1952: declassified UAP incidents — timeline.
11 UAP cases
1952 accounts for 11 UAP cases in this archive — 1 video, 9 documents, and 1 audio recording — released by CIA, Department of State, Department of War, and 1 more agency under the PURSUE program. Reported locations for the year include Tremonton, Utah, Boston, Massachusetts, and Various, among others. This page is part of the 1950s on the UAP Browser timeline; browse the full decade for more context on the years around it.
DOW-UAP-D102, Project Blue Book File on Tremonton Film, Utah, 1952
This Project Blue Book case file documents the U.S. Air Force and Navy investigation of the 16mm color motion picture footage that Navy Chief Petty Officer Delbert C. Newhouse shot on 2 July 1952, seven miles north of Tremonton, Utah, showi
DOW-UAP-D103, Project Blue Book Photo File Relating to Tremonton Film, Utah, 1952
During its investigation of a July 1952 film of an incident reported near Tremonton, Utah, Project Blue Book examined whether the objects recorded on film might have been “pillow balloons.” Project Blue Book was a U.S. Air Force program act
DOW-UAP-D105, U.S. Air Force Flying Discs File, 1952
This is a general Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) and Air Force Directorate of Intelligence (AFOIN-2A2) correspondence file from the intense 1952 flying-saucer reporting wave, compiled under Project Blue Book and signed variously b
DOW-UAP-D154, Transcript of a Presentation by Captain Edward J. Ruppelt, 1952
This is a verbatim transcript of a March 1952 briefing given by Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt, newly appointed project engineer of the U.S. Air Force's reorganized UFO investigation (soon to be named Project Blue Book). Ruppelt traces the project
▶ 70sDOW-UAP-PR159, Historical Film of Reported UFOs, Utah, 1952
Archival 16mm color film with a heavy blue color cast, visible film grain, vertical scratches, and a soft focus consistent with handheld footage. Most frames show a plain sky with no visible object; several frames contain a cluster of small
DOW-UAP-PR160, Presentation by Captain Edward J. Ruppelt, 1952
This is an audio recording of a March 1952 briefing given by Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt, newly appointed project engineer of the U.S. Air Force's reorganized UFO investigation (soon to be named Project Blue Book). The recording opens with equi
CIA-UAP-002, Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, Report, 1952-1953
This file contains correspondence and reports dated 1952–1953 from the Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, convened by the CIA’s Office of Scientific Intelligence. The panel’s primary conclusion was that “flying saucer
CIA-UAP-014, British activity in the Field of "Unidentified Flying Objects"
CIA-UAP-014 is a declassified SECRET Security Information memorandum for record dated 18 December 1952, titled "British Activity in the field of 'Unidentified Flying Objects,'" signed by H. Marshall Chadwell, Assistant Director for Scientif
FBI-UAP-D012, Newark Field Office, 1952-1967
This file details a special inquiry by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Newark Field Office of various reported sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in and near New Jersey between August 1952 and January 1967. These files in
FBI-UAP-D013, Washington State ‘UFO’ Investigation, 1952-1960
This file details an investigation of various sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) in Washington state between July 1952 and August 1960. This file includes memoranda and correspondence between the Federal Bureau of Investigation
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A short 2-page declassified memorandum dated 28 July 1952 (NND 852931). Page 1 is a cover note from an unnamed Air Force staffer to "Mr. Armstrong," relaying that Paul Nitze had asked what the Air Force thought about flying saucers, and for