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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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,, • f ' I fJ I SECURITY INFORMATION A!'Oll-2A 8 Septellber 1952 SUBJEC'l': (Restricted) UaideatU'ied Aerial Phen.oae11&, DiscussiOll CoAference with OIR Personnel 'l'O: Chief of laval Research Department of Tlte lavy Wash1uaton 25, D. c. 1. Reference is made to your letter, OJR:421:J'LT: esw, Ser: 21517, subject, nUAi.dentii'ied Mrial pheno11.ena; request for 1nfol"ll&tio11 concerlli.Jl&, 11 dated 15 Auauat 1952, request!D& Air Poree participation ill a discueeion of unidentified aerial phe11omell8., at a convea1e•t date on or after 15 Septellber 1952. 2. I t is euaested tut the~diacuseio• be held at 1000 hours 011 17 September a. Boo• 1803, lru.ildia& T-3, Iavy Depart•e•t. 3. In view of the teclmical. :u.ture of the discuasioaa to be held, .,.d tae desirability of possible attea.dan.ce by Air Tecuical Intelliaence Center per•oue1, it ie requested that a represe•tativa of the Office of laval Beeearca aake direct coatact vith Major D. J. Pournet, USAI', Roo• J.:e-86O, Bxteaaiom. 71016, Peataaon, who will represe:a.t the Air J'orce ill these discussiou and is authorized to Jlake uy- -.ecesear,y &rr&JJ&eaen.ts. 4. Should tae date and t!Jae for these discuseiou, as recomaended in paraaraph 2 above, be incoavenieat, it 1a auaested that a date be 111.1tually decided upon between ,-our repreaeJ1tative and Major J'ournet . J"OR 'l'BE CHIEP' 0, STAlr,: ✓ 11'"1 - x av s-. n, 1/J~ "· ~ COU l'N WILLIAM A. ADAMS Colollel, USA!' Cbier, Topical Diviaio• Deputy Director for Bati.Jlates ~. Directorate of Intelliae•ce . _ • '~~~ AF0Df-2A2 AFOir-2A
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