Documents / FOIA release
This Federal Bureau of Investigation file section collects 1949 Army intelligence reports of unidentified aerial objects seen around Camp Hood, Texas, forwarded by the San Antonio office, which told the Director it was reviewing and destroying such reports unless they held FBI interest. It also has 1957 FBI liaison memoranda on a radar-tracked object near Montauk Point and Benton, Pennsylvania, judged unlikely to be a Soviet operation. The file also includes a civilian Flying Saucer Researchers release arguing that saucers probably come from Mars.
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Preparing Office: 111th TC, FAO # 8, P.O. Box 379, Knoxville Tenn. Subject: OBJECTS SIGHTED OVER OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE Attached to this summary are enclosures which clarify and substantiate the information submitted in Summaries of Information, subject as above, dated 25 October 1950, 2 November 1950, and 8 November 1950. The following is a revised chronological summary of the reported events which have occurred at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, concerning "Objects Sighted Over Oak Ridge, Tennessee." (Refer to Summaries of Information, "Objects Sighted Over Oak Ridge, Tennessee," dated 13 October 1950, 17 October 1950, 21 October 1950, 2 November 1950, 8 November 1950, and 14 November 1950.) June 1947. Mr. W. R. Pressley photographed a flying object at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The street in the foreground has been identified as Illinois Avenue, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. ## *(page 2) 20 June 1949. At 1900 hours Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Anderson and Mrs. John A. White sighted three objects at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, similar to SUBJECT. 1-6 March 1950. Mr. Stuart Adcock reported peculiar readings on his "Man" Radar Scope. These objects reappeared at approximately the same time of day which is similar to SUBJECT. (Refer: Summary of Information, Subject; Unidentified Objects Over Oak Ridge Vicinity, dated 6 March 1950.) 12 October 1950. 2325 hours. Knoxville Airport Radar Unit indicated a series of unidentified targets over the "Restricted Zone" at Oak Ridge. 12 October 1950. 2347. Fighter aircraft was at the position of the radar target and made three perfect interceptions but could see nothing. 13 October 1950. 0000-0100 hours. Additional Radar plots as before. 15 October 1950. Approximately 1400 hours. Major L. E. Ronniger, accompanied by his daughter, heard intermittent noises. 15 October 1950. 151? hours. Fighter plane made unsuccessful passes at a good radar target four (4) miles from the East Boundary (Kerr Hollow Gate).
FOIA release, from the fbi-vault collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 169 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.