Tremonton (Newhouse) film (Jul 1952).
disputedclose_encounterMajestic 12 & Disinfo
~1200 frames of 16mm Kodachrome by a 20-yr Navy chief photographer of a cluster of bright disc-like objects; >1000 man-hours by Navy/Air Force/Douglas judged them 'unidentifiable'.
A flagship film case: professional cameraman, extensive analysis calling the objects unidentifiable — BUT the CIA Robertson Panel + later analysts (Menzel, Hartmann) favored the prosaic 'seagulls/birds' reading, which critics dispute on the objects' constant brightness. Contested. Ties to the Robertson Panel (which used it to argue for debunking).