Brief
Quentin Fogarty
The claims the writer was given for Quentin Fogarty, in the order they were given.
1
Quentin Fogarty was a journalist who filmed the objects seen during the 1978 Kaikoura UAP sighting.
“As journalist Quentin Fogarty recalled when I spoke to him years later about the Kaikoura objects he filmed that night”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch12:4125-4238 administrative first hand
2
Quentin Fogarty maintained that the flight crew and air traffic controllers involved in the 1978 Kaikoura UAP sighting were adamant they saw something highly unusual that could not be explained in mundane terms, and he never accepted the official explanation issued by the government.
“'All of us, the flight crew, and the air traffic controllers are adamant that we saw something highly unusual that night that simply can't be explained in mundane terms. I have never accepted the official explanation that was very quickly issued by the government to allay public concern.'”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch12:4246-4525 opinion first hand
3
Quentin Fogarty died in 2020.
“Quentin Fogarty passed away in 2020”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch12:4536-4567 administrative
4
Dennis Grant was Quentin Fogarty's long-time friend and colleague.
“but his long-time friend and colleague Dennis Grant told me the ridicule directed at Fogarty after the air force's finding took a toll on his career.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch12:4572-4714 administrative first hand
5
The ridicule directed at Quentin Fogarty after the Royal New Zealand Air Force's finding on the 1978 Kaikoura UAP sighting took a toll on his career.
“his long-time friend and colleague Dennis Grant told me the ridicule directed at Fogarty after the air force's finding took a toll on his career.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch12:4576-4714 testimony first hand
6
Dennis Grant considers that one of the many failures of the 1978 Kaikoura UAP sighting case was universal media scepticism when more rigour was justified.
“'One of the many failures was universal media scepticism when more rigour was justified in this case. The media should have asked more questions. Quentin never gave up. He stuck to his guns.'”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch12:4809-4993 opinion first hand
7
Dennis Grant joined Quentin Fogarty on the Argosy aircraft's return trip from Christchurch to Blenheim on the night of the 1978 Kaikoura UAP sighting and saw the objects.
“He joined Fogarty on the Argosy plane's return trip from Christchurch to Blenheim that December 1978 night and saw the objects.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch12:5159-5278 observation first hand
8
Quentin Fogarty reported in-flight that Wellington radar had detected an object about 1.6 kilometres behind the cargo aircraft that was following it.
“‘We’ve just heard from Wellington radar that we’ve got an object about a mile behind us and it’s following us,’ he reported in-flight on the darkened plane.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch6:4418-4567 testimony first hand
9
Quentin Fogarty reported during the 1978 Kaikoura sighting that there was a whole formation of unidentified flying objects behind the cargo aircraft and that it was getting frightening.
“‘Let’s hope they’re friendly. It’s really getting a bit frightening up here. There’s a whole formation of unidentified flying objects behind us.’”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch6:4575-4715 testimony first hand
10
Dennis Grant, Quentin Fogarty and Davy Crockett filmed objects approaching the cockpit window of the Argosy cargo aircraft during the 1978 Kaikoura lights incident.
“as Dennis Grant, Quentin Fogarty and Davy Crockett... were filming with a film camera from the cockpit window of the Argosy aircraft, objects coming up to the window of the aircraft”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 00:15:46.4-00:16:07.8 observation
11
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
12
Quentin Fogarty became a good friend of Ross Coulthart.
“And Quentin, who became a good friend of mine, Quentin Fogarty”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 00:18:54.9-00:18:57.0 testimony first hand
13
Quentin Fogarty was an Australian journalist and made a film about the 1978 Kaikoura lights incident called Let's Hope They're Friendly.
“Quentin Fogarty, was an Australian journalist, and he made a film called Let's Hope They're Friendly.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 00:18:56.7-00:19:02.3 administrative first hand
14
Bruce Maccabee analysed a copy of the Kaikoura Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) film footage for Quentin Fogarty and the Australian television network covering the story.
“he had taken the film, a copy of the film, and analysed it for Quentin and the TV network back in Australia that was doing the story”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 00:20:35.9-00:20:46.1 administrative first hand