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ee 17 October 1930 ->- cic, PAO # 8, P.0. Box 379, Knoxville, Tennessee on OBJECTS SIGHTED OVER OAK RIDGE : ' ye a es, * 1 on L , . -¥ f: *- (Refer: Summry of Information, Subject: 4a above, dated 15 03%. 29505) On 13 October 1950 Atomic Energy Security Patrol Trooper, Edvard D, Rymery)."*;, and a caretaker, John Moneymaker, from the University of Tennsesce Research, at Oak Ridge, saw an object at about 12,000 to 15,000 feet above Soloway Ge of the "Control Zone.” This object appeared to be an afroraft vhich waa starting to make an outside loop, trailing amoke behind. Soon these two men realized that the formerly described amoke behind the aircraft was a tail. This object . continued to descend in a controlled dive, much slower than an aircraft would dive, and when it approached the ground it levelled off ani flew slowly, peraliel ts the ground. This object came within tec huntred ani ten (210) feel ef the ws UWic St Wulals £0140 VE ye Wo OF ee Va! MMe Se two observors and was paralleling the ground at approximately the speed that a man could walk, at a height of approximtely six (6) feet. Trooper Rymer atteupted to approach the object but as he approached the object became smaller ani started | moving in a southeasterly direction, This object is said to bave approached a nine (9) foot cyclone chain link fence ani made a controlled movement to slear the fence, then a Willow tree, then a telephone post ani wire, after vhich the object gained momentusa and altitude and cleared a hill et approximtely ons (1) mile away. The object appeared to be pear shaped. When thie object was over the hill it was still visible as the sam sized object that was observed when only . fifty (50) feet avay. (The explanstion given was that this object grew larger as it gained altitute and speed.) = Approximately five minutes later the object appeared again having rea from approximately the same location from which it had disappeared. The object was seen again five mintuss later for approxrimtely ten secon. During the above bappenings, Mr, John Moneymaker had visual reference of thie object during ite first slight for approximtely seven minutes. Trooper Rymer was interrupted twice during which times he calied his headquarters in an attempt to get other observers, Also, during the fantastic flight of this object, Trooper Rymer stopped Mr. E. W. Hightower, who was on the highway in kis vehicle, to verify what was being seen. Mr. Hightower's statement substantiates the description as before. By the tims the object appeared the second time, Joe Zarzecki, Capt. of the Atomic Energy Commission Security Petrol, was present andi also witnessed thi Phenomenon, . Each of the observors described the object substantially as follows: a, When the object was first sighted it appeared to be an aircraft, jn ir Welling smoke, or better described as “emoke writing.” a at tage’ 3 of feadquarters, Third Army 1 oo to Beourity Division, AEC, Cak Hitaw 1 o¢ OSI, Knoxville, Tennessee 1 oc File ea: 1 06 FRI, Knoxville, Tennessee , y- See bs SF250-13) ne pg a