Appearance / Description of Object(s)

the object was as I described it. A long fifty feet? or so round tapered at both ends in the manner of a cigar. It was apparently silent although the distance it was from us could not be determined . the sky was still quite light as the sun had not yet set.I cannot remember what season it was but I seem to have a feeling of late summer to autumn as I had been to school and had gone down to the cow bail after I arrived home on the school bus.

Size of Object(s)

ABOUT FIFTY FEET LONG AND TEN TO TWELVE FEET IN DIAMETER

Description of Area / Surroundings

THE AREA WASA RURAL SURROUNDING PASTURE LAND AND SCATTERED TREES AND HEDGES

Full Description & Details

When I was a a young boy my family had a small dairy farm in the Manawatu district.One evening just on dusk as my parants were milking cows and I was waiting at the cow yard a long cigar shaped object appeared above a line of trees to the east of our position.The object was all aglow with a bright orange light and commenced to move back and forth along the line of trees.At the same time it varied altitude by apparently several hundred feet,although this is difficult to determine as we did not know what our relative distance to the object was.

This pattern continued for a short time and then, just as it had suddenly appeared, it also disappeared.The object made no sound yet the animals were quite disturbed both during it,s actual presence and for some time following the disappearance of the object.

It is of course now some fifty five years or so since this event took place but the recollection is still strong and it was something my parants talked of until their passing.However it was only discussed among the family.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

THIS WAS NOT A NATURALLY OCCURING EVENT

Witness Background

RETIRED AIRCRAFT ENGINEER. PILOT. SPENT SOME TIME IN THE ARMED FORCES. AND HAVE LIVED IN BOTH NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

PRIOR TO THIS EVENT I KNEW NOTHING OF UFO'S.LTER I TOOK A PASING INTEREST IN THEM AND OVER THE YEARS SINCE I have observed further sightings .

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