Live Intercept Case ID: be44eaa4

SIGHTING: CHRISTCHURCH (NEW ZEALAND)

Sighted On

Wednesday 21. August 2002

Reported On

Monday 26. August 2002

Classification

Rectangle

Duration

5 mins

Witness Testimony

"orange light over christchurchbright orange ligh came from the horizon straight overhead without making a sound, when silloetted against the moon it was a rectangular shape. it was travelling way to fast to be an aircraft"

Source: NUFORC

Intelligence Discussion

Coordinates

Latitude

-43.5321°

Longitude

172.6362°

Technical Specs

Classification Rectangle

Duration 5 mins

Source NUFORC

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Location	Sighted on	Shape	Duration
Christchurch, New Zealand	2025-08-20	Straight lined disc	2 minutes
Christchurch	2022-03-12	v shape then like a cigar	3 minutes
Christchurch, Canterbury (New Zealand)	2020-04-29	Circle	00:00:10
Lees Valley, Canterbury (New Zealand)	2020-02-15	Circle	00:00:30
Christchurch, Canterbury (New Zealand)	2018-07-21	Triangle	00:00:20
Christchurch, New Zealand	2017-09-25	unknown, but compact	approx. 1 minute (twice)
Christchurch, Canterbury (New Zealand)	2017-02-25	Circle	00:10:00
Rangiora, Canterbury (New Zealand)	2017-01-13	Circle
Christhcurch,	2016-12-24	Light	5 minutes
Christchurch, Canterbury (New Zealand)	2016-09-21	Sphere
Kaiapoi (New Zealand)	2016-08-27	Triangle	10 minutes
Christchurch (New Zealand)	2015-08-06	Circular	4 mins
Bishopdale, Christchurch (New Zealand)	2015-07-04	Round Lights	3mins
Christchurch, Canterbury (New Zealand)	2014-12-14	Saturn-like	Undisclosed
Darfield (New Zealand)	2014-03-23	Egg	80 seconds
Christchurch, Canterbury (New Zealand)	2013-09-10	Disc, Saturn-like, Sphere, Star-like	Undisclosed
Christchurch, Canterbury (New Zealand)	2011-01-20	Oval	Undisclosed
Christchurch (New Zealand)	2010-12-21	Disk	5-10 mins
Christchurch, Canterbury (New Zealand)	2010-02-01	Unknown	Undisclosed
Christchurch (New Zealand)	2010-01-15	Light	30 seconds
Christchurch, Canterbury (New Zealand)	2009-10-10	Disc, Star-like	00:15:00
Christchurch, Canterbury (New Zealand)	2009-04-13	Cigar	Undisclosed
Christchurch (New Zealand)	2009-03-12	Cylinder	2 minutes
Christchurch (New Zealand)	2006-07-13	Rectangle	20 seconds
Christchurch (New Zealand)	2005-09-21	Light	2-3hrs then saw same thin
Christchurch (New Zealand)	2001-11-17	Light	15-20 sec
Christchurch (New Zealand)	1998-12-27	Unknown	12 seconds
Kaiapoi Christchurch (New Zealand)	1998-11-08	Oval	8-10 seconds
Christchurch (New Zealand)	1994-06-01	Sphere	5.00 min
Christchurch, Canterbury (New Zealand)	1990-11-12	Triangle	01:10:00
Christchurch (New Zealand)	1978-06-01	Other	2 mins
Okains Bay, Canterbury (New Zealand)	1956-11-09	Other	Undisclosed