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Thie clooument cont&ins information dt'eoting
the national do:f'enae ot' the Uni~d State•
within the meaning of the Eepion.aee Lave, Title
18 u. s. c., Seotioll8 793 and 794. It• trana­
misaion or the revelation ot' its oontente in
an;r manner to an unauthorized person ia
prohibited by law.
December 28, l.950
SUBJECT: Visual Observation on :December 19, 1950
TO:
Mr. William G. 'Pref
Alleiatant to the AF Plant
Representative for security
Of:t1ce of' the AF '.Plant Repreeentative
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Air Material Conmia:od
NEPA I>iT'leion
Fairchild Engino and.Airpl.ane Corporation
Poet Ot':f'ice Box E
Oak Rid8e, Tenneaeo•
l.
On December 18, 1950, at sometime between o820 and 0830, the
:tollov1ng NEPA empl.oyeea were r141na in a vehicle on the Turn­
pike within the Controlled Area tevari the BPA Project approx­
imately one mil.• allort of' the "Y" cutot'f' to 'White Wing entrance
and Y-l.2:
Dr. A. J. Miller
Dr. v. P. Cal.kina
Mr. J. ll'rank Coueybear
Mt-. A o. M)oneyham.
Mr. F. T. Bly
2.
The passengers, vitll the exception of' Dr. Calkins, who did not
attempt to ~ioipe.te in ths vievins, observed a llsht emanating
in the shape of' a o1role, of' an intenait," muc); greater than that
o:t a bright moon, throusb, the windshield of' the Tehicl.e. The
Tiovera had the impression that there waa :form in connection With
the light rather than merely a point aource. The light vaa white
in appearance and 41d not show aey signs of refraction into a band
or continuous a~ctrum. It appeared. to be from 15 to 30 degrees
el.evated above the horizontal and on au azimuth between vest and
northwest, and appoared to be traveling 1n a northveaterly direction.
The impreasiou of ita traveling 1a due to the tact that the object
appeared to diminieh considerably in size during the approximate
thirty second.a during which it vaa Tieved. The Tehicle remained
in. motion and in fol1oving the course ot the road, ohaneed its rel­
ative position eo that the object vaa Tieved during the laat few
aeconda from the aide wind.ova.
AB the vehicle proceeded down the
road a near-by riaae obstructed the Tiew ot the object, and al.though
the vehicle completed the turn toward K-25 at the "Y" interaeotion
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Fairolllld Ens1ne and Airplane Corporation
JmPA D1via1on, P. o. Box 415, Oak Ri4Be, Tenn.