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Dear Sir
10-1-55 FILE
Whilst walking along the O taki beach front yesterday (sunday) evening about 8.25, I, and several people about me, noticed a brilliant orange light moving horizontally across the sky, about a mile inland. After a few seconds it stopped and it became very dull, then it became about ten times brighter and seemed to drop something about the same size and colour as its self, which, as it fell disappeared. I knew it moved along and disappeared into some clouds. I wondered if perhaps a plane may have dropped a flare and that is what we saw, although I doubt it. Could you please therefore inform me if there was a plane dropping flares in the vicinity, or give me any information on the matter.