REV IE" . OF 10TIO. PICTURE II ID JTI F IED FLYTI~G OBJECTS !I RE:rURN :ro USAF Historical Archives ASI{ASHAF-A ) Maxwell AFB, Ala 36112 HOllywood Producers P w Movie Of Illusive ''Saucers'' Bv BOD THOMAS Atofla.tt Pre11 Wrllu HOLLYWOOD, April 23-What was described as official PentR- gon movies of "unidentified flyi ng objects" was prf'\iewed for t he press today and so-called flying saucers prove d t8 be bright, w hite and highly illusive. Producers Clarence Greene and Russell R ouse said their ~;oon- to-be released film is the first full-scale m ovie treatmen t of unex- plained air phenomena. ' The real meat of the 90-minute movie is a few seconds o f sketchy T he m ovie declares the Penta- . . . . gon decided these objects were f1lmmg of b right objects agam.st a neithe r aircraft, balloons, nor blue sk~. The produ.cers declmed bir ds. The final decision on their to explam how the f1lms were r e- ide n tity is o fficially "unknown." leased to them. T he Greene-Rouse movie ti Ued .Film clip ~o. 1 was taken by "Unident ifie d Flying 0 b j ~ c t s," Nicholas Mariana, general man-documents t he entir e flying saucer . ager of the Great Falls, Mont., controversy includin g the presence baseball club, ~t the ball park A':lg. of 14 unide ntified flying objects 15, 1950. The hlm shows two wh1te tracked by radar over \Vashing- spherical objects mo~ing laterally ton, D. C., on July 27, 1952. and at the same distance from A iding in the f ilm were Albert each other. M . Chop, f ormer press in formation Film clip No. 2 was photographed specialist a t t he P en ta gon ; Capt. Delbert C . Newhouse, Navy Edward J . Ruppelt, former chief photographer, on the Utah of "Project B lue Book," code name July 2, 1952. It shows a for Air Force investigation of un- dancing formation of from 7 to 16 identified flying objects, and Maj. white spots. As with the Montana Dewey J . Four net J r ., l iaison or - pi ctur es, these appear t o be in the ficer betwee n the P entagon and shape of two inverted saucera. Project Blue Book . J f:II~LD DA \"TON, 9~110, WED OUaRNAf~ H ' Reviewed In New Filrn Th~ subject or flying saucers i re\ lcwed in an alleged docu- mentary movie, unidentified Flying Objects," that is jul:,t as con- trove rs ial as the mysterious objects it attempts to CO\CI. ThP movie opens today at Locw's theater, and it should ptove particularly interesting because a former Daytonian, Al Chop, i.s the central charac ter. worked as a reporter fot The Dayton Daily N ews and for Acme Aluminum Alloys in pubJic relations before gettinJ; a job at \Vright-Pattcrson Air Force base in the public information office. Chop worked there as a wtiter, and later itt the Pentagon a t \Vashington, and the picture contends he devoted much of his time to writing about and handling news r~leases on flying objects. Th~ man who plays Chop, Tom Towers, a LoR Angeles newspaper-story attracted so much atte ntion man, serves as narrator and star when it was shown on TV the first of the film pulling all of the Jinks time that it was repeated within together. three weeks. Another key figure is Capt. -BRAINARD PLATT Edward J . Rup- pel t, now w i t h an aircraft com- pany, reportedly in charge of the flying saucer in- vestigation pro- ject at the field i n g Chop's time, the early The pIcture covers the sub- ject in documen-ToWt>l'8 tary fashion, ~lthough it do~s not ttavc the blessmg or the suppo1t of the Air Force. 