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This FBI Central Records Center serial 153 from file 62-HQ-83894 comes from the Knoxville field office, file 65-11. It concerns "flying saucers" seen over the Oak Ridge area and is marked Internal Security - X. The enclosures sent to the Bureau were two photographs of reputed flying saucers seen at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in July 1947, and a copy of a Knoxville News-Sentinel clipping. The clipping reports that W. R. Presley photographed an apparent flying saucer over the mountain from his home.
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# KNOXVILLE NEWS SEVEN NEL JULY 1947 FLYING SAUCER' OTOGRAPHED AT OAK RIDGE FLYING SAUCER NOTOGRAPHED AT OAK RIDGE W. R. PRESLEY had snapped several pictures of his family and his house a 218 Illinois Avenue, Oak Ridge, the other afternoon and, noticing he had one Avenue, Oak Ridge, the other afternoon 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 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 reported 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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