International Association for the Preservation of Spiritualist and Occult Periodicals
Periodical:Flying Saucers (New Zealand)
Flying Saucers (New Zealand): cover of an issue
Summary:
Summary by:
Pat Deveney
Title:
Flying Saucers.
Subtitle:
Official Quarterly Journal Civilian Saucer Investigation (N.Z.) / Quarterly Review of the Civilian Saucer Investigation
Published:
1953-1958?
Frequency:
Quarterly
Location:
Auckland, New Zealand
Language:
English.
Editor(s):
Harold H. Fulton
Succession:
Succeeded by: Space Probe: A Candid Presentation of Facts and Comments Surrounding the Global Research of Unidentified Flying Objects (1958)
Description:

1/1, December 1953-1958 (?)

32 pp, included with membership dues in CSI NZ or available for 5s/ to others.

Harold Henry Fulton (1914-1988) was a member of the Royal New Zealand Air Force and founded Civilian Saucer Investigation of New Zealand (CSI NZ) in 1952 after hearing of the supposed appearance of UFOs over Washington, D.C. Its stated purpose was, not to establish or debunk any theory about the nature of UFOs, but to collect empirical data on UFO sightings, radar anomalies and witness and pilot statements and investigate them in an effort to prove or disprove the existence of UFOs. In its inception it was open to investigation of anomalous and unexplained (Fortean) events and objects, like the supposed intergalactic flight of a Tibetan Lama, but toward the end of the 1950s, Fulton moved the focus of the organization toward a more technical and data-driven approach to the problem, aligning its efforts with those of NICAP and its UFO Investigator. The transition is exemplified by Fulton's position on George Adamski and the contactee side of the UFO phenomena, which changed from an open-minded willingness to examine the technical details of his claims to a skeptical rejection of his assertions. The circulation of the journal is estimated at about 350.

Other Sources:National Library of New Zealand.
Issues:Flying Saucers V1 N1 May 1953
Flying Saucers V1 N2 Aug 1953
Flying Saucers V1 N3 Dec 1953
Flying Saucers V1 N4 Mar 1954
Flying Saucers V2 N1 Jun 1954
Flying Saucers V2 N2 Sep 1954
Flying Saucers V2 N3 Dec 1954
Flying Saucers V2 N4 Mar 1955
Flying Saucers V3 N2 Jun 1955
Flying Saucers V3 N3 Dec 1955
Flying Saucers V4 N2 Sep 1956
Flying Saucers V4 N3 Jan-Mar 1957
Flying Saucers V4 N4 Apr-Jun 1957
Flying Saucers V5 N1 Jul-Sep 1957