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This Department of War release reproduces Project Blue Book records on the Tremonton, Utah film of 2 July 1952. In them, Navy Chief Photographer Delbert C. Newhouse explains how he filmed a group of bright objects near Tremonton. ATIC memos and a December 1952 travel report record Navy and General Mills balloon specialists judging that the objects closely resembled pillow balloons. A January 1953 memorandum discusses publicly releasing the film. The file also includes unrelated sighting reports from Phoenix and Massachusetts, plus material about Donald Keyhoe.
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Mr: M. A. Monts Air Force Press Room Room ZE761, Pentagon 1 Jun 19 6 ME ORANDU l"O DIRECTOR OF INTELLIOENCg b.O Attu: Lt Colonel T. . John•on, AFOIN-X n1 ~Q.) SUB CT (Uncl ) UFO Movie ~ l. Th f 11 wing •tatem ta conceming two of the UFO aightl ga d •crib din the rec ntly relea ■ ed vie, ar aub- s mitted in re•pon•e to r. onta' r que ■ t of 29 May 956. 0 0 ~ a. Th aria.nna Ca1e - ontana - 1950. The ol'lginal Air Force concluaion. ■ ed on the interrogation of witn •• •s0 and th evaluation of the ata, aa that the UFO, e, i all ~ 0 probability, two Air F rce F-94 fighter aircraft own to Ill in th vicinity at the time.fll Q.) J.-1 ~ Shnulat d otogr b ■ of aircraft at v riou1 dl1 c • • u Q.) made by an &il'craft manufacturing firm in a recent independent 0 J.-1 and un ■ olicited analyst• of the Marl a film, •how atrl ing ~ ■ imilarity to the two white blopa in thi ■ film. 1,-1 < u d on th d gre of credibility accorded tbla early A IC evaluation aiMl the tron corroborative vidence aupplte y the recent independent analyaia. the Air Fore ha1 o com llin r aaon to alter tta original concluaion. b. Th New ouae Ca ■ e - Ut - 1952. The ori inal film w s a lYJSe by Air ore Photo Recormaiaaance Laboratory ■hortly after the •iahttn1. Th concluaion reac ed waa that a •trong poa ■ ibiUty exlated that th ri1ht apot• of light appearing on the film were cauaed by • agull11 ■ oaring in thermal air cur rent ■. Th credibility 0£ the concl ion waa undoubtedly ■ up ported by th pr ■ ence of identifiable ea3ulla in •ome f the frame ■. Thia concluaio wa• further strengthened by movie• of seagull ■• ta.ken at varioua diatancea, which ■howed them aa bright apota of light aimllar to thoae th New ouae film.
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