Appearance / Description of Object(s)

Cigar shape: Very white light: Round: just blue/green lights,(x2)

Size of Object(s)

Cigar shape- 150 ft X 30 ft dia. Round- was extremely high(30Kft) about 100ft dia. others were light on their own

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

Cigar shape 150ft, Round 30000ft

Full Description & Details

I was a pilot on a DC 10 (Air new Zealand) and this vehicle flew across our flight path at Flight level 310(31000Ft). It was very very close aprox 150 away and about 20ft above ant right angles to our track. The vehicle was about the same size as the DC10 but No wings, no tail, but all windows well lit up with a very bright white light. the windows were quite large (by airline standards). I called Nadi, Honolulu and Tahiti on HF radio and advise near miss with Eastbound Traffic. All area controllers gave the same answer, we have no traffic except you. It was dicussed with the rest of the crew and to avoid being met by men in white coats no further action was taken. Air new Zealand Management were very one eyed about sightings, as it was considered that one need help if one admitted to a sighting.

There was another phenonama about two years later on the LAX-NADi track. Just north of the Equator. Time 0200 LST, the moon had set, I was in conversation with another ANZ aircraft on the HNL-AKL track on vhf radio. On my starboard side but ahead the there was a very bright white light that lit up then area about 100 miles by one hundred miles. It was night just turned into day. The sea surface was very visable. The other pilot in the HNL-AKL aircraft commented that he had the same visual effect but it was on his Port forward side. This light reamaind on for about 5 minutes and then it went all black again. This was discussed at length on VHF, and the conclusion was say nothing unless we wanted a visit from pointy headed men in white coats. So again the info was suppressed.

I have had one other in flight sighting and several surface sightings in New Zealand.

These were NOT Met balloons, one was at dusk, one in braod daylight, and several at night. They are there, but not close.

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

NO they were not man made. in two cases the velocity was far too high

Witness Background

Retired airline captain. aprox 18000 hrs on all types. B 747, DC10, DC8,Bae 1-11, L188c. I am stall an active flight instructor/ examiner

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

They are there, I was sceptical but after sightings, convinced of existance.

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