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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.
“Christchurch”32 pages
Mr. E. A. Gibson, Director of Civil Aviation, Air Department, WELLINGTON C.I. Dear Sir, I hereby sincerely desire to pass on information to you and your department, about Flying Saucers if it is acceptable to you. The idea in writing to you occured to me after reading about the experience of Capt.W.T.Rainbow pilot of the D.C.3 Aircraft who reported sighting the strange light following the aircraft last Monday evening; and the Investigation ordered by Hon. T.P.Shand into the incident. I have been interested in Flying Saucers for the past eight years,and have sighted many of these Visitors from Outer Space round these parts of Seadown and Levels areas. I have for the past twelve months been associated with Mr. on lecturing and research on Flying Saucers, Mother Ships and their origin. We have formed the "Adamski Flying Saucer Group" here in Timaru and have had, two, two-hour tape recordings sent from Mr. Geo Adamski on this subject. We have supplied copies of these tapes to the N.Z. C.S.I. Committee in Auckland, and Nelson; and one also to the Australian C.S.I. Committee. We have information that bthe Questions and Answers tape will be played over to the public in Auckland tomorrow night. We now have a typed copy of this particular tape and will send you a copy which you will receive in a few days time, and trust you will find the TRUE answers from this to many of your questions. Adamski's new book "Inside The Space Ships" has been out in the United States (Congress Library No.5510556 U.S.A.) for the past few months and is now on the presses in England, and should be out here in March or April of 1956. We both have a copy of the American edition sent to us by Adamski. I and my Nephew actually witnessed a Flying Saucer taking off from Levels Airport on the evening of 23rd of August 1953.
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