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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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Part 1 Copy/4 of 36 # NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE # UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS (UFO) FILES COPIES FOR RELEASE TO THE PUBLIC File Number: AIR 39/3/3 Volume 1 - Parts 1 and 2 File Title: Flying Saucers File Timespan: Opened: 1952 - Closed 1955 File Declassified: September 2010 Location of Original File: Held at Archives New Zealand Access to Original File: Restricted until 2025 File Contains: Reports of sightings from members of the public and military personnel, numerous press clippings, copies of the Civilian Saucer Investigation Committee (NZ) newsletters and magazines. Sighting investigation reports and opinions from other interested Government departments.
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