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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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{ft@8Cfietedj Movie J'ilm of 1'l,1ina Objects Taken
2 Jul 52, Vicinity of Tremonton., Utah
Chief, Air Teehnical Dept ot the Air 1"01·ce
Intelliience Center liq USAJ' - AJ'Ollf-2A2 Maj Fournet/fb./
Wris'bt-Patterson JiJ'B 71016
1 . Subject film, received. thin of'f'ice 5 Sep 5~, 1G 11'.i.Closed tor appropr iate
action. Du:pl.icate of report submitted by the photographer, CPO Del bert c. Jrewhouse
(177283, UBI) , is inclosed for your 1.n:f'ormation in the event that the copy forwarded
to you by tbe IG, Hill AFB, Uteh hAs not been received.
4 2 . A messaae was d.1spo:tclled to the CG, WADP' on 6 Sep 52, with info1.•mation copy
to you, requestina that an intelligence officer interview CPO liewhouse and. determine
ad.ditional. detai1e or the si&t>.tin., 1.t' available•.3 . A mcssa&e was also dispatched to the co, Rill AFB, Utah requeatin& weather
1nformntion for thP. ~riod and vici nity in question. An information Cc:JflY was
dispatched to you.
4. It has been ascertained i'rom the •aTal Observatory, Washln&ton, D. C. that
the position o-t the sun at the -f.Lac(L..iliJZ hours., 2 July ~) and the 1.oeo.tion
( 4145B - 11210W) in question was 64.:;P cle..-ation and l3l. azimut.b.
5. ~eat the film be submitted to the WADC Photo Lab tor complete analysis
as soon as possible. The :f'ollovins are suacested quest1ona for this analysis which,
if' answered, shou1d facilitate evaluation or the incident:
4 a . Are 1.maaes made by lie;ht source or reflection?
;, P· Aey indication of what kind or objects could have caused imaaes? Is
tbere ~ bird sufficiently actinic to cause μia.ees? CouJ.d they have been caused
by air craft or bOlloons?
c . What causes impression that some objects at times ap_pear to become 2 or1
3 where there was ori~~ one, or, converse:cy-, 2. or 3 object• at times a,ppear to
merge into one.
( d , Do all. objects have same cha.ra.ct~1cs?
1 (l) Same apparent shape? x~0 r; JtTI e,
(2) Same col.or? · 1 ,
( 1£ (3) Same relative size? t.j/3 S,3 ~ '/~x-
i (4) Same general. motion? '
e. What ere shape(o), color(s) end relative &iz.e(s) of objects?
f . To what can the .,tede-in" nnd "fade-out" of' th.e objects be attributed?
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/1 , S • What type motion is attributable to the objects (about theil' QVIl axis
as :well as o.bout axis of fllaht path)? ~ 1'- J.
i . I h . Is there ~ accellere.ti9n f'Vident 1n their motion ~ns ,.1.111,.:1""'1t i>f.., axis?
,~ 'f~ , 1. Can the motion 01· the camera (paM.ina and Jo,sU:nc} e •u • c:n-.. ?or~
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