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Tremonton, Utah area context (modern street view geography; not the 1952 film frames)
Tremonton, Utah area context (modern street view geography; not the 1952 film frames) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (An Errant Knight / Wikimedia Commons) · Image source

Tremonton Utah 1952 Film Digitized — DOW-UAP-PR159

Navy photographer Delbert Newhouse’s 16mm Kodachrome reappears as a DoD digitization — old primary media as new access.

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Sources DVIDS DOW-UAP-PR159; NARA Project Blue Book Motion Picture Films (RG 341); EarthSky batch-6 summary; archives.gov Blue Book overview

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Approx. 41.7121, -112.1658 (public reference — verify on official maps before travel)

PURSUE batch 6 redistributes a digitization of Navy photographer Delbert Newhouse’s 16mm Kodachrome shot near Tremonton, Utah, on 2 July 1952. Blue Book reviewed the film in period; public captions note that surviving print material after roughly fifty-five seconds includes unrelated sewing-equipment footage — a provenance gap that belongs in the file, not the footnotes.

Old film, new portal

This is not a new 2026 event. It is archival media re-entering circulation through a modern DoD channel, with NARA’s Blue Book motion-picture series as the longer warehouse context. Status open on identity of the bright objects; cited on custody of the reel’s public derivatives.

Evidence ledger

Each claim in this file, the source it rests on, and how well it holds up: 3 corroborated · 2 unverified · 1 debunked. What the labels mean.

ClaimSourceType · dateStatus
Navy photographer Delbert Newhouse shot 16mm Kodachrome near Tremonton, Utah, on 2 July 1952.DVIDS DOW-UAP-PR159; NARA Project Blue Book Motion Picture Films (RG 341)official · 1952corroborated
Project Blue Book reviewed the film at the time.Not yet checked against a specific Blue Book record.archives.gov Blue Book overview (as cited)museum / archiveunverified
Surviving print after ~55 seconds includes unrelated sewing-equipment footage.DVIDS DOW-UAP-PR159 captionofficial · 18 Sep 2026corroborated
Companion Idaho mountain footage is missing.DVIDS DOW-UAP-PR159 caption, referencing D102official · 18 Sep 2026corroborated
The bright objects have been identified.The file keeps identity open.DVIDS DOW-UAP-PR159 caption; NARA Blue Book motion-picture seriesofficialunverified
The 2026 digitization is a new event.Old film re-entering circulation through a new portal.DVIDS caption; EarthSky batch-6 summaryofficial · 2026debunked

Updates

  1. Update

    Re-checked DVIDS DOW-UAP-PR159 (posted 18 Sep 2026): the public digitization of Newhouse’s 2 Jul 1952 Tremonton Kodachrome remains live. Official caption still notes limited detail, a sewing-equipment splice after ~55 seconds, and missing Idaho mountain companion footage referenced via D102. Old primary as new access — not a new 2026 event; identity unresolved.

    Sources DVIDS DOW-UAP-PR159 · archives.gov Project Blue Book overview · EarthSky PURSUE batch-6 summary

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