Case No 64 · UFO Afrinews No 8, Sept. 1993
A Childhood Experience (Karen Hardman)
1969 ยท Gisborne, New Zealand
Outside the region. Hind reprinted this case from elsewhere; it has a file here but no place on the map.
What was reported
Karen Hardman, now living in Zimbabwe, recalls the night of 31 August 1969 in Gisborne, New Zealand, when she was eight and her brother Paul seven. Sleeping in a back bedroom because of a visitor from Napier, she found herself at the window watching a saucer-shaped object hovering in the distance and feared it would crash through; she woke Paul and both watched, also noting a large star-like light above the neighbours' house. Their father laughed next morning but had them draw the object separately; the drawings matched except for Karen's extra star. He rang the Meteorological Department and the Gisborne Herald, which sent an Australian reporter interested in UAPs who suggested a mother ship. A short article appeared next day, and the family soon emigrated to Africa. Her mother vouches for her honesty.
What Hind made of it
Printed with the mother's corroboration; Hind notes the Gisborne Herald should hold a record.
Explanation offered
Meteorological Department had no reports; reporter proposed a mother ship for the star-like light
In their words
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My brother and I are not ones to make up elaborate stories; we didn't have that sort of imagination.
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Karen has never forgotten that night.
Cross references
- New Zealand Herald / Gisborne Herald article next day