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7.1 KNOXVILLE
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UNKNOWN OBJECT OVER OAK RIDGE, TENN., MARCH ONE, NINETEEN FIFTY,/ -<j,,, /
STUA~COCK-., COMPLAINANT, VITAL FACILITIES, IS.
REMYCALL
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MARCH THIRD.
EXISTENCE OF OBJECT REPORTED BY ADCOCK AS BEING
Q!BECTLY OVER OAK RIDGE AT ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND EEET AL.IlTUDE_N.OT
VERIFIED.
ADCOCK REPUTEDLY CAPABLE RADIO TECHNICIAN.
ADCOCK CLAIMS
TO HAVE DETECTED OBJECT WITH HIS RADAR EQUIPMENT ON FIVE OCCASIONS
OVER THREE DAYS.
NAVAL RESERVE RADAR EQUIPMENT AT KNOXVILLE DID NOT
DETECT OBJECT ON ANY OCCASION, BUT TECHNICIANS STATE IT IS NOT
CONSIDERED EFFICIENT FOR AIRCRAFT AT EXTREME ALTITUDES.
QUALIFIED
ERSONS FROM USAF AT NEPA, OAK RIDGE, TALKED WITH ADCOCK AND
~XAMINED HIS RADAR EQUIPMENT.
FOUND HIS EQUIPMENT NOT TOO RELIABLE
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AND FELT ADCOCK TECHNICALLY WRONG ON SOME RADAR THEORY.
RELIABILITY
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OF ADCOCK QUESTIONED DUE TO SOME DEGREE OF INEBRIATION.
THESE
PERSONS DISCOUNT PROBABILITY.
CIC AND OSI CONTINUE INTEREST BUT p-__.
DO NOT CONTEMPLATE FURTHER ACTION.
AEC TOOK STEPS TO HAVE RADAR
lECHN!CIAN SENT FROM WASH.' BELIEVED .:~r~ a_u'f ~o; YE2_ ARRIVEJ.'
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