ML20154A739

FOIA Request for Documents Re Unusual Events,Possible Security Threats & Violations of Airspace of Site on or About 840724.Press Releases Encl

ML20154A739
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	12/23/1985
From:	Todd R AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To:	NRC OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL (OGC)
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FOIA-85-848 NUDOCS 8603040142
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Ardmore, PA 19003 23 Decanber 1985 General Counsel Nuclear Regulatory Cannission fhiiE,00M OF INFORMAll%

1717 H Street, W ACI REQUEST Washington, DC 20555 FotA-65-848 Kpgjk12/27/M

'Ib Whom It May concern:

'Ihis is a request subnitted under the provisions of the Freedom of Infornation Act (EDIA), 5 USC 5 552.

Accorpanying this request as Attachttent 1 is a copy of a newspaper article concernirg a recent earthquake that occurred in New York State.

'IM article, fran a New York newspaper, states that personnel at the Indian Point nuclear p'ower plant treated the earthquake as an " Unusual Event". An " Unusual Event" is defined as "sanething different fran the nonn that could possibly effect

[ sic] the operations at Indian Point."

Provided as Attachttent 2 is a copy of an article fran the 23 July 1985 issue of the National Enquirer that relates the details of a nurrMr of sightings of an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) over the Indian Point nuclear powr plant on or about 24 July 1984. 'Ihe report states that a number of security guards sighted the object, which was described as gargantuan and diamond-shaped.

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l addition, it is known that the object was sighted on the plant's closed-circuit television system. It has been revealed that the object was so 1crge that it filled the monitor screen, requiring that the camera be panned to view the object in its entirety. The object was reported to have overflown a restricted area of the plant.

It seems clear that reports of " Unusual Events" and possible security threats must be reported to the overseeing and regulatory agencies of the federal govern-rrent. Since your agency qualifies in this respect, this request has been sub-mitted to you.

It is respectfully requested that copies be furnished of all reports and other records pertaining to all " Unusual Events" that occurred at the Indian Point nuclear power plant on or about 24 July 1984.

In addition, it is requested that copies be furnished of all reports and other records pertaining to possible security threats, to include violations of the airspace over the Indian Point power plant, during the same time period. 'Ihis request should be interpreted to seek all records held by your Washington, DC office and the appropriate NRC regional office as well.

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It was the second tremor reported The quake - the largest to, hit the and in the surrounding area which in the Northeast this week. The New York metropolitan area in more record sensitivity to vertical and than three decades - was considered hottontal movements. Bowin Lin-Boston area was tickled by a mild by geologists' standards. In dgren, another spokesman for Con magnitude 3 0 quake Tuesday.

California, quakes of similar Ed sa!d. "This morning what was felt

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police officer Robert Ccmmann said.

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