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This 1952 file of U.S. Air Force intelligence correspondence on flying objects comes from the Directorate of Intelligence at Headquarters USAF. It records the return to the Coast Guard of a negative of objects photographed at Salem Air Station on 16 July 1952, and requests to Naval Intelligence to analyze the Tremonton film by Delbert Newhouse and the Great Falls film by Nicholas Mariana. It also holds Strategic Air Command report transmittals, letters from members of the public, and an Okinawa object said to have fallen into the sea.
From the source:Release of 2026-09-18 Incident: September - December 1952, Various. This file is an archival collection of U.S. Air Force Director of Intelligence records relating to reported “flying disc” incidents during the period from September through December 1952. Drawn from multiple governmental and non-governmental sources, it compiles a wide range of material associated with reported sightings and official handling of those observations, rather than presenting a single analytical conclusion on the nature or origin of “flying discs.” The contents include correspondence, memoranda, reporting forms, case summaries, distribution and routing material, and other administrative or intelligence-related documentation tied to flying-disc reporting and review during that period. Pages 26-36 of the file refer to an incident reported near Tremonton, Utah, in July 1952, in which a U.S. Navy Warrant Officer recorded film of unidentified objects that the Air Force later assessed were likely seabirds. Overall, the file is a broad documentary collection reflecting how such reports were recorded, circulated, and evaluated in late 1952.
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AFOIN-2A2 wrtn 29 Sept 52 Maj Fournet/cmb/71016 Kr. Henry Baker Reiley Publisher, Somerset Daily American Somerset, Pennsylv3nia Dear lir. Reiley: Since Air Force Intelli gence is responsible for the in vestigation and analyois of unidtmti.fied flying objects~ General Vandenberg has referred your letter of 14 ~eptomber 1952 to us and re,1uestod that we answer your questions. Although our analysis or the many sightings 'Whi ch occurred on the night of 12 September is not ;ret complete, we have tentatively concluded that the object was a meteor . It will be quite soine time before our final. aniu.ysis is available since much checking and stuczy- of the various reports is requirsi. In reply to your query 11Aro we being i.nvaded11 , we are inclosing a standard release which gives i n some dct a.il our current conclusions on the subject of unidentified fiying objects pJ.ua many ot.her things about which '1e have been queried often in the :-ecentr pnot . e trust that it tdll answer your question satisfactorily and , asi.st you in anavtering any other questions 11hich you may have or may receive fran your readers. We appreciate your interest and· your desire to obtain the proper answers directly from us. ------- l. Incl.: stan. release re nyoba • NO M/R COORDINAT[ON: AFOIN-2A2 AFOIN-2A
Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 253 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.