The FBI's 62-HQ-83894 case file includes investigative records, eyewitness testimonies, and public reports concerning Unidentified Flying Objects and fl…
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62- HQ-83894 Vol 1 SERIAL 153 ONLY
FBI - CENTRAL RECORDS CENTER
HQ - HEADQUARTERS
Class / Case # Sub Vol. Serial #
0062 83894 1 153 ONLY
8/11/1274168
RRP003IXGA
Declassification authority derived
from FBI Automatic Declassification
Guide, issued May 24, 2007.
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KNOXVILLE FILE #65-11
RE: "FLYING SAUCERS" OBSERVED OVER OAK RIDGE AREA
INTERNAL SECURITY - X
ENCLOSURES TO BUREAU:
Two photographs of reputedly "flying saucers"
seen at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, during July 1947.
Photostatic copy of newspaper clipping appearing
in the Knoxville News-Sentinel concerning these
"flying saucers."
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62-83891-153
ENCLOSURE
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KNOXVILLE NEWS•SE[illegible]INEL
JULY 1947
‘FLYING SAUCER’ [unclear: PHOTOGRAPHED?] AT OAK RIDGE
W. R. PRESLEY had snapped several pictures of his family and
his house at 218 Illinois Avenue, Oak Ridge, the other after-
noon and, noticing he had one
film left on the roll, he turned
and snapped it for a picture of
the mountain.
He had the roll developed, and
look what he got on that last
shot! Now don’t start trying to
explain it off. Just go ahead and
say what it looks like. Sure.
Sure. You’re right. It is a Flying
Saucer. A lot of folks have re-
ported seeing the things. This,
however, is the first time that
one has ever been photographed
over Oak Ridge.
Mr. Presley says this picture
has all of Oak Ridge talking.
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