NZDF declassified RNZAF UFO files

'FLYING SAUCERS' Sir, In view of the fact that the flying saucer epidemic has now reached New Zealand, the following report contained in the "United States News." January 6, 1950, should be of interest: "After two years spent running down 375 rumours and reports of mysterious flying saucers, the Air Force closed down its investigation last week with this conclusion: There is no such thing. The flying saucers that hundreds of people think they have seen are really: (1) Misinterpretation of various conventional objects; (2) a mild form of mass hysteria; or (3) noakes.—I am, etc.