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16 Ooteder 1950 Description of object seen by Atomic Energy Comelssion Security Patrol Tr< Edvard D, Rymer; who approached the object as close as Fifty (50) feet, at abo 1520 hours on 15 October 1950, ie substantially as follows: When first seen a' an estimated altitule of twelve (12) to fifteen (15) thousand feet, the object appeared to be an afroraft starting to * te". The "Streamer" left behinl estimated to be approxrimtely one-fourth (4) of a mile long. The object thea © started a controlled descent, almost vertical, at a slower speed than ai atror: would dive, ani the “tail” followed the object. "It" then appoared to take th shape of a large bullet with a streamer, or ribbon, as tuick as the bullet, tr ing in the path of the object but connected to it, The object then levelled eo parallel to the horizon, decreased ita speed, ani passed within seventy (70) y: of Rymer ani anotuer observer waom Rymer bad stopped (John Momymaker). Ryser reported via telephone that this object was a “falling object”, As the object decreased its speed to lesa than a mans norm) walk, Rymer attempted to approx the object, but ven he got within fifty (50) feet of it, the object moved tow the Southeast at about six fect altitute above the terrain; made almost a mechanical maneuver to go over @ nine (9) foot cyclone ohain link fence; then another similar maneuver to pass over a willow tree ani a telephone line; and finally gained altitudes and speed ani went over a hill about one mile distance. When Rymer was within fifty (50) feet of the object it appesred te be a t (2) by five (5) card (similar to the ones issued to vehicles entering the “Cont Zone” at Oak Ridge) with a twenty (20) foot ribbon tail, the first two feet of waich were easily visible ani the last eighteen (15) feet of which was almost transparent and divided into several sections. The sections of the tail weald Puleste a dim "glow" altermately. Through the entire length of the tail, was s black line which might be described as a “wire". The entire color was blutak-; siuilar to the color of the top of a “wood cooking range". The “body” of the « was gently moving up and down, ani the tail waved in the breeze like a ribbon ¢ & worm ani followed the path of the “body” of the chject. There was no breeze at the time! (Knoxville Airport reports a high breeze of eight (8) miles per hour). Further, from fifty (50) feet away, the object looked no bigger then 11 éid from two hunired and ten (210) feet away, ani when it disappeared over the kill, one (1) mile avay, it still looked the same size that it had appeared at only fifty (50) feet, but the "body" was then "bladder" or “pear-shaped”, When questioned furthor, Rymoer stated that the object Bad to change size fron the time they first observed it until it came near the ground; and it had get larger as it went over the hill or they would not have been able to see it euch distances, The object appeared two more times within the next ten (10) minctes and Rymer was able to get tvo other observers to verify that they eould see the sam The three observers, other than Rymer bs SF ZOO-/87 we f