic vertical and horizontal movements" was seen in Tauranga. While the CAA document supplied to Newshub doesn't go into any detail, the Press in 2010 reported there were two ships - one "a small triangular shape with an orange light at the back and a white beam of light at the front" and the other "larger, with a white light".Ī witness said the larger "mothership" beamed a light across Evans Bay Pde. The first sighting since the millennium bug failed to strike took place in Wellington on June 1, 2000, in Evans Bay. There have been 30 sightings of unidentified flying objects reported to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) since the dawn of the millennium.Īuckland had the most sightings - seven - followed by Hamilton and Christchurch with three each.
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