Tremonton, Utah UFO Filming
Chief Petty Officer Delbert C. Newhouse filmed approximately 30 feet of 16mm color motion picture film showing a group of 10-12 unidentified objects milling about in rough formation proceeding westerly near Tremonton, Utah. One object reversed course and was tracked separately across the camera field of view multiple times.
“Movies were taken seven miles north of Tremonton, Utah, on U.S. Highway 30S at 1110 MST on 2 July 52, Gamera used was a Bell and Howell Auto Mester with the three inch telephoto lens, Gamera was hand-held. First few feet of film were taken at FeS; balance at F416, Sixteen fPalies per Second were used, Movies were taken by Chief Petty Officer Delbert C. Newhouse, 177273 Aviation Supply Depot, Naval Supply Center, Oaklend, Calif, Newhouse wes 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.”
Verbatim from DOW-UAP-D102.pdf · View original on war.gov
Case details
- Date
- 1952-07-02
- Date exactness
- Known to the day
- Location
- seven miles north of Tremonton, Utah, on U.S. Highway 30S
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Utah
- Branch
- USN
- Unit
- Aviation Supply Depot, Naval Supply Center, Oakland, California
- Sensors
- eyewitness, video
- Shape
- gun metal colored objects shaped like two saucers, one inverted on top of the other; oblate or disk shaped
- Size
- subtended about the same angle as B-29s at 10,000 feet (about half a degree); maximum and minimum size 98 and 16 feet
Resolution
Analysis ruled out balloons, birds, aircraft based on acceleration and velocity computations; hypothesis of light sources or highly reflective non-spherical objects; some analysis suggested seagulls or pillow balloons but evidence was contradictory
Source document
Quote checked against the original file.
This sighting
seven miles north of Tremonton, Utah, on U.S. Highway 30S / 1952
- DOW-UAP-D102.pdf — Written report of this sighting