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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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r QUESTIONS REGARDING ANALYSio OF Fillf 1. Are images made ~ light source or reflection? 2. Any indication of what kind of objects could have caused images? Is there any bird sufficiently actinic to cause images? Could they have been caused by aircraft or balloons? 3. What causes the impression that same objects at times appear to become 2 or 3 objects,at times appear to merge into one? 4. Do all objects have same characteristics? a. Same apparent shape? b. Same relative size? c. Same Color? d. Same general motion? 5. What are shape(s), color(s), and relative size(s) of objects? 6. To what can the "fade-in" and "fade-out" of the objects be attri buted? 7. What type motion is attributable to the objects (about their own axis as well as about the a.xis of flight path)? g. Is there any acceleration evident in their motion along flight path axis? 9. Can the motion of the camera (panning and joggling) be allowed for sufficiently to permit determination of the angular velocity of objects which cross the field of view? (Reference particularly the single object which crosses field; photographer states that camera was held motionless while ob ject crossed field of view.) 10. Determine patterns of flight 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 ~ maneuvers,·particularly violent maneuvers? c. Is relative position maintained coincidental with movement about their axes? d. If undulating motion is present among a number of objects llhich are maintaining a semblance of formation, do 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° or more during interval of 2 or 3 frames)? DECLASSIFIED Au thority NN D 923007
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