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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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# VETTING RECORD SHEET # PLEASE COMPLETE ONLY ONE PAGE PER RECORD NZDF STORAGE NO ___ *HQ NZDF/ARMY/NAVY/AIR FORCE/JSO FILE *Delete as appropriate FILE NO AIR 39/3/3.NS LOCATION__FRB ARCHIVES N2 PART NO 1 [ FORWARDLY 39/3/676 ] TYPE (File or Non File Material) Series READS Sub-Series___ Subject FLYING SAUCEAS Date of first document 17/7/1252 Date of last document 17/12/1955 Please Tick the Appropriate Boxes: No NZ Documents on File No Classified Documents on File NZ Documents Cleared for Access No Classified NZ Documents on File No Foreign Source Documents on File Some Foreign or Special-Source Documents placed on restricted Parallel File Some NZ (Non-NZDF) Documents placed on Restricted Parallel File All Foreign Source Documents Cleared for Access PUBLIC ACCESS TO THIS FILE IS RESTRICTED UNTIL 2025 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRIVACY PROVISIONS OF SECTION 9 OF THE OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT 1982. OR Release on 1 January in the Year Review again before the Year 20 2025 VETTING COMMENTS IF NECESSARY File contains sighting reports of WRO's - including numerous press photographs and papers relating to and investigation under Note Following sighting from aircraft on the Night of 31 Oct 1955 Public access restricted until 2025 on privacy grounds Vetting Commenced 31/8/10 Vetting Completed 31/8/10 STAMP (place relevant NZDF decision STAMP here, sign and date)
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