Archive case record

65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_153

Source: uap_archive
Record updated: 2026-08-19

Record summary

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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FBI - CENTRAL RECORDS CENTER HQ - HEADQUARTERS Class I Case# Sub Vol. Serial # 0062 83894 1 153 ONLY 8/11/1274168 II II I I II 111111111111111 RRP003 IXGA

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• JQIOXVILLE FILE #65-11 RE: "FLYING SAOOll!S" OB.SERVED OVER OAK RIDGE AREA INTmNAL SIDURITY - X ENCLOOURE3 TO J31JREAU: Two photographs of reputedly "f]J'1ing saucers" seen at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, during JulJr 1947. Photostat1o copy of newepa.per clipping appearing in the Knoxville Newa-Sentine1 concernin.g: these "flying saucers." , \ • .,

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KNOXVILLE NEWSSEINEL JULY1947 V.R PRESLEyad snapped several pictures of his family and his house a218 Ilinois 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 áeveloped,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 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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