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Pantex Unidentified Object Incident Report
Pantex Plant / Consolidated Nuclear Security; DOE FOIA release · 2015-09-02
Pantex Unidentified Object Incident Report · 7 pages · PDF 0.8 MB
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consolidated CNS nuclear security, Ilc PANTEX PLANT I NATIONAL SECURITY COMPLEX SEPO 9 2015 Deputy Assistant Manager for Safeguards & Security NNSA Production Office Post Office Box 2050 Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-8009 Pantex Unidentified Object Report P.O. Box 30020 Amarillo. TX 79120-0020 Office 806.477.3918 Fax 806.477.5690 Enclosed for your review is the complete report for the Pantex Unidentified Object that occurred on September 2, 2015. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at Sincerely yours, Sr. Di€ctor, Pantex Pantex SS&ES Operations GDW:ljv Enclosure: As stated c/enc: ment transmitted here ntains UC at from When mente, ha is a unent as Unclassifi t (X)NTROI.I.ED CLEAR NOT F0R PVBLIC RE Unauthonzed dissem subject tc civil * , . mal sanctions of 1954. as amended under section 148 of the Alot (42 US c, 2168) Reviewing Official- Date: Se ve Used: G ntes
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Consolidated NLRSeat Securtty. LLC
Pantex Unidentified Object
Incident Report
September 2, 2015
Pantex Plant
Amarillo, TX 79120-0020
UNCLASSIFIED CONTROLLED NUCLEAR INFORNMATION
NOT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
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uninal sanctions under
Section 148 of the Atomic Ener
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PanTEx Manao•d Secunty, LLC dispatched to follow it in an effort to obtain as much information about the object as possible. PF personnel on the ground confirmed the presence of the object and maintained observation via PF vehicle, PF personnel followed the object for several miles north of the plant until it was UCNI no longer visible. A subseauent comorehensive review of the incident was immediatelv initiated. UCNI Page 2 of 6 Pantex Unidentified Object Incident Report IJCNI PF personnel were alerted to the object and subsequently 7 1
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PanTEx Operated by Nuc'ear Security. LLC 1 Pantex Unidentified Object Incident Report of the object was that it was a "diamond" type shape with it being more round at the top UCNI Page 3 of 6
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Pan-rEx Managed and Seo.nty LLC Pantex Unidentified Object incident Report Ground Surveillance Radar Tracks IJCNI Page 4 of 6
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PanTEx and C*eeated by Consobdated Nuclea Secunty. LLC Pantex Unidentified Object Incident Report Image from Ground Surveillance Radar Tower UCNI ¯ Page 5 of 6
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Pan-rEx Managed and by Nucleat Secunty. LLC Pantex Unidentified Object Incident Report Sandia National Labs Enhanced Images of the Object UCN Page 6 of 6
Record
- Author / institution
- Pantex Plant / Consolidated Nuclear Security; DOE FOIA release
- Date
- 2015-09-02
- Source type
- Contemporaneous official incident report
- Used for
- CASE-033 Pantex radar detection and security personnel observations
- Limitations
- Redactions; describes observations but does not establish object identity or anomalous origin