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¢ 25 October 1950 = ° 113th CIC Detachment, FAO # 8, P. 0. Box 379, Knoxville, Tennessee 28 OBJECTS SIGHTED OVER OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE SEE At 1655 hows, on 20 October 1950, Mr. Larry P, Riordan, AEC Badge 0 t.8" Bo. 522, Superintendent of Security at X-10 in the “Control Zone” at Oak Ridge, : ~ fTornessee, waile enroute frou I-10 te the Oak Ridge residential area, of «1. % 7° Bonton Valley Roed, saw an object in the sky which appeared to be directly «| : over the University of Tennssses Agricultural Research Farm, This object “ow + gave the general appearance of an Gerial balloon which had lost ite “basket.%"'* = + In other vords, the object was generally round; appeared to come together at the bottom in wrinkles (rather indistinct), and something was hanging below. ©:-.: .-- fhe balloon was described as being from eiget to ten feel long; ef a lend «oy. pipe or gumeetal color; and seemed to be approximtely one-fourth (4) wile — -)- from the observer, at a thirty (30) degree elevation aboue the horizon, The 3 | ob ject was apparently stationary but since the obeerver was in a moving. = oe vehicle, he did not verify taust it was stationary. As the vehicle in which) =.=” be vas travelling changed position, ant went aroun a curve, Mr. Riardam = 7. noticed that this object appeared to be thinner, He concluies that by reasou of his changing position, or the object changing its altitule, he observed 0 another angle of the object viich appeared to be thinner than upon is first ~ .: > time of Che obsorvatica there Ttelble, tM. Bierdan is at thes wea a uw ond be baa been hersteragios tees wet but, gonprelly, they are similar to a cirou Ddallooa which is ebout tweaty-fouw . (ea$ inches in dfemeter, Mr. Riordan ia certain the objcot seen wes mot a. .* "= weather balloon but his firet impression was that this object was am experte ©?) 5 mental "gab" being utilized by the University of Tennessee Agricult ee Research Farn. Sas Mr, Riordan has been the Security Chief of X~10 since 14 July 1943. - Mis =." vision i# normal except that be has mgligible impairment of the right eye... {~~ Like many of the Atomis Energy Comission officials, Mr. Riordan hes hoped ~y5%% for the enportimity te see one of thane obiecta. and unier the cirouastanoes_ /« or Ses Vere Vee Sy OSS Se ~~ +S yer Fs —- he vieuslized it as accurately aa possible, ot de SPE At 1845 hours, on 2h October 1950, Mr. Willian B, Fry, Asslotant Chief of |)” Security, NEPA Division, Oak Ridge, Temessee, while attenling « Drive-in. ).0°4 theater with his wife and child, at Oak seers noticed an object im the ety (><. North-Horthveat of his position, at a thirty (30) to forty (40) degree, - ates a 3 cc Hq., Taird Army, Ft. McPherson, Ga. 1 ec Sec. Div., AEC, Oak Ridge, Tem. i oc FBI, Knoxrilie, Tenn.