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UFO
group in partnership with Chilean government: sightings on rise
A
UFO organisation with links to the Chilean government is
investigating eight reports of strange phenomena across New Zealand
skies this year and says sightings are increasing.
31
December, 2018
UFOCUS
NZ director Suzanne Hansen told RNZ there was an emerging pattern of
reported sightings of UFOs throughout the country, involving
'corridors' and 'hotspots' and that many sightings seemed to be
associated with seismic events.
She
made her comments this week during the 40th anniversary of New
Zealand's most famous UFO encounter, the so-called 'Kaikoura Lights'
sightings on 31 December 1978, which were filmed by an Australian
camera crew and enthralled millions of people across the world.
The
UFO research network has a co-operation agreement with the Committee
of Studies of Anomalous Aerial Phenomena, a joint military, science
and aviation body set up by the Chilean government, which also
follows a theory that UFO sightings are associated with seismic
activity and is investigating the link.
The
groups have carried out joint research projects and have been
exchanging information since signing an official agreement in
September 2013.
The
retired school teacher said the group's team of eight investigators
had been busy looking into eight reports of UFOs this year. The team
includes former air force staff, an astronomer and science and
medical professionals.
"Most
reports we receive are from the North Island, which is probably
because of a denser population," she said.
"We
hear a lot from cray fishermen, truck drivers and farmers, and there
are hotspots with a history of reported sightings.
"These
areas include the Dome Valley, north of Auckland, which is a
particularly creepy area, and the Kaipara region."
She
also pointed to a UFO 'corridor' stretching across the North Island,
from the Bay of Plenty's offshore islands, through Tauranga and into
the Waikato, where there had been a concentration of UFO reports over
the past decades.
Data
released by the Civil Aviation Authority spanning the years between
2000 and 2017 showed it received 30 reports of UFOs, and
interestingly there was a concentration of reported sightings across
the supposed corridor Mrs Hansen described, as well as reports spread
over the Wellington region and Canterbury.
A
mathematical theory postulated by former National Airways Corporation
pilot and deceased Kiwi UFO figure, captain Bruce Cathie, suggested
these supposed corridors were formed over natural energy 'gridlines'
across the earth, which UFOs used to travel.
One
sighting the group had investigated this year took place on 28
February at Glenroy, Selwyn, in Canterbury and involved the daylight
sighting of a "black aerial object".
The
witness, who held a private pilot's license, was riding his
motorcycle when he saw an object approaching in the sky, which he
described as being like "a squashed doughnut" moving
extremely fast without sound.
It
was reportedly lost from view as it came close and passed over trees
and was "about the size of a living room", he said.
The
witness told investigators: "I have flown (aircraft) a lot and I
am familiar with most aircraft types, but this was really something
else.
"The
sheer speed, dark colour and absence of any exterior features were
quite remarkable, and I wished that the experience had lasted
longer."
Mrs
Hansen said reported sightings were increasing overall in New
Zealand.
She
became committed to investigating UFO phenomena following what she
described as a harrowing UFO encounter as a 20-year-old teacher in
Hawke's Bay during the mid-1970s.
She
had been travelling in a car between Takapau and Hastings on a
country back road with a friend during late afternoon when they
became aware of intense lights above the vehicle.
As
the lights got closer, she said they were accompanied by a
"vibrational sound" that became higher pitched in frequency
until the pair lost consciousness.
She
said when they became conscious again, they were still in the car
driving, but it was now dark outside.
"It
was a feeling of shock and horror, of being unable to logically
explain how one second you had spotted erratic lights while driving
in sunshine and the next you were suddenly aware of driving in
darkness and the lights were gone," she said.
"My
friend reacted with anger and disorientation, repeatedly shouting
'what the hell is happening'. It was traumatic."
She
said the pair estimated they had lost 90 minutes of time, which they
couldn't account for.
The
troubling experience remained with Mrs Hansen and in the 1980s she
became aware of UFO research in the United States, after which she
began helping UFO expert Harvey Cook organise meetings in Tauranga.
UFOCUS
NZ was formed and it established a website in 2000 to document
sightings
One
of the most dramatic UFO events to be documented however happened 40
years ago today, on 31 December, 1978 - the Kaikoura Lights
sightings.
Spectacular
light formations were spotted 10 days earlier by the crew of a Safe
Air cargo plane.
The
lights followed them for several minutes before disappearing and
reappearing nearby.
They
appeared on Wellington Air Traffic Control radar, on the aircraft
radar, and were sighted by hundreds of people.
Then
between 31 December and 1 January, an Australian television crew
recorded a similar incident onboard a cargo aircraft flying between
Wellington and Christchurch.
The
large bright objects were filmed, tracked by Air Traffic Control and
observed by witnesses simultaneously, with one of the objects
following the aircraft almost until it landed.
When
the aircraft took off again, it was followed by a huge orb-like
object for 15 minutes.
Film
footage stunned millions of viewers across the world.
A
report by authorities later dismissed the giant orbs as possibly
reflected lights from squid boats.
