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This is a reading of document number one nine five two dash zero seven four nine seven six dash NEWYORKNY, an Air Intelligence Information Report issued by the United States Air Force in July nineteen fifty‑two. The file appears in the public archive of The Black Vault, a repository for declassified government records. The document was released to the public through The Black Vault’s online archive. The entry is listed under the identifier 1952‑07‑7480976‑NEWYORKNY and was made available on the archive’s website at the URL https://archive.org/download/1952-07-7480976-NEWYORKNY/1952-07-7480976-NEWYORKNYdjvu.txt. No specific Freedom of Information Act case number is cited; the release is attributed to the standard declassification process of the United States Government Printing Office. The report begins with a brief summary of a sighting. It reads: “Pictures belonging to a customer show [four lines redacted under exemption B1]. Possibly aircraft, possibly a civilian man, probably astronomical, possibly an astronomical object, other… Objects recorded on film were not noticed by the source until development of the film. Two photographs were submitted for evaluation. Air Technical Intelligence Center, Washington, approved June one, nineteen forty‑six.” The main body of the report continues: “Air Intelligence Information Report. Date: July nineteen fifty‑two. Subject: Unidentified objects observed in the sky over New York. The photographs were taken by an amateur photographer, identified as Mr. Q M Cook, residing at the Winfield Scott Hotel, Elizabeth, New Jersey. The pictures, labeled Exhibit I, reveal certain unidentified objects captured at approximately twenty‑three hundred hours during the week of six to twelve July nineteen fifty‑two. The photographer’s purpose was to obtain images of the moon; the objects were noticed only after the

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This material was released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked on this page so the citation chain is auditable.

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This is a reading of document number one nine five two dash zero seven four nine seven six dash NEWYORKNY, an Air Intelligence Information Report issued by the United States Air Force in July nineteen fifty‑two. The file appears in the public archive of The Black Vault, a repository for declassified government records.

Agency: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Date: JUL 18 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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What was This Is A Reading Of Document Number One Nine Five Two Dash about?: This is a reading of document number one nine five two dash zero seven four nine seven six dash NEWYORKNY, an Air Intelligence Information Report issued by the United States Air Force in July nineteen fifty‑two. The file appears in the public archive of The Black Vault, a repository for declassified government records.
Why was this case declassified?: This material was released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked in the case notes above so the citation chain is fully auditable.

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