RELEASE 06 / DOW-UAP-D105
DOW-UAP-D105, U.S. Air Force Flying Discs File, 1952
- File ID
- DOW-UAP-D105
- Agency
- Department of War
- Release
- Release 06, 18 Sep 2026
- Event date
- September - December 1952 (read as Sep 1952 to Dec 1952; precision: range)
- Location
- Various
- Type
- Redactions
- None flagged
- Paired files
- DOW-UAP-PR159, DOW-UAP-D098, DOW-UAP-D102, DOW-UAP-D103, DOW-UAP-D104
The official record
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Official summary, as published
This file is an archival collection of U.S. Air Force Director of Intelligence records relating to reported “flying disc” incidents during the period from September through December 1952. Drawn from multiple governmental and non-governmental sources, it compiles a wide range of material associated with reported sightings and official handling of those observations, rather than presenting a single analytical conclusion on the nature or origin of “flying discs.” The contents include correspondence, memoranda, reporting forms, case summaries, distribution and routing material, and other administrative or intelligence-related documentation tied to flying-disc reporting and review during that period. Pages 26-36 of the file refer to an incident reported near Tremonton, Utah, in July 1952, in which a U.S. Navy Warrant Officer recorded film of unidentified objects that the Air Force later assessed were likely seabirds. Overall, the file is a broad documentary collection reflecting how such reports were recorded, circulated, and evaluated in late 1952.
Named in this file
9 namesPeople, programs and institutions from The Legacy Program research board whose names appear in this file, found by exact spelling against a hand-checked list. A match says only that the file names them, not what part they play. People and programs lists every file that names each one.
- Tier B Edward J. Ruppelt person
Named in pages 5, 87, 142.
First director, Project Blue Book
- Tier C Hoyt S. Vandenberg person
Named in pages 140, 218.
Air Force Chief of Staff (1948-1953); former DCI
- Tier B Gen. Charles P. Cabell person
Named in page 242.
Director of Intelligence, USAF, to 1953; Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, 1953 to 1962
- Tier A Project Blue Book program
Named in pages 11, 41, 53, 90, 129, 133, 134, 139 and 17 more.
Public-facing USAF UFO program (1952-1969)
- Tier A Air Technical Intelligence Center institution
Named in pages 3, 5, 11, 30, 31, 34, 44, 86 and 9 more.
USAF technical intelligence centre, Wright-Patterson AFB
- Tier A Central Intelligence Agency institution
Named in pages 3, 220.
Independent civilian foreign intelligence service; convener of the Robertson Panel
- Tier B Strategic Air Command (SAC) institution
Named in pages 6, 204, 206, 236.
The USAF major command that owned every installation in this cluster; the institutional spine of the nuclear-incursion record, 1946 to 1992
- Tier C National Security Council institution
Named in page 149.
Statutory body, 1947; the approving authority for covert action and the issuer of the NSC directive series
- Tier B Office of Naval Research institution
Named in page 225.
Created 1 August 1946 in the Office of the Secretary of the Navy; the Navy's research contracting authority
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