Following recent possible UFO sightings in Rotorua, people in Hamilton and Hawera claim to have spotted mysterious lights in the night sky.
A Waikato news website reported that strange lights had been illuminating Waikato skies.
The site reported that North Hamilton man Adrian Kilpatrick was convinced he saw an unidentified
flying object above his Woodridge home about 6.30pm last Saturday.
A long-time believer in UFOs, Mr Kilpatrick said he thought it was a light plane coming into land. But it had what looked like flaming orange engines.
He said it was silent.
A Taranaki news website has reported similar claims.
The website reported Hawera's Aaron Sellwood saw a flaming ball in the sky.
Mr Sellwood said he was standing in his driveway just before 9pm on Tuesday when a fireball in the sky caught his eye.
He said it looked to be a pyramid shape with a round top.
He said it hovered above his neighbour's house and had what looked like a red ring beneath it, the website reported.
The reports come two weeks after a Rotorua man said he saw a possible UFO.
Rotorua's Craig Baird reckons saw the unidentified object over Waikite Valley.
He said whatever it was seemed to take off from somewhere in the Waikite ranges or further away between 6.30am and 6.45am.
"We were looking at it for about five minutes going up into the sky, going straight up."
Mr Baird said the "thing" seemed to stop and hover for about two minutes when it reached the clouds.
He described what he saw as a really bright light leaving an orange jet stream across the sky.
Rotorua Astronomical Society president Ken Blackman heard from two local people who saw a plane pass overhead at 6.30am on the day.
Mr Blackman believed it could have been an international flight from Argentina or Chile headed for Auckland Airport.
He said the bend in the vapour trail seen in the photos could have been caused by a flight correction by the air crew or windshear.
