Throwaway account for privacy. I’m a 34-year-old engineer in Auckland. I work with data and physics every day. I’ve always been skeptical about UFO stories. That changed on Valentine’s night this year. I was driving alone on a narrow, unlit backroad through the Hunua Ranges south of Auckland. It was around 11:30 PM and pitch black. No other cars. Suddenly the entire dashboard and road lit up with a soft white glow from directly above. No flashing. No sound at all. I pulled over. Looked up through the windshield. There it was. A huge craft hovering maybe 80-120 feet overhead. I’d guess 50-70 metres across – bigger than a house. Triangular shape with rounded edges. Matte black surface. Pulsing blue-white lights like veins along the edges. No windows. No markings. No noise. It just hung there perfectly still. The air felt thick and electric. My skin was tingling. My phone (on the passenger seat, good battery) instantly died and stayed off for minutes. The car radio turned to heavy static. I sat frozen for what felt like 3-4 minutes. Then the craft slowly tilted and glided forward parallel to the road. Still completely silent. No wind or downdraft on the trees. It accelerated smoothly over the ridge and vanished in seconds. No boom. No trail. Next day I checked flight trackers and local news. Nothing reported. No military exercises. A week later I went back in daylight. Found a small circular patch of flattened and slightly scorched-looking vegetation in the nearby bush. Not like fire damage – more like it had been pressed down and singed. My phone photos are grainy but real. Since that night I’ve had strange after-effects: • Vivid dreams with geometric patterns and a feeling of “curiosity” (not spoken words, just understood) • My solar watch keeps gaining or losing time randomly • A couple of unexplained nosebleeds with a metallic taste • Sleep has been off Could be stress or coincidence… but it’s unsettling. This isn’t completely alone. People in the comments mention similar lights and activity in the area. New Zealand has a history of black triangle sightings with the same silent, unusual behaviour. I’m not saying “aliens.” It could be advanced tech or something I’m missing. But the size, total silence, electronics failure, and ground effects don’t match any drone, plane, or natural thing I know. Fellow Kiwis especially anyone driving rural North Island roads at night: Have you seen anything similar? Phone or car issues? Strange after effects? Genuine thoughts welcome. Skeptics I was one of you two months ago. Believers, what do you think? Mods, remove if it doesn’t fit. submitted by /u/iwiK1w1 [link] [comments]