65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_153
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Serial 153 of FBI case file 62-HQ-83894 is a brief enclosure packet dated July 1947, originating from the FBI's Knoxville field office (file 65-11). It consists of two photographs of an alleged flying saucer observed over Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and a photostatic copy of a Knoxville News-Sentinel clipping from the same period. The clipping describes how a local resident, W. R. Presley of 218 Illinois Avenue, Oak Ridge, inadvertently captured an unidentified disc-shaped object on the final frame of a roll of film while photographing a mountain. The item was described as the first photographic instance of a reported flying saucer over Oak Ridge.
The record is notable primarily because Oak Ridge was an active nuclear facility at the time, making UAP sightings there of heightened security concern to the FBI. The serial is very short — most pages are blank or carry only case-number headers — and the actual photographs referenced as enclosures are not reproduced in the OCR text, leaving their current status unclear. This fits into a broader pattern within 62-HQ-83894 of the FBI documenting UAP reports near sensitive government installations during the initial 1947 wave.
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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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62-83891-153
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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