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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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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
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PanTEx
Managed and OFrated by
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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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
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no longer visible.
A subseauent comorehensive review of the incident was immediatelv initiated.
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PF personnel were alerted to the object and subsequently
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PanTEx
Operated by
Nuc'ear Security. LLC
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of the object was that it was a "diamond" type shape with it being
more round at the top
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Pan-rEx
Managed and
Seo.nty LLC
Pantex Unidentified Object incident Report
Ground Surveillance Radar Tracks
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and C*eeated by
Consobdated Nuclea Secunty. LLC
Pantex Unidentified Object Incident Report
Image from Ground Surveillance Radar Tower
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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
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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

Link

https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2026-09/Doc%205%20-%20Pantex%20Unidentified%20Object%20Incident%20Rpt%2C%20Sep%202%2C%202015%2C%207%20pgs..pdf