CAS-11 · Case morphotype

Moreland Suited Figure with Truncated Forearm

Also called Moreland occupants

DocumentedMorphology traceable to an official document, investigation or proceeding. The underlying claim may still be unresolved or rejected.
ALIENZ hyperrealistic art study of the Moreland Suited Figure with Truncated Forearm form.
ALIENZ art study. An interpretation of the reported morphology, not incident photography.

What is described

Air Department file wording: two figures described as men in silvery close-fitting suits and helmets, seated one behind the other inside a transparent dome; one descended and approached the witness; his left hand recorded as missing below the wrist. No face, skin, eyes or limb-count detail.

Where the line is drawn

Defined by suit and the recorded forearm truncation, not by anatomy: the helmet means no facial morphology may be inferred.

What that description rests on

First-hand civilian statement recorded in a national air department file.

The record

Best evidence
GOV-2 / NZ Air Department, INVESTIGATED then REJECTED
Source chain
The document is attached to this entry.
Document
HELD - p29 is the Secretary of Defence letter of 5 Mar 1979 refusing release on confidentiality grounds, with a handwritten marginal note about a cover up.
Context
New Zealand, 1959

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Where it was reported

Not where it is said to come from. Where a record was actually made, and by whom.

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