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COI1lGENARMITRREE Ft ~cPher~on Ga
Dept ot Army ~or Dir of Intelligence
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Tel.ephone call :reoe1.ved f'rom L·:. Col Nunamaker
Tennessee Military District 1130~ 2 March.
He stated that
A.
There is a radar station n2ar Knoxville ~hich has
been in operation about 3 weeks.
This radar station is being
operated by station ~1ROL of Knoxville.
B.
On l Narch at 2135 hours the station picked up
an object 340 degrees and 18 miles from Knoxville altitude
40,000 feet. Direction and distance put the object di.rectly
over oak Ridge.
AEC 3acur1ty Division Chief at Oak Ridge
checked v1th Smyrna Air Base Nashville vh1ch reported it bad
no flight plan for any plane being 1n that vicinity and
altitude.
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on 2 t-'larch at 1105 station -pi.eked up object at
335 degrees and 18 m1les ~rem Knoxville altitude 40,000
f'eet.
AEC 8Gcu.r1ty Div Chief checked with Smyrna Air Base
uith negative resu1ts.
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AEC Sec Div Chief' ia not certain as to operati.onal
ef't1c1ency of radar unit and requested Smyrna AB to send ?f
qua111'1ed radar operator.
Sm1rna hna no personnel so
qua11f1ed.
Smyrna commander suggested Third Ar.rmy send
qualified rad.a~ operator to check eq~ipment.
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Data from radaz- vas lim.1.ted to
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1.. P.ear1ng., distance and alt'itL!i 'on each object ':' I
2. Third Army queried 14th A1r Force to determine
it 14th AP had training fl.1ghts over the Knoxville area on
1 and 2 March.
.Ansver was no.
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15 JAN 1949
CONFIDENTIAL