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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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Maj Fournet/AJOIB- 212 .... A0/71379 12 November 1952 - , Mr. l!obert J. Gorcan Sllite 1460 J'lrst liatio?llll :Bank :Sld&. 38 South Dearborn Street Chtcego 3, Illinoi ■ Dear f.lr. Gor1D811; Your l•tter ot 29 October 1952 to the tfresi~ent has b9en referred to the US/Ji' ~1nce, within the Depart~ent of Detenae, the lTSAJ' has primer7 illtereat in investigation ot "tl71ng ■ aucer" report ■ . It 11 crat1fy1ne to receive such expression or interest from public- mi ded indiTidnala. lu )'our cace, ve are grateful. for the o,Pportuntt:r to cott•ct a mieapyrehenaion. The USAJ' has not prepared arq recent report arr1T1ng at aQT con cluatons with respect to tha existence or nonexistence of "flying 1aucer1•. It ie bel1eve1 that Mr. Dobert s. Allen, 1n hle article of Septez'b9r 26, ref rred to l\ report prepared :for ~blic release by a private s roup of ol'rl.lian■. In cosmenttn4 on thta, the USAJ' ■ tated . that the r•Port reflected the concluaions ot 1ud.1vidual■ vho were in no way connected with th.a Air Force. Y• take thh opportWll ty to reiterate this to you. It 1• tr11e that th$ statements of Mr. De■Vergora were starUin&; hove•er, e thorough 1nTeetlgation of tha incident ha• been conducted and 1t has been dete?"X:l1ne4 that the 1enaational aepecta ot the ori~ inal stories carried b7 the national press agenciee were exaggerated. Further, the USA.1 made no attempt to reatrict Mr. DeaV'ergera• dhou■- alon or peraonal exploitation of th• alleged incident; this he admitted in an Aasooiatecl Pree ■ dlapatah datelined West Pal.II lleach, J'lorlda, 4uGuet 37, 195~. The Air roree ls actively interested in the lnve ■ tigatlon of •nying saucer" incidents. !lo f "'ct1 have been vi tbheld trom the public. !t'he 1nve■t1ptor1 hope to reach aome conolualona concernlna the exlstenoe· and source ot the objects. To date, sufficient evidence 1 ■ not evsilable to aupport an, f'lrm concludona. I am confident that when aclentific annlyaia ot available evidence eunport, a conclu the public vill be dUly intoNed. /_ %c->---u It h dncerel7 hoped that theee collll!l«nta v1ll allay 7ou/_~ i,.GLJ on thta aubJeot. '!'he manner in vb.1ch you. have soQ8ht an ~~~ r to • l.a \I.• IJJl N x~~~I'( 'l?oJ.~J
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