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Signed Copy, Ex-Library of Keith A. Sutton

Flying Saucers Over Papua

Rev. N.E.G. Cruttwell, M.A. | Anglican Mission, Menapi | March 1960

Between 1953 and 1959, Anglican missionaries, colonial administrators, traders, and Papuan teachers across the Territory of Papua and New Guinea reported dozens of unidentified aerial objects. Cruttwell, an Oxford-educated priest stationed at Menapi on Goodenough Bay, collected 79 sighting reports and compiled them into this bound analysis. The centrepiece is the Boianai encounter of June 1959, where Father William Booth Gill and 37 other witnesses watched humanoid figures on a hovering craft for three consecutive nights.

79 Sightings
27 Named Witnesses
56 Pages
4 Witness Plates
1960 Published
Red bound cover of Flying Saucers Over New Guinea by N.E.G. Cruttwell, gold embossed lettering
On the large object I could see four figures, who appeared to be doing something on the deck. They seemed to be illuminated by a shaft of blue light.
Rev. William Booth Gill, Boianai, 26 June 1959

Witness Drawings and Maps

Original sketches drawn by witnesses and compiled by Cruttwell. These include tracings by Father Gill, drawings by Papuan teachers, and position maps of the sighting locations.

Plate I: Witness drawings of the Boianai object with humanoid figures
Plate I: The Boianai Object Four independent witness drawings of the craft seen on 26 June 1959. Gill's tracing shows four humanoid figures on the upper deck, illuminated by a shaft of blue light.
Position map showing sighting locations around Boianai Station
Boianai Position Map Hand-drawn map showing the approximate positions of eight objects observed from Boianai Station, with Mt. Pudi, Mt. Nuanua, Kutu River, and the coastline marked.
Plate III: Three witness drawings showing disc-shaped objects
Plate III: Three Objects Compared A. The Menapi Object (21 July 1959), drawn by teachers. B. George Taunaven's UFO at Poraebayebara (22 July). C. The Gaiawanaki UFO, reconstructed from mountain men's descriptions.
Plate II: Drawings from Baniara sightings
Plate II: Baniara Sightings Drawings from the Baniara area, 80 miles from Boianai, showing similar objects observed simultaneously during the June/July 1959 wave.
Plate IV: Disc and mother ship, and light over Doini Island
Plate IV: Late 1959 Sightings A. Disc and possible "mother ship" seen by Rev. Albert Ririka at Koyabagira (23 November 1959). B. Arthur Job's mysterious light seen from Samarai over Doini Island (November 1959).
Signed title page with Cruttwell's signature
Signed Title Page Title page bearing Cruttwell's signature and the ex-libris stamp of Keith A. Sutton, documenting the provenance chain of this copy.
From the Archive

The Boianai encounter (June 1959) is one of the most documented cases in the archive. See the Boianai case file for cross-referenced newsletter coverage, related sightings, and witness profiles. Father Gill's testimony also appears in the Australian Government Records via RAAF intelligence files, and in the JIO UFO File where Australian intelligence assessed the reports. The Papua New Guinea sightings page shows all 79 Cruttwell sightings in geographic context.