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.
This recording is associated with record(s) reviewed under Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force program established in 1952 to systematically collect, analyze, and evaluate UFO reports. Because the case predates the creation of AARO in 2023, its archival treatment fell to historical military documentation offices, and the full Project Blue Book file has been preserved and released.
This material was among records identified in response to Congressional oversight requests and was publicly released as part of the Department of War's disclosure initiative. The release is intended to promote transparency and enable independent analysis of UAP-related records held by the U.S. government.
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.
This film description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event's validity, nature, or significance.
The official conclusion reached through the Project Blue Book process is that this case remains an unresolved UAP report. The available evidence does not provide sufficient information to conclusively identify the observed objects as any specific conventional platform, nor does it contain observable characteristics that can be definitively categorized as anomalous. The designation "unresolved" reflects the determination that the available evidence is insufficient to reach a positive identification or to rule out conventional explanations.
This case is representative of a category of historical UAP reports where the age, condition, and limited detail of the available evidence are inadequate to support a definitive analytical conclusion. Such cases remain documented in the archival record and may be revisited if additional material becomes available.
- Q.01What was the true nature and origin of the observed phenomenon? Without independent sensor data -- including radar tracking, corroborating optical observations, or additional frames of film -- it is impossible to determine the objects' range, velocity, altitude, size, or physical composition.
- Q.02What additional archive footage or documentation relating to this incident exists but has not been publicly released? Whether further frames of the original film, additional witness statements, or supporting service records survive has not been addressed in any official public statement.
- Q.03What information has been redacted or withheld from this record, and how does that affect the completeness of the public record? The existence of unexplained segments of film footage means that the public cannot fully assess the operational and analytical context.
- Q.04Have any subsequent incidents involving similar characteristics been linked to this case? A comprehensive cross-referencing of UAP reports with matching signatures has not been conducted publicly.