Talk:Kaikoura lights

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I left the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) recently, and I recall reading a copy of a report into this incident that I dug out after hearing my mother describing seeing the activity on TV when she was younger. I certainly don't recall the report being classified! They reached a pretty boring conclusion that the event was lights from Japanese squid boats combined with atmospheric conditions. I grew up in an area that had squid boats (squids are attracted to lights, so they have massive lights on them), and they created some unusual effects with light on the horizon. I'm not sure if there were two reports, but its possible chinese whispers have caused people to believe the report was classified. If such a report was classified, I suspect it would only be to protect the measures, processes, and technology in possession of the Air Force used to research the event. The maritime and strike aircraft of the time had equipment that was highly specialized and classified. After reading the report and seeing photos, I found the report and explaination quite plausable, yet still very interesting given such an unusual result. Icemotoboy 04:59, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Does anyone else think this article is very bad?

Gosh, this article is a mess. I see a user added "This sighting was soon found to be false." at the end of a sentence. I'm still trying to figure out exactly what they meant by this unreferenced statement. What sighting? The whole sighting? In which case, thats a rather big statement. Did they mean the sighting didn't occur? Was it a Hoax? Perhaps the Easter bunny is involved? I'm not quite sure, but in the meantime I have deleted that statement. Icemotoboy 23:50, 2 December 2007 (UTC)