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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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AFOIN- JAl/t-Io.j Ha.rlow/71067/ht HE3TRICTEQ Wrtn 26 Aug 52 SECURITY INFORMATION .. (Utic1&88ined) lJn10ent1f'1ed F~ Objects Reporting Assistant Chief' D. Dept; of the A1r Force G- 2., Department o Hq, "USAF, AFOI!i liasb.1ngton 25 t 1.. Attached for -yo '1.uformtion fii:td. action considered a.ppr;opriate, is e. copy ~ Air i'orce Letter :uUIIIL~ 3)0-5, dated 29 April 1952 imicll expresses the Air Force "1ntereSt in unldentifiecl t objects e:cd provi<lez for a :reporttns procedure. 2 . To assist the Air :<' 1n eolleetinG information on this .oub3ect, it voul.d be appreciated tt such aata as come to the attention~ Arm;y per80mlel. on uu1&mt.- ~ ied f'ly1ng ob.1eeta :could be re_ II. to the Air Force rapidly and subatantiiLlly as Wtline4 1n ps.rae;rapb 8c and 8e or tQ.Cbe4 letter. 3. ContelXte ~ attacbment may oo\uaed in any rnrmne:r you desire for the usuance ot iDstructions on the repo1 ting or :1:n1 =ti.tied flytDs ob3ecte. 4 . The prcrloua ca:mrun1cat1on frc'l:1 t Air Force an this subject 1a hereby rescin4ed: Letter AFOm, SubJect: •~~ lnfarJ::ation on unconventional A:1rcratt," c1ate4 18 september 1950., 'Vith one 1.ncl.osu:re. FOR TSE CllIEF OP STAFP: Rt~TniCT~O SECURITY INFORMATION
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.