QUOTE (WraithGod @ Dec 14 2007, 06:16 AM)

I'd actually say this is one of the most believable reports of these UFOs being some kind of aircraft (no comment on the probability of extraterrestrial origin).
The UFOs as some kind of aircraft? Let's take another look.
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He added that they were not aircraft. John Cordy at Wellington Air Traffic Control Center (WATCC) confirmed targets on his scopes in the area reported by Uffindel."
* "Witnesses in the Cape Campbell area (45 miles north of Kaikoura) saw lights in the sky behaving in the manner of aircraft involved in a search & rescue operation - as if helicopters were using high-powered spotlights to view the terrain beneath them. WATCC detected three unidentified targets on their radar screens, one of which moved at high speed for 60 nautical miles (nm) and was estimated at the size of a commercial airliner.
It stopped abruptly and remained stationary for some time."
* "He called ATC to say that it had changed to an extremely bright light encircled with a
red halo and its luminescence was still visible when it passed behind clouds."
* "WATCC had five strong unidentified targets on their scopes in Powell's vicinity as he approached Christchurch. As he was coming in to land
he reported a high-speed target moving at approximately 15,000km/h."