White Taped Circle Restricted Zone
The white taped circle restricted zone refers to a simple but absolutely enforced physical perimeter placed around a recovered non-human craft, as described by anonymous Marine whistleblower "RB" in his account of a December 1963 guard assignment at an undisclosed military base. The boundary, marked by white tape on the floor, represented the inner exclusion zone around the craft, superseding the authority of any personnel regardless of rank or clearance level.
RB's Account
According to RB, a white-taped circle surrounded the disc-shaped craft in its hangar, and no unauthorized person could cross it — including USAF generals who were present at the facility. RB stated that he personally stopped the Secretary of the Navy from crossing the line during his guard duty. This detail is significant because it indicates the security protocols around the craft operated outside normal chain-of-command authority, enforced by lower-ranking security personnel (RB held the rank of Corporal) against officials of cabinet-level seniority.
The white taped circle functioned in conjunction with a color-coded badge system controlling access to different sections of the craft itself, creating multiple concentric layers of access control: the outer building perimeter, the taped circle perimeter, and the badge-controlled sections of the craft interior.
Broader Significance
The enforcement of a physical boundary by junior personnel against senior officials is consistent with the kind of compartmentalization described in accounts of the most sensitive Special Access Programs, where "need to know" supersedes rank. Senator Barry Goldwater's denial of access to the Blue Room at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base by General Curtis LeMay represents a similar principle operating at a higher institutional level.