Project Blue Book File on Tremonton Film, Utah, 1952

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1. ITEM NO. | 2. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION | 3. DATE TRANSMITTED
UNCLASSIFIED |  | 3 February 1953
4. FROM: (Name & Symbol)
Capt E. J. Ruppelt, ATIAE-5 | 5. TO: (Name & Symbol)
Capt Harry Smith, AFOIN-2A2
Security Information. Reference telephone call from Capt Ruppelt to Capt Harry Smith on 2 Feb 53 regarding data for press release on Tremonton movies. Request final of press release be forwarded by telecon to ATIC for coordination. Movies were taken seven miles north of Tremonton, Utah, on U.S. Highway 30S at 1110 MST on 2 July 52. Camera used was a Bell and Howell Auto Master with the three inch telephoto lens. Camera was hand-held. First few feet of film were taken at F-8; balance at F-16. Sixteen frames per second were used. Movies were taken by Chief Petty Officer Delbert C. Newhouse, 177273 Aviation Supply Depot, Naval Supply Center, Oakland, Calif. Newhouse was driving from Washington, D.C., to Portland, Oregon, on the morning of 2 July 52 when his wife noticed a group of objects in the sky that she could not identify. She asked Newhouse to stop the car and look. There were a group of objects that bore no relation to anything he had seen before, he stated, milling about in a rough formation and proceeding in an apparent westerly direction. He opened the luggage compartment of his car, got a movie camera out of his suitcase and took the pictures. There was no reference point in the sky so it was impossible for (If more space is needed, continue on a plain sheet of paper.)
7. ORIGINATED BY: (Name, Symbol, Date)
Capt E.J. Ruppelt, ATIAE-5, 3 Feb 53 | 8. COORDINATED BY: (Name, Symbol, Date)
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9. AUTHORIZED BY:
DOWNGRADED AT 8 YEAR INTERVALS; DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. DOD DIR 5200.10 |
Air Adjudant General, ATIPA | UNCLASSIFIED

ATIC Form 200 (11 Dec 51)

DECLASSIFIED Authority NND 923007