Freighter Pakura encounters huge fast surface object in Cook Strait — July 23 1958

On July 23, 1958, the freighter Pakura was traveling through Cook Strait when its officers saw a large unidentified object moving rapidly on the surface. Authorities reportedly instructed the officers not to divulge a detailed description. D. Fife, the second officer and officer of the watch, nevertheless described it as a huge submarine-like vessel traveling at speed and possessing features unlike any vessel he had seen. The chronology does not preserve the duration, distance, exact appearance, direction of travel, or how the object disappeared.