1 Throug h the eyes of Chop the movie viewers witness interviews of persons who allegedJy s ighted saucers. Two reported movies made of distant saucers arc shown for the first time. Particularly suspensful arc the scenes taken in the Fort Knox flight tower, where observers arc following a group of unidentified objects being chased by pilots, one of whom is killed, and at a Wash- ington airpor t where a number of objects are caught on the radar screen as they fly over the city. In nn effort to substantiate th<> story, the picture makes no effort to show closeups of flying saucers and ndmits a great majority or 'the reports of saucers have been explained, that only a few objects remain unidentified. The picture does pro\'ide some interesting moments, and pro\'oke some thoughts as well as somr skepticism, particularly in this writer when Chop, before taking the j ob at the base, talks with his former managing editor and is Ohop (pl y ~ by to Tot r ), ppolnt@d s Oh1er, 1r a uc r por e "unadul t ~bun~." I r, chop 1 ~on, and ;ale d to" roject 1 ook.ft ~. ichol11 photo ph d d cr1be , to U 1nt color f11 ov r Gre t nc ott1c r, t o UFO' 3 Cbop and a.uc r ru . conclud a ' top a1u book tart vt w t In 111 enc oh1 t cla1 o a1rcratt, not b1rd , ot , "Hov bou th t b&lloone, not rek d. (T onton, UtAM) Otrtc1 1 .,ort 4 to A1r orce bn~.u1 ~tct h1n ton ra ar aoo~. urround d b roup of e1 UFO on 1 1 t G r dsr sc d B'ly1n ObJ Pho oe court ot la a Ol"''('m- y Un1 t. d Art1 t oun-I'EN1'A (;(J To Be Relea 'Cd Ma JIOLLYWOOD. April :!1.-CPI A ic mad e al-. a documcntar.Y- ,., t~pe ~tory o r the flyi sauce.r -contro' cr. y is chcdulcd for re- Ptoducct~ Cla rene e Green 8 nd Russc II nou~<' ~mid a l a ;>tess Pl'<'vicw ~c~tcrday that the film brings nut "one indi putable fact, that flying saucer" a te here." lin\\ f'Hr, .\lr " '' <'rf'tan Umt:,ltl Qu~t.rle" nnnoumNl ln~t Odoh r that an ~l~hl~rttr .\lr t'on~ ln- \ 'estigallon of nrtLrly :moo 'l~ht- '"' aroduccd ''no 0\ JcJcncr flf the exhttt"nce or th~ llO(Htl: rl~. trrmecJ fl) lng PHHH'<' r" ." Tht> ,\ h } 'orce ~alcJ ni l but 3 pt' r ctllt \\~re ldcnlifl<cJ. The 90-minule mod<:', " UnidC'nt 1-~ fird F'lying O bj<:'cls, is p e gged tn "hal arc dcsc-ttbcd a s officia l Pentago n film clips of unidcntit iecl ohjcct <\ in fl igh I. ThC' pmthucrs dC'clinc d to sa~ how the PC'ntngon hots "ere releas e d to them . CLII~ ~0. J \\as 1akcn ll\ 1c 1'\icholas ::\larianA, g-cnC'ral m~n- '~Movie Of Illusive ''Saucers'' ">C agct o f the G!'rat Falls, l\lont .. \~ baseball C'lub, at the hnllpa t k Aug. J :l, J!J:>U. It ,ho\\s '" n "h1tc it spherical object o.; m m in~ latcntlly sci and at the same distance ftom c eac h othet. Bv ROR TH0\1.\~ A 1oda t I'd rrns W rlt rr j HOLLYWOOD. April 23-\Vhat waCi d<'~crihC'd a~ ofttcial PPnl~- gon mo"ies of "unid e ntified flying ohjrcts" "SCi pre' le\\ed for tl'tP pe~ ~ pres s today and so-called !lying sauce1s pro' cd to be brig-ht, white and I highly illusive. I'H Producers C larenc e Greene and Russell Rouse said their soo~m: to-be relPased f ilm is the first full-scale mo,ie treatmen t of unex-" plained air phenomena. The real meat o f the 90-minule movie is a few seconds or sketchy Thr n:ovie d<'clarcs !h-Penta- . . . . . gon decJd e d these obJects '"ere ( f!lmmg of bnght obJects agam.st a 1 neither a i r c r a f t , balloons, nor blue sk~. The produ.ccrs dechned birds. The final dcci ion on theit , r< to explam how the f1lms were re- i d entity is Qfficiall} "unkno" n ." leased to them. The Greene-Rouse mo,ie, tit ~ Film clip No. 1 was taken b y "Unidentified Flying 0 b j e c t s." ~icholac; Mariana, general man-doc ument s the C'ntire flying auc<'r age r of the Great Falls, Mont., contro\ ersy including the prcsPnc e I S ba e ball club, a t the ball par k Aug. I of 14 unidentified flying objects 13, 1950. The film shows t\\' 0 white tracked by radar over Washing- Pherical objects movin g laterally ton, D . C., on July 27, 1952. and at the same distance from A iding in the film were Albe r t each other. :\t. Chop, former press infol'mation Bl F lm clip ~o. 2 was photographed specialist at the Pentagon ; Capt. I b~ Dct'her t C. Newhou~e. N avy Edward J . Ruppelt. former chief c l lPf Phot o grapher. on the Utah I o r "Project Blue Book," code name dC'"rrl Ju1v 2. 