gs of the radar stations. They found instances
where, during the same period of time that radiation in the area had
been much higher than normal, radar had had a UFO on the scope. These
events had occurred during the period from January 1951 until about
June 1951.

Upon learning of the tentative but encouraging findings that the
colonel's group had dug out of their past records, people on both the
radiation-survey crews and at the radar sites became interested in co-
operating for further investigation. A tie-in with the local saucer
grapevine established a three-way check.

One evening in July, just before sunset, two of the colonel's group
were driving home from the laboratory. As they sped along the highway
they noticed two cars stopped ahead of them. The occupants were
standing beside the road, looking at something in the sky.

The two scientists stopped, got out of their car, and scanned the
sky too. Low on the eastern horizon they saw a bright circular object
moving slowly north. They watched it for a while, took a few notes,
then drove back to the lab.

Some interesting news awaited them there. Radar had picked up an
unidentified target near the spot where the scientists in the car had
seen the UFO, and it had been traveling north. A fighter had been
scrambled, but when it got into the proper area, the radar target was
off the scope. The pilot glimpsed something that looked like the
reported UFO, but before he could check further he had to turn into
the sun to get on an interception course, and he lost the object.

Several days passed before the radiation reports from all stations
could be collected. When the reports did come in they showed that
stations east of the laboratory, on an approximate line with the
radar track, had shown the highest increase in radiation. Stations
west of the lab showed nothing.

The possible significance of this well-covered incident spurred the
colonel's group to extend and refine their activities. Their idea was
to build a radiation-detection instrument in an empty wing tank and
hang the tank on an F-47. Then when a UFO was reported they would fly
a search pattern in the area and try to establish whether or not a
certain sector of the sky was more radioactive than other sectors.
Also, they proposed to build a highly directional detector for the F-
47 and attempt actually to track a UFO.

The design of such equipment was started, but many delays occurred.
Before the colonel'