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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.
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Dr. B. and his friends were wandering around the site looking for additional clues, when upon looking upwards, they saw three objects. One of the objects was cigar-shaped and situated at a very high altitude, and to other objects were discoid. and smaller. One of the discs was hovering above them at an estimated height of about 600 meters, and Dr. B. estimated it's diameter to be about 10 meters. He began to take pictures hurriedly. In all he snapped 5 or 6 pictures; only two of which show the objects with any degree of clarity. The group felt that they were observed during their search and picture taking for the two discs shot up, MERGED with the cigar-shaped object which, after travelling horizontally for a short distance, turned blood red, made a 90 degree turn and disappeared into space a few seconds later, ascending vertically. The Dr. estimated the speed to be about 12,000 kilometers per hour. Dr. B. told Mr. Gonzales during a personal interview, that although the object which he had entered had a metallic appearance, it felt sort of resilient like rubber, and that there were some holes or vents in the floor. For weeks afterward he said, he suffered from a fever or high blood temperature and his skin was covered with blisters. Although he consulted several doctors, none were able to diagnose his illness nor relieve m and it went away after a time. Dr. B. had been wearing green-tinted sunglasses when he entered the disc, and the outline of the glasses was inpinged in red around both eyes. One doctor tested him with a geiger counter but could find no trace of radioactivity. However, greenish spots were visible on his skin, which disappeared with the application of Listerine. Mr. Gonzales, when he forwarded one negative and two prints of one of the exposures made, also made a few comments about the social standing and character of Dr. B. Incidentally, Dr. B. is an aeronautical engineer with a doctor's degree. He is about 40 years of age, Italian nationality, and speaks Spanish and English. He is an ex-war pilot. The whole incident took place in 1950 in Argentina. In 1953 Dr. B. moved to Venezuela and did not even contemplate telling of his experience until after events in and around Caracas in the fall of 1954. Dr. B. contacted a reporter with the El Universal and told his story, stipulating that his name be kept clear of the whole thing. This has been done and is the reason that he had been referred to as Dr. B. in this paper. We have carefully examined the negative and prints furnished to us by Mr. Gonzales, and have decided that if ANY pictures purported to be of a UFO are genuine, these certainly are! We are awaiting further detailed information regarding the interior of the disc, which will be published in the next issue of the Bulletin. At this writing, efforts are being made to reproduce two sketches of the interior and exterior of the disc plus the picture of the disc hovering above Dr. B. and his friends, with ozalid facilities. If this is accomplished, one copy of each will be attached to this Bulletin, and all members who wish glossy photo prints of same by writing to the Director may obtain them. We hope to have the cost of same in sufficient time so that an announcement may be included in the last page of the Bulletin - look f_r it. We would like to stress that the reproductions will be furnished to members at cost - if airmail delivery is wished, sufficient postage should be included with requests for the pictures. Mr. Gonzales, in whom we have implicit trust, has this to say of Dr. B. and the whole affair; "Due to the character of the man, his seriousness and professional and social standing, it is difficult to imagine trickery or a hoax. I told him I thought the Saucer, as it looked in the photograph, resembled Adamski's purported photographs of the discs. Dr. B. stated that he does not believe Adamski's story and that the beings he saw were far from being tall, handsome blonds.
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