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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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I 8lllMAHY 01 CIRctll8'.rlla81 DUS:tIGM'l<a 01 ~ UIIDDTlJ'III) J'LYDG ~ • ARLiaJTOJI, VIRGDIA 1-2 September 1952 l . :At 16oo hours on 3 Sep 52, tbe Directorate ot Intelllaence, Rq. , USAP rece1Yed a telephone call trcita Kr. W<er sto:na, 227 18th Street, SE, Washington, D.C. (phone LI 31,290) that an unusual circle vas :tound marked on :tbe l&vn ot his tatber, Mr. Charl.es Walter Storm, on the zrnina ot 2 Sep 52 and that he belle'f'ed it mi&bt bear BOme relation to the USU' 1nveet1pt1on of unidentit.1.ed t'ly1na object■ • 2. Major Pournet, or the D/ I , ealled on the el.cler 11r. Storm at bis residence (102 forth O&rtiel4 Street, Arl.1.naton, Va., phones CH 8508) durin& the eYeninli ot 3 Sep 52. 3. 1'he tol.J.ov1na vas ~ound on Mr. Storm' • rear l.avn ( refer to sketch 1n Incl. 2) t a . A circle l6 teet 1n diameter and near~ perfect~ f'onaed was marked on the l.avn by a depoa1t ot aome unknovn fi;n:7 substance vh1ch was adhert.na to the aras• 1n clustera of' 1'1l\ e "1,obul.e•. b . 'Die band ot the circle ( around tbe periphe17) vu an &ftra&e of' approJC:1.iaately 6 inch.ea Yide. c. The deposita iri the band were less pronounced and aometiua absent tor short d1.stinces vhere depreasiona or uneven.es• 1n tbe around s'Ul'tace occurred. d . A small everareen bush vu located at a point about 40 inchea 1na1de the circl.e and did not appear to have been d1atu:rbed 1n any v,q nor vere ~ deposits present on or around 1t. e. A clothes line f'razie located on a centril. pole overhu,na the cirel aomevhat and had been in place ( approximately aa abovn 1D I ncl 2 ) on tbe 'iibt 1n question. t. An anteJlD& vi.re about 4o feet above the aroun4 oTirhuna the circle, exact amount undetermined. j a. lo other Ye&etation in the area contained. ap:r a..p6aita or mark• ( am&ll treea vere present, as cloee u 6 or 8 feet from the circle). h. ~ee t:,pea ot fertilizer vere stored in COffred drums near the p.raae about l.5 feet avq- from tbe circle.
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