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Taranaki unidentified light report — March 11, 1967

CE1Unknown1967-03-11

Taranaki (off coast of), Unknown

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Case description

At 10:20 p.m. on March 11, 1967 at Taranaki (off coast of), LT. A pilot, copilot, and hostess of an airliner flying at 17,000 feet saw a cluster of 10-12 soft-glowing, amber-colored lights approach their aircraft at a lower altitude, passing below and out of sight. (Witness reports in NICAP files; U.F.O. Investigator, Vol. IV, No. 3, Nov.-Dec. 1967, p. 1; Weinstein, 1999, p. 35.).

Recorded details

Local time
10:20 p.m.
Craft description
A pilot, copilot, and hostess of an airliner flying at 17,000 feet saw a cluster of 10-12 soft-glowing, amber-colored lights approach their aircraft at a lower altitude, passing below and out of sight. (Witness reports in NICAP files; U.F.O.
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