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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.
PLACE. DATE. TIME. No. of People. Time in View. Auckland 1/9/52 6 p.m. 6 or more 1 minute. Otahuhu 1/9/52 10.30/11 p.m. 12 or more 6 to 30 sec Dunedin 28/9/52 12 p.m. 1 3 minutes Hamilton 29/9/52 3 a.m. 2 Oamaru 23/10/52 9 - 10 p.m. 5 20 minutes Lyell Bay, Wellington. 26/10/52 1.30 a.m. 2 Dunedin 28/10/52 2.45 a.m. 2 20 minutes Invercargill 28/10/52 10.18 p.m. 9 17 minutes Ch'Ch/New Brighton 29/10/52 9 p.m. 1 Tarqdale, Napier. 30/10/52 9.28 p.m. 2 3 to 4 min. Nelson 30/10/52 6.53 p.m. 1 5 minutes South Taranaki 30/10/52 7.53 - 8 p.m. 3 5 minutes Gisborne 2/11/52 9.15 p.m. 2 10 minutes Gisborne 3/11/52 9.15 p.m. 3 10 minutes Nelson 3/11/52 11.48 - 51 p.m. 1 5 minutes Rockville 3/11/52 9.45 p.m. 1 10 minutes Twyford. H.B. 4/11/52 9.15 p.m. 2 10 minutes Longlands. H.B. 5/11/52 9.15 p.m. 2 10 minutes Bawera 15/11/52 3.3 a.m. 1 10 minutes
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