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NZDF declassified RNZAF UFO files
NZDF / RNZAF via Internet Archive · 2010-12 · 445 pages · text by OCR
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.
“Venus”60+ pages
- p. 11 …Venus could have been observed in the approximate position of the light when it was first…
- p. 12 # TIMES ELIMINATE ONE THEORY
# Strange Light In Air Definitely Not Venus
## Mystery Light To Be Investigated…
- p. 13 …When he landed, he checked with references, and decided positively that what he saw was Venus…
- p. 16 …HERALD
# AIR FORCE BELIEVES VENUS WAS SOURCE OF "FLYING LIGHT"
# VENUS, BUT
"Twinkle, twinkle little star…
- p. 17 …then he landed Air Commodore then consulted the stars and finally added it was Venus.
"It…
- p. 21 …Box 1914, Auckland." (Footnote.—The planet Venus would be setting in the west about the same…
- p. 39 …Your report is of considerable value in that it confirms that Venus presented a spectacular sight…
- p. 40 …Dear Sir,
There is no doubt that he observed the planet Venus, which is becoming more…
- p. 41 ## Calculated Data for Venus.
Mouth of Mokau River: Lat. 38°42'8
Long. 174°39…
- p. 43 …was very interested to read your letter.
Venus was observed to be particularly bright and was…
- p. 46 …star" - I thought it was the planet Venus. The "star" then moved rapidly south dropping lower…
- p. 47 …This conformed with the calculated movement of Venus which appears to move sharply from North to…
- p. 51 …Well the ones that I have contacted are from Mars, Venus and Saturn, although I have…
- p. 52 …Well I was taken pretty close to one other planet like that of Venus but never…
- p. 53 …The average span of life on planet Venus for example is a thousand years or so…
- p. 71 …was very interested to read your letter.
Venus was observed to be particularly bright and was…
- p. 76 …The only other objects that can be considered are the planets Venus and Saturn, and the…
- p. 77 …POSITION LINES FOR SETTING TIMES OF VENUS;
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While the accuracy of data in Section (3…
- p. 78 …5 The only astronomical objects which can be considered are Venus, Saturn and Antares. Of these…
- p. 79 …6 Venus was in the general direction as reported by all concerned on the first sighting…
- p. 81 …Authorities, that they consider the bright light may be the planet Venus, but that they cannot…
- p. 82 …After observing the planet Venus six nights after sighting this object, I kept a continuous watch…
- p. 86 …THE OBJECT WHEN AT MINIMUM INTENSITY WAS FOR SIMULAC THAN VENUS VENUS AT NO TIME APPEARED…
- p. 87 # Thinks Strange Light Was Planet Venus
AUCKLAND, Today (PA). The Royal New Zealand Air Force can…
- p. 98 # TIMES ELIMINATE ONE THEORY Strange Light In Air Definitely Not Venus
THE best part of a…
- p. 99 …The only other objects that can be considered are the planets Venus and Saturn, and the…
- p. 100 …POSITION LINES FOR SETTING TIMES OF VENUS:
While the accuracy of data in Section (3), has…
- p. 101 …5 The only astronomical objects which can be considered are Venus, Saturn and Antares. Of these…
- p. 102 …6 Venus was in the general direction as reported by all concerned on the first sighting…
- p. 106 …The only other objects that can be considered are the planets Venus and Saturn, and the…
- p. 107 …POSITION LINES FOR SETTING TIMES OF VENUS:
While the accuracy of data in Section (3), has…
- p. 108 …5 The only astronomical objects which can be considered are Venus, Saturn and Antares. Of these…
- p. 109 …6 Venus was in the general direction as reported by all concerned on the first sighting…
- p. 113 Depuis la fin de la guerre, on a beaucoup parlé d'engins inconnus, venus, disait-on…
- p. 114 …penser à leur attitude envers ces visiteurs venus d'une autre planète et qui observaient la…
- p. 116 atterrir un être vivant venu d'une autre planète et qu'il avait eu, avec lui…
- p. 121 …aircraft recently was the planet Venus. I had no idea that Venus travelled at such speed…
- p. 125 # What Was That
# THE LIGHT WAS
VENUS, SAYS
4 NOV 1955
STAR WITNESS
Of the several…
- p. 126 …No it was
not Venus
Tape recordings of the emergency flash message the crew sent on…
- p. 127 …Thomsen, said that from the information presented to him the possibility of Venus being the "flying…
- p. 138 …Well the ones that I have contacted are from Mars, Venus and Saturn, although I have…
- p. 139 …Well I was taken pretty close to one other planet like that of Venus but never…
- p. 140 …The average span of life on planet Venus for example is a thousand years or so…
- p. 147 …we called Wellington converging this light, and the planet Venus was below the horizon at 2010…
- p. 148 …investigators completely ruled out Venus as the source or cause of the report. They had, reported…
- p. 149 …We are positive that the Planet Venus played no part in the incident, nor any other…
- p. 150 …Vampire pilot (based at Ohakea) observed "Flying Light" same evening.
