LIGHT IN SKY AGAIN SEEN FROM NAPIER
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A bright, cigar-shaped light last night hovered high in the sky, then flashed above the Poriate hills and hovered again, lower and farther inland, a Napier man and his daughter claimed to have seen.
It is the second night in succession that a bright light has been reported above the Poriate hills.
The man, Mr. D. M. MacDonald, of Wellesley road, gave this description of the light: “It was sausage-shaped, changed colour, and it was big—too big to be mistaken for a star or a planet.”
His daughter, Miss M. MacDonald, said: “It was cigar-shaped. It changed colour from red to blue, pink, green and orange. It appeared to be spinning as it moved slightly from side to side.”
STOPPED OTHER CARS
They were travelling by car along the Westshore embankment road when they first saw the light at about 8.45 p.m.—within minutes of the time a light was seen by Messrs A. E. Ingram and M. Cannaway the night before. They stopped seven or eight other cars. “Several other people in the cars saw the light,” Miss MacDonald said.
They first noticed the light high above the hills behind Bay View. It hovered there for about five minutes, rapidly spinning and changing colour, they claimed. Suddenly it vanished. Three minutes later it reappeared, this time lower and nearer Taradale. Five minutes later it vanished again.
Miss MacDonald said: “To get to its second position it must have travelled thousands of miles at a terrific speed. It was
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Strange Sight In Napier Sky On Two Nights
For the second night in succession a strange sight has been observed in the sky over the Poriate hills, a few miles west of Napier.
It was observed on Sunday night by Messrs A. E. Ingram and M. Cannaway, Napier. Last night it appeared again about 8.45 and was seen by several motorists near Westshore.
Mr. D. M. McDonald, Wellesley Road, said he was travelling from Westshore with his wife and daughter when they first saw a large lighted object travelling through the sky. It was revolving rapidly and changing colour from bright red to green. It was about a mile or so high at a guess.
Mr. McDonald stopped his car and several other vehicles pulled up behind to watch the strange light. It was in view for about 10 minutes. Travelling in a circle it disappeared at once stage beyond the Poriate hills but came into view again immediately afterwards.
Mr. McDonald’s daughter, Miss M. McDonald, said the light was more or less cigar-shaped. When she first saw it, the light was fairly stationary in the sky but was apparently revolving.
After about five minutes it faded rapidly as though it was travelling far into the distance. It appeared again further along the hills to the south. Its colours
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