65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_153
- Date
- Jul 1947
- Place
- Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
- Record
- Pentagon file
- Assessment
- Not assessed
- Evidence strength
What was reported
Short FBI Knoxville field-office submission (case file 65-11, captioned 'Flying Saucers Observed Over Oak Ridge Area,' Internal Security-X) forwarding two photographs and a Knoxville News-Sentinel clipping about a 'flying saucer' photo reportedly taken by W.R. Presley of Oak Ridge in July 1947, described in the clipping as the first photograph of the phenomenon over the Atomic Energy Commission site. Text is minimal (OCR captured mostly the cover sheet and clipping caption); the photographs themselves are not reproduced as text.
What officials concluded
No conclusion stated
The file gives no official explanation.
- Agency
- FBI
- Released in
- 123456
Evidence profile
- No: Visual
- No: Infrared
- No: Radar
- No: Video
- Yes: Photo
- No: Film
- No: Audio
- No: Night vision
- No: Other sensor
- Yes: Civilian
- No: Military aircrew
- No: Military ground
- No: Airline crew
- No: Sensor operator
- No: Law enforcement
- No: Scientist
- No: Astronaut
- No: Intelligence official
- No: Other
- No: Light only
- No: Orb or sphere
- No: Disc
- No: Triangle
- No: Cylinder
- No: Cube
- No: Other shape
- No: Physiological
- No: Physical trace
- No: Electromagnetic
- No: Sound
- No: Silent
Why this rating A single, unauthenticated amateur photograph reported through a newspaper clipping; the FBI file contains no analysis of the negative, no interview of Presley, and no assessment of authenticity.
As described in the file
- Witnesses
- W.R. Presley, civilian resident of Oak Ridge
- Sensors
- Still camera
Pentagon files
65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_153
Open the original on war.gov
What the file claims
- Unverified
Presley said he photographed a 'flying saucer' by accident while finishing a roll of family photos.
On the map
36.01° N, 84.27° W, plotted at the town or city
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