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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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Ohio 6 Incl e • - AFOIH-2A.2~ II UQ'L Maj Fouro.et/dbT/71379SECURITY INFORMATION 20 Nov 52 ¼ (11llclaaoified) Hatori.al ror Proj ect Blue,.,;;;,. ~IQ\( > \j 'ii'.SZT ~' Chief, Air Tecbnical Dept or the Air Force ' Intelligence Center Hq USAF - AFODr Raj Fournet/dbv/71379 Wright-Patterson AFB 1. Inclosures are tor your intomation, appropriate action and retention. 2. Request preparation ot 3rd Ind to Incl l: acknowledging recei pt. 3. No reply has been made to Mr. Boutelle. 4. Incl 4 i s a copy of the rep]Jr made by General. Bra.dle71s of'f'ice to Incl 3. Further action is not recommended. 5. There were no previous reports from the sources who prepared Inc1e 5 and 6. estionnaires were supplied b;r and returned to this office and constitute the only knovn record ot these observations. (w/orig only) WILLI.AK A. ADAMS 1. Ltr fr 78th Air Base Sqdn Col onel., USAF Truax Field, Madison, Wis. Chiet, Topical DiTision dtd 4 tiloT 52 w/lst &. 2nd Inds. Deput y Director tor Estimates 2 . Ltr tr Arthur Boutelle, Patterson, H. J. dtd 9 NoT 52 :~:o:::i:lllg~••• oos/o3. Ltr to Gen Ona.r Bradle7 fr ArQrlos Kouzas, 'lbessa1onik:1, Greece dtd 24 Oct 52 132 4. C7 of repq to Hr. Kouzaa tr Gen Bradle7 dtd 29 Oct 52 5. ,uestiorma.ire subaitted by L/C Mi .lton Morris Kautma.nn, Falls Church, Va. 6. ~uestionnaire aubadtted b7 Hrs. Carol Spra~•, Vineland, COORDINATION: AFOIN-2A2 AFOIN-1'2A 25 Nov1 lfo HA\ neC!9Al!;fe / 1 ~ ,_;._~-1 r .Sl<rUBin INFORMAT1ox
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