1952. It shO\\ S a for Air Force inv<'. tigat1on of un- dancin~ tn;mlltion of from 7 to 16 identilicd fl~ing objects . . a~d :l\laj . ''ht t r ~00\o:. As wHh the Montana!Dcv.e~ J . Fournel .Jr. ltat.on of- p tcturrc:, \hp e appear to be in the ficer hctwef'n the Pentagon and sha!Je o{ l\'.o imerted sauce rs. Project Blue Book. 11 C li p No. 2 "r\Ci phnfo~I'Hphrcl h,,. ~I Na\y Clu f Photo~' aphPt' JJrlh"t'l ' C :\r\\ hnu-.r on lh<' l ' f th de c' t'l r furmntion of f t om 7 to lli white Thr pi<'lurP '"~ ~ th.-Prnt.t!"ll lC' clctidPd tlw~ uhjPd" " t' rl' -... neither aircraft, ballou11~ no Ov hint" aud da itlt>d th<'m Cllfi dally a, "unknO\\ n." at The mo' ie ~"<'niC'rs on the stor, of Albert :\1. Chop "ho a s a publi~ lC information ::,pecialis l "flS a s l e signed to the fl\ ing saucer s t ud v U by the Pentagon and the Air ~Ia- 1 tcriE'I Command.*Thc part of Cho p c-is played b y Tom To\\ el's , a\ialion . .., wl'itcr. for t he Los Angeles J? E~mr .. ")r. Chop, now a puhlrc rc- . lat10n s man at Douglas Airc raft ( o.. is A former Da) to n Datly J News taff ,,,.J.t "'t' f :ornuo~er Acuuitl<'(l ir De ense An Air Defense Co mmand order which banned Ground Observer Corps efforts to publicize o documentary UFO film has recently been revealed to NICAP. The ADC on fol lowed o request b y the 4674th Ground Observer Squadron, Miami, to use o GOC display in connecti o n with the moving picture "Unidentified Fly ing Objec t s. A copy o f the order fo ll o ws: Headquarters 4674th GROUND OBSERVER SQUADRON United States A ir Force Dobbins Air F tta, Georgia United A rtists Film "UFO" Co mmander, A I I Detachments 4674th G round Observer Squadron The following message from ADC is quo ted for your information and guidance: ADHIS 22573. Disapprove requests for GOC Display in connection with commercial pertaining to the cont roversial subject of flying saucers. Use of Display would involve the ri sk that Air Force could be considered as endorsing subject matter and a u thenticity o f the filmed version of flying saucers." BY ORDER O F THE COMMANDER: official request to tie in the GOC progra m with the documentary United Artists f ilm was mode by Copt. Wi II iom B. Walburn, UFAF, C ommander of Detach- 8, 4674th Squadron. The ADC refusal seems to answer, once a nd for all, the question which NICAP members hove frequent I y asked: Was the documentary film "Unidentified Flying Objects" produced w ith Air Fore~ coope ration-or against its wishes? From letters received, it appears that less than ha lf of NICAP's members sow this moving picture, which includes the famous Tremonton, Utah film taken by Warrant Officer D. C. Newhouse, and the movie of two UFO's token by Nick Moriono at Great Fol Is, Montano. Even those w ho did see the picture may be unaware of the steps w hich led to pub I ic use of the Newhouse and Maria no shots. DONALD A . Z EINE, Major USAF THE UFO IHVEST\G~TOR pie pons, one inverted o n top o f the otht The film was secretly analyzed for month!., first by the A ir Force then by the Navy . Conclusion: The UFO's were no t