65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_153
Agency: FBI

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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KNOXVILLE FILE #65-11 RE: "FLYING SAUCERS" OBSERVED OVER OAK RIDGE AREA INTERNAL SECURITY - X A 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." ¥ : a) \

KNOXVILLE Wewseser {"5L JULY 19h47 ae ee tern LYING SAUCER’ | OTOGRAPHED AT OAK RIDGE V ING, SAUCER’ .¢ ‘snapped several pictures of his family and| his house a/ 218 Illinois Avenue, Oak Ridge, the other after- ™ ‘ . noon and, noticing he had ong film ‘left on the roll, he turned ; { and snapped it for a picture o! e ? the mountain. eee so He had the roll developed, and ee a ame, = look what he got on that las! a oe oe 4 shot! Now don’t start trying t ge ia a explain it off. Just go ahead and eS sey he say what it looks like, Sure fe Sure. You're right. It is a Flying a Saucer. A lot of folks have re- er «ported seeing the things. This] Re however, is the first time that Pe =e one has ever been photographed er over Oak Ridge. eG Mr. Presley says this picture] tal has all of Oak Ridge talking.