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DOW-UAP-D102: Project Blue Book File on Tremonton Film, Utah, 1952

Department of War · 2026-09-18 · 156 pages · text from the file's own layer

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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  • p. 20 …ELECTRICAL MENNS TO ATIC WITH INFORMATION THIS HEADQUARTERS. • I RESPONSE REPLY TO AFOIN-2A2. •07/20342…
  • p. 23 …JWPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE •HEADQUARTERS USAF, WAHSINGTON 25,D.c. •9171 IN REPLY TO AFOIN-2A2…
  • p. 114 …1lirector of Intelligence, Headquarters, USAF, Washington 25, D. C. 1. This report of unidentified flying objects…
  • p. 120 …DirMtor o! Intelligence, Headquarters, U~AF, Washington 2S., D. C. 1. Tuis ruport ot uni entitled…
  • p. 151 …INQUmt TOt D1rectQr of Special Investiga~iona Headquarters, US.AF ,asbington 25, D. O. SlNOPSISa On…
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FULL SIGNATURE
CAH/jos/73147
2 7 JAN 1954
; (Vnci) 7remonton, Utah Film
Chief
Ott1ce ot a"8l. Intelligence
Uavy~tment
esb1~on 25, . 0.
l. !I'he ir Technical Intelligence Center: ia atteziQtUng to
oc te the ori~ ot a 35 mm film ot 14entU1ed flying obJecta
n ~ a • D. C. Rnb ee near 'l'relrlonton, Utah# on 2 Jul 52.
ie tilm s e.nalygecl by the JC during the early ~t ot
953.
2. In a report 1ea cl b7 NPJC, . u.'bj: 8 lnterpretation ot
lea at VA14entit1e4 ObJ_ecta", ■eial n: lber 0105, ftA1r-.-... 4 May
3, it is stated in paai-t, "Tile :f'ilia. expo.ea in tall is in very
oor co ditlon, dry, bi'ittle, an4 ¥1th tenaency tQ br • Mt.er
n1tial nevtn , 4upllc tio or the t1la pertormea in order to
,erve ti:.e tilll." t.rliere a: a.ra to -be no reference ea to ..............
'the original t1lJI was aeatroye4 or returned.
3. It 1• NqUeltea that any &"811 ble Warma"ti n be f\lrni•hed
o the Air Technical Intel.Ugence Center aa to the diepoaition of
• film after the 1nterpret&~ion vu completed.
4. Informat1 ia turtber requested ta ther or not any
op1ea ot 'thi 1'11111 are on banc1 there.
FO R THE COMMANDER
ARl'I ,A ' ,- , N ,,.., , -..!
[! o'}{ 1 1"\ '• • V .J l ...1. , ..,
1st Lt . USAF
P_ssistant Adjutant .
DESIGNATE AUTBD OFFICE OF RECORD
OFFICIAL FIL)] COPY
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ELECTRONfCS BRANCH
OllTJCU.L FILE COPY Office of Record
(Rev 17 lllaJ' 58) Sa11ened1111 AMC Form 8, Bev l A.pr 48, whldl '!'Ill be uecl. Afr Jl'oree-WPAi'B-L-U .JUL GZ 8608111
DECLASSIFIED Authority NND 923007

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