Oak Ridge, Tenn, January 1951January 1951

Insufficient Data

Summary

On January 16, 1951, about 9:45 p.m. local time, five civilians in a car reported a light near Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The report is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The observers, moving northeast, viewed the object through the right rear window. They described an unusually bright light that stayed stationary for about five minutes. They first thought it was an aircraft, but it was not moving. Plant authorities were checked, but nothing was found to account for the sighting.

The Air Force listed its conclusion as insufficient data for evaluation. Investigators noted that the first magnitude star Rigel was low on the horizon in that direction, while the planets Venus and Jupiter were not visible in the east. No mention of how the object disappeared was given.

Reported location

Oak Ridge, Tenn, January 1951

Date of incident

January 1951

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 8

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ( ot
LRT ER a PM aoa TY LOCATION CT | 12. CONCLUSIONS 5
: Wos Ballo
16 Jon 51 | oak Ridgetena 0 Probobly Balloon
3. DATETIME GROUP | 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION ~~ ~~ =—|0 Pessibly Balicon
Local __ a — H#KGround-Visuol 0 Ground-Radar 0 Ph Ror
as i 21457 0 Air-Visvoi 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS BE SR Ls Sa | Nos Astronomico 5
cy 0 Probgbly Astronomica
hig | FhrbtA Civilian (5) 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8. NUMER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0% Other HHA Insuff Dafa
0 Insufficiant Dota for Evaluation
5 min one | Hovered  —.
16. BRIEF SUMMARY OF §IGHTING 11. COMMENTS
shape~ Light- Color - Uunsually Bright - Speed+ Observers in car moving NE, Object
Stationary. First thought to be A/C but was nol viewed throught right rear window,
moving, Plant authorityies checked but nothing| This is the only wkmwdcoix positional
was found to account for the sighting, data given. First magnitude star
Rigel low on horizon at 110 deg azimuth
See Cace 21 Jan 51 - Same location) Planets Venus and Jupiter not visible
in East. lo mention of disappearance
given with report, Insufficient Data
for evaluation.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28938921