Mystery lights pass over Moutere area

BY ALASTAIR PAULIN
Last updated 13:00 23/11/2009

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No-one used the word UFO but the lights seen in the sky over Upper Moutere, near Nelson, last night are definitely unidentified.

Several people reported seeing balls of fire in the sky about 9.30pm, with Matiu Noakes saying he saw nine, moving from the direction of Kina toward Upper Moutere. "They looked like skydivers coming down with flares attached to them."

He said they faded out over Upper Moutere and were going too fast to be flares.

Lisa Chambers, marketing manager for Skydive Abel Tasman and a keen member of Nelson's skydiving community, said "there is absolutely no way it could have been skydivers". She said night drops were too dangerous in that area and had there been a prank afoot, she would have known.

Mike Reed, a helicopter pilot, said he was driving toward Motueka along the Moutere Highway when he saw the lights. He saw several other cars parked at the turnoff to Neudorf Rd, and spoke to others there who had been watching the lights.

He said he expected to hear aircraft noise when he turned off his engine but it was completely silent. Even so, he double-checked with air traffic control at Nelson Airport, which knew of no aircraft in the sky nearby at the time.

He said the lights were below the clouds, which he estimated to be about 300 to 500 metres up, and one of them appeared to float up into the clouds.

"If I was going to take a guess on it, I would say somebody's got a bunch of helium balloons and they've tied something on to it." But he had discounted every theory he had come up with so far.

Astronomer Robert Rea, of the Nelson Science Society, said he doubted anything astronomical would have pierced last night's cloud cover. Motueka police said they received no calls.

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Ari Ben Gordon   #11   08:27 am Nov 27 2009

I forgot to mention if You pop on the web sight 'silent circle' You will see video images that were sent in by Marines in Iraq that were shot at night that resemble what you witnessed . Sentinel type objects of light

Ari Ben Gordon   #10   10:25 pm Nov 26 2009

Now remember this is not new but what is new is the communication that is happening over the internet .

Ari Ben Gordon   #9   10:21 pm Nov 26 2009

I had a similar experiance in 1982 in Maddi in Cairo , Egypt around 2:30 AM but this was a Greenish Ball that very , very slowly was descending with a smoke trail that landed in someones back yard next to the house and then went out . I also saw in 1992 around 1:30 AM in the city of Mclean Virginia but , this experiance happened real fast but over the community of Houses appeared out of know where High up but this was a greenish ball that shot out above the tree tops in a flash and dissappeared within the Community . You can reach Me at P.O. Box 5417 WestMclean VA 22103

alex   #8   07:01 pm Nov 25 2009

Burwood Melbourne Sue? This sounds odd. I thought I saw white lights just below the thin cloud above Vic Markets a few weeks ago. I'm by no means a religious person, but I sure send prayer-like mental energy up to them for help. We need it so badly right now on Earth...

Suzanne Hansen, Director UFOCUS NZ Research Network   #7   05:56 pm Nov 25 2009

Throughout this year, we have received similar reports of: groups of orange/red lights, large white lights that split into 2 or 3 smaller lights, triangular formations of lights. All have been silent. None have displayed the aircraft light configurations required by law in NZ. None have displayed characteristics commonly associated with astronomical events. We have a sighting report form on our website. If you have witnessed these lights, please visit our NZ website and report to us. Visit: http://www.ufocusnz.org.nz

William Gunn   #6   03:33 pm Nov 24 2009

This past Saturday night at approximately 9:30, while I was outside walking my dog,I saw 1 relatively silent white light passing over. It quickly changened into 3 white lights. The only noise I heard from them was a quiet whispering sound. There were no flashing lights that are typical with normal aircraft. It was very, very strange

ThomasT   #5   02:18 pm Nov 24 2009

OK, now you have read the article, you must be interested. Now you need to step outside the Govt. controlled box, open www.theyfly.com. Learn that we have ongoing, decades-long, one on one et contact. This group shares our ancestors, are 1500 years ahead on tech, live 500 light years diatant. They get here in a fraction of a second, in their newer super high tech ship, which they were presented by another human group, in a parallel Universe, the Dahl Universe. The Dahls are way ahead of them on tech. There are 1600 pages of the et contacts translated from German, the contacts are in Switzerland. These are published by Wendelle Stevens. US Air Force Intel Rtd and Billy Meier, the contactee.

Lou   #4   02:07 pm Nov 24 2009

I live in southern Maine (USA) and there have been recent reports like this in the area, very strange things going on in the sky's for sure.

November 11, 2009 - More Multi-Colored Aerial Lights Above Fryeburg, Maine.

See: http://www.earthfiles.com/news.php?ID=1640&category=Environment

Sir Gilligan Horry   #3   01:36 pm Nov 24 2009

UFOs and ETs and Space is a topic I study everyday and often 16 hours a day and I have done so since 1996. If you really want to know about it all, then search Google or Yahoo for these keywords with quote marks ... "Project UFO Network" ... "Free UFO Videos" ... "Project MotherShip" ... "The Disclosure Project" ... "Decide Whether We Should Show Up" ... and ... "FACTS CONCERNING EXOBIOLOGICAL LIFE TO BE CONVEYED THROUGH THE PUBLIC ACCLIMATION PROGRAM".

And don't panic, be cool, and network with other people, help make a better future on Earth and in our After Life.

I live in New Zealand. Contact me at "Project MotherShip".

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Wolfgang Wolff   #2   10:32 am Nov 24 2009

I am writing from Northern Germany. Some weeks ago in the evening I saw the same kind of lights in the sky in the midst of rural landscape. The lights hang over the landscape in abaout the same hight. Two more friends of mine saw them too. They moved slowly and changed position against each other. It was thrilling to look at. Though I was excited I took my time to keenly counting their numbers. There have been 9 lights - more reddish than stars. No noice - nothing. No way to explain it. After some minutes they converged into 3 lights that were positioned like a triangle. Then they vanished quickly. I was curious to know of other places where things like that happened.


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