Report on Investigation UFO Activity in New Guinea

This document is an intelligence report from the Air Attache in Australia, dated January 21, 1960, concerning a series of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) sightings in the Boianai area of New Guinea during June and July 1959. The primary witness was a missionary and teacher who, along with approximately 38 other observers, reported seeing large, manned craft with elaborate superstructures and smaller, remote-controlled disks. The witnesses described seeing humanoid figures on top of the larger craft, which appeared to respond to hand-waving signals from the observers on the ground. The report includes detailed logs of these sightings, sketches of the objects, and accounts of the witnesses' experiences. The witnesses, including Papuan natives and Europeans, were interviewed by investigators from the Victorian Flying Saucer Research Society. The report also documents a subsequent investigation by the Air Attache, who visited the primary witness in Australia. The official evaluation by the Air Attache and the RAAF concluded that the sightings were likely natural phenomena, such as the planets Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars, combined with atmospheric refraction and the psychological influence of the observers' expectations. The report explicitly rejects the hypothesis that the objects were manned space vehicles, suggesting that the 'human' shapes were an illusion created by cloud density and the observers' subconscious. Despite the official conclusion, the document provides a comprehensive record of the intense public and media interest in the Boianai incidents, including inquiries from the National Investigating Committee on Aerial Phenomena. The report serves as a significant historical record of how government agencies handled high-profile UAP reports involving multiple witnesses and claims of humanoid occupants during the late 1950s.