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UNIDENTIFIED OF “TF OVER OAK RIDGE, TOUNESSEE - ~" October 1950. - On the evening of Octoder 24, 1950 I was attending a moving picture show at the Oak Ridge out-door drive-in theater. I errived oman at 6:45 which was about 15 minutes prior to ahow time. While sitting ant With my wife and children Tcarualiy glanced svard tvarta ntivest. and observed what I at first thought to be an wumsually bright: +The exceptional brilliance caused me to continue to observe it + jcdsenty seemed to change color rapidly from a reddish hus to a Bb: ‘and again to a brilliant light blue. My son noticed that I waa : observing something and questiched as to vhat it was at which time I wah hin to look at the star and tell me what he sav. At first glance he immediately said that it did not look like a star to Lim at a1] because of the change in coloring. My wife also noticed the same phenomem. By now I was certain that I was not merely having an optical illusion. X fev moments later I heard a plane directly over head making passes over the Oak Ridge area, which was later identified ase one of the F-8 fighter plane from the Air Force unit stationed at the McGhee-Tyson Airport. re I hesitated to approach other whicles in the theater to witness the object, but managed to reach a telephone at the projection building and called , HEPA Division, £7 Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation, at his home to ask hin whether or not he could see in that direction and possibly observe the object. A later check wi indicated that hia hame was located im a poor geographical position to observe anything towards the southwest becaum of hills and other obliterating features of the terrain. Ne did, however, drive to a higher location but fafled to see the object. While returning to my car I met a friend, QURERE of Knorville, hb | to vhom I pointed out the object. Ne stated he hat been observing the object. I cantinued to observe the object together with my wife vut it eeomed to be in a slightly more northerly position which caused me to select a fixed point to determine whether or not the object wae dhanging ineither altitude or direction. There seemed to be a deviation from aorth to south for approximately five to ten degrees. The ohanging in colors ver etill very evident but the object seamed to be continually getting emaller : smoller as though it was becoming more distant. At approrimtely 7:35 by = watch it disappeared from view entirely. During these observations my wife continued to report to me the identical things that I was observing. Duwrin, the entire time the F-& airplane continued to make passes over the area wn’ approximately 7:15. The weather condidtions were excellent; the air was calm; and the sky vas cloudless with the exception of a very alight haze on the distant horizon. =u ——’ Ae eee ee _ ln a Le, Sele hele 7 . ~ en or