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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.

• DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE .
HEAOQUARTERS UNITEO STATES AIR°FORCE
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
29 December 1953AFOIN-2A
Brigadier General William M. Garland
commander
Air Technical Intelligence Center
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio
Dear General Garland:
Inclosed is a copy of the letter sent, this date, to
Mr. Newhouse who provided us with the Tremonton, Utah, unidentified
flying object pictures.
Our records show that the original of the film is in your files .
If the original film is still of value to you, it may be more desirable
to give Mr, Newhouse another duplicate rather than to risk the loss of
it by loan.
With best personal wishes to you and your staff for a very
successful and Happy New Year,
Sincerely yours,
1 Incl WILLIAM A. ADAMS
cy of ltr dtd
29 Dec 53 to
Colonel, USAF
Directorate of Intelligence
Mr. Newhouse
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