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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.
“Headquarters”37 pages
- p. 2 …copy from the Defence Library c/o Headquarters New Zealand Defence Force Aitken St Wellington. They…
- p. 5 …31/8/2010
For Headquarters New Zealand Defence Force
NB: Classified documents of other New Zealand…
- p. 12 …THE best part of a day's discussion at Air Headquarters yesterday did not find the…
- p. 21 …Currently many reports being received at our headquarters Expert reports to reach meek volume over Christmas…
- p. 76 …The Director of Intelligence, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Headquarters, Wellington.
From: The Director, Carter Observatory…
- p. 96 …of Intelligence, R.N.Z.A.F. Headquarters, Departmental Buildings, Stout Street, WELLINGTON
## REPORT ON STRANGE…
- p. 98 …of a day's discussion at Air Headquarters yesterday did not find the explanation of the…
- p. 99 …The Director of Intelligence, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Headquarters, Wellington.
From: The Director, Carter Observatory…
- p. 106 …The Director of Intelligence, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Headquarters, Wellington.
From: The Director, Carter Observatory…
- p. 129 A NEW ZEALAND organisation with headquarters at Onehunga for nearly three years has been engaged on…
- p. 144 …6th MAY, 1954, AT C.S.I. HEADQUARTERS, 1 NISSAN PLACE, ONEHUNGA, S.E.5, AUCKLAND…
- p. 150 …of other "Flying Lights" which reached CSI Headquarters during November. An appreciable number reported that the…
- p. 152 …down over a wide area around the headquarters of the U.S. delegation. He assures us…
- p. 173 …H.FULTON AT C.S.I'S HEADQUARTERS I, NISSAN PLACE, ONEHUNGA.S.E.5. AUCKLAND…
- p. 178 …CIVILIAN SAUCER INVESTIGATION(NZ)
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22nd, November 1955
Headquarters I Nissan Place, Onehunga S.E…
- p. 181 …FULTON
Secretary
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Headquarters
I Nissan Place Onehunga S.E.5.
P.O. BOX 1914,
AUCKLAND…
- p. 185 …BEHIND THE SCENES AT C.S.I. HEADQUARTERS: C.S.I. central Committee has big plans…
- p. 187 …ARGENT CALL!
Issued from C.S.I. Headquarters:- 1 Nissan Place, Onhunga, AUCKLAND. S.E.5…
- p. 198 …Air Headquarters, Wellington. (Attention D of I).
DATE : 13th April, 1955.
REF : WH:C21/5/AIR…
- p. 209 …copy from the Defence Library c/o Headquarters New Zealand Defence Force Aitken St Wellington. They…
- p. 216 …P.O. BOX 1914. AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND.
Headquarters. I Nissan Place Onehunga S.E.5. Auckland…
- p. 228 …The occurrences, to my knowledge, were confined to the headquarters of C.S.I. (N.Z…
- p. 232 …H.H.Fulton Cover by D.Metcalf.
HEADQUARTERS I NISSAN PLACE ONEHUNGA S.E.5.
June…
- p. 243 …informed headquarters that something very similar and strange badly scared two men at Titirangi the same…
- p. 254 …money-order to A.F.S.B. Headquarters 3 Ferguson Avenue Fairfield Australia and obtain copies…
- p. 255 …considerations; also his place of duty is 22 miles from his home and headquarters. However, enough…
- p. 275 …ARMY
In replying please quote
ARMY 270/1/438/G
ARMY HEADQUARTERS WELLINGTON C.1 NEW…
- p. 286 …Magadan is the headquarters of a region that he
- p. 293 …PLAN
An aerial top-dressing firm with headquarters in New Plymouth, Rural Aviation Limited, hopes to…
- p. 318 …H.H.Fulton at C.S.I. Headquarters I Nissan Place, Onehunga S.E.5. Luckland…
- p. 329 …and has appealed to C.S.I. headquarters for the particulars of all sightings on our…
- p. 346 …A senior Air Force officer said in Cape Town today that Air Force headquarters was investigating…
- p. 353 …Armed Forces Intelligence Division or Government Security Headquarters, have or plan a similar parallel investigation, is…
- p. 377 …The Marine Corps statement was issued at headquarters of the Second Marine Air Wing here. It…
- p. 380 …Bender, International Flying Saucer Bureau, International Headquarters, P.O. Box 241, Bridgeport 2, Connecticut, U.S…
- p. 410 …who is President of Civilian Saucer Investigation (N.Z.), a private group with headquarters in Auckland…
- p. 437 …Bender, International Headquarters, Bridgeport, Connecticut.
British Branch. Captain E.L. Plunkett, 71, Chedworth, Horfield, Bristol, 7…
Squadron Leader Golding, Director of Intelligence, Air Department, WELLINGTON.
Dear Sir,
On the night of the 1st November 1955 I was Co-Pilot on Flight 108C proceeding from Paraparaumu to Whenuapai. We departed from Paraparaumu in clear weather and the flight progressed normally until just after Ohura R.P. where upon my attention was drawn to the appearance of an unusual light in the south west sky in the vicinity of New Plymouth. My subsequent actions and impressions are enumerated as follows:
1. At Approximately 2005 hours Captain Rainbow drew my attention to the light. It was situated a beam of the aircraft's tail unit and appeared as a red light, similar to a planet but a little larger. I commented that I thought it was a planet and suggested to Captain Rainbow that he open his window to eliminate any refraction. This he did and the light was still visible appearing to be moving in a northerly direction. At this stage I suggested that an independent observer's opinion would be advisable. At this time the aircraft was proceeding on a constant course of 330 C.
2. I proceeded to the cabin to discuss the sighting with a Mr. Tuckett, a Civil Aviation officer, who was already viewing the light and he remarked that it was a most unusual sight and did not appear to be a planet.
3. I returned to the Cockpit and informed Captain Rainbow that Mr. Tuckett had seen the light where upon he suggested I waken Air Commodore Cohen to obtain his views of the sighting. By the time I returned to the cabin Mr. Tuckett had already woken the Air Commodore who after briefly examining the light stated that he thought it was a planet.
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4. I returned to the cockpit observed the light to be directly a beam of the port wing tip at a distance of perhaps 8 miles. The light now appeared to be much larger than previously and during the few seconds I was able to view it, my description of it is as follows:-
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