Project Blue Book File on Tremonton Film, Utah, 1952

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Mr. M. A. Monts
Air Force Press Room
Room 2E761, Pentagon

1 June 1956

MEMORANDUM FOR DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE

Attn: Lt Colonel T. R. Johnson, AFOIN-X

SUBJECT: (Uncld) UFO Movie

1. The following statements concerning two of the UFO sightings described in the recently released movie, are submitted in response to Mr. Monts' request of 29 May 1956.

a. The Marianna Case - Montana - 1950. The original Air Force conclusion, based on the interrogation of witnesses and the evaluation of the data, was that the UFOs were, in all probability, two Air Force F-94 fighter aircraft known to be in the vicinity at the time.

Simulated photographs of aircraft at various distances, made by an aircraft manufacturing firm in a recent independent and unsolicited analysis of the Marianna film, show striking similarity to the two white blops in this film.

Based on the degree of credibility accorded this early ATIC evaluation and the strong corroborative evidence supplied by the recent independent analysis, the Air Force has no compelling reason to alter its original conclusion.

b. The Newhouse Case - Utah - 1952. The original film was analyzed by an Air Force Photo Reconnaissance Laboratory shortly after the sighting. The conclusion reached was that a strong possibility existed that the bright spots of light appearing on the film were caused by seagulls soaring in thermal air currents. The credibility of the conclusion was undoubtedly supported by the presence of identifiable seagulls in some of the frames.

This conclusion was further strengthened by movies of seagulls, taken at various distances, which showed them as bright spots of light similar to those in the Newhouse film.

DECLASSIFIED Authority NND 923007

Mr. M. A. Monts, Air Force Press Room, Room 2E761, Pentagon