Talk:Kaikoura lights

This Article Needs References
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)

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)


 * I agree that it's bad. The "Investigation" section needs references cited, as it makes some very bold and definitive statements. If they can't be backed up with information from credible sources, that section should be removed. Ninja housewife (talk) 01:11, 16 June 2009 (UTC)


 * I second the motion. This article has been up for 5 years without verification for sources. It needs to be retracted unless anyone actually produces any real information. Here are some specifics to justify its removal. The entire very first paragraph claims 3 sources reported the incident, without showing us a reference for the actual report or the sources for the report, namely the crew of a cargo company, the pilots, air traffic control. The second paragraph is similar, an Australian TV crew, 5 people on the flight deck, air traffic control, are being claimed to be involved with varying levels of detail and vagueness without any references. NONE of these people are identified, not even the second hand sources. "I heard from a friend of a friend, and no I can't tell you who the friends are, nor the friends of those friends that I heard this from". Why is this still accessible to people as "information".BlushNine009 (talk) 19:57, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

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