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USAF California UFO Film Reels, 1952-1975

Archival footage depicts clusters of saucer-shaped objects and unidentified flying objects over California.

Event

Pending

Location

Pending

Source

National Archives UAP Bulk Downloads

AI Disclosure Brief

AI assisted

Reported Object Read

Footage shows unidentified flying objects including saucer-shaped objects, clusters of UFOs, and glowing phenomena, some possibly birds, captured in long shots, medium shots, and close-ups.

Notable Characteristics

  • Color: white
  • Luminosity: glow
  • Sound: silent

Reported Motion

  • flying in clusters, sudden appearance

Evidence Notes

  • Detailed shot list describes multiple UFO sequences across two reels.
  • Digital MP4 files available from NARA.

NARA-preserved USAF film shows purported UFOs with saucer shapes and clusters, though shot list notes possible birds; primary value in archival visual record.

Shape read

Disc

Sensors

visual

AI confidence

85%

Prosaic Leads

  • Birds in distance
  • Projection screen artifacts

Anomalous Indicators

  • Sudden appearance of saucer objects
  • Clusters of multiple UFOs

Evidence Gaps

  • Exact event dates
  • Filming context and authenticity verification
  • Sound content (noted as silent)
External reference status: Unverified

Evidence Quotes // source statements

Open archive
Craft SightingExact quote
"Scenes of purported Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), including purported Flying Saucers."

Unknown speaker / NARA

Shot list summary

Source

Pattern Mesh // linked sightings

Score 108 shared tags

Kronkite and Cooper on UFOs Audio

NASA archival audio tape features Walter Cronkite and astronaut Gordon Cooper discussing UFOs.

Same source archive

Shared tags: item, json, moving

Score 108 shared tags

Fort Belvoir Saucer Lab, 1952

Army physicist crafts flying saucers to order in Virginia laboratory.

Same source archive

Shared tags: item, json, moving

Score 108 shared tags

Flying Saucer Wreck in Tobacco Shed, 1949

Air Force discovers novel round-wing craft in Maryland shed amid saucer stir.

Same source archive

Shared tags: item, json, moving

Score 108 shared tags

UFOs Fact or Fiction Broadcast, 1974

WWDC radio documentary probes Project Blue Book and UFO debates with military, scientists, aviators.

Same source archive

Shared tags: item, json, moving

Score 108 shared tags

CIA UFO Film from Montana and Utah, 1956

Silent footage of unidentified flying objects analyzed by Air Force and Navy labs, unidentifiable.

Same source archive

Shared tags: item, json, moving

Score 108 shared tags

NARA Catalog Export: Unidentified Flying Objects

National Archives metadata compilation on UFO records from moving images and sound.

Same source archive

Shared tags: item, json, moving

Chronology Trace // before & after

No dated sibling signals are available yet.

Official Files // source material

1 linked
Json

USAF UFO sightings, California

[ { "levelOfDescription": "item", "recordType": "description", "shotList": "Scenes of purported Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), including purported Flying Saucers. Reel 1: 24' 1) LS of three unidentified flying objects followed by cluster of UFOs. 64' 2) MS of bird flying, then sudden appearance of white saucer-shaped objects, which might also be birds in distance. 87' 3) LS five UFOs. 99' 4) MS two UFOs flying by apparent oil derrick. 138' 5) CU man in cowboy outfit smoking cigarette with UFO in background across sky. 165' Total footage in reel. Reel 2: 10' 1) MS of repeating glow in upper right frame. 180' 2) CU small saucer-like objects moving on what appears to be television screen or motion picture screen with finger pointing out different objects. 280' Total footag