David Crockett

David Crockett was an Australian cameraman who worked with reporter Quentin Fogarty from Channel O Melbourne. He participated in the flight investigating the Kaikoura Lights incident off New Zealand's South Island coast on December 30-31, 1978. During this flight, he captured footage on 16mm color movie film, recording approximately thirty minutes of material.

Crockett observed bright luminous objects that appeared, disappeared, and reappeared in different locations, and his footage showed these objects tracking the plane. This professional 16mm color documentation provided key evidence of the unexplained phenomenon. Working in collaboration with Quentin Fogarty and the pilots, Crockett contributed to one of the most documented UAP sightings.