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1970s Los Alamos Lab Physicist James L. Tuck Correspondence on UAP

This four-page redacted PDF, released by the U.S. Department of Energy through the Department of War's UAP disclosure portal, compiles personal correspondence involving James L. Tuck, a physicist affiliated with Los Alamos National Laboratory, regarding his interest in unidentified anomalous phenomena circa the 1970s. One letter, addressed to the U.S. Army Engineer School at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, requests the 'recipe' used for simulated atomic bomb demonstrations, citing interest in large atmospheric vortices as reported in Dr. Edward U. Condon's 'Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects.' Another letter, dated November 28, discusses a report on ball lightning and encloses commentary by UFO author James M. McCampbell (referencing his book 'UFOLOGY,' 1976), and expresses conviction that Einstein's pursuit of a unified field theory was well-founded. Personal identifying details are redacted throughout under (b)(6).

Source: U.S. Department of Warwar.gov ↗Incident 1976Released May 22, 2026Discovered Jul 2, 2026541.5 KBdocument
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Description

Personal correspondence to and from James Tuck, a Los Alamos National Laboratory-affiliated physicist, concerning his interest in unidentified anomalous phenomena during the 1970s. Released by the U.S. Department of Energy via war.gov, with redactions applied under (b)(6) privacy exemptions.

Claims

  • The correspondence reflects a Los Alamos-affiliated physicist's personal interest in unidentified anomalous phenomena during the 1970s.

    90%

  • James Tuck, a Los Alamos-affiliated physicist, had a personal interest in unidentified anomalous phenomena during the 1970s.

    85%

  • James L. Tuck requested from the U.S. Army Engineer School the 'recipe' used for simulated atomic bomb demonstrations, citing interest in the large atmospheric vortices reported in Condon's 'Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects.'

    85%

  • A correspondent expressed the conviction that Einstein's pursuit of a unified field theory was well-founded, referencing McCampbell's 'UFOLOGY' (1976) chapter on flight and propulsion.

    80%

  • The correspondent believed Einstein's pursuit of a unified field theory was well-founded relative to UFO propulsion concepts.

    50%

  • Large atmospheric vortices are produced during simulated atomic bomb demonstrations, as referenced against Condon's 'Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects.'

    40%

Events

  1. Request for simulated atomic bomb demonstration 'recipe'

    Tuck writes to the U.S. Army Engineer School at Fort Belvoir requesting the formula used for simulated atomic bomb demonstrations, citing interest in large atmospheric vortices from Condon's UFO study.

  2. Nov 28, 2001

    Correspondence on ball lightning and UFOLOGY

    A letter enclosing commentary by UFO author James McCampbell on a ball lightning report, referencing his 1976 book UFOLOGY and expressing views on Einstein's unified field theory.

  3. May 21, 2026

    Release of James Tuck correspondence

    Department of Energy released the redacted correspondence via the Department of War UAP records portal.

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    James Tuck correspondence

    Personal letters concerning atmospheric vortices, ball lightning, and UAP interest exchanged during the 1970s.

Dates mentioned

1970s1976November 282026-05-22

Keywords

UAPUFOJames TuckLos AlamosDepartment of EnergyCondon Reportball lightningatmospheric vorticesunified field theoryUFOLOGYFort Belvoirredacted correspondencecorrespondenceredacted

Entities

Extracted text (OCR)
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Port Belvoir, Virginia 22060

Attent100:
Dear

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Departzant of Mechanical and
Technical Equipment

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A.a agreed ill our t:e kl'I
coaverution of today' a date. I
vould like to have the recipe that wa.a used for the simulated :itomi.c
bad> (!r�ia tr at ions.
We are intenated in the large abnospheric vortices 1mich are
produced as reported in the bCJOk ' 1 3cientif1c Study of Unidentified
l'lyitlg a,jects'' by Dr. Edward U. Coadon.

Yours sincerely •
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.Jazu,e:, L. T�k

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�.:irxiful of _your intere::i.;.i.nk,· i-e;·;orL on t:Rdl .lit�htninb, I am enclosing
comr,ents on sa.11e by a UFO bel.i.ever, James J..i. r.:cCam11bell, in his UFOLOGY,
1976, appearini· on the new non-fiction shelf at the 1:esa Library, call
number 629.1338
Ul25u.
His cr.a!)ter FLIGi:fii .Al/D PROPULSION streng·tt,ens ,.y conviction thc..t
Einstein, •hi1.e seelilingly straying 1·ro11 the main current
• of physical
re, earch in his later ;1ears, was on sc(:nt lIBe a bloodhound when he
per$isted in tryin� to lock in on a unified field theocy.
Re,.ards,

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