The article below was published in the daily newspaper Tuapeka Times, New Zealand, Volume XLI, Issue 5659, page 3, July 21, 1909.
The extraordinary light which the Stirling residents saw on a recent Sunday night and which they described as being probably due to an experiment with an airship was, we are informed, also observed by two Waipori residents. To them it appeared to be travelling from the direction of the Waitahuna heights and ultimately disappeared over the Lamerlaws.