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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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C) 0 AFOIN-2A2 0 wrtn 26 Sept 52 ~ SEtURITY IN Ofil'JI.Tl Maj Fournet/cmb/71016 , (Unclassified) l.'aterial. for ProJtc;J; 1~ue Book 1 Chief, .Air Technical Dept. of the ilr Force J o .;:> .JI. Intelligence Conter Hq USAF - AFOIU l!rlj Fou8i-Ol6/cmb r.right- Patterson AFB tOhio g l . Inclosures are for your information, appropriate action and retention. All concern sightings of objects. 2. The roquest tor a star chart made by Zella L. 1!. Bowers (see Incl. 3) uas been extracted and referred to OSD-OPI for complionce. J . The letter from Urs. Eric c . Johnson (Incl 8 ) nas for,mrdcd by llr. Clay Blair of TIME. A letter or aclmowl.edgv:tent bas been sent 'r . Bl · ir, t"ut no reply has been made to llrs . Johnson. 4 . The letter fro;n l!arion Leonard (Incl. 2) was answered by SAFLL; copy of their reply is elso incloaed.. Further correspondence is not mandatory. 5. A reply to Ur . Herbe t H. l!iddleton (Incl 10) ms mde by this office. C') 0 10 Incls: (W/Orig. only) s\ID.LIAll A. ADAl!S 1.. cy repl,.· J:r S i.-....L to t:r. Leonard Colonel, USAF idtd e Sept 52 Chief, '!·opical. Division ~ 2. Ltr fr L:r . Leonard Deputy 0irector for Estimates ~ dtd 27 Aug 52 Directorate of Intelligence, DCS/0 ~ 3. Lt;r rr Zella I •• Doivc:s dtd 25 Aug 52 4- Ltr tr Ur. L . D. Hannon Idtd 14 Sept 52 5. Ltr fr Yr :J. n. Reese Jdtd 5 Sept 52 6. Ltr fr l/..i.ss r . Isaac -,/ ::! ---i ' J 7n T ) /l dtd 8 Sept 52 (w/attch. ) /\....;.., -..,::,<: • LA "-- 7. Ltr fr l!rs • U.ttlo dtd 15 Sept 52 8 . Ltr fr • s E. C. Johnson J.dtd 1.9 Aug 52 9. Ltr fr ,ilson Strc.nd dtd 15 Sept 52 10. Ltr fr l'."r. H.H. 1 J.ddl.etl"n dtd 8 Sept 52 COORDINATION: AFOIN-2A2 AFOIN-2A NO Y/R A... ~
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