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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.
L AFOIN- 2A2 SECURITY INFORl!ATION Maj Foumet/dbv/ 71379 Wrt.n 24 Nov 52 AFOIB-2A2 MEMORAHDUM FORt DIRECTOR OF HAVAL INT&LLICENCE 1 ATTN: 0p322Y5 ...._.,N_ov,.,,...!1-~--=IS' ~ SUBJECT: Interpretation of Movies o.t Unidentified F~ Objects ~ - I i ·l. Further to our Memorandum dated 24 October .52., eame subject as above., it is requested that t.he inclosed roll of 161111 Kodachrome aovie f'ilm be anal;yzed 1n the same manner as the film previously for bwarded. In addition., a comparison with the lat.ter .tilm woul.d be most helptu1. 2. Background intonnation pertaining to the inclosed .til.Dl ia i1~contained 1n Incl 2, the offici:al report. on thie incident. ~ 0 0 .3. Your cooperation in satiaf'ying this additional request 1• 0 ~ earnestly oolicited. In addition, notUication of prellminar;r results ....0, gof both ana:qses at the earliest opportunit7 would be appreciated. ...Such prel.1minary data ma7 al.low us t o complete some o.t the pending .... gaction on these films prior to receipt or the tinAl reaul.ts . 2 Incle t/ILLIAM A. ADAMS l . 16 DD Kodachrome movie film ~ Col onel USU' 2. Cy of official rept of Chief, Topical Division Unconventional Acf't sighting COORDINATION: AFOIN-2A2 AFOIN-2A
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