New Plymouth, N.Z.
7th. November, 1955.
The Honourable,
The Minister of Civil Aviation,
WELLINGTON.
Dear Mr. Shand
Although I note from to-day's Press that the lighted object sighted by Captain W.T. Rainbow and his co-pilot off the Taranaki Coast has not been explained, I think I should pass on the enclosed memorandum which I wrote down on Saturday evening after observing the matters referred to from Mokau.
Since my return to New Plymouth last evening, I have checked the shipping movements of vessels to and from the Port of New Plymouth and these would not account for any lights in the position seen at 8.15 on Saturday 5th. inst.
Yours faithfully,
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