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CLASSIFIED INCOMING MESSAGE CONFIDENTIAL DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY STAFF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE FBI CONFIDENTIAL PRIORITY PARAPHRASE NOT REQUIRED From: COMGENARMYTHREE Ft McPherson Ga To: Dept of Army for Dir of Intelligence Nr: AJACI 1-2 2 Mar 50 Telephone call received from Lt Col Nunamaker Tennessee Military District 1130, 2 March. He stated that A. There is a radar station near Knoxville which has been in operation about 3 weeks. This radar station is being operated by station WROL of Knoxville. B. On 1 March at 2135 hours the station picked up an object 340 degrees and 18 miles from Knoxville altitude 40,000 feet. Direction and distance put the object directly over Oak Ridge. AEC Security Division Chief at Oak Ridge checked with Smyrna Air Base Nashville which reported it had no flight plan for any plane being in that vicinity and altitude. C. On 2 March at 1105 station picked up object at 335 degrees and 18 miles from Knoxville altitude 40,000 feet. AEC Security Div Chief checked with Smyrna Air Base with negative results. D. AEC Sec Div Chief is not certain as to operational efficiency of radar unit and requested Smyrna AB to send qualified radar operator. Smyrna has no personnel so qualified. Smyrna commander suggested Third Army send qualified radar operator to check equipment. E. Data from radar was limited to: 1. Bearing, distance and altitude on each object. 2. Third Army queried 14th Air Force to determine if 14th AF had training flights over the Knoxville area on 1 and 2 March. Answer was no. CM IN 12036 (3Mar 50) 52 APR 10 1950 INDEXED - 19 RECORDED - 19 MAR 22 1950 EX-136 D. JOURNAL NO. 75 MAR 22 50 17 CONFIDENTIAL COPY NO. SCO FORM 22-3 JAN 1949 Note: Handwritten annotations such as "Read from IOA 3-8-50", "Knoxville", "Y. Dinsley Y-1", "162-83874-211", and other marginalia are not included in the main text transcription as they are not part of the typed document body. The document’s structure and all typed text have been preserved exactly as requested.