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NZDF declassified RNZAF UFO files

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This is a New Zealand Defence Force public release of RNZAF file AIR 39/3/3, "Flying Saucers," which covers 1952 to 1955 and was declassified in September 2010 under the Official Information Act. It collects sighting reports from the public and military personnel, press clippings, and a table of 1952 sightings. It also holds Carter Observatory opinions attributing some reports to meteors. A large part covers the inquiry into lights seen from National Airways Corporation Flight 108 on 31 October 1955, which the RNZAF could not fully explain as Venus.

  • p. 11 …I have never seen a planet move like that. My co-pilot (First Officer S G…
  • p. 22 …I can only add if anyone believes my something they have never seen then here's…
  • p. 50 …they have landed, someplace, but I have never been able to track it down, but as…
  • p. 51 …the space people? A. It was not. Never deliberate on their part, but our aggression and…
  • p. 52 …Well I was taken pretty close to one other planet like that of Venus but never…
  • p. 53 …to class-room, for graduation which is never attained because eternity is eternity. Do they have…
  • p. 62 …lot on this great took it has never been strong yet I gave my standing son…
  • p. 72 …I never read who-dunnits, and I shun thrillers like poison; I suppose I have to…
  • p. 91 …such things for personal files but have never had copies made. I can see the value…
  • p. 97 …g) No peculiarities except that I have never observed its like before. (h) Solid in appearance…
  • p. 126 …moment. "In all my flying I've never seen anything 'like it," he said today. Air…
  • p. 137 …Someplace, but I have never been able to track it down, but as far as I…
  • p. 138 …the space people? A. It was not. Never deliberate on their part, but our aggression and…
  • p. 139 …Well I was taken pretty close to one other planet like that of Venus but never…
  • p. 140 …to class-room, for graduation which is never attained because eternity is eternity. Q. Do they…
  • p. 145 …we are making them," stated Mr. Quarles. Never in the history of our subject have I…
  • p. 151 …I have never said that the Big Four gathered to discuss the question of the UFO…
  • p. 152 …The real issues at Geneva are not yet known, and may never be, but we are…
  • p. 157 …a subjective reason why more stories have never been related, especially so, where PROMINENT PEOPLE are…
  • p. 158 …Wallace's mother, whom we later interviewed, claimed that her son had never been so frightened…
  • p. 167 …the phenomenon of Horseheads, N.Y., may never be known. ## ******* ## THE SWEDISH GHOST ROCKETS by S…
  • p. 172 …ALTHOUGH THE STORY WAS WIDELY REPORTED, IT WAS NEVER PUBLISHED IN FULL OUTSIDE SCANDINAVIA. NOW Flying…
  • p. 174 …I was never more than three or four minutes walk from the girls, and I reckon…
  • p. 176 …to time in the area, but they never heard of them flying at night. "What I…
  • p. 183 …He could not say whether or not it might be a meteor as he had never…
  • p. 201 …Besides, you never know what they could do to you . . . There is no material we know…
  • p. 213 …Church-because of the probability that they never contracted "original sin." ## Flying Discs Sir,—Periodically, Mr…
  • p. 216 …phenomena, there are many individuals who have never reported "sightings" of their own or knowledge. Hope…
  • p. 222 …France, never to be outdone, when it comes to autumn tourist attractions, has also had its…
  • p. 223 …It is necessary for me to state here that I would never falsely colour or manufacture…
  • p. 224 …They said this because they had never seen a modern deep-water diving suit. What they…
  • p. 231 …first reports were immediately followed by a never-ending chain of fantastic stories mostly created by…
  • p. 242 …I do not know what it was, I have never seen such an object before. President…
  • p. 248 …We have never heard of & find it difficult to imagine any meteors or aurorae presenting such…
  • p. 249 …He says that he and his companions never thought of flying saucers, being sure that it…
  • p. 254 …Civil Aviation Dept for some years, but never with the openness and seriousness of these last…
  • p. 256 # ore Observers Confirm # "NORTHERN ADVOCATE" # Seeing Strange Object 凯6 NOV 195本 "I HAVE never seen anything…
  • p. 257 …the man and his family. "I have never seen anything like it in my life," he…
  • p. 263 …or Martians, they reiterate that astronomers have never made any observations which could indicate a high…
  • p. 271 …With this weight of evidence you could well ask why saucers have never been, officially accepted…
  • p. 272 …chances are greater—a planet we have never even heard of. But wherever they come from…
  • p. 273 …I have never seen a saucer—but at least I have seen Mars! Vow the first…
  • p. 280 Acura shall call the existing currency All Min the Prairie neverer less len Qian FILE. for…
  • p. 286 …The world may never know, although he definitely has had a hand in the disk project…
  • p. 302 …observing of evidences, while those who have never seen a flying saucer make a show by…
  • p. 306 …In 18 years of flying I have never seen anything like it. If it had been…
  • p. 307 …and not forgetting those very important ones never to be forgotten sightings. We sincerely hope you…
  • p. 308 …likes light reading as well, but can never find the time now, so great is the…
  • p. 320 …Another official said that the Air Force had never accepted this theory. By classifying sightings as…
  • p. 321 …I never saw it happen before. If the acceleration explanation is true, then the speeds involved…
  • p. 324 …The Air Force has never denied that such a possibility exists. Some of the personnel believe…
  • p. 332 …more closely, I am sure they would never be so keen to rashly debunk it. Right…
  • p. 356 …These have never been confused with flying saucers as some sources of information contend. Recent events…
  • p. 367 …happenings in the sky that science had never been able satisfactorily to explain. Unger, beginning in…
  • p. 373 …Forefathers, the great majority of their ranks never dreamed of or envisaged that which is ordinary…
  • p. 401 …nuclli open to doubt because there have never been reports of them from sailors, astronomers and…
  • p. 416 …to bright red. "I wish I had never seen it," he said. "It's too fantastic…
  • p. 436 …In spite of all the flying saucer reports all over the world, science has never been…
G.M.T.	Zenith Distance	Diff.	True Bearing.
0800	87°47'.5	53'.8	247°55'
0805	8841.3	53.6	24708
0810	8934.9	53.1	24621
0815	9028.0	53.0	24534
0820	9121.0	52.5	24446
0825	9213.5 24358

