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Robert Guard

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Robert Guard served as copilot with extensive flying experience during a routine flight, having accumulated 7,000 hours of flying time. He flew with Captain Bill Startup on an Argosy freight plane while conducting a newspaper delivery flight between Wellington and Christchurch.

Guard witnessed unusual phenomena during the flight off the Kaikoura coast when he encountered luminous objects on December 30-31, 1978. He became involved in the famous Kaikoura Lights incident, during which the objects were simultaneously tracked on radar by Wellington air traffic control.