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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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# CONVENTION OF SAUCER PROBERS President of Flying Saucers International has organised a combined meeting of all interested in solving the Riddle of the Skies to be held on the 16th, 17th, 18th August 1953, at Hollywood Hotel, California. Members of C.S.I. thank President Miller for invitation extended and regret inability to attend. C.S.I. will be represented by Mr. Albert K. Bender, Director, International Flying Saucer Bureau. (Mr. Bender is our U.S. Representative). EXTRACTS FROM "SAUCERS" OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF FLYING SAUCERS INTERNATIONAL, U.S.A. There is more to flying saucers than just material objects. The Saucers' occupants are not "insects", "vegetables", nor, we, believe, "little green men". This is a great period. We must make the most of it. The "Space Visitors" are, of course, of interplanetary origin. They are here for a purpose - not just curiosity. They originate from several planets - perhaps even hundreds, thousands, or millions - in our solar system, others, and possibly other galaxies! This may seem impossible now, but the time differential is possible by Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Did anyone realize Nostradamus, Astrology, The Pyramids, among other prophetic sources, all predict a "world shaking event" to take place between August 20th to 26th, 1953? This will bear watching. It is believed by many sources to be the "undisputed landing of our 'Space Visitors'." THE LOCKHEED STAR (official publication of the Lockhead Aircraft Corp.) of March 19, 1953, had a front page article with this heading: "Mystery Object Sighted by Pilots over Victorville. ---- MYSTERY OBJECT ---- By super enlarging, Lockheed's photo department salvaged this picture from tiny movie camera print. ( The object resembled a half-moon ). Film was taken from T-33 at extremely high altitude, but object was too distant for good picture" One pilot described it as follows: "We think it might have been a weather balloon. Except for a couple of little oddities we'd be certain. To be as conspicuous as it was, the thing would have had to be the size of an airplane hanger, as high as it was above us. Another thing that was peculiar was the way it zipped along and then stopped. And it stayed stopped, directly over Victorville, for three hours. It did not move. We could clearly distinguish its shape. It was roughly oval, rounded on top. It just sparkled in
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