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| Description | Single frame from the Channel 0 16 mm footage of the Kaikoura lights UFO sighting, shot from an Argosy aircraft around 2:30 on 31 December 1978 by an Australian news team. |
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| Author or copyright owner |
Channel 0 News |
| Source (WP:NFCC#4) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hNmg-fXcvs |
| Date of publication | 31 December 1978 |
| Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) | Kaikoura lights |
| Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) | The article discusses the footage the UFO sighting captured by the cameraman, but a typical frame from the TV footage is needed to visually depict the light that was seen. |
| Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1) |
The software or website from which the screenshot is taken is copyrighted and not released under a free license, so creation of a free image is not possible. |
| Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) | The only footage of this UFO sighting is copyrighted and no free equivalent exists. The low-resolution frame chosen is the most commonly-reproduced image of the sighting. |
| Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2) |
The use of a low resolution screenshot from software or a website will not impact the commercial viability of the software or site. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Kaikoura lights//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kaikoura_lights_31_Dec_1978_single_frame.pngtrue | |
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