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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.
“Wilcox”5 pages
., - CO PY Major Gennal. John Sanford Juq 31, 1952 Page 2 Again, I asked him why he didn't do something about it and he said it was impossible. I also, asked him why he didn't pa.tent this machine and he gave me amny reasons, taat each and every pa.rt about the machine had already been invented and it would take a millionaire to procure the patent rights to this invention. I also asked him wasn't he afraid that someone would steal it f'ran him and he told me that the public was funny that they couldn't see no further than the nose on their face and that if' you had a secret that you wanted to keep to tell everybcxiy and nobody would believe you. About three months later I received a let~er from this man telling me that he was ready to make a test, a few days later was the first time I heard about the f'~ saucers. Since that tJmne I have received many letters from this man Jones. About three weeks ago I received a letter from him again telling me that over Baltimore, Washington, Alexander Virginia, etc., that he was going to let the whole world know that his invention was possible. Then I went to the American Broadcastin~ Company, a couple of' newspapers and tried to tell them this story. They wouldn' t even listen to me and it has happened again. If this man Jones is not the inventor of the flying saucer how is it that he knows two or three weeks ahead of time when they are going to fly? I think that if you will .find this man Jones, I know you will get this .fantastic story straightened out. His address I do not lmow but he writes me to :my box in Detroit, Michigan and I receive a fetter maybe two or three weeks later. When I saw the plane or whatever you want to call it, in the air, it would go so :fast you would hardly see it. It was round like a saucer, had a tail like a plane, and when it would sway (as I would say) in the air sometimes it would look like a pencil., sometimes like a egg, and again it would look like a balloon so you take it from here. Use your pm judgment, you have my permission to do anything you want with this letter. My name is H. D. Springer, I have no permammti address but I live in Detroit, I am going back east tonight at 9 o'clock P.R. Sincere~ yours~ H. D. SPRINGER
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.