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Case Evidence · CE-V99-017

Knoxville radar reports eleven or more returns over the controlled area; fighter finds nothing

Reported1950-10-12/13 · FBI urgent teletype; CIC summaries

Record

Date / period
1950-10-12/13
Reported event / document
Knoxville radar reports eleven or more returns over the controlled area; fighter finds nothing
Evidence type
FBI urgent teletype; CIC summaries
Original data accessible?
Yes (FBI scan)
Verification status
Contemporaneous radar report; object not identified
Competing explanations / missing data
Speeds/altitudes are estimates; propagation not excluded
Next step
Obtain scope plots, logs, controller and aircrew reports
Source ID
SRC-V86-59; SRC-142

Why this grade

Reported From Case Evidence's Verification status ("Contemporaneous radar report; object not identified"). Grade rules.