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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. 10 …They passed over Christchurch about 1.30 p.m. As the aircraft moved on, they left…
  • p. 24 25 NOV 1955 # AIR DEPARTMENT. CHRISTCHURCH, N.W.4. 23rd November, 1955. The Director of Civil…
  • p. 25 …2 R.D. , CHRISTCHURCH. The Regional Superintendent, Civil Aviation Administration, CHRISTCHURCH AIRPORT. Dear Sir, The following…
  • p. 36 …12168 0182/50652 90/12165 17/16399 CHRISTCHURCH/AUCKLAND: 67/39485 CA 90/34627 CA WELLINGTON…
  • p. 165 …It was also seen by Palmerston North and Christchurch residents in N.Z. about that time…
  • p. 186 …which he witnessed from his home in Christchurch at 10.21 p.m. on the 20th…
  • p. 211 …The "Star-Sun" reporter and his wife were travelling by car towards Christchurch at 3.46…
  • p. 219 …Coutts Island to the back of the Christchurch Airport and though the cloud bank was about…
  • p. 226 …Carter had reported the incident to the Christchurch, N.Z., Press, and later decided to write…
  • p. 255 …had the pleasure of meeting for the first time, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin Representatives, Branch leaders…
  • p. 266 …It made a whizzing noise like a spinning top, they said. # MYSTERIOUS LIGHT IN SKY CHRISTCHURCH…
  • p. 299 …REPRESENTATIVES Two further representatives have been appointed in two southern cities, Christchurch and Dunedin. Representatives are…
  • p. 307 …Secretary 55 Tedder Avenue Christchurch E.3. ## WAS IT A METEOR? ## PERHAPS ONE DAY WE WILL…
  • p. 312 …received two other reports around this time one from a lady in Christchurch and another from…
  • p. 313 …August 25th Christchurch 6.40 p.m. fast moving strange light horizon tal course, in view…
  • p. 314 ## FLYING SAUCERS PAGE 18 November 17th Christchurch 11p.m. two further observers of fast m ing…
  • p. 332 …8.30 Palmerston North, Wellington, and Christchurch. A bright object, reported by many to be round…
  • p. 333 …March 18, Christchurch. Dr C.D. Ellyet, Senior Lecturer in physics at Canterbury University College, claims…
  • p. 359 …Sam Rix, Tauranga; Miss Ethne Hamber, Christchurch; Miss V.E.J.Allan, Dunedin; Dr.Benjamin D…
  • p. 393 …A passenger on the Express from Christchurch saw an unusual light in the sky near Camara…
  • p. 394 …Southland, North Otago, the West Coast and Christchurch. Some people who said they had seen it…
  • p. 396 …was travelling with his son from Christchurch to Wellington on the Saturday night when they saw…
  • p. 397 …The Christchurch observers given an apparent size of half a crown indicating a height of 6000…
  • p. 398 …Nelson Yellow/White 10.30? Cheviot? Blue Green Christchurch Blue S. Hissing Camara Blue 11.8…
  • p. 400 …9 17 minutes Christchurch/New Brighton 29.10.52 9 p.m. 1 Taradale, Napier 30…
  • p. 412 …Cigar South Nil GREEN LIGHT. Moving swiftly. Christchurch 13.10.52 Nil One 5 secs Starline…
  • p. 413 …minutes Saucer Nil Nil Redlights around lights Christchurch 3.11.52 1115 pm Two one minute…
  • p. 414 …Christchurch 6.12.52 1015 pm One 30 secs Disc South Hissing Blue in colour Ryeburn…
  • p. 418 …Williamson, has written to the "Evening Post" to say that the "flying saucer" seen in Christchurch…
  • p. 421 # BLUE DISC THAT HISSED South-Bound 'Saucer' Seen At Three Points PEOPLE in Christchurch, Kyeburn, and…
  • p. 428 …Otago, from the West Coast and from Christchurch, among others. Some people, who said they had…
  • p. 436 …Auckland astronomers and meter- ## Riccarton Run Confused By CHRISTCHURCH, November unsettled nature of the weather heavy…

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wondering about the noisy jets, DID NOT SUSPECT THE TRUTH.

The following morning, jet aircraft were still aloft over greater Cincinnati, UFC again were spotted by GOC AT Forestville. Herb Clark, Ralph Bardoff and Fred Pfeffer, on duty, described the object as brilliant white and making no sound to the Filter Centre. Confirming reports of UFO actively came from GOC in Loveland and as far west as Vevey, Indiana.

Case 101, Northwest of Cincinnati, Ohio, August 25th, 1955 -

A huge object described as "bright, round and tannish in colour" was witnessed by scores of people near the Fernald atomic plant north of Cincinnati. Two county policemen in separate cruisers, (5) Sgt. Ralph Weber and Patrolman Ernest Neher, radiod dispatcher Thomas McGuinn at approximately the same time - 10:40 p.m. - that they were watching the object. Sgt. Weber estimated the altitude at 5,000 ft. directly above the plant. The same night, four teenagers, in the vicinity, were terrified by a "little green man".

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## THE CONTROVERSIAL LITTLE GREEN MEN AND THE TINGLING FACTS.

Like their craft, the Flying Saucer, the little green men recently have come in for a public showdown. However, amid the sneers and chuckles, are a few shocking facts. Studying these, we advise our readers to stop laughing.

First, we have received numerous reports of "Saucer" LANDINGS AND LITTLE MEN from points of UFO concentration. Among these and not to be dismissed are the incidents occurring in Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina, and from new evidence, those occurring in France and Italy in the late summer of 1954. Although the newswires have hushed stories emanating from the U.S.A., we know of several incidents where the facts corroborate each other.

In all known incidents and witnesses, unfortunately, have been dubbed as lunatics - a subjective reason why more stories have never been related, especially so, where PROMINENT PEOPLE are involved!

The Cincinnati Story is this month's feature not because of dearth of material. Nor is it featured because off the UFO concentrations, which alone is interesting. Our purpose is one of greater importance, for the facts show that the fringe areas of Cincinnati have been a repeated SITE FOR LANDINGS AND THE APPEARANCE OF LITTLE GREEN MEN. The officials are aware of this new menace, and we know that more than a handful of Cinicn natians have become more than passively alarmed.

Before the Hopkinsville "little green men" story broke over the nation (6), CRIFO had silently gathered some unpublishable facts concerning such orgish encounters near Cincinnati. As it is our policy not to publish names in connection with many of these events, we should like to site a case involving a prominent business man, living in Loveland. Occurring several weeks ago, this person who is a non-drinker and a churchgoer (we must add these virtues, it seems, for crdibility) saw four "strange" little men about three feet tall, under a certain bridge. He reported the bizarre affair to the police and we understand that an armed guard was placed there. A similar event supposedly had taken place near Batavia east of Cincinnati.

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Later learned three policemen, in separate cruisers, witnessed the object. CRIFO received dozens of clippings of the U.P. release from all major U.S. cities. The incident is too well known to report,

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