Oak Ridge, Tenn, December 1951December 1951

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Summary

In December 1951, near Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a gray-white object was reported in the sky. It was smooth but not shiny and shaped roughly square. It moved at about the speed of a conventional aircraft and made no sound, smoke, or trail.

The object was seen to come out of the clouds for about 30 to 40 seconds and then go back into them. It was reported to come within about 200 feet of the ground and to make a circle. The cloud level was about 6,000 feet. Aircraft were sent to investigate but found no object. The Air Force listed the case as unidentified.

Reported location

Oak Ridge, Tenn, December 1951

Date of incident

December 1951

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

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1. DATE "12. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
’ 0 Wes Bolloon ‘
{ Dec 1951 © Qak Ridre Tenn 0D Probobly en
0381.51.37 - 0 Was Aiicraft
pbs i; qumeseess “3 Ground- Visual O Ground-Roder (a) Probably Aircroft
_ GMT Hs 0 Air~Vizvol 0 Air-Intercop? Radar 0 Possibly Airersh
b 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE O Was Astronomicol
O Yes DO Probobly Astronomical
0: No Civilizn : O Possibly Astronomicol s
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE B Other Lil TINGED
[a] RE. Date for Evaluation
3 Unknown
. 30 «~ 40 seconds each 1 (4h times) Vertical _—
Es 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Gray white object, smooth, not shiny, square UID TFILD
abot speed of conventional ae. lo sound,
| owke or trail. Observed to come out of cloud:
for 30-40 seconds znd reenter clcuds., Came
within 200 ft of ground and made circle. A/c
sent to investigate and no object observed,
Cloud level 6,000 ft.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP §2) |
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