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e af We ? | = = FBI KNOXVILLE 3°6=50 12-03 PH DIRECTOR, FBI ATT. SMR. Ae He BELMONT," URGE r _— Miss Gandy ye apd ' yer \ Shatter. ress UNKNOWN OBJECT OVER OAK RIDGE, TENN., MARCH ONE, NINETEEN FIFTY,/< sTUARRCADCOCK, COMPLAINANT, VITAL FACILITIES, IS. REMYCALL MARCH THIRD. EXISTENCE OF OBJECT REPORTED BY ADCOCK AS BEING DIRECTLY OVER OAK RIDGE AT ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND FEET ALTITUDE NOT VERIFIED. ADCOCK REPUTEDLY CAPABLE RADIO TECHNICIAN. ADCOCK CLAIMS TO HAVE DETECTED OBJECT WITH HIS RADAR EQUIPMENT ON FIVE OCCASIONS OVER THREE DAYS. NAVAL RESERVE RADAR EQUIPMENT AT KNOXVILLE DID NOT > DETECT OBJECT ON ANY OCCASION, BUT TECHNICIANS STATE IT IS NOT . CONSIDERED EFFICIENT FOR AIRCRAFT AT EXTREME ALTITUDES. QUALIFIED - persons FROM USAF AT NEPA, OAK RIDGE, TALKED WITH ADCOCK AND ~ EXAMINED HIS RADAR EQUIPMENT. FOUND HIS EQUIPMENT NOT TOO RELIABLE \\\ AND FELT ADCOCK TECHNICALLY WRONG ON SOME RADAR THEORY. RELIABILITY OF ADCOCK QUESTIONED DUE TO SOME DEGREE OF INEBRIATION. THESE PERSONS DISCOUNT PROBABILITY. CIC AND OSI CONTINUE INTEREST BUT DO NOT CONTEMPLATE FURTHER ACTION. AEC TOOK ae » HAVE RADAR 14 -QV9D TECHNICIAN SENT FROM WASH., BELIEVED Pim, We al? gor YET ARRIVED. ANY FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS WILL BE REPORTED T ide Fre poL alll (\o < he bis JAR 15 KZ a Pca | ROBEY —z. A? 1950 “O70 NOV 18 1964 12-06 PM OK FBI WASH DC ED