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65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_153

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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Unclassified
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FBI
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RELEASE-01-FILE-010-65-HS1-834228961-62-HQ-83894-SERIAL-153
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2026-05-08
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Flying saucers were observed over Oak Ridge, Tennessee, during July 1947.

"FLYING SAUCERS" OBSERVED OVER OAK RIDGE AREA

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Photographs of reputedly flying saucers were taken at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Two photographs of reputedly "flying saucers" seen at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, during July 1947.

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A newspaper clipping concerning flying saucers appeared in the Knoxville News-Sentinel.

Photostatic copy of newspaper clipping appearing in the Knoxville News-Sentinel concerning these "flying saucers."

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A photograph of a flying saucer was taken by V. R. Presley at Oak Ridge.

LYING SAUCER: OTOGRAPHED AT OAK RIDGE V: R. PRESLEY napped several pictures of his family and}

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July 1947

Flying saucers observed over Oak Ridge

Flying saucers were reportedly seen and photographed over Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

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Photographs of flying saucers
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