Case Directory - Category: 01; Distant Encounters
  
Subject:    Aircraft Illustrator Reports Darting Pear-Shaped Object Over Oak Ridge
Date:        November 5, 1950
Location:  Oak Ridge, TN

#1676: 1950/11/5  11:50  10  84:16:0W  36:0:0N  3333  NAM USA TNS  6 7 
OAK RIDGE,TN:AIRCRAFT ILLUSTRATOR:XLUCENT PEAR-SHAPE DARTS ABOUT/5-10min 
Ref# 185 BERLINER,DON: The BLUEBOOK UNKNOWNS  Page No. 5 MIL. BASE

Francis Ridge:
This one was listed among the Blue Book Unknowns and stayed on the list when the Comprehensive Catalog of Project Blue Book Unknowns by Brad Sparks was compiled:

CCPBBU:
Nov. 5, 1950. Oak Ridge, Tenn. (36.05° N, 84.20° W). 11:55 a.m. Fairchild Aircraft illustrator Don Patrick saw a translucent object, light grey with dark core, shaped like a pear or bean, flying with rapid, darting movements. (Berliner)


For reports, documentation, analysis or discussions - see below:

Aircraft Illustrator Reports Darting Bean-Shaped Object over Oak Ridge - BB Microfilm - Francis Ridge
AFOSI Document,dated 10 Nov 1950, Page 1
AFOSI Document, Page 2
FBI Document Page 3
FBI Document Page 4
FBI Document Page 5
The Oak Ridge Page

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