## OHURA
Planet Venus - Azimuth & Altitude 31st…
- p. 162 …separate contacts with men and women from Venus, Mars and Saturn - "all beautiful creatures and possessors…
- p. 185 …Van Tassel: "Venus Speaks", by C. Richardson.
Recent magazines carrying good articles on UFO's:- "Australasian…
- p. 211 …would make the return trip to, say, Venus, in one hour. So much for distances. Pubiatua…
- p. 221 …finder showed infinity—this was lucky for Venus!" said Mr. Thomson.
It was significant that there…
- p. 222 …contain inquisitive little men from Mars or Venus who have been dropped over Europe from their…
- p. 226 …He is an amateur Astronomer, and was looking for the Planet Venus, which is visible in…
- p. 233 …I0/6
VENUS SPEAKS by G.C.Richardson ,published by Regency Press London. It is understood…
- p. 235 …The available evidence indicates that Venus today is in a similar state to that of the…
- p. 236 ## FLYING SAUCERS
On the assumption that Venus has yet to evolve an intelligence, and that Mars…
- p. 242 …When first seen, it appeared to be much brighter than Venus on clear nights, there was…
- p. 246 …horizon, about 30 degrees; making observation of Venus fruitless; but there was no perceptible haze over…
- p. 252 …and met outer space travellers from Mars Venus and Saturn. Among the space visitors, he noted…
- p. 270 …7.30 p.m.).—Inhabitants of the planet Venus are reported to have presented their compliments…
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## SUBJECT:
## Speedy Object In Sky
Sir,—It was very interesting to read the opinion that the object observed by the pilot of a N.A.C. aircraft recently was the planet Venus. I had no idea that Venus travelled at such speed, but now that I do know, it explains something that I and four others saw at Palliser Bay.
One Sunday afternoon at about 4.30 our attention was drawn to a round very bright object approaching at a great height and at very great speed. It had no wings and could not be heard. It was travelling in a north-easterly direction and after it had passed right overhead it came round in a half-circle and disappeared toward the west. We thought that it must have been a meteorological balloon gone mad. Now, of course, the answer is obvious; it was Venus.
NOT A FLYING SAUCER. Upper Hutt.
Evening Post 8/11/55
# Venus Back In Running As Mystery Light
After careful investigation the Royal New Zealand Air Force concludes that the strange light seen from a National Airways Corporation aircraft could have been Venus, but cannot explain the apparent movement of the light, according to a report released last night by the Acting Minister of Defence (Mr. Halstead).
The report said that the strange light was seen low in the western sky between 8.08pm and 8.11pm on Monday, Oct. 31. Venus could have been observed in the approximate position of the light when it was first sighted from the aircraft flying at 8000 feet between Wanganui and Auckland.
"Since the captain of the aircraft (Captain W. T. Rainbow) states that the direction of flight of the aircraft was not altered during the time the light was in sight, the R.N.Z.A.F. cannot explain the apparent movement of the light or establish definitely that it was Venus," says the report. "The occulting or apparent flashing of the light could be caused by the presence of cloud between the light and the moving aircraft.
"It is common for planets low in the sky to scintillate. At 8000 feet, in position 38 degrees south 175 degrees east (the approximate position of the aircraft when the light was seen) the setting time for Venus on October 81 was 8.19pm."
The report also makes brief mention of vapour trails seen in the sky on the same evening. They were caused by Vampire aircraft from Ohakea carrying out high-level night cross-country exercises.
R. RELEASE NO. M15755.
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