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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 1v!l.j Fournet/crm/71016 23 Sept 52 .Miss Lots Neuwirth Miss Esther Schilling 328 East Hennepin Avenue Minneapolis, Minnesota De~~ Misses Neuwirth and SchWlng: Your letter of 15 September 1952 was referred to us by the National Security Council. As they told you ln their letter of 17 September 1952, we are responsfole for the "flying saucer" tnvestigatton. Wlth regard to your questions about "flying saucer" reports, we are incloslng a standard release which sets forth the offlclal Air Force attitude and philosophy on the subject. We hope that tt will answer your questions satisfactorily. The only report we have received of a "fire-breathing monster" allegedly seen tn \Vest Vtrglnla has been through the press. Because thi s observation was made at night and under conditions of cxcitement and, furthermore, since the story has dted a natural death without further mention in the press, we dtscount lt fdirely. It has been noted in the past that a flurry of ''flying saucer" reports wlll stimulate the imagination and gtve rise to many complementary reports evolved through assoclation. We are convtnved that the report from West Vtrglnia represents just such a case where the necessary stimulus was provided by the meteor sighting rel)()rts of the preceding Friday night. We hope that these brtef comments have provided satisfactory answers to your questlo~ '\. I"- _ _. . L.J ~ -r /J \ ..: . .. .• . o qs- r~ '-"'-,v,r~ ·~;:.,,t;;l:~ "l ~ .J. ct ,. f\ , 11 ft Slncer l , ·..na,;~-~ X O" ..S 1 ..::, ~~l . l Incl: WILLIAM AF standard release Colonel, US re flyobs. Chlef, Toptc Deputy Direc Directorate of COORDINATDN: AFOIN- 2.A2 AFOIN-2A AFOIN-
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.