1952 • Department of War
Tremonton 16mm Film Digitization
Official source media, embedded from the official FullDisclosr YouTube channel for accessibility.
What the Video Shows
The surviving digitization contains the Tremonton film sequence. From 00:55 onward, it transitions to unrelated material appearing to show a demonstration of sewing equipment. The official source does not provide a more granular shot-by-shot description of the preceding sequence.
Full Record Description
Release 06 · Official Video Record
DOW-UAP-PR159 — Tremonton Archival Film, 1952
Official Release 06 digitization of a 16mm print associated with the 1952 Tremonton case reviewed by Project Blue Book.
This Release 06 record is a digitization of a 16mm print associated with Delbert C. Newhouse’s July 2, 1952 Tremonton film, later reviewed by Project Blue Book.
DOW-UAP-PR159 is an official Release 06 VID record titled “DOW-UAP-PR159, Historical Film of Reported UFOs, Utah, 1952.” This Release 06 record is a digitization of a 16mm print associated with Delbert C. Newhouse’s July 2, 1952 Tremonton film, later reviewed by Project Blue Book. The surviving digitization contains the Tremonton film sequence. From 00:55 onward, it transitions to unrelated material appearing to show a demonstration of sewing equipment. The official source does not provide a more granular shot-by-shot description of the preceding sequence. This media item is linked to DOW-UAP-D098, DOW-UAP-D098, Film Analysis of Unidentified Objects, 1953. The linked report context is separate from the primary media record and should not be treated as directly recorded in the primary media unless supported by the media description. The official source states that limited detail and the absence of fixed reference points prevented a conclusive resolution. It also notes that the surviving print includes unrelated material after 00:55 and may be a composite or reused print, without establishing how or when the materials were combined.
Official Source Context
The primary source record is DOW-UAP-PR159, an official Department of War video record titled “DOW-UAP-PR159, Historical Film of Reported UFOs, Utah, 1952.” According to the official source description: This archival footage is a digitization of a 16mm print of Kodachrome color motion-picture film shot on a handheld Bell & Howell Auto Master camera near Tremonton, Utah, on July 2, 1952. U.S. Navy Chief Warrant Officer Delbert C. Newhouse reported observing and filming a group of bright airborne objects and shortly thereafter submitted the footage to the U.S. Air Force. The film later became one of the visual cases reviewed by Project Blue Book, the 1952–1969 U.S. Air Force program that investigated the nature and origin of unidentified flying objects (UFOs). The film’s limited detail and lack of fixed reference points prevented a conclusive resolution. From the 55-second mark onward, the film transitions to unrelated footage appearing to show a demonstration of sewing equipment. The presence of unrelated sewing-equipment footage suggests that the surviving footage may be a composite or reused print, though the available record does not establish how or when the materials came to be combined. As documented in records submitted with the film, contained in this collection under the title DOW-UAP-D102, the footage originally was paired with mountain scenery from Idaho, which is not preserved in this digitization.
Source Summary
Record Metadata
- FD-R06-VID001
- DOD_111985807.mp4
- VID
- DOW-UAP-PR159
- DOW-UAP-PR159, Historical Film of Reported UFOs, Utah, 1952
- Department of War
- July 2, 1952
- Tremonton, Utah
- 0JZGSXv7lcw
- draft
- NO
- DOW-UAP-D098
- DOW-UAP-D098, Film Analysis of Unidentified Objects, 1953
- Primary asset context comes from DOW-UAP-PR159. Linked report context comes from DOW-UAP-D098; website copy keeps both source contexts separate.
Related Source Material
This media item is linked to DOW-UAP-D098, DOW-UAP-D098, Film Analysis of Unidentified Objects, 1953. The linked report context is separate from the primary media record and should not be treated as directly recorded in the primary media unless supported by the media description.
Why This Record Matters
This record matters because it preserves the archival moving-image material at the center of the 1952 Tremonton case and can be read alongside the separate historical analysis records.
FullDisclosr Editorial Note
FullDisclosr presents this item as official source media, not as proof of any conclusion about the nature of the recorded object or event.
Source Limitations / Caution
The official source states that limited detail and the absence of fixed reference points prevented a conclusive resolution. It also notes that the surviving print includes unrelated material after 00:55 and may be a composite or reused print, without establishing how or when the materials were combined.
Source Caution
The official source states that limited detail and the absence of fixed reference points prevented a conclusive resolution. It also notes that the surviving print includes unrelated material after 00:55 and may be a composite or reused print, without establishing how or when the materials were combined.