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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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24. Bef'erenco CIRVIS ~port 030ull2Z J1.Lcy' submitted by Marcil Fllght Service Oentor.
~ An oxtremo4" b:r.i,8ht object was oboorwd for poriod or evoi-Dl. ~a at 194SJ> on 2
~ July 1952. 11:~ observer plotted objoct 11it.h n F9tractor and estin:ated it to be 34 to
, 38 do3roas alx>vo the. horizon nt ·on aDJlo of 175 degrees. ' Cbjcct broke up into 6 or 8
piocen ,mich ep];>earcd to descond to-ward tho IJX'()und at a high ra.to or q,aod.
•25. oather unlalown.
•26. itnoss1 Ur. Subl.otte, ~l" Lt>s Angeles Police Do~. nidonco
~otu b924 J4ncoln Awnue., lljghland Park, Call.fornia. Telephone not given. •
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:-J 27. Air trllffic information nnt given.
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28. Commonts of PrEl~ orticar:
a. Tho sigh'Ung reports 1:liltcd abow are unaonti.nradJ i.ricoq,loto1 end, in
eone oases, orronooua~ aubmitted. lumawr, in tho interost or maintninin3 cO!ltirm.ity
of no,, of sighting reports throueb the maey concarncd agonc:ios1 it no considored
d.osi.reable to sulxlit ell for informo.tion pui:poses. fhe evident laol~ of value of
ih~l.oto 1•8PQ11;a hna boon brought to tbo attention of CM and Flight Sorv1ca units
and, w:tthin tho Flicht Servi.cs otructure1 lU)eci.81 trainine; progrs:lS havo boan insti
tuted Gicb hould preclude future r 1e_v errors.
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