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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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' . . . " 0NCLA$$JFIED 10. Detemine patterns of night from position plots for each frame, then: a. Is there any recurring pattern in the relative position of the objects? b. Do they maintain same relative positions in formation during · any maneuvers, particularly violent maneuvers? c. Is relative position maintained coincidental with moVE111.ent about their axis? d. If lllldulating motion is present among a number of objects which are maintaining a semblance of fomation, db those objects undulate in phase? Ditto for tumbling motion? e. Is there any indication of abrupt changes in direction of flight path through fairly large angles (e.g. 90 degrees or more during interval of 2 or 3 frames)? f. Do any objects appear to rsa1n.·•~ lilt tM ma t1Jlt& • that others move about? g. Can all objects be accounted for at all times or do sane literally disappear while still well wi.thin field of view? DOWNGRADED AT 8 n,An Th""TERV A1'.153 . DECLASSIFIED Af."TER 12 :YEARS. • ' DOD DIR 6200.10 UNCLASSIFIED
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