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FBI file: UFO, UFO Part 16

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 169 pages · text by OCR

This Federal Bureau of Investigation file section collects 1949 Army intelligence reports of unidentified aerial objects seen around Camp Hood, Texas, forwarded by the San Antonio office, which told the Director it was reviewing and destroying such reports unless they held FBI interest. It also has 1957 FBI liaison memoranda on a radar-tracked object near Montauk Point and Benton, Pennsylvania, judged unlikely to be a Soviet operation. The file also includes a civilian Flying Saucer Researchers release arguing that saucers probably come from Mars.

  • p. 49 …NEPA Guards, Brown, Herron, and Davis Roy peculiar sounds. (Inclosure # 7) CORRECTION on second page of…
  • p. 60 …Rymer; , George Rathman, Security Division, Atomic Energy Commission; John S. Davis, Chief of Atomic Energy Commission…
  • p. 62 …1 - Callaghan 2 - Chief Davis' File 3 - Mail & Rec. File / s/ John L. Isabell, Trooper Oak…
  • p. 63 …Gene Gaedjon, NEPA, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and John S. Davis, Atomic Energy Security Patrol/ (Page #1…
  • p. 66 …S:AIR Pursuant to receipt of a report from John S. Davis, Chief, Oak Ridge Patrol…
  • p. 83 …CLASSIFICATION TROOPER LOCATION Flying Object John L. Isabell Blair Gate PERSON INVOLVED ADIRESS BADGE NO. Trooper…
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Following is a chronological summary of the reported events which have occurred at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

June 1947 - Mr. W. R. Pressley photographed a flying object at Oak Ridge, Tenn. The street in the foreground has been identified as Illinois Avenue, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. (Inclosure # 8)

20 June 1949 - At 1900 hours Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Anderson and Mrs. John A. White sighted three objects at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, similar to SUBJECT. (Inclosure #9)

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, March 1950 - Mr. Stuart Adcock reported peculiar readings on his "Ham Radar Scope. These objects reappeared at approximately the same time of day which is similar to SUBJECT. (Refer: Summary of Information, Subject; Unidentified Objects Over Oak Ridge Vicinity, dated 6 March 1950.)

12 October 1950 - 2325 hours - Enorville Airport Radar Unit indicated a series of unidentified targets over the "Restricted Zone" at Oak Ridge. (Incl.

12 October 1950 - 234? Fighter aircraft was at the position of the radar target and made three perfect interceptions but could see nothing. (Incl.

13 October 1950 - 0000 to 0100 hours. Additional Radar plots as before. (Incl. #1)

13 October 1950 hours. Major L. E. Ronniger, accompanied by his daughter, heard intermittent noises. (Inclosure # 7)

15 October 1950-1511 hours. Fighter plane made unsuccessful passes at a good radar target four (4) miles from the East Boundary (Kerr Hollow Gat (Inclosure # 4)

15 October 1950-1520 hours. SUBJECT seen at Kerr Hollow Gate by Troopers Rymer and Zarzecki, Mr. Eightover, and Mr. Moneymaker. (Inclosures #3,10,

15 October 1950-1520 hours. Radar scopes at McGhee-Tyson Airport indicate unidentified targets. (Inclosure # 4)

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