Oakridge Tennessee — June 1958

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Keywords: rjedfl, tracked, mxacoun4, sprll, 1pafp, lllget, operationsil, pasicetdall, silvfrl, vatcht, scutl1west, sohard, carfidz, sseej, zctcr, staatsd, controlll, lig1t, hcwevi, h1ately, hulldred, 153sz, 1edfl, sqfs63flag, 6g3rd
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I. DATI! TIME GROUP 7. LI!NOTH OP OIII!RVATION OP SIGHTING PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION ._ TYPE OF OBSERVATION mxacoun4-VIsual a Grounci-Roclor a Alc-YIIUal a Air-Intercept Radar L NUMII!I OP OBJECTS t. COURSE 11. COMMENTS 12. CONCLUSIONS Woa Balloon Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon 0 Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft Po ui bl y Aircraft Was Astronami cal Probably Astronomical a Possibly Astronomical a Insufficient Data for Evaluation a Unlcnawn Rnd obj, size of basketball, shining silver, very high. Possibly an a/c at hi~h alt 4ftC .Oall 18 (a&V 2 n It) RR RJ~DDN RJED-RJZPHQ D.S RJEDFL 1 K Ft; CC;~;DR 653RD AC~JRON LAKE CI TV AFS TENN tC RJEDDN/CONDR HQ ADC ENT AFP COLORADC SPRll\GS COLO RJEDFl/CCt;DR 58TH ADI V ~1PAFP RJE.t.SO/CO DR AIR TECHNICAL INTE'LLlGEt\Cf CENTER WPAFB 0:110 INTELL.IGENCE H~ADQUARTERS USAF WASH RJEPHC/COt1DR DIRECTCR OF /UNCLASSIFIED/OPERATIONSIL~ REPORT. IR NO. 4-58. t:RENCE PARAGRAPH 7D, AFR 2 .:.~2. ITE C 1 > .C A> ? _ 1. PASICETDALL <1> <C><SHII'\ING SILVfRl> Ct> CD> C E; (1) (' 'TA/C.. N/Aj (1) <F> NONE; (1) (G) NCNE; ~1) CPy _L~C E. TE (2) CA> \vATCHt~AN AT OAKRIDGE; <2> <B> yERY HIGH; C2> cc> f~R~Y~H~I~G~H_I~c~-I~H~E~s~c~u~T (2) CD) SCUTl1WEST-IN A Ll~E; (2) (E) FADED OUT OF ~IGHT; (2) CF> ll'J CAK Rlf-GE.. ITEI' (6) NCNE; ( .$) (A) LT. SOHARD, K-~5, CARFIDZ CriE(",lCAL, PHCNE 831~, OAK RIDGE, TZN "SSEEj (6) <B> NON. ITEt~ (7) PAGE TWO RJEDF CD> TWENTY (2:) ~ILES; C7> CE) NONE; C7> CF> NONE. ITEI'! ( 8 > NO E. ITEt-1 C S > NONE ITE~l (1:. > NONE IT!::!", C 11 > 1 T LT . WILLI A~l J DUKE, SENIOR tiR'ZCTCR. AT T:-!E TI\-1 F THI E 0 ~ \'ll~ STAaTSD CONTROLLl NG AN AI !<CRAFT t"AKI!\G CHAF'f DROPS~ IT IS POSS FLE THE THE LIG1T COULD liAVE EEEN REFLECTING . CH THIS CHAFF, HCWEVi:':R THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPRCY.H1ATELY ONE HUllDRED C1~ :. > TO ONE HUNDRED TVIENTY-FIVE C 125> t-:IL'E.S C FRO~l SIG1TING AT THE Tit.E, AT TWENTY C2'') TO THIRTY C3n TH SAND FEET lTEtt, C12> 1S/153SZ JUN R-1EDFL SQH~11 SQFS63FLAg~4 . DE RJEDFL 2K FM COMDR 6G3RD ACWRON TO CO DR ATIC WPAFB /UNCLASSIFIED/OPERATl01JS/INTELLIGEi~CE 850. FOR AFCIN-4E4, SUBJECT: UFO. REFERENCE YOUR HESSAGE AFCIN-44-S-1264-E, DATED 25 JUNE 1958 THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS SUBMITTED: WINDS W/'1 IVN"' ev#IIJ LJJIVIJI 5~H -28~-70K. BALLOON LAUiJCHES FROt-J KNOXVILLE, I\1CGHEE TYSON AIRPORT. ~8 JUNE/172 Z 100 GRA!1, WHITE, TRACKED ESE UNTIL OBSCURED BY CUMULUS AT 1727Z. 18 JUNE/23~(~Z 1~!~ GRAM, WHITE TRACKED ~SE TO l6,C~Z FEE!, DIRECTION OF OBJECT WHEiJ ODSERVED: pE TO SWr IN A STRAIGHT LINE, 2711433Z JUN RJEDFL )t~J ~ s .t.v'rl pijfl~OI-46 .;, -Cltltr l'flt AJU &, A