Party in the sky over Waiheke: The documentary maker and the UFO encounter [Video]

Alex Casey talks to filmmaker Alexis Smith about documenting her journey to communicate with extraterrestrial life. 

It began with just a few sudden bursts of light. Filmmaker Alexis Smith had been lying on a trampoline with her friend for a few hours on Waiheke Island, and nothing had happened. Exasperated, she wished aloud – “I wish they would just give me a party in the sky.” Almost immediately, they saw bright lights appear above their heads. “It was so crazy, all these flashes came from nowhere, along with this rush of really nice energy. It was really bizarre.” 

A few hours later, she encountered something even stranger. 

“It was about 2am when we both saw it,” Smith says. “This big aircraft appeared out of the clouds about one kilometre away.” Talking over Zoom, she raises her hands to demonstrate a steady hover. “It was huge, about three times bigger than any big international aircraft, and it was completely silent.” …