Brief
John Cordy
The claims the writer was given for John Cordy, in the order they were given.
1
John Cordy considers the objects tracked on radar during the 1978 Kaikoura UAP sighting to have been solid objects giving a genuine radar return, not refractions or atmospheric effects.
“'They weren't refractions or atmospherics. They were solid objects giving a radar return. There is no way that we were confused by what we saw,' he assures me.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch12:1076-1231 opinion first hand
2
The Royal New Zealand Air Force's official line asserted that the Wellington air traffic controllers did not know what they were looking at during the 1978 Kaikoura UAP sighting.
“'They went with the line that we air traffic controllers didn't know what we were looking at. That's absolute rubbish.'”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch12:1237-1372 testimony first hand
3
Air force investigators into the 1978 Kaikoura UAP sighting claimed to have interviewed all witnesses, yet never interviewed John Cordy.
“what surprised me most about Cordy's evidence was that air force investigators claimed to have interviewed all the witnesses, yet they never bothered to interview him.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch12:1413-1576 observation first hand
4
The Royal New Zealand Air Force's official finding on the 1978 Kaikoura UAP sighting asserted that John Cordy and other air traffic controllers at Wellington Airport were confused by anomalous faulty radar returns.
“He remains bitter that the Royal New Zealand Air Force's official finding asserted that he and other air traffic controllers at Wellington Airport were confused by anomalous faulty radar returns, yet he was never even questioned about what he saw.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch12:1769-2012 administrative second hand
5
John Cordy knew that what the Argosy aircraft's occupants saw during the 1978 Kaikoura UAP sighting was neither squid boat lights nor the planet Venus.
“He knew enough to know that what the Argosy aircraft's occupants saw that night was neither squid boat lights nor the planet Venus.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch12:2017-2142 opinion first hand
6
John Cordy does not believe the objects seen during the 1978 Kaikoura UAP sighting were aliens in flying saucers, but considers them simply unidentified.
“'They were simply unidentified. There's been lots of explanations but none of them fit the facts,' he tells me.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch12:2218-2325 opinion first hand
7
During the 1978 Kaikoura UAP sighting, John Cordy was in communication with the pilot as he described the objects moving around him, and Cordy could see the objects on radar at the same time.
“'We saw targets on radar that we could not explain. We were in communication with the pilot as he described the objects moving around him and we could see those on the radar.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch12:2330-2497 testimony first hand
8
During the 1978 Kaikoura UAP sighting, the objects parallel-tracked the aircraft for approximately 64 kilometres.
“They parallel-tracked the plane for 40 miles.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch12:2504-2543 measurement first hand
9
The objects tracked during the 1978 Kaikoura UAP sighting were at an altitude of approximately 4,300 metres, making it implausible that squid boats could have been dropping fishing lines there.
“I'd love to have seen how squid boats could possibly be dropping their lines from the 14,000-feet altitude where we tracked these objects.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch12:2550-2680 opinion first hand
10
John Cordy's considered professional opinion is that there was nothing wrong with the radar on either night the objects were seen during the 1978 Kaikoura UAP sighting.
“'It is my considered professional opinion that there was nothing wrong with the radar on either night these objects were seen,' Cordy declares.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch12:3863-3996 opinion first hand
11
John Cordy was one of the Wellington airport air traffic controllers on duty the night unidentified objects appeared on radar screens during the 1978 Kaikoura UAP sighting in late December 1978.
“For John was one of the Wellington airport air traffic controllers on duty the night the unidentified objects appeared on radar screens at the capital city's airport just across Cook Strait.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch12:884-1067 administrative first hand
12
Geoff Causer and John Cordy were air traffic controllers at Wellington Airport, New Zealand, control tower who witnessed the Kaikoura UFOs tracking a cargo aircraft in 1978-12.
“Two of the air traffic controllers at Wellington Airport, New Zealand, control tower who witnessed the Kaikoura UFOs tracking a cargo aircraft in December 1978: Geoff Causer (front) and John Cordy (behind).”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch37:4712-4910 observation
13
John Cordy says there was nothing wrong with the radar system on the night of the 1978 Kaikoura UAP sighting.
“Despite official assertions, Cordy says there was nothing wrong with the radar system that night”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch37:4919-5010 testimony first hand
14
John Cordy says whatever was tracked during the 1978 Kaikoura UAP sighting was not fishing-boat lights reflecting off clouds, because he saw it on his radar.
“whatever it was, it was not fishing-boat lights reflecting off clouds, because he saw it on his radar.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch37:5020-5116 testimony first hand
15
John Cordy was an air traffic controller at Wellington Airport at the time of the 1978 Kaikoura lights incident.
“There was a guy called John Cordy at Wellington Airport, which was across Cook Strait at the bottom of the North Island”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 00:14:46.8-00:14:52.8 administrative first hand
16
John Cordy retained a detailed recollection of the night of the 1978 Kaikoura lights incident when Ross Coulthart interviewed him.
“he had an absolute razor-sharp memory of what had happened that night”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 00:15:00.5-00:15:04.4 testimony first hand
17
During the 1978 Kaikoura lights incident John Cordy and a second, principal air traffic controller observed radar returns of objects moving around an Argosy cargo aircraft.
“he described how he and another controller, the other controller was the principal controller... They were looking at radar returns and objects moving around the Argosy cargo aircraft.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 00:15:18.0-00:15:32.4 observation second hand
18
Dennis Grant retains his contemporaneous notes recorded inside the Argosy cargo aircraft during the 1978 Kaikoura lights incident, and those notes match the positions John Cordy reported seeing on radar in Wellington.
“Dennis is still alive and he's got his notes of what he recorded inside the aircraft and those notes are corroborating what was being said back to the air traffic controllers at this time exactly... that's exactly what John Cordy was saying he was seeing back in Wellington”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 00:16:32.7-00:16:55.5 testimony second hand
19
John Cordy died approximately two or three years before 2026-02-20.
“John Cordy, who's now sadly passed away. He passed away about two or three years ago.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 00:18:30.8-00:18:34.8 administrative first hand
20
John Cordy told Ross Coulthart that the air traffic controllers at Wellington Tower became very unpopular and suffered professionally for publicly corroborating what Quentin Fogarty filmed during the 1978 Kaikoura lights incident.
“John Cordy told me how it was obvious to him in the air traffic control tower in Wellington Tower, they were very unpopular for corroborating what Quentin Fogarty, the filmmaker, recorded... Yeah, basically they suffered. for speaking out publicly.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 00:18:35.7-00:18:53.9 testimony second hand