Live Intercept Case ID: 83388f8c

SIGHTING: ROTOWARO, WAIKATO (NEW ZEALAND)

Sighted On

Tuesday 17. May 1988

Reported On

Wednesday 13. July 2016

Classification

Circle

Duration

00:20:10

Witness Testimony

"hi .I was 19 yrs at the time . dad was 55 yrs . an had not been drinking or smoking anything ... had just picked up my dad from Huntly an was driving home . we came up a hill an as we approached the top the motor just faded out . so pulled over to the side of road . then saw this large round object approx. 100 ft just above the tress. bout 3-400 ft from us ..dad was freakin out .it was glowing , could see the windows , we stayed put for about 20 mins as car wouldn't start an then the object just slowly moved off .. the vehicle then started . "

Source: MUFON

Intelligence Discussion

Coordinates

Latitude

-37.5834°

Longitude

175.0879°

Technical Specs

Classification Circle

Duration 00:20:10

Source MUFON

Case Number #77649

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Location	Sighted on	Shape	Duration
Point Chevalier, Auckland, NZ	2025-06-18	Round/light	30 seconds
SW of Huntly toward Raglan	2025-05-08	Strobing red white green light in sky est. 2,000 feet.	midnight to 12.45am and still there
Hamilton	2025-04-13	Light in the sky	3-5 minutes
Hobsonville Point, Auckland	2024-01-16	Oblong	3 minutes
North Shore, Auckland	2023-11-25	Pill shaped	1 min
Tamahere, Waikato (New Zealand)	2020-02-23	Cigar	03:00:00
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2019-04-12	Oval	00:05:00
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2018-12-19	Cross	00:05:00
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2018-12-19	Cross	00:05:00
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2018-09-08	Cigar	00:01:00
Whangamata, Waikato (New Zealand)	2018-02-05	Star-like	00:45:00
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2017-12-25	Teardrop	00:01:30
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2017-12-25	Cylinder	00:00:10
Auckland (New Zealand)	2017-08-22	Bright light	Many minutes
Coromandel, Waikato (New Zealand)	2017-07-08	Triangle	00:00:10
Waitakere, Auckland, New Zealand	2017-06-22	Triangular	Couple of hours
Hamilton (New Zealand),	2017-06-08	Light	15 minutes
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2017-01-09	Triangle	01:15:00
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2016-12-17	Triangle	00:20:00
Auckland (New Zealand),	2016-12-17	Triangle	~20 minutes
Auckland (New Zealand),	2016-12-17	Triangle	~20 minutes
Coromandel, Waikato (New Zealand)	2016-09-01	Disc	00:17:00
Coromandel, Waikato (New Zealand)	2016-07-16	Disc	00:02:30
Tauranga, Bay Of Plenty (New Zealand)	2016-05-16	Sphere	Undisclosed
Auckland (New Zealand),	2016-03-29	Cone	15 minutes
Auckland (New Zealand)	2014-08-03	Semi circular, bright like star	More than 40 minutes
Auckland (New Zealand)	2014-07-19	Semi circular, bright like star	More than 40 minutes
Auckland (New Zealand)	2014-04-11	Sphere	1 minutes
Hamilton (New Zealand)	2014-03-27	Circle	5 minutes
Auckland (New Zealand)	2013-12-14	Circle	10-12 minutes
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2013-07-15	Boomerang	00:15:00
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2013-07-07	Circle, Diamond	01:20:00
Hamilton, Waikato (New Zealand)	2013-03-19	Flash	Undisclosed
Auckland (New Zealand)	2013-03-15	Oval	1 hour
Auckland (New Zealand)	2013-03-01	Light	25 seconds
Auckland (New Zealand)	2013-02-09	Circle	40 seconds
Lakr Karipiro, Waikato (New Zealand)	2013-01-26	Disc	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2012-11-05	Sphere	Undisclosed
Papakura, Auckland (New Zealand)	2012-10-09	Disc, Oval, Sphere	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2012-08-14	Sphere	Undisclosed
Auckland (New Zealand)	2012-07-08	Fireball	1-5 minutes
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2011-12-25	Disc	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2011-12-08	Sphere, Star-like	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2011-08-05	Egg, Fireball, Oval, Other	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2011-05-16	Boomerang	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2011-03-23	Unknown	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2011-01-14	Circle, Disc, Flash, Other	00:43:00
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2010-10-09	Boomerang	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2010-10-02	Boomerang	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2010-10-02	Other	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2010-09-27	Square, Rectagular	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2010-09-24	Triangle	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2010-09-24	Triangle	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2010-07-27	Sphere, Square, Rectagular	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2010-07-07	Triangle	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2010-03-29	Unknown	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2010-03-28	Disc	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2010-03-20	Triangle	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2010-03-09	Disc	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2010-03-04	Triangle	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2010-02-21	Blimp, Circle, Flash, Sphere, Star-like	01:10:00
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2010-02-21	Unknown	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2010-02-14	Unknown	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2010-02-03	Triangle	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2010-01-20	Other	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2010-01-19	Unknown	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2010-01-11	Triangle	Undisclosed
Auckland (New Zealand)	2009-12-24	Circle	Forty minutes
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2009-12-17	Unknown	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2009-12-15	Disc	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2009-12-08	Circle	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2009-11-20	Disc	Undisclosed
Auckland (New Zealand)	2009-09-15	Circle	10 seconds
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2009-07-01	Boomerang	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2009-06-15	Triangle	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2009-02-03	Boomerang	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2009-02-03	Other	00:00:00
Auckland (New Zealand)	2009-01-18	Light	20 seconds
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2008-12-18	Sphere	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2008-11-27	Unknown	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2008-11-05	Disc	Undisclosed
Papakura (New Zealand)	2007-09-14	Unknown	x
Auckland (New Zealand)	2007-06-22	Chevron	10 minutes
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2007-06-18	Unknown	Undisclosed
Tauranga (New Zealand)	2007-05-07		2 minutes
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2007-04-22	Cylinder, Flash	Undisclosed
Whangamata (New Zealand)	2006-11-12	Changing	3 HRS
Auckland (New Zealand)	2006-06-23	Triangle	10 minutes
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2006-06-21	Cross, Egg, Fireball, Flash, Star-like, Unknown	Undisclosed
Huntly domain, waikato	2006-03-11	Triangle	1-2 mins
Tirau	2006-02-20	Changing	5 plus minutes
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2005-10-17	Cylinder	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2005-09-11	Sphere	Undisclosed
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2005-08-29	Other	Undisclosed
Auckland (New Zealand)	2005-08-24	Circle	30 mins
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2005-08-09	Sphere	Undisclosed
Auckland (New Zealand)	2005-07-11	Egg	ongoing
Auckland (New Zealand)	2005-03-01	Circle	1 minute
Auckland (New Zealand)	2005-01-15	Other	6-7 seconds
Auckland, Auckland (New Zealand)	2005-01-15	Undisclosed	Undisclosed