CaseDiamond2018

Rotorua (Enroute to)(New Zealand), New Zealand

Bright orange diamond followed car.

Report quality: Moderate48/100

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  • Duration parsed: 3600s, a plausible sighting length
  • Brief witness text (35 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2018-09-27
Where
Rotorua (Enroute to)(New Zealand), New Zealand
Shape
Diamond
Duration
+60 minutes
Geo
-38.139, 176.245 · exact
Slug
diamond-over-rotorua-enroute-to-new-zealand-2018-e2ec9b
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In context

  • Rotorua (Enroute to)(New Zealand), New Zealand has 1 sightings on file here.
  • 2018 brought 2 reports from New Zealand.
  • The 2010s skewed 1.5% diamond reports; the archive-wide figure is 1.4%.

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