Waipukurau, New Zealand: Aerodrome guard spotlights hovering circular object, ground hot
At 3:10 a.m. on 30 October 1969 security guard J. F. Cudby saw a lighted circular object about 60 feet across hovering low over Waipukurau Aerodrome, New Zealand; it sped away when he shone a spotlight on it, and an independent witness confirmed the sighting.
Background
J. F. Cudby, a security guard at Waipukurau Aerodrome, New Zealand, was checking buildings when he saw lights reflected in a glass door. He turned and saw a circular object about 60 feet in diameter with lights hovering low over the airfield, while his guard dog became unusually excited. Cudby ran to his van about 20 feet away and shone a spotlight on the object, which sped away with a high-pitched whine. The ground beneath where it had hovered was hot and dry. An independent witness, W. T. Grant, saw a circular object hovering about 100 feet off the ground that rose and accelerated away to the south. Eberhart cites Flying Saucer Review 16/1 (1970) and UFO Evidence II. The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.