The Tremonton, Utah UFO Color Film July 2, 1952 Updated 14 June 2009 Francis Ridge: The NICAP site now has its own YouTube file containing both, once secret, Utah & Montana films. Considered controversial by some skeptics, these films were taken seriously by both the U.S. Air Force and the Navy. The Air Force and the Navy were convinced enough about Newhouse's credibility to spend considerable time and money on the analyses and to classify the Utah as "Secret". A few years ago I did a telephone interview with Newhouse and he stuck to his story throughout. What Newhouse and his wife saw BEFORE he was able to get the camera out and running, reportedly, were structured objects, described as "gunmetal-colored objects shaped like two saucers, one inverted on top of the other." Also noted by the analysts was the absence of any evidence to indicate birds such as fluttering. Air Force & Navy analysis: Birds and balloons immediately eliminated, within a five mile radius, aircraft could have easily been determined. In excess of five miles the objects were moving faster than aircraft could achieve, except in straightline speed runs. At the very least this was a good
daylight sighting
with two
witnesses (one very reputable) and good motion picture footage
that neither the Air Force, nor the Navy, and others could logically
explain. And, surprisingly, an FBI document illustrates the importance
of this incident. Also included are the Blue Book documents
found in the Project Blue Book Archives.
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The Full Story (Kevin Randle) The Newhouse Testimony - On-Camera The Early Analyses Nov 27, 1957 letter to Keyhoe from AF Press Desk Update: May 4, 1970 letter to Art Lundahl FBI Document The Utah Film - MAXW-PBB11 386-393 (Fran Ridge) The Official Analysis - MAXW-PBB11 405-418 (Fran Ridge) Photogrammetric Analysis - MAXW-PBB11 438-484 (Fran Ridge) Analyis vs Stand on "U.F.O." doc - NARA-PBB86-226 & MAXW-PBB11-411 (Fran Ridge) Recent letter from Newhouse (Francis Ridge) Michael Swords Comments on the Utah Film Keyhoe's Understanding of the (Tremonton) Case in Feb. 1953 (Mike Swords) An Isophotal Contour Densitometer (pdf file) NICAP Home Page |