The time of setting for Venus may be interpolated or extrapolated by the above table for the following factors:-

(a) At sea level with no refraction, $ \mathbf{Z}.\mathbf{D}.=9 0^{\circ} 0 0^{\prime} $

$$
3 4 ^ {\prime}, \mathrm {Z} \cdot \mathrm {D} _ {\bullet} = 9 0 ^ {\circ} 3 4 ^ {\prime}
$$

(c) At 8,000 feet and no refraction, Z.D. = $ 9 1^{\circ} $ 28'

(d) At 8,000 feet and refraction of $ 4 0^{\prime} $ , Z.D. $ = 9 2^{\circ} $ 08'

The allowance for refraction at 8,000 feet is generous, in that a table in the Air Almanac gives a refraction of about $ 1^{\circ} $ 40' for altitude 8,000 feet, and would make the time of setting much later, since a Z.D. of $ 93^{\circ} $ 08' is then required.

## 4. POSITION LINES FOR SETTING TIMES OF VENUS:

While the accuracy of data in Section (3), has been verified by various partial checks, it may be argued that since they apply to only one point, the results may be different for other points. To cover this contingency the following lines for equal times of setting (or position lines for given zenith distances at given times) have been calculated. They have been calculated for a height of 8,000 feet (dip 88') but no allowance for refraction. Variations in the times of these position lines for various factors can be allowed for in conjunction with the table in Section (3).

G.M.T./Lat.35°S	36°S	37°S	38°S	39°S	40°S
0800	176°58'	177°35'	178°09'	178°44'	179°20'	179°57'
0805	17543	17620	17654	17729	17805	17842
0810	17428	17505	17539	17614	17650	17727
0815	17314	17350	17424	17459	17535	17612
0820	17159	17235	17309	17344	17420	17457
0825	17044	17121	17154	17229	17305	17342
0830	16929	17006	17039	17114	17150	17227

For arguments of G.M.T. in the left hand vertical column, and latitude in the top horizontal row, the body of the table gives longitudes east of Greenwich.

Plotting these values on a chart exhibits quite clearly that Venus would be visible from the aircraft during the whole flight, except for any cloud that might be present.

## 5. ALTAZIMUTH CORRDINATES FOR SATURN:

Assumed position: Latitude 39 $ ^{\circ} $S

$$
\text {L o n g i t u d e} 1 7 4 ^ {\circ} 1 1 ^ {\prime} \mathrm {E}.
$$

No allowance for dip or refraction.

The assumed position of 1' further east was an accidental error

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