UFO case file · UFO-5345
Timaru, South Canterbury cigar-shaped object report — July 1, 1977
Timaru, South Canterbury, Unknown
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At 2:10 PM. on July 1, 1977 at Timaru, South Canterbury, A Piper Cherokee pilot observed a black cigar-shaped object enveloped in a "heat of haze" flying at 1,800 to 2,000 feet. (Reference: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA EIGHTY YEARS OF PILOT SIGHTINGS Catalog of Military, Airline, Private Pilots Sightings from 1916 to 2000 Dominique F. Weinstein).
Recorded details
- Local time
- 2:10 PM.
- Craft description
- A Piper Cherokee pilot observed a black cigar-shaped object enveloped in a "heat of haze" flying at 1,800 to 2,000 feet. (Reference: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA EIGHTY YEARS OF PILOT SIGHTINGS Catalog of Military, Airline, Private Pilots Sightings from 1916 to 2000 Dominique F.
- Coordinate precision
- LOCALITY_APPROXIMATE
- Date precision
- EXACT_DAY