Copy ;^of36 NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS (UFO) FILES COPIES FOR RELEASE TO THE PUBLIC File Number: AIR 1630 / 2 Volume 1 File Title: Reports of UFOs and Ethnology File Timespan: Opened: 1984 - Closed 1989 File Declassified: December 2010 Location of Original File: Held at Archives New Zealand Access to Original File: Restricted until 2059 File Contains: Correspondence between the Ministry of Defence, HQ NZDF and the Office of the Ombudsman related to the release of information to a member of the public. Correspondence to / from members of the public requesting UFO information. Numerous letters from a Christchurch based person on the subject of UFOs and ethnology. NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE PUBLIC RELEASE OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS (UFO) FILES These copied and redacted files of correspondence on Unidentified Flying Objects dating from 1952 to 2009 have been Declassified and released to the public by the New Zealand Defence Force under the Official Information Act. Access to the original flies held by Archives New Zealand is restricted up until the year 2080 for Personal Privacy reasons. These copied files have had the personal details of members of the public making UFO reports removed to preserve their privacy. Personal details of service personnel and civilians employed by the New Zealand Defence Force and other Government Departments and Agencies have not been removed. No other information has been removed or omitted from these files. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF FILES Correspondence on Flying Saucers began in New Zealand Defence Force files in 1952. and continued under different names, Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO) and Unidentified Aerial Sightings (UAS) until the present. The files contain reports of sightings by private individuals and military personnel, investigations by Defence and other Government Departments and agencies into these reports, newspaper clippings on UFOs and letters from individuals who claim to be in touch with alien beings and craft. While the files are in general date order from 1952 until the present some file periods overlap with one another and the documents within each file are not necessarily in strict date order. There can be duplicate documents within each file and copies of the same documents (particularly media releases and reports) can appear in different files. ACCESS TO UFO FILES These redacted files are available in hard copy from the Defence Library c/o Headquarters New Zealand Defence Force Aitken St Wellington. They are not available in electronic format. VETTING RECORD SHEET PLEASE COMPLETE ONLY ONE PAGE PER RECORD NZDF STORAGE NO L FORCE/J90- FILE ^Delete as appropriate LOCATION FRB PART NO / (File or Non File Material) Sub-Series_ Date of first document 3^/ ?/ Dateof last document )jy / /9S?^ Please Tick the Appropriate Boxes: No NZ Documents on File No Classified Documents on File NZ Documents Cleared for Access No Classified NZ Documents on File No Foreign Source Classified Documents on File Some Foreign or Special-Source Documents placed on restricted Parallel File Some NZ (Non-NZDF) Documents placed on Restricted Parallel File All Classified Foreign Source Documents Cleared for Access Release on 1 in the Year Review again before the Year VETTING COMMENTS IF NECESSARY STAMP (place relevant PROVISIONS INFORMATION nt NZDF decision STAMP here, sigi , sign and date) File Number. FILE RELEASE STATEMENT VETTING COMPLETED AND: /^^^f5^1assified documents on file. documents have been declassified Qthpr N7 Govt Deptj^lawfiR4-d4=)r.iimBu^ been cleared for access- Eofoign Source-classified do'CuiiieiiLSiiave becirclcarcd foi^ccess ^ ^"Some- foreign or opooitd source^documents have been placed-on-a^ , jiegtrieted parallel-file (see Sf)aration sheets herewith recording transfer)v Other comments: ^hotfi-CeiX Signed..., Date For Headquarters New Zealand Defence Force NB: Classified documents of other New Zealand Departments where there is some concern about declassifying them should be referred to the relevant department. Te Rua Mahara o te Kavvanatanga i H 1 aRCHives NEWZEALAND GOVERNMENT LOANS SERVICE PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE THIS SHEET This item is part of the holdings of Archives New Zealand, and is a PUBLIC ARCHIVE on TEMPORARY LOAN to vour office. Production: Accession : PLEASE TREAT THIS ITEM WITH CARE: Do not remove any item from this file Do not add any item to this file Do not write on or erase anything from this file PLEASE RETURN WITHIN THREE (3) MONTHS TO Government Loans Service Archives New Zealand Head Office Ground Floor Reception, 1 0 Mu Ig rave Street WELLINGTON OR ASK FOR AN EXTENSION Email:
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