Navy 1953 Analysis of Utah and Montana Films — DOW-UAP-D098
A declassified Naval Photographic Interpretation Center progress report charts the 1952 Utah and 1950 Montana movies without settling a modern ET claim.
Sources war.gov/UFO (PURSUE Release 05 document drop); DOW-UAP-D098 indexes; archives.gov Blue Book overview
PURSUE Release 05 (7 August 2026) resurfaces DOW-UAP-D098, a Naval Photographic Interpretation Center progress report analyzing the 1952 Utah (Tremonton) and 1950 Montana (Mariana / Great Falls) films. Charts and photogrammetry arguments appear without converting into a twenty-first-century extraterrestrial identification.
Document-first
Historical analysts disagreed; the ledger cites the paper trail rather than refereeing their ghosts. Prefer the war.gov PDF when available over secondary indexes. Status cited: the report exists as a public archival object; the films’ objects remain separately open.
Evidence ledger
Each claim in this file, the source it rests on, and how well it holds up: 1 corroborated · 1 disputed · 1 debunked. What the labels mean.
| Claim | Source | Type · date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| PURSUE Release 05 resurfaces DOW-UAP-D098, a Naval Photographic Interpretation Center report on the Tremonton and Great Falls films. | war.gov/UFO (Release 05); DOW-UAP-D098 indexes | official · 7 Aug 2026 | corroborated |
| Period analysts agreed on what the films showed. | DOW-UAP-D098; archives.gov Blue Book overview | official | disputed |
| The report identifies the objects as extraterrestrial. | DOW-UAP-D098 indexes | official | debunked |
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