Color Coded Security Badges
Color-coded security badges are a compartmentalized physical access control system in which badge color determines which sections of a secured facility or object an individual may enter or approach. The concept appears in the account of anonymous Marine whistleblower "RB" in describing the security protocols surrounding a recovered disc-shaped craft at an undisclosed military base in December 1963.
RB's Account
According to RB's account, the building housing the craft employed a strict color-coded badge system in which different badge colors corresponded to authorized access to designated sections of the craft. A red badge conferred total access to the entire vehicle. Engineers and scientists were restricted to only their allocated portions of the craft. This compartmentalization within a compartmentalized facility reflects a deeply layered security architecture designed to prevent any single individual from acquiring a comprehensive understanding of the craft's complete systems.
This badge system operated alongside a physical perimeter: a white-taped circle surrounding the craft that no unauthorized personnel — including senior military officers and the Secretary of the Navy — could cross. Together, these measures suggest a multi-layered access control structure consistent with the most sensitive Special Access Program protocols.
Broader Significance
The use of color-coded compartmentalization within UAP-related facilities mirrors the broader use of "bigoted" access lists and compartmented programs in the U.S. intelligence community, where even high-ranking officials may be denied access to programs for which they have no "need to know." Barry Goldwater's denial of access to the Blue Room at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base despite his senior rank and clearances is a parallel example of this compartmentalization at the institutional level.