CaseFormation1972
Dannevirke (New Zealand), New Zealand
Witnesses near Dannevirke, New Zealand reported a large blue light with smaller, variously colored lights moving toward and away from it, in formation, over thirty minutes in May 1972.
Report quality: Moderate55/100
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- Duration parsed: 1800s, a plausible sighting length
- Detailed witness text (184 characters)
- Location geocoded exactly
- No other reports from this city within 3 days
- When
- 1972-05-05
- Where
- Dannevirke (New Zealand), New Zealand
- Shape
- Formation
- Duration
- 30 minutes
- Geo
- -40.205, 176.101 · exact
- Slug
- formation-over-dannevirke-new-zealand-1972-d4f6c4
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In context
- This is one of 1 reports logged in Dannevirke (New Zealand), New Zealand.
- This case is one of 1 New Zealand reports filed in 1972.
- Formation craft made up 1.3% of 1970s reports, vs 3.3% across the whole archive.
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