UFOMYST
CaseOther2004

Whangarei (New Zealand), NY, New Zealand

It moved at about 40 miles per hour.

Report quality: Moderate48/100

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  • Duration parsed: 5s, a plausible sighting length
  • Brief witness text (36 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
2004-09-09
Where
Whangarei (New Zealand), NY, New Zealand
Shape
Other
Duration
5 sec
Geo
-35.732, 174.324 · exact
Slug
other-over-whangarei-new-zealand-ny-2004-880168
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In context

  • One of 1 documented reports from Whangarei (New Zealand), New Zealand in the UFOMYST archive.
  • New Zealand logged 14 sightings in 2004.
  • Other sightings ran at 7.6% during the 2000s (archive average: 6.9%).

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