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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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Ch1et, Air !echnical lntelli£9nce Center Wright-Patterecm AJ'B Ohio l. retention. AFOIN-2A2 Maj Fou:rnet/dbv/71016 ~ Wrtn 15 Sept 52 c:,. Dept of the .Air i'orce B4 USAJ' - .Arolll-2 The lncloaed letters ore :tor 7our information, appropriate acUon and 2. Beplios to all letters have been pr~red. 3 . Mr. Forne7 vaa advised tbat 7ou vould contact Dr. »u.ttolph for atl7 turther details ~1ch you~ require. Bequest advice or the result• of BJl7 teats 1fh1ch 7ou I:l.ay conduct uaing the sample eul:aitted b7 Mr. Forney. 3 Incla WILLIA14 A. AlW S l . Ltr fr Jcmes C. Crockett Colonel, USAJ' Col. USA (Ret) dttl 2 Aug 52 Chief', ~opical .D1Tidon a. I.tr tr Charles Forne7 dtd Deputy Director tor Estimates 30 July 52 Directorate ot Intell1pnce, DCS/0 3 . I.tr tr Dr. Leopold Heine=ann /dtd 30 Jul7 52 XSa-,;i~ 1 ffTI ~ NO M/R necessary. COORDINAT I 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.