Light over Mount Maunganui, BAY OF P · New Zealand
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
In the morning sky, still a bit dark out, an orange/white ball of light appeared at 45 degrees up in the sky, just above the roof line of our two story house. I spotted them from where I was sitting, outside in a spa in the backyard of our property. It descended 5 degrees then disappeared, then another ball of light showed at the same spot where the other one first appeared, descended 5 degrees and disappeared. A total of 8 balls of light, each two inches in diameter did this same manuevre.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #172081). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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