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

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.

-14- Serial 02Photc,grammetric
Analysis of "Utah" Film
FIDURE 6
Enlarged frames taken tram. 16:mn Daylight Kodacbrcme film at t/lf:,,
16 rps. *
a) Actual shot taken tran
the ..utah" tilm.
b) Actual shot taken frca
the "Montana" film (at
t/22.).
e) Aatllal shot taken trcn
the "Utah" film.
* All tranes are~ the same magnification.