New Zealand findings

Wellington ATC tracked multiple anomalous radar targets within approximately 20 miles of the Argosy throughout the flight south from Cape Campbell...

The RNZAF's declassified investigation file covering the December 1978 Kaikoura multi-witness radar-visual UAP events, including Dr. Bruce Maccabee's film analysis and DSIR technical reports.

→ Kaikoura Lights: RNZAF's Unreplicated Footage Case

The subfile was opened as a direct administrative response to the Kaikoura sightings surge, running parallel to the primary AIR 39/3/3 series.

Declassified RNZAF administrative subfile covering civilian UAP correspondence and press-handling records generated in the wake of the 1978 Kaikoura sightings, spanning 1979–1984.

→ RNZAF UFO File — AIR 39/3/3A Volume 1 (1979–1984)

The file is a station/base-level operational record, distinct from the headquarters-level AIR 39/3/3 series, indicating the RNZAF maintained parallel...

Declassified RNZAF station-level UAP file covering 1959–1983, holding unit-level sighting reports, intelligence correspondence, and investigation records from New Zealand Air Force bases.

→ RNZAF UFO File — AIR 244/10/1 Volume 1 (1959–1983)

This is the fourth and final volume of the RNZAF AIR 39/3/3 UAP correspondence series, covering 1981-1984.

Declassified RNZAF internal correspondence file covering UAP sighting reports from 1981 to 1984, the final volume of the AIR 39/3/3 series before its supersession by AIR 1630/2.

→ RNZAF UFO File — AIR 39/3/3 Volume 4 (1981–1984)

The file covers 1990–2009, the period in which RNZAF formally stepped back from active UFO investigation.

Declassified RNZAF file AIR 1630/2 Volume 2 collects New Zealand Air Force UFO sighting reports and Defence correspondence from 1990 through 2009, the period in which the service formally withdrew from active investigation and closed the file.

→ RNZAF UFO File — AIR 1630/2 Volume 2 (1990–2009)

File designation AIR 1630/2 Volume 1 is the direct successor to the earlier RNZAF UAP record series AIR 39/3/3.

Declassified RNZAF administrative file covering civilian and military UAP sighting reports received and analyzed by New Zealand defence authorities between 1984 and 1989.

→ RNZAF UFO File — AIR 1630/2 Volume 1 (1984–1989)

The volume's primary focus is the post-Kaikoura institutional response: how the RNZAF managed public attention, media inquiries, and internal...

Declassified RNZAF correspondence file covering 1979-1980 UFO reports, focusing on the aftermath of the December 1978 Kaikoura sightings and DSIR follow-up analysis.

→ RNZAF UFO File — AIR 39/3/3 Volume 3 (1979–1980)

Declassified Royal New Zealand Air Force unidentified-flying-object correspondence file AIR 39/3/3, Volume 1, Parts 1 and 2, covering 1952–1955.

→ RNZAF UFO File — AIR 39/3/3 Volume 1 (1952–1955)

The file covers a 23-year span (1956–1979), encompassing the height of Cold War-era UFO reporting in the Southern Hemisphere.

Declassified RNZAF correspondence file covering over two decades of New Zealand military and civilian UAP sighting reports, internal investigations, and Air Department analysis from 1956 to 1979.

→ RNZAF UFO File — AIR 39/3/3 Volume 2 (1956–1979)