{"id":13703,"date":"2021-03-18T13:06:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T13:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/?p=13703"},"modified":"2021-03-18T13:09:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T13:09:14","slug":"october-15-1950-ufo-encounter-at-the-atomic-energy-commission-station-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/october-15-1950-ufo-encounter-at-the-atomic-energy-commission-station-47\/","title":{"rendered":"October 15, 1950, UFO Encounter at the Atomic Energy Commission Station 47"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Buried within the 30th Air Division History for 1950, is a UFO encounter at the Atomic Energy Commission&#8217;s Station 47. It occurred when the now inactive United States Air Force organization was conducting an air defense alert capability test, which was conducted on October 17th, 1950, where various radar sets were tested.<\/p>\n<p>On page 8 of the historical record released by the Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA) to The Black Vault in FOIA Case 2021-01256, identified as Iris Number 00464278, is a short report of the UFO encounter.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13704\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13704\" style=\"width: 1784px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-18-2021-5-44-17-AM.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13704 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-18-2021-5-44-17-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1784\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-18-2021-5-44-17-AM.jpg 1784w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-18-2021-5-44-17-AM-300x87.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-18-2021-5-44-17-AM-1024x298.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-18-2021-5-44-17-AM-1536x447.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-18-2021-5-44-17-AM-150x44.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-18-2021-5-44-17-AM-450x131.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-18-2021-5-44-17-AM-1200x349.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-18-2021-5-44-17-AM-768x223.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-18-2021-5-44-17-AM-600x175.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1784px) 100vw, 1784px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is the excerpt from the full history report. This is the best copy available, as digitized and archived on microfilm. The Black Vault did clean up the image from the original for easier reading. (Note: the compression is due to a poor original that was digitized.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Since it was 1950, the incident should have been investigated by Project Blue Book. However, a cross-reference of the release Project Blue Book files fails to turn up any related documents. Although the case may have been investigated, but the files are lost or destroyed, the reference above does show that a report of the incident was sent to the Eastern Air Defense Force (EADF), also a now defunct Air Force organization.<\/p>\n<p>What happened after the EADF got a hold of it, whether they turned it over to Project Blue Book, or if they investigated it themselves, remains a mystery.<\/p>\n<h3>Document Archive<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/documents2.theblackvault.com\/documents\/afhra\/00464278.pdf\">IRIS Number 00464278<\/a> [20 Pages, 6.5MB]<\/p>\n<div class=\"ead-preview\"><div class=\"ead-document\" style=\"position: relative;padding-top: 90%;\"><div class=\"ead-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe src=\"\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocuments2.theblackvault.com%2Fdocuments%2Fafhra%2F00464278.pdf&amp;embedded=true&amp;hl=en\" title=\"Embedded Document\" class=\"ead-iframe\" style=\"width: 100%;height: 100%;border: none;position: absolute;left: 0;top: 0;visibility: hidden;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-document-loading\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;left:0;top:0;z-index:10;\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-main\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/loading.svg\" width=\"55\" height=\"55\" alt=\"Loader\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Loading...<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-foot\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-foot-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/EAD-logo.svg\" alt=\"EAD Logo\" width=\"36\" height=\"23\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Taking too long?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-document-btn ead-reload-btn\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/reload.svg\" alt=\"Reload\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\"\/> Reload document\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>|<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/documents2.theblackvault.com\/documents\/afhra\/00464278.pdf\" class=\"ead-document-btn\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/open.svg\" alt=\"Open\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\"\/> Open in new tab\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><p class=\"embed_download\"><a href=\"https:\/\/documents2.theblackvault.com\/documents\/afhra\/00464278.pdf\" download>Download [6.53 MB] <\/a><\/p><\/div><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buried within the 30th Air Division History for 1950, is a UFO encounter at the Atomic Energy Commission&#8217;s Station 47. It occurred when the now inactive United States Air Force organization was conducting an air defense alert capability test, which was conducted on October 17th, 1950, where various radar sets were tested. 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