Form 683a
AIR FORCE MESSAGE
SECURITY CATEGORY
Registry File No.
/ /
JOH
FROM:
AUCKLAND
Serial No. and Date:
17 DEC 55 3/17
To:
AIR DEPARTMENT
Time Received:
REPEATED:
Time Despatched:
UNCLAS
ATTENTION INTELLIGENCE
REPORTS A LIGHT IN THE SKY AT 170245M. MRS (A GRANDMOTHER) HAD BEEN BABY SITTING IN PARK AVENUE TAKAPUNA AND WAS BEING TAKEN HOME BY CAR BY A MRS, WHO ALSO SAW THE LIGHT. THEY BOTH SAW THE LIGHT AS THE CAR PROCEEDED UP THE RISE IN PARK AVENUE (A WESTERLY DIRECTION). BOTH LADIES SAY THE LIGHT WAS A VERY BRILLIANT GREEN MOVING IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION. IT WAS ROUND, BIGGER AND A DIFFERENT SHADE OF GREEN TO A NORMAL LIGHT. IT LASTED FOR ABOUT 4 TO 5 SECONDS AND MOVED AT A TREMENDOUS SPEED. MRS SAYS IT SEEMED FAIRLY LOW. SAYS THERE WERE ONE OR TWO STARS ABOUT AT THAT TIME BUT IS EMPHATIC THE LIGHT WAS NOT A STAR. A CHECK WITH WP TWR SHOWED THAT THE WP ROTATING BEACON WAS NOT OPERATING AT THAT TIME.
INSERT → * STARBOARD NAVIGATION LIGHT, AND ALTHOUGH BRILLIANT WAS NOT A HARSH
171222M
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