UFOMYST
CaseOther1978

Christchurch (New Zealand), New Zealand

Mothercraft sighting over Christchurch NZ witnessed by 1000's in late 70's and as yet largely unreported

Report quality: Moderate61/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • Duration parsed: 120s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (104 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • 1 other report from the same city within 3 days
When
1978-06-01
Where
Christchurch (New Zealand), New Zealand
Shape
Other
Duration
2 mins
Geo
-43.533, 172.633 · exact
Slug
other-over-christchurch-new-zealand-1978-3fcc70
Wave

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In context

  • This is one of 11 reports logged in Christchurch (New Zealand), New Zealand.
  • This case is one of 3 New Zealand reports filed in 1978.
  • Other craft made up 6.5% of 1970s reports, vs 6.9% across the whole archive.

Report

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