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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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,.. . Code 01/mrw/J.bb •'112 UNCLASSIFIEDSerial: ""' MAY 4 1953 Subj: Interpretation of Movies of Unidentified Objects; progress report on A preliminary detailed stud of the Utah film 'W8.S ma.de and 1t was decided that: a, Brightly colored spots of red and green lasting only one or two frames were not to be considered. b. Water spots could be detected easily and eliminated from the study. c. The color of the objects was fairly constant as blue-white. d, Size and luminosity of an object varied through-out the film. For convenience in interpretation, the film was divided into three parts, each part being considered a.n entity. Part I consisted of the footage taken at f8; Part II, the :footage taken at fl6 with a panning motion; and Part III, the footage taken at fl6 during which the camera w.s held steady. Three definite groups of lights were observed through out the film and plots were recorded as follows: TABLE I PLOTS OF POSITIONS ChartControlUtah Parts I II III Holding to lOYer group Not enclosed I II Holding to one object 2 and 3 and at.1muth of another I Arbitrary 1/2 inch 4 correction per frame for panning Holding to frame outline 5a and 5bIII One image held to base 6I line . Every tenth frame to show changes withth apparent formations DOWNGRADED AT ~ YEAR INTER"V AL'S: DECLASSIFIED' AFTER 12 YEARS.Montana DOD DIR 5200.10 UNCLASSlfil.ED Terrestial Objects 7a. and '7b 2
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