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NZDF declassified RNZAF UFO files

NZDF / RNZAF via Internet Archive · 2010-12 · 445 pages · text by GLM-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. 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) Page 34 22nd, November 1955 Headquarters I Nissan Place, Onehunga S.E…
  • p. 181 …FULTON Secretary XXXVIIIXX 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…

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Wellington	6.12.52	1 am	Four	Intermittent for 60 mins	Disc	Circling	Nil	Object circle slowly above Wovurn. Sparks around edges and red lights.
Wellington	6.12.52	9.30 pm	One	Nil	Disc	South	Nil	Small green oval disc
Palmerston Palmerston	6.12.52	9.45 pm	Two	Nil	Two discs	South	Nil	Blue above a green object.
Glaborne	7.12.52	Nil	Two	Nil	Disc	East	Nil	Progress erratic, appeared to dip once or twice.
Wellington	7.12.52	1010 pm	One	Nil	Two discs	South	Hissing	Objects circled round each other blue above green, blue headed south green headed west.
Hamilton	9.12.52	9.45 pm	Three	10 secs	Cigar	Nil	Nil	Described a wide circle, had a feathred tail like a comet.
Hastings	10.12.52	1010 pm	One	5 mins	Round	S.W.	Orange	colour, and appeared moon shaped
Punedin	4.12.52	9.33 pm	Four	One minute	Object	East	Hum	Changed direction twice, shewed orange and red light.
Poor Knights Islands	13.12.52	8.05 pm	Three	Five minutes	Object	West	Nil	Very bright object viewed from ship movement noted. (Smps OFFERS)
Gisborne	16.12.52	10 pm	Group	Three min	Cigar	East	Nil	Illuminous. Violent twisting motion Flew anticlockwise round horizon
Welson	16.12.52	1034 pm	Party	5 min	Object	Hovered	Nil	Several times brighter than star, distinct orange colour.
Napier	16.12.52	3.30 am	One	5 min	Six objects North	Six in line astern, yellow in colour travelling slowly/high up.
Te Awanga	19.12.52	1015 pm	Many Light	Movement	Nil	Terrific bright light appeared fairly regularly high in sky over ranges. Disappears at 1015 pm.
Nelson	21.12.52	Three am	Two	10 mins	Disc	Stationery Dull orange colour, with long twirling pointing down vertically high in sky, one each side of the moon, suddenly disappeared.
Nr. Napier	27.12.52	10 pm	Four	30 secs	Oval	Stationery	Nil	Luminous egg shaped objects high in sky, one each side of the moon, suddenly disappeared.

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