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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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# FILE RELEASE STATEMENT VETTING COMPLETED AND: No classified documents on file. NZDF documents have been declassified Other NZ Govt Dept classified documents have been cleared for access Foreign Source classified documents have been cleared for access Some foreign source documents have been placed on a restricted parallel file (see separation sheets herewith recording transfer). Other comments: File contains sighting reports of unidentified flying objects - including cameras, press diaries and papers relating to an investigation undertaken following a sighting from an aircraft on the night of 31 October 1955. Signed. Date. 31/8/2010 For Headquarters New Zealand Defence Force NB: Classified documents of other New Zealand Departments where there is some concern about declassifying them should be referred to the relevant department.
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