conven- al objects . AI Chop also took port in the story that mode headlines in July 1952 during the UFO sightings over Washingto n Notional Airport. Wi th Major Dewey Fournet {no w member o f NICAP's Boord of G o vernors) watched Control Center radar expert s track o group of mysterious objects. Botl he and Fournet also heard on AF jet pi lot' tense radio report t hat the UFO's wer< c losing in on him-on incident later re loted in the documentary film. When Chop resigned in 1953 to toke o public relations job with o n aircraft firm, he and Captain Edward Ruppelt met in California with film p roducer Clarence Green and the ideo of the movie was born. By this time Ruppelt was on inac t ive duty and free, like Chop, to express his personal beliefs. G reen, senior partner of G reen-Rouse Productions, was trongly interested be c a use he hod seen e!t UFO o few years before. orking together, Ruppe It, Cho p and Clarence Green persuaded Warrant Officer (Continued on Page 15) The a c t ion for narrative purposes in the film is centered on Albert M. Chop, former Air Force publi c relations officia l w ho handled UFO information in the Pentagon. (Chop is now o NICAP Special Adviser.) Cleared for secret reports, Chop learned of the officially analyzed Mariano film token o n August 15, 1950, which shows two si Ivery-looking discs flying over the Great Falls baseball pork. Scene from United Artist release, "UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS." Left to right: In 1952 Chop learned of the Newhouse moving picture token o n July 2, o color film which shows o formation of UFO's maneuvering over Utah. Later Newho use described the objects as resembling two Holden, Navy radar expert; Albert M. Chop, Air Force press o ff icial; Major Dewey rnet, Pentagon Liaison Officer; and CAA Air Traffic Controller Harry Barnes. Chop was portrayed in the film by To m Towers, Aviation Editor of the Los Angele s Examiner, w ho has been interested in UFO's for some time and often writes on the subject in his umns. The other roles were played by actors. Newho use a nd Nick Mariana to let their UFO films be used. Since the Air Force ha d publ ic ly s tated that the films were the personal property of these men, there was violatio n of security, though the Air rce still refused to let t he press and the public see the official copies. Producer G reen offered the A ir Fo rc e full cooperation, the official analysis reports of the two films were not released to him. Some Air Fo rce officers privately favored giving Green-and the public- all available evidence, but they were overr uled. er the documentary fi I m was rele ased the Air Force denied it had cleared, spon- sored, or in any way coord inated any mot ion pictures on UFO's. The recent Air Defense Command a ction, cited at the tart of this story, should end all con- jecture that this was on official step toward "educating t he public. Despite this, the pi cture has performed great service. Many former skeptics have reported their conviction as to the ality of UFO's after seeing this film. NICAP urges members who have not seen it to secure repeat runs at local theaters. In several cases, UFO clubs or groups have arranged for special showings at low rates, usually at hours whe n theaters no rmally have small audiences. We believe this factual revelation of UFO evidence will be well worth any specia l efforts required, for despi t e the ck of an Air Force blessing, this is an important ste p to ward ending offic ial recrecy. e SECRE~ SAUCER MOVIES FINALLY ~0 DE SEEN BY PUBLIC: I t w s nnow. n r cent.ly