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Sheila on 14/05/2024 6:45am
There seems to be a regular stream of racing bright lights from roughly SW direction? Wairarapa
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Madison on 13/05/2024 8:59am
I just saw a shooting star? A meteor? I was watching tv, curtains open and saw a quick flash fly by. I knew it wasn’t a plane or helicopter because it was so fast, looked for a second, blinked and gone.
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Jamie on 13/05/2024 10:17am
I saw that too. Southerly direction. Quite bright like a plane lasted only a second or two.
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Cory Ului on 13/05/2024 7:20am
Anyone see a fireball slower descending South of Invercargill around 6:50 pm on 13 May 2024
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Alex on 11/05/2024 7:23pm
Saw a meteor or? In Coromandel buffalo beach NE 36 degrees at 7:20 am today, 12/05/24
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Dee on 10/05/2024 10:08am
Saw meteor tonight about 7pm pukekohe clear sky very easy to see
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Lesley on 10/05/2024 7:47am
Have just seen a straight diagonal line of maybe 6 lights traveling across the sky over Ruatangata/Kara near Whangarei, from NNW towards south or SSE. Only saw it for a few seconds, as I dived off to tell family, when it vanished.
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Mel Shinnick on 8/05/2024 8:07am
6 or 7 bright dots in a line moving right to left horizontally. About 45 degrees above the horizon. South west sky. 6.40pm, West Auckland.
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Dean Leuty on 9/05/2024 7:35am
Yes Tonight i have also seen I have approximately 15 to 20 of these lights as you have all explained.these appeared at 6.50 I am in awhitu peninsula these went across the sky in a chain with perfect distance apart.
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Jas on 8/05/2024 7:41am
Just seen a row of star looking lights in a straight line maybe around 15-25 of them roughly 30 min ago took a short video but not that clear can make out the line but blurry is there any where online that captures these? Didn’t look like drones, more like white glowing lights, but a blue glow when looking in a darker area. Cool to see. It turned invisible when reached a lighter sky east direction from Flatbush redoubt area NZ
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