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NZDF declassified RNZAF UFO files

NZDF / RNZAF via Internet Archive · 2010-12 · 445 pages · text by OCR

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. 12 …He jettisoned his long-range tanks and did diving turns out to sea. He flattened out…
  • p. 19 …He then did diving turns out to sea and flattened out at 4000ft, heading north-north…
  • p. 41 …From the above data, Venus would set for an observer at sea level, at 8.25…
  • p. 46 …when it disappeared on the horizon at sea level. As the red colour was brighter than…
  • p. 77 …sea level with no refraction, Z.D. = $ 9 0^{\circ} 0 0^{\prime} $ (b) At sea…
  • p. 94 …Screen for SEA '
  • p. 100 …table for the following factors:- (a) At sea level with no refraction, $ \mathbf{Z}.\mathbf{D…
  • p. 104 …THEY SAW LIGHT WELL OUT TO SEA. AT FIRST IT APPEARED LIKE A STAR AND THEN…
  • p. 107 …table for the following factors:- (a) At sea level with no refraction, $ \mathrm{Z.D.}=9…
  • p. 130 …world's land masses and the seven seas have been THERE is scope for intriguing contemplation…
  • p. 150 …Azimuth 246 $ ^{\circ} $ T, Altitude -0.39 at sea level. Mr. I.L. Thomsen,Director of…
  • p. 170 …An excellent little printed UFO magazine.) # A VETERAN SEA CAPTAIN REPORTS ## "I SIGHTED A FLYING SAUCER…
  • p. 171 …At that time the ship was 50 sea-miles east of Ambrose lightship, the spot where…
  • p. 182 …Mountbatten is one of the subscribers. (First Sea Lord). No news for a long time from…
  • p. 189 # Strange Object Seen Hovering Over Sea By Two Dunedin Men Two Dunedin men may have been…
  • p. 192 …a subsequent report from a ship at sea in the same vicinity. This described what was…
  • p. 202 …They buzzed Bloomington, Indiana on September 7, 1877, ships in the Yellow Sea in 1893, and…
  • p. 203 …to exist at the bottom of the sea. The Uranides, I think, have been examining the…
  • p. 212 …The pilot said after landing that the two objects were much faster than his Sea Fury…
  • p. 215 …And had been flicked up by a sea gull and then drifted. It made no sound…
  • p. 217 …Our observer does not believe these government men tossed the object in the sea, and nor…
  • p. 218 …Our observer does not believe these government men tossed object in the sea, and nor do…
  • p. 242 …Due west of Whenuapai takes you out to sea off the Muruwai coast-line. ## May 24th…
  • p. 243 …smoothly in an easterly direction out to sea. This report was made to Mr Metcalf, President…
  • p. 244 …hovering, shortly, it darted off at high speed out to sea and then as suddenly returned…
  • p. 251 …watched a strange moving light out to sea off the coast of Muruwai Beach. The light…
  • p. 262 …The shaded area in the diagram shows pieces of the Comet airliner recovered from the sea…
  • p. 265 …northwards, high in the sky above the sea. "The movement of the object seemed similar to…
  • p. 266 …The object, which he took to be a meteor, lit up the sea for a considerable…
  • p. 267 …hills, must have been out over the sea. He added that the Wadestown man who had…
  • p. 295 …Supply at sea it was reported at 6.10 p.m. on February 28, 1904, that…
  • p. 307 …sound of its striking the earth or sea was heard, -- a loud and lengthened noise, to…
  • p. 314 …his 1931 solo crossing of the Tasman Sea from Auckland to Sydney via Norfolk and Lord…
  • p. 315 …under the title " Alone over the Tasman Sea "starting on page 299 line 11. Please let…
  • p. 331 …It could not have been a plane, as the wind was blowing in off the sea…
  • p. 336 …engine-driver noticed a light out to sea. It was moving up and down and advancing…
  • p. 366 …about 20 feet above the sea, parallel with the Llandovery Castle, and travelling in the same…
  • p. 368 …Schofield, aboard a navy supply vessel at sea. Shortly after six o'clock on the morning…
  • p. 391 …It was well out at sea opposite Whenuapai immediately to the north of Auckland, and soon…
  • p. 392 …From its course it appeared to have some over the city from the sea off St…
  • p. 393 …moving across the sky towards the open sea. They changed colour from red to green while…
  • p. 399 …The Taeiri district would be an obvious place for a sea-borne landing. 43. In general…
  • p. 407 # RUSSIAN SUBMARINES IN NORTH SEA MANOEUVRES New Zealand Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, January 5 (Rec. 7…
  • p. 412 …Hovered Nil Descended and moved out to sea New Brighton 29.10.52 9 pm One…
  • p. 430 …The lights, he said, appeared to be moving across the sky towards the open sea. They…
  • p. 433 …The object was well out at sea, opposite Whenuapai, and soon disappeared silently. A man and…
  • p. 436 …The object was well out at sea, opposite Whenuapai, and soon, disappeared silently. A man and…
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He is convinced of the extra-terrestrial nature of the UFOs and is now concerned about the intentions of the occupants."

