Palmy and UFO's

 In 2005 I was in a bad way mentally speaking and ended up in the Shepherds Rest Boarding House at 21 Andrew Young Street here in Palmy (Just off The Square).  Most of the clients (60 odd) were drug addicts, ex cons, and young Māori.  I should have felt out of place, but it was just like living on a frigate.

I had been there for 3 months and was offered a job as a security guard.  Basically, stood guard at the front door from 2300 to 0730.  My job was to ensure no one entered the building unless residents.  Every 30 minutes I would do rounds then the rest of the time standing out front.  I would do 7 days on and 7 days off.  Loved it especially two residents who walked the streets at night, one a hoarder and the other a juggler and poet.  Many nights shooting the breeze with them. At 0700 I would put the Brekkie stuff out, monitor brekkie and go to bed.  In my 7 nights off at night I would go to a karaoke bar (Live at the Break) from 2000 to 0300 and sing my heart out.

One of the residents, Malcs Kauika RIP 2012 (Whanganui iwi) told me he had my back so that was cool to know which was seen when my fellow guard who worked my days off, kept getting filled in, mostly by Mongrel Mob prospects. He was an Australian.  My boys had respect for me and no issues. 

Anyway, UFO's.  Soon after starting the job I noticed a fixed wing aircraft would fly over the Square between 0030 and 0130.  Initially I thought it was a Massey University Training aircraft doing night flying and navigation exercises but there was something amiss. All the aircraft I saw only had 2 static white lights (wing tips) and sometimes a static white tail light.  As we well know all ships and aircraft have a red port light and a green starboard light - these "Planes" didn't.  That was 18 years ago.  I never had the opportunity since then to view if they still fly. Until last year.  They are still flying but not every night now.

The propensity for the unusual here in Palmy is rife.  Someone once said that Palmy was the centre of the known universe.  I recall that Bar in the original Star Wars movie with all the "aliens" having a drink or two.