.NO ... IN C~:O'JP 'f\:~o:cary N~'IC :jCl' rtC :i-. UA.'i'~' I ri 'L) A iJ.t ' ~'J\If!lNEBS Phot oeraphs o f obj~c~ t~a~ ~urned out t o be caused b y faulty develo ent a~d not an actual L e~ .UN CL/\5SIF!ED JCLASSlF!ED Uf\JCL!\ ,- OAK RIDGE, UNCLASSJ~1Elfb . :abJect: uu ~a\teraoa Air Jorce l!a:te, on, Ohio 1Ua .4-MC soa Of!1oer, Ai~ Materiel Cot:Jmni, 14 .. 1 A ProJoct P. 0. Box "5", Oak ll1dg8, Tenne ee 1a of the nagat1Yc a r "vealed tbe folloviJ.l& 1r4ox'motioD: -. When the n~gnt1Te, contr:Aini~ t he ht r o, i ex.a:n:\JJ("'il by atro04 1nciden\ 116ht, 1 t is noted tr-at t.ue ewul sian ie raised c;:.t \.hut point ebo'e Ule DOI"'al l~el of the reu1aininc sioll. :his intlicntes that, eithe1" a drop Of \1ftlnl vutor Or ll J.r~? Of <ievelovar 'Struck the fila'\ at thi noiat rolled dow thl~ negllt.ive and the aucc~d.i.ng aegative. b. 'l'o to.rlher substantiate this, it .-ill be no~ed that when ' the t> (2)" negative$ are place~ side by side \Yi th tha nc.P:'.?S of tr.e film al~ed. \he IOenlloo '' trail rt is continuous, that ia tho t'-10 secti0ns mntch, indicatillg the drop rolled on from one negative to the next. c. Still further proof ia show on ~he fo(ged ed.~e of t h e ne~Uve contalY'ing cnlj the trail. :-.1is is proven by l:!e f Jet teat t!le treil e~teDds beyond the norml fo t of' t ne nP,gaUvft. In other 'WOrds the!"a is a of tbn.t sect1:)J1 of the ~getive 'tfl".Jeh was not e xnosed in tbe Tbia effect Iibov up in one negntivs and not in the other becm:aae the tiTe in at1on is fogged; therefore, thia 1rret;'Ularity d. -Still furth~ proof ot theae defectg lies ill the mJmbcr oped sectiou of the neptive. 1\ 1a "1ggested tba\ be advised of the na tu:re ot. wheD the n~atlves are retm"'!l h new o! the positive conclusions stated above it i s reco:!l.:1end- tbi eqrroapOAdence be dBClasaificd b7 the ori,ginator. t't..n negatives Ino ident if234 indeoenc!ent de~ .. e rmined vi~ua.ll:;. Dr HYNFX 'S EVALUATIONS EXTRACTED FROM PROJECT GRUDGE REPORT. 1. AatronOl.'lioal cir,b probabllitys b. rair or low ~robabilitya 2. Non-aetrononioal tut su~beati~e of other ex~lanation3 a. Balloons or ordlr-ary airorai~: b. kooksta, flares or falling bodies; l!iaoellneous (reflections, auroral atre&Mara, birds, eto.)a ~. Won-eatrono~io&l, with no explanation evident a. L&ok of evidenoe preoludee explanation' ~vidence ~rr~red 3uggeata no 8xpl~tiont UNITE:n STATES AIDMlC EN~&!RGY COMMISSIOB ~ wnaJd J. Grant, USA7 Co'ntractillg Officer Air Materiel Cobimand Sub Office Fort Worth USAl Pro Post Office Box "3" Oak Ri~, Tennessee Subject: PHO'lOORAPHS U~JCLASS:r:~o Oak Ridge, Tennessee In compl1.smce with your recent st, there ar enclosed e t }lhot o h . and t~ negatives received from Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Also enclosed are four copies of the photo- graph and tour copies of the :Se-ws-Sentinel news item published in a July 1947 when intervie..ed, sta ted that he photogrep.ned the unk:lown ob~ect f rom s home during the month of July 1947. He st: t e d further that he fo:r.rnrded a C7py of t he p hot to the Knoxville Ne,.s Sentinel , Knoxville, Tennessee, for public.Btion. said he d i d not believe .s. pbotogr~h of the object to be of any interest to Security; therefore, be di d make prints of the photographs a fev months later, a t whicb. ti~ he presented a number of them to his friends. promised to recover a s many prints as p ossible and forwaci them to this ice. He did mention, however, that he wuld like, if at all pos.ible, to hc.ve the negatives returned to h im \When available. All photographs, when made available by 'Will ~or-.varded to your office. If this office can be o! any further assistance in this matter, please do not hesitate to call Upon us Very trulJ yours, G. J. Rathman, C'aief Investigation Sec t 1nn 16 Photogr~s & 2 Negatives 3atbman: mh .. UNCLASSif:~: UNlTH!D STATES AIR FORCE AMC ENGINH:E.RING LIAI~N OFFIC!