UFO Reports

[MS6SSNatalieH]

UFO Reports on the rise in New Zealand


UFO watchers have reported a record number of recent UFO sightings over New Zealand's North Island.

Researchers have received a number of reports over the past five weeks according to Suzanne Hansen, director of the Ufocus New Zealand research network. "I've got 30 (UFO/UAP) reports on my desk at the moment from the upper North Island and Northland from the past couple of weeks that we're yet to process [on top of the many others] ... It's unprecedented," she said.

The reports vary from one man who witnessed a strange craft landing in the region to a Maungakaramea resident seeing strange lights hovering over the mountains. "I've never seen anything like it before, but it definitely wasn't somebody with a torch or vehicles as it was above the skyline, not on the hills," he said.

There have been an "unprecedented" number of UFO sightings reported in the North Island over the past two months, UFO watchers say.

Read more: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10807316

[Carol Nistri]

Something like 80-90 per cent are people mistaking things like Venus for UFOs."

Oh maaan,not poor Venus again.

[dr wu23]

Originally Posted by Carol Nistri

Something like 80-90 per cent are people mistaking things like Venus for UFOs."

Oh maaan,not poor Venus again.

Many ufo sightings are misidents of natural or other everyday events and most seasoned ufologists have said this before.
80-90 % is not out of line imo.

[Carol Nistri]

I just never knew anyone that does that,mistakens Venus for a ufo. If your habit is to look at the night sky thats one thing,you know Venus when you see it.

[Jurgen]

Even trained pilots have made that mistake Carol.

[Carol Nistri]

Now THats hard to believe,Im betting its the brand new pilot and not the guys that have been up more than once.

[dr wu23]

Originally Posted by Carol Nistri

I just never knew anyone that does that,mistakens Venus for a ufo. If your habit is to look at the night sky thats one thing,you know Venus when you see it.

Most people are pretty lame when it comes to identifying things in the night sky.
But we all make mistakes. I was driving home at night in the winter from work and I saw this odd shaped white/green/red light flying outside in the sky along with my car. My first thought was I have finally seen a ufo...it took me a couple minutes before I realized it was a reflection from inside my car that was projected outward and so well done that it fooled me.
I have also been fooled for a minute or two by a water tower light that was partly shrouded in fog so one could not see the tower just the light hanging in the sky. These things account for most sightings imho.

[Carol Nistri]

Ah,but you said that reflection had you fooled for just a minute or two. Thats far different from someone that sees something in the night sky and goes thru the bother of reporting it.MOST ufos are not reported at all.These cases are told to friends and co-workers but most are never reported.

[dr wu23]

Originally Posted by Carol Nistri

Ah,but you said that reflection had you fooled for just a minute or two. Thats far different from someone that sees something in the night sky and goes thru the bother of reporting it.MOST ufos are not reported at all.These cases are told to friends and co-workers but most are never reported.

My point was that many things can fool us and if the object or whatever we think we are seeing only lasts for a few minutes (which is often the case with ufo events..) then we misidentify something...end of story.

[MS6SSNatalieH]

I thought I saw a UFO once when I was outside watching the stars, I was wrong, I turned on the radio and the news said the national space-center was going over. I was out there for 20 minutes thinking, will I be abducted?