As for our own evaluation of the incident we can say this; Even with the scahty details furnished so far, including the photograph, we can find no basis for disbelief - the man has apparently had a remarkable experience to say the least. We feel that further details will tend to strengthen the whole story and may prove to some extent that Mr. Frank Scully is not the complete scoundrel that certain contingents would have us believe. Dr. B.'s story reaffirms our stand on the Scully issue, and that is that Scully had a good foundation of basic information when he wrote his book "Behind The Flying Saucer", and no matter how many amateur reporters may attempt to discredit him, his basic contentions remain unchallenged.

"A.P.R.O. BULLETIN" bi-monthly publication of Aerial Phenomena Research Organization is edited by its President, Carol Lorenzen. Mrs Lorenzen's organization was the first civilian research group formed (1951).Write A.P.R.O. 519 New York, Alamogordo, New Mexico, U.S.A. ($3.00)

# WASTE OR EXHAUST RESIDUE ??

This further report of "Angel's Haie" and "Threads From the Sky" is quoted from "FATE" Magazine, September, 1955. Since the advent of the UFO or Saucer Saga of the last nine years, this mysterious material of short life has been reported from numerous places around our globe. On many of the occasions witnesses have seen this strqnge substance jettisoned from UFOs.

The most spectacular case was reported from Florence, Italy, on the 28th October, 1954, when a flight of Saucers passing overhead stopped an international football match. The opposing teams and their 15,000 spectators gaped in wonder at the sky spectre, for about 30 minutes. A large amount of this substance was seen to fall in the vicinity.

This substance was also reported from Onga Onga, near Hastings in New Zealand in 1953. It was also seen by Palmerston North and Christchurch residents in N.Z. about that time. UFO researchers are convinced the material is cast off by the "Flying Saucers" and at least provide short lived physical proof of these unworldly craft. Now read latestreport to come to our notice.

## COBWEBS FROM THE SKY.

THE STRANGE RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCE COVERED SEVERAL CITY BLOCKS. WAS IT COTTON FIBER, POWDERED MILK - OR SOMETHING ELSE?

The night of February 20th, 1955, was still, cold and quiet in the village of Horseheads, in southern New York state. The wind was from the south and of low velocity. Yet, during the hours of darkness a mystery developed that put the quiet little village in the world news.

Mr. Charles L. Shull, president of the Shull Electronic Corporation, reported a strange "cobwebby" substance spread over his plant property early in the morning of February 21st. At the same time, shortly after sunrise, other residents and workers in the area discovered more of the strange material covering trees, lawns and buildings for an area of several blocks.

A news photographer from the Elmira, New York, STAR GAZETTE photographed the Web' and collected a specimen which was examined by Dr. Francis A Richmond, Professor Emeritus at Elmira College.

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