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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-2A.2 Maj J~d~l379 Wrtl 9 Oct 52 · ) (Unclaseitied) J!aterial for Project lllue Book ~ Chief, Air Technical Dept of the Air l'orce ~ Intelligence Center Bq USAJ' - DOIS MaJ "aurnet/dbY/71379 o 1fript--Jtatters01L AJ'B Ohio l. Incloaed are reprodncUone of three color traneparenciea taken by Mr. W&l.lace Litvin, an American press photographer, in the vic1nit7 of the !laftl. formation plrticlpating 1n Operation Main.brace on 20 Sep 52. 'J.'he attached er,p7 of e a letter troa Mr. 'I. :aichard Anderson of the Metropolitan Sanda7 Benpa:peN, Inc. dated 2 Oct 62 ( see In.cl 2) include• all data on this sighting presently a'Virllable~ ~ this office. Y 2. The original photographs were returned to ~r. Anderson with a letter e>a ~ pressing our sincere thank• fo.r hia cooperation in maldng the photographs available ~ to ua. The photographs were enlarged b7 Rfl tJSAJ' from the or1f:1nal al- x 3f inch . dse to the preeent eise; the vertical d1Jaenaion of the copies correll})ond to the coverage in the orig1.nal. photographs (enlargement ratio 2.2515) . fheae are the ~· onl.7 copiee vhlch were made; none are tiled in lleadquartera. An enlarged reversal print ot the aecond tranapart=1ney b att!lohed (Inc1 3); 1t •• made to ahov that the image is •till round • Photograpbn are 'for oftictal UH onl,:. not for release. 3. A cable to ClliClilOR!l'R, with 1ni"ormat1on cop y to 7ou1 w s dispatched 3 Oct 52 requeetinc information on balloon rel•••• b7 iahlpa in the Bava! formation. Meaaage nWllber is UOI!J 59530. - 4 . A cow ot QFJqtf Botice 3820 is attached ae lJ:lcl 4 for 7our information and retention. j '3 :;J_ ti I 1 ,rr, C- 4 Incle (w/orig only) WILLI.AM A. ADAMS l. Pkg ot 3 photoa Col.onel, tJSAJ!' 2. 07, ltr fr Kr. 7.B. Anderson Chief , Topical Diviaion dtd 2 Oct 52 Depu\J'. Director for Estimates 3. Photo Directorate of Intelligence, ocs/o 4. ~ OPBA.T l'otioe 3820 No M/R necessary, self-explanatory. COORDINATION: AFOIN-2A2 /μ. If~ /J,AFOIN-2A~~ I ~ ~ ~ J.U, 0 , ~.l
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