The Kaikoura 1979 UFO Incident

[BIAD]

In regards of the strange surfaces and a possible void in the centre of the shape, maybe this
piece taken from 'Ufoexplorations.com' may have some bearing?

ALIEN WIZARDS: THE "OZ" FACTOR

'British Ufologist Jenny Randles has taken note of altered perceptions and realities when it comes to the UFO.
She has named this "the Oz Factor." It is a sense of timelessness and of sensory and spatial changes when
in the presence of the unearthly.

This is experienced particularly in close encounters such as reported at the famous UFO landing at Bentwaters
/Rendlesham Air Base in the UK in 1980. One of the witnesses to the landed craft at Rendlesham Forest near
the base had commented on an "otherworldly" feeling.

He reports that he had entered a void where only he and the phenomena co-existed. Objects and shadows "bent"
and changed shape and it was sensed that time had slowed. The craft changed its configuration and color.
Cast shadows were not in synch with the motion of his body. Countless close encounters report very similar effects.

Randles posits that such "outworlders" are contacting humans using consciousness itself, rather than simply with
sophisticated technology. But it is not all "paraphysical". In rare cases, Randles believes, the subjective impression
of the experiencer is so strong that it manipulates "objective" reality. That is, a person who is caught in the midst
of this "Oz Factor" may actually be able to photograph a craft. Viewing something that is so far removed from
their frame of reference, they feel as though they've entered the world of the fantastical...'