Articles
Learning Curve: UFO Sightings by New Zealand School Children and Staff
UFO sightings have occurred in close vicinity to schools, the earliest recorded in 1965. Learning Curve: UFO [...]
The Waimata Valley UFO Encounters, 1977-80
There is a strange camaraderie and connection between people who witnessed UFO sightings in 'The Waimata'. The [...]
Creating the Field – Ethics and the Changing Role of Researchers in Contact Research
The voices of experiencers of contact must be heard. Have some dominant researchers become ‘information shape-shifters’, losing touch with [...]
The Muriwai Beach Encounter, 2014
A cylindrical white object is sighted by multiple witnesses, leading to an encounter on lonely Muriwai Beach. [...]
Relinquishing Responsibility? Circumstances Surrounding the Release Of the New Zealand MOD UFO files 2010/11
The Defence Force did not want UFOs on its Radar! Having dismissed control, along with the idea of UFOs? [...]
New Zealand UFO Sightings Associated with Volcanic/Seismic Activity
Ufocus NZ has documented increases in UFO sightings prior to, during, and after major earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. [...]
New Zealand USO and Oceanic UFO Sightings
USOs have been documented in NZ since 1909, when a small wingless object landed on a South Island lake. [...]
Last Man Standing – John Cordy, Last Surviving ATC Witness to the Kaikoura Lights Sightings, 1978/79
‘The longest night shift in my 34 years in Air Traffic Control was on December 20/21, 1978.’ [...]
Airport Security Officer Encounters UFO at Close Proximity, 1969
‘I drove up to the hangar … my dog commenced growling … a large object was hovering above the [...]
Sightings of a ‘Black Triangle’ (Air)Craft, 2013
Presenting nine cases of triangular (air)craft witnessed in NZ skies, with characteristics and unusual circumstances surrounding the sightings. [...]
Hunters Tracked by a UFO and its Occupant, 2011
A group of four witnesses encounter a cone-shaped craft, and the humanoid figure seen in conjunction with the event. [...]
Two Fishermen Experience Close Encounters, 2011 & 2012
Witness’s descriptions of specific light colours and configurations link these two close proximity sightings as possibly being the same [...]
Investigation into Harmonic 41188837, 2007
A report of UFO sightings around this harmonic line of latitude, relating to the late Capt. Bruce Cathie’s (NZ) [...]
Geometry in the Sky, 2007
Distinct trapezium-shaped objects sighted by witnesses across the central North Island, coinciding with seismic and volcanic activity. [...]
Every Cloud has a Silver Lining, 2002-2006
Odd-shaped clouds and erratic movements of some cloud formations have long been associated with some UFO sightings. [...]
‘Winged Bullet’ Sightings, Coromandel, NZ, 2003-2005
Sightings of ‘silver bullet’ shaped objects over the Coromandel Peninsula, the Hauraki district, and Waikato farmland. 'Winged [...]
Holy Cow! 1999
An account of a rocket-shaped object, an anomalous creature, and shadowy figures on a central North Island dairy farm [...]
NZ Sightings of Cigar-shaped and Cylindrical UFOs, 1952-2014
Accounts from pilots and the public, who have observed highly reflective cylindrical and cigar-shaped objects over NZ. [...]
New Zealand Pilot Encounters with UAP / UFOs
A significant number of NZ pilots have spoken publicly about their UFO sightings. Three such cases are presented here. [...]
UFO Sighted by NZ Air Traffic Controller, 1995
Multiple similar UFO sightings culminate in two spectacular sightings at sea, and from the Hamilton Airport control tower. [...]
The world famous ‘Kaikoura Lights’ sightings of December 1978
In 1978, a spectacular series of UFO sightings occurred in South Island skies, with visual, radar and film evidence. [...]
The Gisborne ‘UFO Flap’, 1977-80
Two personal accounts of UFO related events in the Gisborne/East Coast areas of the North Island during a time [...]
The “Puketutu Nests”, 1969-71
An aerial object shoots a beam of light at the farmer and strange circles appear on his King country [...]
The Ngatea Mystery Circle – Terrestrial or Extraterrestrial?
A circular patch of dead silvery-white manuka (scrub weed) is discovered on a Ngatea farm, with three ground indentations. [...]
The Moreland Sighting, 1959
When a farmer prepares to bring her dairy herd in for milking, she encounters a circular object with occupants [...]