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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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Auckland. Muruwai Beach 11th July On Sunday evening 11th July, a group of Air Force personnel, their wives and families, watched a strange moving light out to sea off the coast of Muruwai Beach. The light appeared to fluctuate greatly in intensity and distinctive sideways movement, was apparent. The phenomena was due west of the observers and at about 20 degrees above the horizon. At times the light appeared to be scribing an orbit or revolving. It was white in colour. A number of observers checked the apparent movement against a fixed upright structure, they were sure that the light was moving, it would almost fade out and then appear with renewed brilliance in another position. Some of the personnel who witnessed the phenomenon Sgts Willis, Yardly and Punter, the wives of the Sgts. Mrs Key and her two children (I6 & I7 yrs.,) The sky was clear except for small patches of cloud, when the light was tempor ary screened by the cloud, it shone through with a hallow effect. ## Dargaville 13th July "Weird and frightening", was the description given by a party of six Dargaville women who saw a huge rocket-like object glide slowly over Dargaville at about 9.50 pm. I3th July. It came from the direction of Whangarei and disappeared in the direction of the west coast. The women were amazed by the slowness of the objects flight and its apparent low altitude. Rocket shaped, yellow in front, followed by bright emerald green. What appeared to be flames were seen leaping from the rear end of the object, which illuminated the countryside over which it travelled. "It was definitely frightening" said one of the women. A resident in Hokianga Road also saw it. He was asleep at the time but was awoken by the bright light from the object. He rushed outside to investigate the illumination, and was in time to see the object disappear over a hill in a manner that suggested to him, would bring the object down to earth. An immediate search of the area failed to locate any sign of the object. (C.S.I. is investigating) The sketch on the cover of this issue is an artists impression of the airship seen over Kansas City, Chicago U.S.A. on the 10th & 11th April 1898. These cigar shaped craft have been reports for hundreds of years along with discs and other types. The I898 airship was seen over many parts of the USA that year, and was described as being brilliantly illuminated with two powerful searchlights----- an enormous cigar-shaped object with red and green tail lights. The has been many reports from overseas recently describing the appearances of cigar-shaped, torpedo, or rocket-like objects, eye-witness accounts, tally with the description given by the 7 reported observers in Dargaville N.Z. It is noted that when-ever there is reports of flying Saucers "Discs", there is also reports of large cigar shaped objects. According to George Adamski the Cigar-shaped craft are the mother ships, acting as carriers of the various type discs. The mother ship is the space or interplanetary vehicle. As fantastic as Mr Adamski's amazing story may appear to the majority, there is a tremendous amount of evidence that adds real weight to such an actuality, Six load explosions were heard in the Point Chevalier-Avondale region about noon yesterday. The cause is not known. Several people reported that the concussion shook windows and "gave us a bit of a scare". Any knowledge of the cause was disclaimed by the Kauri-Point armament base; the Western Springs quarry; the Harbour Board, the Ministry of Works, the City Council; the Railways Department and the Air Force stations at Hobsonville and Whenuapai.
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