RAAF UFO Policy and Investigation Files (Series A703 and related)

Files contain internal policy correspondence, standardized reporting forms, witness statements, and RAAF evaluations. Investigations often involved liaison with meteorological services, civil aviation, and other experts. Common explanations included Venus, meteors, satellites, weather balloons, and aircraft lights. Defence and intelligence assessments consistently found no evidence of hostile activity, advanced technology of foreign or non-human origin, or defence significance. By the early 1990s the RAAF determined that further resources for routine UFO investigation were not justified, leading to the formal wind-down of the program while retaining records for public access.