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that the reliability of ADCOCK was extremely dubious and they felt thet the mtter was worthy of little consideration. On the morning of Merch 6, 1950, ADCOCK again contacted Special Agent GEAGRAVES, CIC, and advised he had again observed the object at about the same altitude over the Oak Ridge area and he estimated the object to be of approximately the same density as would be caused by 2 DC-k at that altitude, Again, Colonel GASSER was contacted by Special Agent PRICE of OSI and Colonel GASSER said that he intended to take some electronic equip- ment to the home of ADCOCK with which they could actually check the electrical circuits of his radar equipment to determine whether or not it was accurate, pexrticulerly in view of the fact they had checked som of the findings of ADCOCK with regard to known aircraft detected during previous visits and extent regerding speed, elevation afternoon of March 6, 1950, all day of March 7, end ADCOCK to make an appointment with Colonel GASSER CROSS, and ADCOCK could not be located, According to his office at Station WROL, he had left tow and it was not known when he would return. it seems to the general opinion that the h an sus. exceptional altitude is quite in- probable and no explanation is yet mown as to just what was detected by ADCOCK on his screen or, in fact, whether anything was detected. On the afternoon of March §, 1950, Special Agont SEAGRAVES telephoned Special Agent McGWAIN of this office and advised that two representatives of the Lith Air Yorces with headquarters at Greenville, South Carolina, had arrived in Knox- ville and contacted him with regard to mking an appointment with ADCOCK to inspect his equipment. Theso representatives advised they did not feel it sufficiently important for them to remain or to mike a return trip inasmuch as ADCOCK was umavailable. This information is being furnished to the Bureau in detail inasmch as it is the wnderstanding of this office that Colonel C, D, GASSER was mech perturbed in the manner in which this matter was handled end has written letters to his Commending Officer, U. 8. Air Forces Material Command, Wright Field, concerning it, These letters by Colonel GASSER epparently were prompted from the fast that the 3rd Army Intelligence ropresentative and the Air Force Intelligence representative have both been instructed to act as observers only, with no authority to act in the situation. In addition thereto, AEC felt that their responsibility hed been discharged upon notifying the 3rd Army. The Bureau was obviously interested only from an observer's viewpoint and no question of jurisdiction in this regard was raised,