that Gre r.o- Rouse Producticr!a of Hol ywoocl rlll releaee -1 e. th docu::nento..ry movie on aa tccre some time in V.ay. The documentary \o'l 11 ~O" tain two a ctu l motion pict ro clips of saucers one taken on July 2, 1952, by Warrant Of'ficer Dclb rt C. Newhouse (the famous remonton film which Keyhoe talks no much about 1n his Flyinr Saucers f rom Outer Space'); and the other taken ill l-\cntana on Au uat 15, 1?50, by Nichol s ri na. Theee films were kept from the public by the r Fore for a. long ime. ow that they are f.n lly nv ilable, ,hey ol1ould be of great interest to 11 people interested ir1 .he subject of s 1cers. l (01lltl1 on thl 1. tc I JtO". \Vh\1 I t~ tt"lJC' and knn~ n t o rn t t ~ llC nt , but \\: it, it i n o mud1 th 'hn~ , f the c po1tr s 1t 1 the rel ".....,. ' f 1 r.w t.\'ld n' e urrounthng th ca , n ably th \\f". hmgt 11 D. " dar pt :;de of 1 Q 2 I so of n1t r l 1 th rd ' f th 'I 1 1 nnt n anti i 1lana fila 1 , l,,n ' upprc cJ fHJ 1 pubhc JC\ i w. But, no n l'lll wtllin t t ll hnw ;;,uch tilm w, fmally C)(tracted frcm1 U} r "' 1 cy <r \ld'' .llu\ "hy the tad~ ''ere dL lo \ t ,a, hnl-{ the int lligent nan '' er pf UFO' m th \ r tung-ton ~<tar : ti.dr. l "nrious, the w ritcr wrote to th . ir F ( r c Pre~ l l' ~ a k mg n1H\ll que. twns 1 i g >t tht lc c m1 Icpl), tlatc\.1 Jun , aysr.,, ftont 1ajos \ViHian1 Jant 'I am orr) tt1.tl tit \ir FuHt: 1s unal.le ll mm nt ~t th tn 'ae "l"FO ' Thi mt \'tC a n t ~ uhmittcd tc th \tr 1~ c 1 ~ pnor rel e '' a th.lt' B 1t up n mg th Tren1ontnn nffi 1 cxplana ic n for that fih11 not ' 111m, l hnd t h ~tmplc-1\ ktt r t\Cd fn.m C~ptam H. \Vlut , T r ~' 'ntun film has ve been 111. d,. and It 1 .}K k~ 1 cpt t nt 1111 rra Ot') hinl~. 1 t 1. rlouhtful that an (unclu iv~ dt:t~rnm attun y. 11l ev 1 b tn de tth e th 1 t o !Jul,. t t r thtlnS h ~ Cart Ru>pt t' a'' th hhn hnuld t a 11~ to d t r nm hu us. . "couhn t ' ph t graphrr, l lt 1 \\h u . )S th<') \\CH' nlt and 'i<IIC conctn More Space Set For Weekends Untversal International has begu n what David lipto n . v.-p ., t erms "a radtcal departure from established ad- vert1s1n g patterns tn newspape rs 1n Los Angeles, N e w Orleans and several ~mailer c tt1es throughout the country . The <!xperul"ent is primar ily a switc h tn the timng o f the largest s ized ad vert isement s Ins tead o f geanng campa1gns on es so tha t all the large ads appear pnor to the actual opentng o f a film, the new format calls fo r a t leas t one of the maJOr si zed ads t o appear on the Fnday o r Saturday Immediat e ly fo l- lowing the m1d-week opening. ccording to Ltpton, the experiment was p rompted by n o tceable difference~ tn t h e week-day against weekend per- formances o f certain pictures that have particula rl y h ig h appeal to the youth and family trade. These films , appeal- ing t o the yout h -family trade. in som e ins tances. receive a s high a s 80 per- cent o f thetr take> on weekends. On the othe r hand, the so-called " wom- en'r" ptctures are n o t getting t h e spe- Cial newspaper ad treatment. The U -1 executtve satd that tt ts s ttll too early to draw any def1n1te conclu- as t o consts tent boxo ffice results and he emphas1zed that the expert- .. br-:r.s cond-.~cted wtth the com- plet e coopera tton o f the theatres tn- U-1 Clobal Meet l Conttnued from Page I I Ltpton, v . -p. Attendtng from the U - 1 fo reign department tn New York w tll be Be n M. C ohn, assistant foreign man- ager; Fe ltx Sommer. v.-p.; Fortunat Baronat, fo reign publ1city director; Jo - seph Mazer, head of the 16mm d e - partment, and I rv1ng Weiss. manager c f the service