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Ponte teen mens a OPN SOP eee cow o pits 25 October 1950 Lilth CIC Detachment, FAO # 8, P. 0. Bax 379, Knoxville, Tennessee OBJECTS SIGETED OVER OAK RIDGE, TENAESSEE “8s rohan ata forth, vithin tairty (30) degrees of his line of sigat. This object enitted © ae a glov,’ ‘varying in color from red to green, to Dlue-~, ~green, to blue, and to*.4 pol orangs,. The variations were checked on the vertical window post of Mr. Fry 6.2 Tay vehicle and were witnessed by Mr, Fry's wife, The attention of ancther — a ore A observer, the Projectionist at the Drive-in theater, ves also called to the object and verification of this sighting was mie. The object disappeared from his sight at 1920 hours. At 1855 hourae, on 24 October 1950, an Air Force Major, Lavrence Ballweg, NEPA Division, Oak Ridges, Tennessee, also saw from kis residence an object — which he described similarly. The object disappeared fram the sight of . Mr. Ballweg at 1920 hours, viaich coincides with the time of aiesppearance ef the object from Mr. Fry's sight. . On 20 October 1950, at 1527 hours, aircraft Fo. AF-h09, Pilot Wolf, Sth Av-Fighter Sqd., took off from the Knorrille Airport for a "local patrol”. The Radar Unit at Knoxville Airport received readings on their Radar soope "le end sent the aircraft after these targets. The aircraft Pilot was unable to identity any flying object in the vicinity of the said targets, All targets between eiguteen (15) ani twenty-five (25) miles from tke Airport at 320 degrees, The aircraft was landed at 1713 hours. (Attention is invited te the fact that these targets were sighted at approrimately the seam time, locality, that was reported by Mr. Larry Riordan.) On 24 Ootober 1950, at 1623 hours, several amll, slow targets were seen. on the Radar soreen at the Enoxville Airport Radar Site, These targets appeared in the Southeast sector of the "Restricted Flying Zone" ani cover the city of Oak Ridge. These targets moved from the city area to and along the Fast boundary of the area, At 1626 hours, the fighter aircraft was “scrambled” anil proceeded to tke area where it was vectored among the targets but the Pilot reported no visual contact with said targets. At 1920 hours the targets disappesred from the Radar Screen ani the fighter was vectored toward another target believed to be one of three (3) airoraft enroute from Andrews Field to Stevart Fiel@. (Hote: 1920 hours is also the time that the object sighted by Mr, Fry and Major Ballweg disappeared from their view). (Overall evaluation: C-3) + SOURCE: Mr. Larry P. Riordan, Security Superintendent, X-10; William M. Price, OSI, Knoxville, Tennessee; Mr. George Rathman, Security Division, AEC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee; ani Major Raymond C. Care, USAF Area Defense Coammnider, Kno Airport, Knoxville, Tennessee. 3 00 Ha, Taird Army, Ft. Mcrhersep,de. 1 oo OSI, Knoxville, Tena, #si7 84 1 coat; mar’ AEC, Oak Ridge, Tenn. 1 oc File gen gy rere eon ere Poy, 2 z ergy. rh. Cae 2 Faery “vv no aR we CE eo ge ee bees SD ese ee Te 4 * ot an . . we . : +