FBI-62-HQ-83894, FLYING SAUCER REPORT, OAK RIDGE, JULY 1947

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cover-page

This is a cover page for an FBI file folder, identifying the case number 62-HQ-83894, volume 1, serial 153.

[HANDWRITTEN: 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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memo

This document is a transmittal memo listing enclosures sent to the FBI Bureau regarding reports of flying saucers observed over Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in July 1947.

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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cover-page

This is a blank cover page or enclosure sheet containing a handwritten case file number.

[HANDWRITTEN: 62-83891-153]
ENCLOSURE

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other

A newspaper clipping from the Knoxville News-Sentinel dated July 1947 reporting on a photograph taken by W. R. Presley in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, which allegedly shows a flying saucer.

KNOXVILLE NEWS-SENTINEL
JULY 1947
'FLYING SAUCER' 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 afternoon 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 reported 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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other

This page is a blank sheet containing only a handwritten case file reference number.

[HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-153]

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photograph

A black and white photograph showing a residential or military housing area with a utility pole in the foreground and hills in the background.

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other

This is a blank page containing only a handwritten case file number at the bottom.

[HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-153]

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photograph

A black and white photograph showing a rural scene with houses, a utility pole, and a bright, circular light object in the sky.

[HANDWRITTEN: 2]

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blank

This is a blank page with a handwritten file reference number at the bottom.

[HANDWRITTEN: 62-83894-153]