FBI file 62-HQ-83894
FBI file from the Knoxville office containing photographs and a Knoxville News-Sentinel clipping about a 'flying saucer' photographed by W. R. Presley over Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in July 1947.
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Photograph showing a dark disc-shaped object in the sky above a mountain landscape with utility pole
Photograph of a residential area with houses, a road, a telephone pole, and mountains in the background. This appears to be a photo of the scene without the anomalous object.
Photograph of the same scene as the previous photo, but with a bright, circular object visible in the sky. This is the 'flying saucer' photograph.
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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, is…
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…
62-83894-153 ENCLOSURE
KNOXVILLE NEWS-SENTINEL
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…
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