~R Am J; ro-iMAND NE~A Project, P. 0. Box E Oak Ri~, Tenoessee SUBJFCr: Photographs of "Flying Saucer" Conenand.iDg General Air Mater 1 el Coauend irigh~atterson Air Force Base ~ton, Ohio ATI'N: Engineering Division. (MCREXP2 ) Col R. L. Was seel MCP:EOL8/COOjjk 23 December 1948 1. Attached copy of a letter dated 16 December 1948, subJect "Photographs!!, from the Office, Ch i ef, I nvestigat i on Section, AEC, ORO, regarding t he subject matter i s f orwff' ded her ewith for your info I mation and r eferral to appropriate higher Air Force authority, together with the following inclosures: a. ~rNO negatives and six photographs of an alleged ~saucer" and its trail. b. Photostatic copy of a news write-up re paragraph a. above, that appeared in tae Knowville , Tennessee News, Sentinel newspaper during the month of July lg4 7. 2. Your attention is invited to t he statement made in the second paragraph of the attached copy of .AEC letter, ..-here in return of referenced negatives is desired. Ltr dtd 12/16j48 Negatives Six Photograohs -C. D. GASSER Colonel, USAF AMC Engineering Field Officer Photographs of "flying Attn: Col H. M. McCOY 1. ~ inclosed material has been received :from Colonel Casser' s office at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and is forwarded to your office f or your information and such action as yau 1'D1J3 deem advisable to have taken. ltr fr Col C. D. Gasser dtd 23 Dec !t~ w[4 incle. as listed R. J. MINTY Colonel. USAF Chief, Po'er Plant Lehoratory Engineering Division 1. Reference to the and capy of :photographs be anthenticity. attached photographs, it is requested that the negatives turned over to Mr Gust for his comments regarding their 2. Action will be taken to acknowledge receipt of the material in question and to retarn the negatives after they have served their purpose. 1. Tour a\tation ia iuvitad to H. M. McOOY Colonel, USAF Chief, Intelligence Department 1. coa.sent 2, above. that negatives and photographs be returned to t his office Yith tour COdluenta. Co l one 1. USA"l Chie"f, hch mtellL:;cnca Div Intelll ce ~at.tm~nt UNCLA SSJ:-n:.o ,,l,i CLASS\r i c. ,.1. In repli _ , it is the opinion of this office that tba ~ncloed neo.tives reveal tbe followi~ infOJuetion: Wben the negative, con tbe ~e, ie e~aciDed b7 atro~ iDcinent li.tht. it is not~ that the emulsion itt raif!~ at that ooint abo-ve the norDral level of the renainin emulsion.. This i Micates that either a nroo of warm water or a droD of devel.apeF~ etl"'uck the film at thiF> point anti rol~ ~own tbia tive and tbe nea.ative .. 2. !o tllrther tantiate this, it will be note~ that vhen the tvo ( 2) ne~atives are place~ si~e b.7' aide with the eci~s of the film alii'Jle~. the 80 callen "trail" 1~ continuous, t 1a the tw tiona matcll.~icat~ the 1ro-p rolle~ on from one ne~ ati to the .. 3. Still further proof is fthown on the fonroed ed8 of the netf1l.tive contain)D onl3 tbe trail. f!his is p1oven by the fact that tbe trail erl~.Ms bel-on~ the noTnAl for wa t of the ~tive. In other vor~ s there 18 a trail of that section of the ne~tive 'tlhich vas DOt eroo!!erl 1D.. the camera. This effect showtJ uo in one ne~tive ant1 r.ot the other becaute the nea:ative 1n question i s fo~t.Jrefl, therefore, this irre~la.ri ty -was ~evelcroe~. 4. Still further proo:t or these r1efect~ lie~ in the mmiber of une venl.7 ~evelap~ sections of the ne,r:ative. . li. ConclQ.don: ~se nenltiwe s contain no inforsJla.tion -pertiD1'n t to Pr-oject Sim ' . j I LlWIS C. GOg}' Chief. Science Survey Office