Sphere over Lower Hutt, WELLINGT · New Zealand
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Orb like bubbles, flashing red/orange and pulsating, then moving slowly upwards changing to green/ blue flashes.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #177113). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
Ask for the records
What would the paper say?
The NZDF released its UFO files in 2010; further records answer to the Official Information Act 1982. Through Aletheca, the house instrument, anyone can commission the request — filed, chased, and published in the open, refusals included. The draft goes over already written: the records sought, and the date window they would live in.
Routed to: New Zealand Defence Force · records window 2023-03-12 → 2023-03-29
From the same sky
Related entries
March 15, 2023 · 2:21 AM · SPHERE
Lower Hutt, WELLINGT · New Zealand
Orb like bubbles, flashing red/orange and pulsating, then moving slowly upwards changing to green/ blue flashes.
December 12, 2022 · 10:00 PM · CONE
Lower Hutt, WELLINGT · New Zealand
Was standing outside at 10pm on the 12/12/22 and saw a strange white light approaching from the west in what looked like a cloud. There were no clouds that night so I watched it for about 15 min and could not identify it as anything usual. It flew off towards the South East and eventually faded out. I took Photos of it and later read reports from around New Zealand on the weatherwatch meteor reports website that were the same as what I saw. Therefore it wasn't local to just Wellington and could be seen around the country. This suggests it could be high in the atmosphere. There was some suggestion there that it could have been a Chinese rocket launch that apparently occurred at 9.30pm. It could possibly be that, but I haven't seen it confirmed. Its very unusual to see any sort of rocket like that in New Zealand.