Knoxville Tennessee — March 1950

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Keywords: returns, nichts, ni8ht, flzca, farob, nsgbts, 11ke11, croucd, targota, woatbr, illveraion, unclassifietl, lndar, noxrille, aldentltl, v1c1r, receiyecl, etheraon, 6ilf1, aeycle, 1recuon, li1yiaioa, lqich, tjaere, yicinit
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1. DA T! TIM! (\ROUP .PmY Radar NUMBER OF OBJECTS S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground Radar '7. COURSE 1. stat1on&l7, 2. Hot t. PHYSICAL. IVIDINCI PROJECT 10073 RECORD ~ LOCATION Returns on 3 euc!l!ssive nichts troa same quadrant. Prob3.bq ............. returns tre:t inver on Y~c.'l ot 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS ~ successive nights returns ot otatio~ object. ~ third night alow motion wo.s reported. 1st ni8ht 1 hour 55 m1 nutes. 2d msbt Not eta~od. 3d ir:rJ;~ da7 report ot object size ot C.47 with track epoed estimated at 200 knots. leport flzca 3 )farob pro~ble A/C. Firat two nSgbts returna of stati~P.Y object 11ke11 croucd targota ainco tbey wore ot lena duration. No Woatbr:r clata included. Should be an illveraion in the area at the time in orcler tor th11 to be a ot tbe report. &>OWNGRADED AT :3 ~ r.; \11 f~Tl';P.VAT.~ DECLASSIFIED AJt'TI-:H 12 YEtH~ . UNCLASSIFIEtl a web l~s_, SU!J.tra lndar ~::nt. 1A :.noxrille, 1ell(tM I:l!ic&\ce l'Aldentltl.:l ~b~cta 1A V1c1r.1tj ot ~a.k Ric!~. ~ h folle ln..: 1ntcr.!'.at.loa M8 receiYecl frOia C:i, )cl -ra, for\ l.etheraon, C~ie! ot 6ilf1;ln.-.ra c.! I'LC..*r aU.tiOA rA:.I' i~XY"-l.:..e 0 Atra\...A :...tc: ;e, Tr.r.esa t.n&.\. rrl cit.'ltci 1.r.I'OU>1 ,.~r ~e\. -~7 tetwe.n l;S ar.G rra.:. l.c.axYi.ll, ai.lt...nce lo .u... ':he rw:.w-au\. oper .ted on 19 ""'-~;aeycle 1'ro;~er.c;t. ~ec or -1recUon ct ob_:~c\. ancet.er.,tn.cl. ~ seeuri~., li1Yiaioa Cillt ~t Calc :U.c~e, ct.eci~ed wUh .i;;r,..,. Ji: .._:mue, lQich re;.artecl t.nat. tJaere wn r.o t .. ir;r.t. J>lana ttw.\. .. o~d W!ot.e a :"l&r bel'~ 1D u,at Yicinit &.nQ &l~t.~e. )d Mw~t cu1cked llit.b l4ua U tid. th Mi&U rault.e. Ce 2 r SO oM re,.ort !ni!.ct..C t.,, atat.ioca ld pickecl up .,. obJect. 1A ~ ~rax1:::atels the 81:11 loca\.!.OG at U,.;S h~ Anot.bar n;.ort. ilc.iC'-\Icl tb.lt. at ~:, h~ura, tate to Wl14ct.i:' led objee\.a a,..-area re;-ort.e~ a\ &a al\it~e of u;,,~ tHt bearil"-6 .)10 fro2 IJI~Yille. T;.ere wa.a r.o peed fir d.irecUoa S.DC scat.e-.. Lo tU.iilt. plan ..... ft:lort.ed At lOJS tt.;.ura, 3 r SC, a re. or\ a to rece1Yecl troa u .. 1&-'Dt ource 1nci1catli\S m \IA'~entitl..S obJect. altit.ude 4"~ feet, 32... I'U tre~UIIlC7 ~ ; rep-.at.e ~pHcl ax; 1lea PC' hour. ;,.o c1S.rect.1oa but det.eftdnecl a:-prod.,etelr tile aize ot G-1.'1 J.1rcr..rt.. 4G Securltr tliY1 &S.on Ch!.et ia net. cert.iD u to osert.i" erf.1.c1er.ct of raear WU.t and hna r<~<~uestd ~ ~ i:ase to ..ne c:ul1ie4 r~ar qu&l.il"iecl raclar operator t.o c:1ee~ \.he e<.'Ji, . . :Rr.t. Ce1c.r.d ;,_.,...;,-., J lil..ten to !. ~;. baa n-;uea~J .ri:~t-i at.t.raon . .J: t.o 4QC'"'-ace .. uate ra.ar :.Q\. t.o Mh it t.1q Ctt.n be 1Uf lb..; t'r(;U :..ccel a~oo:J.CeJe Jc! ltZ!:l 1'~. Col't~ r.u ~;i.ll!ic~ U"J.CU\SS!F10D UNCLASSIF lED