UFO's? seen from New Plymouth,Taranaki, New Zealand

Recorded 25/12/2009 at 10.15pm, there were 5-7 bright orange lights in the sky randomly turning on and off and I ran for the camera when they formed a triangle, by the time I got it turned on only two lights remained, there is also a street light in the clip (lower) you can see one of the lights turns off just before the end of the footage. I wish I had got the camera earlier, would like to know what these are, there have been several reports now from others who also saw these lights..any ideas anyone??? I am calling these UFO's for now so people will view the clip :) These lights were mainly seen in the bay of plenty area, and Auckland,.

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Science & Technology

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• strange lights
• UFO
• UFO's
• New plymouth
• taranaki
• New Zealand
• mystery
• lights

[array56]

I did see a lantern on new years eve, nearly went directly overhead, you could tell there was a flame burning, surprisingly high too. The lights in this footage were much further away and did seem much brighter than the lantern I saw. Although I think they are most likely lanterns. The local newspaper reported that 21 lanterns were let off in this area. They also mentioned a hunter who got a new pig hunting torch might have caused the many lights in the sky..now that doesn't cut it.

[array56]

at first I thought they were flares set off, a "local" Xmas prank, but when the reports came in from all over I became a bit curious..I would love to see a chinese lantern at night as a comparison. did we miss international chinese lantern week or something?? I don't think these are lanterns, but if they are, they will get banned in NZ very soon.

[array56]

Some websites reporting now these may have been "a type of firework", but these lights were also seen in Tauranga and out to sea, this means that they must have been over 332 km / 206 miles away, and the question is...how high must these lights have been in the sky to see these from New Plymouth??

[array56]

These lights have now been reported in different areas over New Zealand in the last few days. I have heard the NZ airforce is in contact with the US airforce over these sightings, I will post more as I investigate further.

[SuperGoanna]

HIya. any idea who one should report a sighting to in NZ? My husband and I witnessed something very strange 17th Sept 2011 5 or 6 bright orange lights in a triangle formation. We went over all possibilities but they were unexplanable! Would love to know if others saw them.

[jarred2p]

Damn i saw the same lights around the same time in Hawera i was outside talking to the GF while she had a smoke. they would move then come to a complete halt after about 5mins of doing that they went south light speed or something i mean they took of fast..

[kuriousonly]

sfumato1002...you're such a dick!...hahaha!..You stick to your 'CHINESE LANTERNS"Bullshirtttt....where it belongs...(Back In Your Head!)....(((Rolllinggggg Eyes!!!!)))....lmao!...Which is a load of sheeettt ...And I'll leave it to 'people who know what they're talking about' - which EXCLUDES YOUUUU....JUGHEAD!..hehehe..So­..stop wasting space here..by arguing with urself!!..No one else is giving a crap what youuu think actually!!!..LOL...Soo...keep ur BLAH BLAH BLAH SHITE to YOURSELF!..

[littlebunny69]

i saw the same shit in georgia usa

[sfumato1002]

Do you even know how far our nearest solar system is?? Do you know how dumb it would be to spend 1000-100,000 years stuck in a space craft to simply fly around and make triangles and other shapes, only to turn around and make the long journey back home across the galaxy. without making contact, without even attempting to at land on earth??

Sure, now you will say ET's have some magical wormholes they use...Well, that is not science, that is sci-fi bulls#!%. A religion I say. The ET religion.

[sfumato1002]

And by the way, next time you see these...keep an eye on them, you wil see them disapear...or "burn off" because they are freaking chinese lanterns. I know because I have used them before. And just think about this..why would ET's travel light years throughout the galaxy to simply fly in our atmosphere and then make the long journey back across the galaxy. Think about it. Its not just silly, its seriously stupid.

[sfumato1002]

Oh please...really... the only bulls#!% is the ET UFO theory. It is lame, and plain out silly. Get over it...ET UFO's have never visited us. Learn basic astronomy and science. anyway, I they are not chinese lanterns,its something else...But not ET's LOL....sorry, I live in reality.

[kuriousonly]

@ sfumato1002 : Oh I see...so Chinese Lanterns wait for the others to come and make a triangle formation and then move off together do they????.LOL.....We didnt need a telescope to see they were NOT Chinese Lanterns at all! So ..as I said..the ..Chinese Lantern theory is a load of bulls&%^t!!!..(You weren't here to see what we saw...so keep your useless comments to yourself I'd strongly suggest!!!)...:P

[Helterskelter4]

Nice clip, Loads of Ufo sightings over England this New Years too, all reports are similar. I remember seeing something like this in Tauranga in 2000