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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.
“United Press”10 pages
intensity of light. Finally the light went along side my port wing, and at a distance of about 50 to 100 yards took up a course and speed identical to my own. I found that on altering course height or speed the light did likewise, though if the change were sudden there would be a short time lag before it caught up. By turning suddenly and steeply I was able to chase the light around in a circle until I could aim my 4x, 20mm cannons at it. This I did several trials until my ammunition was exhausted, but each time I observed no apparent change in the behaviour of the light. In due time I set course for base without completing my original mission, and the light continued to move with me. As I neared the battle front I noted that the light began to lag behind and become dimmer. Having crossed the battle line I again turned back into enemy territory and noted that the light
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