USAF record 28938713
28938713
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ARTIC NO. [REDACTED] DATE OF 24-30 Nov 50 AY NO. [REDACTED] LOCATION Knoxville, Tenn. RFTO T NO. [REDACTED] RFTO Radar Operator. TOWN OF REPORT [ILLEGIBLE] DATE IN TO ARTIC TIME OF FT HOURS Various times 1721/1725 COLOR [ILLEGIBLE] GRADS [ILLEGIBLE] SPEED 6 mph ALTITUDE 2500-3600 ft COMPS Lengthy NO. IN GROUP Navy TYPE OF CEPWITON Radar. BOLD [ILLEGIBLE] PURPOSE Ground altitude Fighters dispatched to intercept objects sighted nothing. [HW: OTHER (CLOSE BEING)] [STAMP:]
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- Page 1 ARTIC NO. [REDACTED] DATE OF 24-30 Nov 50 AY NO. [REDACTED] LOCATION Knoxville, Tenn. RFTO T NO. [REDACTED] RFTO Radar Operator. TOWN OF REPORT [ILLEGIBLE] DATE IN TO ARTIC TIME OF FT HOURS Various…
- Page 2 AMC Form No. 10-3 (INC 20 or 47) ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET INCLASSIFIED Air Materiel Command Use this form for inter-office correspondence within headquarters. Number all comments consecutively. Use…
- Page 3 UNUSUAL RADAR RETURNS IN THE OAK RIDGE AREA UNCLASSIFIED BACKGROUND On the night of 29 and 30 November between the hours of 1700 and 2300 there were unusual returns or targets reported by the radar…
- Page 4 UNCLASSIFIED Both nights were clear and cold with maximum ground cooling to be expected. The Weather Bureau Station at Oak Ridge has low level temperature records up to 1500 ft (Wiresonde) for…
- Page 5 UNCLASSIFIED 4. There are various versions of where the targets first appeared, their movement and area of disappearance. It is impossible to discount any of the versions as each version is from…
- Page 6 UNCLASSIFIED 3. Airborne sampling runs should be made adjacent to and through the top of the inversion layer (approximately 300 feet at 2500 local time). 4. An L-Band search radar (TPS-1) should be…
- Page 7 HEADQUARTERS THIRD ARMY FORT MCPHERSON, GEORGIA UNCLASSIFIED AJACI-5 360.53 11 December 1950 SUBJECT: Unconventional Aircraft TO: Commanding General Hq 14th Air Force Robins AFB, Macon, Georgia…
- Page 8 11 December 1950 UNCLASSIFIED TCB AUTH: C, / C DTS: N.H.W. Joncparten Date: 11 Dec 50 This information is forwarded in accordance with agreement made in telephone conversation between Col Indweiss…
- Page 9 UNCLASSIFIED A12711 C3, AMC BY: N.R.Rosengrarten DATE: 11 Dec 50 5. Targets of the same nature as those observed on the 29th appeared on the 30th of November 1950 between the hours of about 1630 -…
- Page 10 AU Hi C3] AVC BYs N.R.Resongarten Notes 11 Dec 51 UNCLASSIFIED is susceptible to having its radiated beam bent by "anomalous propagation" which effects the radar beam at angles which are nearly…