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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. 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…
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Mr Rout kept the globe in sight for about half a minute, it contrasted with the stars as it moved from west to east. He can offer no explanation for what he saw, but is convinced that it was something unusual. A few days later a test was arranged with the meteorological staff at Tahuna weather office to release a night balloon (normal schedule) with the view of determining whether the met balloon with its tiny light could of caused the reports of orange-coloured globes. Mr Rout and others failed to even locate the balloon and its light even when they were outside and instructed where to look. It was agreed that the met balloon light was not the cause of the orange-coloured globe reports.

March 26th After the flurry of reports of strange objects in Nelson skies 19-22-24-25th March, hundreds of people were startled to see a grand display of vapour trails at 35,000 feet above the fair city. Hundreds, it was reported rang the news office "The Mail", demanding explanation; some believed they were seeing "flying saucers" or "guided missiles". That evening the "Mail" gave out the answer. Ohakea Vampire Jets caused the high vapour trails, four machines were on a normal training flight. No doubt the majority of Nelson folk were then satisfied that the earlier reports were also caused by the jets and dropped the strange incidents from their minds. However, to those who made the earlier reports and a large number of thinking people there and elsewhere, the arrival of the jets was not accepted as just another coincidence. The jets were there for a two-fold purpose, one of which they achieved very well, but whether the pilots spotted any other strange craft in Nelson skies is not yet known. We are glad the Air Force is on the ball.

There was some mention by astronomers on the 19th March sky explosions over Nelson, Mr I.L. Thompson, Carter Observatory Director, Wellington, stated that from the brief details he had at that time received (Wellington press report 22 March) he considered the Nelson explosions may of been a daylight meteor, but was waiting for more details. A certain meteor expert in the Auckland area, however, had no doubts at all; the Nelson explosions were definitely a daylight meteor. In a large write up a few days after the incident, the expert, from the brief details of the incident mentioned in the Auckland press, gave us all the facts, and how those who are versed in the subject of "Flying Saucers" no doubt believed the Nelson incident was caused by one of these objects. We notice that this Auckland astronomer made no allowance for such things as conventional aircraft, noises in the head, mass hallusination, blood corpuscles, hoax, or mirage as a possible explanation of the incident. We of C.S.I. are sure the gentleman had no time to gain all details of the incident in the short time lapse between the incident and the appearance of his explanation in print, yet there was no doubt it was a meteor! After much inquiry into the incident C.S.I. considers that, in view of all the witnesses accounts and the follow up reports of other strange flying objects or phenomena, it is extremely unlikely that a meteor was the cause of the March 19th explosions. The explosions were stated to be well apart bridging a period of ten minutes, while other noises were heard in between. Are our skies now being frequented by a form of choosey and intelligent meteor? that looks us over and then heads back to the blue.

Mr N.R.F. Johnson sighted an unusual object in the sky on April 4th. Mr Johnson was returning from a pig hunting trip to Anawhata at approx 7.35 pm. when he saw in the direction and above the Waitakere Mts a disc-shaped object that appeared to be moving at a very high speed. The object's course was in the direction of the Manukau Harbour. It disappeared over the Manukau.

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