40Mi NWof Knoxville radar-visual unidentified-object report — October 1955

On or during October 1955, at or near 40Mi NWof Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, the source reports the following sequence: BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Pilot light sinter to star observed east to west, bad contrast with obj but unable to close on obj. AFTER VISUAL OBSERVATION CMM CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE OBJECT ON AIRBORNE RADAR AND CHASE WAS ATTEMPTED PD AT THIS TIME THE OBJECT WAS 28NM EAST OF OBSERVER WAS PD OBSERVER WAS UNABLE TO CLOSE WITH THE OBJECT PD CLOSE REPORTED PD 11.DENIAL G CONNER CMM 1ST LT PD CMM SENIOR DIRECTOR CMM 65338 ACORN PD 12 NEG PD 20/16352 OCT TJESB YDCD221 VYB226 VDE241KEAS55 PP RJEDEN RJEDON RJESNO (ZXT) RJESKE NO FWD 6 ACTION NGC DE RJESKE 37A (W ITNBS ) P 212353Z SEX FM COMDR 354TH FTTINCEPTRON MCGHEE TYSON APRT KNOXVILLE TENN TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLGSPRGS COLO RJEDEN/COMDR A52D ASS ENT AFB COLGSPRGS COLO RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECH INTELL CNTR WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEPHG/DIR OF INTELL HO USAF WASHDC RJEPNE/COMDR EADF STEWART AFB NY RJJESKE/COMDR 35TH ADD DOBBINS AFB GA BT /UNCLASSIFIED/354TH FIS 93 THE FOLLOWING IS SUBMITTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH PAR 7 AFR 200-2 CMM DTE 22 OCT 55 PD 1. SAW IT VISUALLY LIGHT ORANGE B. 45 DEG TO LEFT ON PILOT FLYING 090 DEG OBJECT WAS AT 20 DEG ELEVATION AT 35 TO 45A C. FLEW IN STRAIGHT PATH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH E. STARTED FADING AND TWINKLING AND GRADUALLY DISAPPEARED F. The text of the document is as follows: CLEAR 15 SURF CM GA CM 360 DEG AT 25 CM 12A 215 DEG AT 10 CM 15A CM 320 DEG AT 22 26A CM 322 DEG AT 35 32A CM 342 DEG AT 40 32A CM 322 DEG AT 25 SCA NOT AVAILABLE 4-GA STRONG SUBSTANCE INVERSION 32A STAB LAYER AT 45A TROOPAUSE CLEAR 15 NONE NONE NONE PILOT GAVE TAIL CHASE BUT DUE TO EXCESSIVE SPEED WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE NATURE OF OBJECT AIR TRAFFIC INITIAL REPORT 7:54TH FIS WX CLEAR WITH GOOD VISIBILITY PD CIV SO WAS CALLED BUT WERE OFF AIR AT TIME TO KNOXVILLE FILTER CENTER REPORTED OBSERVATION POSTS WERE NOT MANNED AT TIME OF SIGHTING PD UNIV OF TENN WAS ALSO CONTACTED BUT NOTHING OBSERVED PD WEATHER BUREAU RELEASED BALLOONS AT 2102Z AND 2302Z BUT TIME AND RATE OF ASCENT FAREN 1200 PAGE FOUR RJESKE 37A FT PER MIN DOES NOT COINCIDE WITH OBJECT SIGHTING PD MILITCH FLT SERVICE MAXWELL AFB ALA REPORTED NO EXPERIMENTAL ACFT IN VICINITY PD AIRLINES WERE CONTACTED PD ONE AIRCRAFT WAS IN AREA BUT THE CREW REPORTED NEGATIVE SIGHTINGS N/A The image appears to be a scanned page from a Project Blue Book UFO report, but there is no photograph present on this particular page.