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Today in UFO History - F-82 Attempts Intercept of UFO Over AEC Plant / Radar
January 21, 1951 — Oak Ridge, Tenn.
1/4:20 p.m. A UFO that appears to be over the restricted area at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, is sighted on the radarscope of an
Today in UFO History - F-82 Attempts Intercept of UFO Over AEC Plant / Radar
January 21, 1951 — Oak Ridge, Tenn.
1/4:20 p.m. A UFO that appears to be over the restricted area at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, is sighted on the radarscope of an
2/F-82 fighter. The GCI gives the go-ahead to intercept the target. The radar set on the F-82 is locked on and the run begins. The interception is unsuccessful, and the fighter returns to base. In all, three passes are made at targets, all with radar indications, but they cannot
3/be completed since the target is over the restricted area that includes the X-10 plant. [Eberhart]
Note the X-10 "plant" was the world's 2nd nuclear reactor, the graphite reactor for producing plutonium. [Brad Sparks]
Sources:
Brad Sparks, Blue Book Unknowns, Case 436, p. 104;
Note the X-10 "plant" was the world's 2nd nuclear reactor, the graphite reactor for producing plutonium. [Brad Sparks]
Sources:
Brad Sparks, Blue Book Unknowns, Case 436, p. 104;
NICAP, “F-82 Attempts Intercept of UFO over AEC Plant / Radar”;
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nicap.org/510121oakridge…
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