1952: declassified UAP incidents — timeline.
13 UAP cases
1952 accounts for 13 UAP cases in this archive — 1 video, 11 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 Italy, 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.
UFO report: sphere over Sardinia, Italy, 1952 (USAF)
This is a U.S. Air Force Air Intelligence Information Report (IR-700-53) dated 15 December 1953 from the Air Attache in Rome (Lt. Col. Joseph A. Woida), transmitting a translated report by Prof. G. B. Sias of Sassari, Sardinia, about an unu
UFO report: Boy Scouts see flying saucers, Catalina, 1952
This is a U.S. Air Force Air Intelligence Information Report (AF Form 112) dated 28 August 1952 from the 807th Air Base Group, March Air Force Base, about alleged 'Flying Saucers' near Santa Catalina Island, off southern California. It repo
Tremonton UFO film: Project Blue Book file, Utah, 1952
This Project Blue Book case file concerns the 16mm color film shot by Delbert C. Newhouse (a Navy chief petty officer in one message, a warrant officer in other papers) on 2 July 1952, about 7 miles north of Tremonton, Utah, at roughly 11:0
Tremonton UFO photos: Project Blue Book file, 1952
This is a 5-page excerpt of a Project Blue Book photo file relating to the Tremonton, Utah film. Page 1 is a file header reading 'Files 1377 & 1415, Tremonton, Utah, 2 photos', with a date line (July 1952) carrying a handwritten correction.
USAF Flying Discs file: UFO reports, 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
Ruppelt’s Project Blue Book UFO briefing, 1952 transcript
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
▶ 70sTremonton UFO film, Utah, 1952 (Navy’s Newhouse)
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
Ruppelt’s Project Blue Book UFO briefing, 1952 audio
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
Robertson Panel UFO report, CIA, 1952-1953
This 42-page CIA file documents the Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, known as the Robertson Panel, convened by the CIA's Office of Scientific Intelligence in January 1953 at the direction of Director of Central Inte
CIA memo on British UFO investigation, 1952
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 Newark file on UFO sightings in New Jersey, 1952
This 66-page FBI Newark Field Office file (classification 100-36998, copied for FOIPA in 1985) collects UFO-related reports and correspondence from 1952 to 1967. It opens in August 1952 when the Air Force Office of Special Investigations as
FBI Flying Discs file: UFO sightings in Washington State
This is the FBI Seattle Field Office file 100-18945, subtitled "Flying Discs" (Vol. 1), which gathers reports of unidentified objects in Washington State from July 1952 to August 1960. It consists of newspaper clippings, FBI office memorand
State Department memo on UFO sightings, July 1952
A two-page memorandum dated July 28, 1952, stamped SECRET (struck through) and marked DECLASSIFIED NND 852931. Page 1 is a cover note signed "F.H." to "Mr. Armstrong": Paul Nitze asked what the Air Force thought about the flying saucers, an