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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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SECURITY INFORMATION
AFOIN-lil/Maj Ha.rlw/7lo67/ht/26 Aug 52
Rewrtn AFOIN-1/Col Cook/sr/ 56548/29 Aug 52
2- SEP 19~2
APOIN
Ml!MllWIDUM FOR: THE DIR9;TOR OF NAVAL DiTELLIGmCE
SUBJECT: (Uncll,.asitied) Unidentified Fl.y1ng Objects Reporting
1. Attached for your in.tomation and action considered appro
priate is a copy or Air Force Letter Number 200-5, dated 29 April
1952 which expresses the Air Poree interest 1n uni.denti.tied .!.lying
objects and provides ror a. reporting procedure.
2. 'lo assist the Air Force 1n collecting :intomation on this
subject, it would be appreciated it' such data as ~ cane to the
attention ot Naval penonnel. on unidentified f1Yin£ objects coul.d
be roported to t he Air Force rapidly and substantiall.Y as outlined
in paragraph 8c and Se or attached l etter.
3. Contents of attachme."'l.t may be used m arq- manner you desire
!or t he issuance of instructions on the reporting of uni.dentilied
fl.ying objects.
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4. The instructions in t bie caanunication supersede those con ..J
.tained in AFODl Letter dated 18 September 19.50, subject, Repcrting H
of Information on Unconventional. Aircraft,
FOR THE CHIEF OF STAFF:
~'JRGE E. PERRYIncl. ( w/IA ;!J. ) ('n1one.l , USAF
AFL 200-5 Q Ch t '
Policy & W.ano e~eut
Directorate or
PREVIOUS COORDINATION VAI.lD
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SECURITY INFORMAiION 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.