NEW ZEALAND
-LEGEND-
No
PROVINCE
TOTAL SIGHTINGS
1
NORTH AUCKLAND
16
2
AUCKLAND
20
3
GISBORNE
6
4
TARANAKI
5
5
HAWKES BAY
13
6
WELLINGTON
14
7
NELSON
12
8
MARLBOROUGH
3
9
WESTLAND
1
10
CANTERBURY
23
11
OTAGO
20
12
SOUTHLAND
10
= 153
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DATA OBTAINED
- Direct to C.S.I. 34%
- Press accounts 66%
- Data prior 1952 4½%
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SPECIAL DATES.
- July, August 1909
- October–December 1952
- January 1953
- Most active Night Dec. 6 1952
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DUNEDIN 28. Oct. 1952
Awakened at 2.45am by a soft high pitched metallic sound, Mr & Mrs J.P. Burke were amazed to see the object sketched above surrounded by greenish phosphorescent light. Mr. Burke a pilot of eight years experience watched the strange craft shaped like drummers Cymbal with a separate elongated section underneath, climbing steadily away to disappear after 20 min. a star-like dot in the sky. First seen at 3,600 ft., speed approx 300mph. sky 10/10ths cloud.