29 February 2024, approximately 04:50 local · Titahi Bay, Porirua, North Island, New Zealand
Ufocus NZ records a pre-dawn report of a disc with red and green lights, a rotating section and an abrupt disappearance. The short published account supplies no independent tracking or image analysis.
A pre-dawn view towards Mana Island
Ufocus NZ records a sighting at Titahi Bay at about 04:50 on 29 February 2024. The witness described an object moving into view between a beachfront property and Mana Island, stopping and hovering. It was said to resemble a circular disc with a rotating section and red and green lights. The entry gives five minutes overall, with only a few seconds of hovering before the object appeared to vanish. Conditions were described as clear with scattered cloud.
The distinction between total watching time and the duration of a particular movement is worth retaining. A five-minute encounter should not be retold as five minutes of stationary hovering when the published description says otherwise.
What the published entry supports
This is an account published by the organisation that collects the reports, rather than a later anonymous retelling. Its value is the dated description and location. It does not provide an instrument-derived altitude, range or speed. The appearance of a sudden stop or disappearance is therefore a witness observation, not a measured acceleration or demonstration of invisibility.
A moving object can be judged against landmarks, but recovering its physical flight path needs more than a direction of view. Independent observers, a recording with usable reference points, or tracking data would allow stronger tests. The short public entry does not present that kind of analysis, so no particular aircraft, drone or astronomical identification is asserted here.
Keeping the account distinct
Red and green lights can invite an aviation comparison, but colour alone is not sufficient to assign a cause. Conversely, a description of a rotating disc does not by itself establish a constructed craft. Both the reported appearance and the uncertainty belong in the record.
Ufocus NZ retains copyright in its reports and illustrations. UKPX links the original account and uses a separately licensed beachfront photograph for context. The houses in that image are not identified as the witness’s home. The case is dated by the February 2024 observation, rather than the collection page’s later modification date, and is kept separate from other New Zealand sightings listed on the same page.
Sources and record notes
Ufocus NZ’s original 2024 sighting collection, Titahi Bay entry.
Map reference: Broad beachfront reference from the contextual photograph’s checked coordinates. The account refers to a view between a beach property and Mana Island; the private property and a supposed object location are not mapped. Coordinate source.
Sources checked 11 November 2026. Reported appearance tags describe the account, not a verified explanation.