Before the Panel: The Great Falls and Tremonton Films

Part 39 of a series reassessing the documentary record behind the 1933 Magenta narrative. TL;DR The analysts disagreed. Two early color films became government UFO test cases: Mariana’s Great Falls lights in August 1950 and Newhouse’s Tremonton group on 2 July 1952. Ruppelt described Great Falls as unknown after reinvestigation. The CIA relayed ATIC’s doubts about birds and balloons; Navy analysts favored unidentified light sources; balloon specialists favored pillow balloons. The panel favor...