65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_153
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This record is Serial 153 from FBI Headquarters case file 62-HQ-83894, a long-running investigative file on unidentified flying objects spanning June 1947 through July 1968. The document is an enclosure from the Knoxville field office (file 65-11) concerning flying saucers reported over Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in July 1947. It includes two photographs submitted as evidence, along with a photostatic copy of a Knoxville News-Sentinel article describing how local resident W.R. Presley accidentally captured an unidentified object on film while photographing a mountain near his home at 218 Illinois Avenue, Oak Ridge.
The Oak Ridge location is significant given its status as a nuclear facility, and FBI headquarters interest in aerial anomalies over secured sites was consistent with broader Cold War-era security concerns. Most pages beyond the newspaper clipping and cover sheet are blank or otherwise empty in this serial, suggesting content may be missing or withheld. The FBI Vault version of this file contains heavier redactions; this release is described as more complete, though the substantive investigative follow-up, if any, does not appear within these pages.
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The FBI's 62-HQ-83894 case file includes investigative records, eyewitness testimonies, and public reports concerning Unidentified Flying Objects and flying discs documented between June 1947 and July 1968. The records include high-profile incident accounts, photographic evidence from sites like Oak Ridge, TN, and technical proposals regarding potential propulsion systems. Additional topics include convention programs, researcher accounts, and extensive media coverage from the period. This file is partially posted on FBI vault with more redactions and some pages missing. Included here is the complete case file with several newly declassified pages and only minor redactions.
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62-48 - 33894 VOLI SERIAL 153 ONLY
FBI - CENTRAL RECORDS CENTER
HQ - HEADQUARTERS
Class / Case #
Sub
Vol.
Serial #
0062 83894
153
ONLY
8/11/1274168
RRP003IXGA
Declassification authority derived
from FBI Automatic Declassification
Guide, issued May 24, 2007.
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KNOXVITLE 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, Temessee, during July 1947.
Photostatic copy of newspaper clipping appearing
in the Knoxville News-Sentinel concerning these
"flying saucers."
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ENCLOSURE
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KNOXVILLE NEWS SEY INEL
JULY 1947
'FLYING SAUCER' L OTOGRAPHED AT OAK RIDGE
W. R. PRESLEy lad snapped several pictures of his family and
his house a 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 las
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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