Two Flying-Saucer Photos in the FBI’s Files

Two photographs of flying saucers made their way into an FBI file. According to the file’s caption, the objects were seen near Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in July 1947.

A copy of a local newspaper clipping about the same saucers was filed alongside the photographs. The file thus groups the images with a clipping about the same report. But the available material shows neither the photographs nor the article. All that remains is the caption describing what was included in the file.

What the File Contains

The FBI file page lists two items: photographs of objects described as flying saucers, and a copy of a clipping from the Knoxville News-Sentinel. The caption says the saucers were seen near Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

The clipping is described as covering those same saucers. That is all the page reveals about it: the article’s text is not included, and there is no explanation of why this particular clipping was filed. It does not say who spotted the objects or what happened during the sighting. Two forms of documentation about the same incident appear in the same list, but their contents are missing.

Part of a Larger File

The page comes from an FBI file that collects reports, witness accounts, and investigations involving unidentified flying objects. The file covers a period that began in June 1947 and continued through July 1968. The Oak Ridge page, however, is much briefer: it gives the location and month, then lists the photographs and newspaper clipping.

The caption does not describe an investigation of the photographs or reproduce the newspaper report. So it is impossible to compare what appears in the images with what the clipping says. Their connection is noted, but the story behind them is not provided.

What Remains Unknown

The supplied material does not show what the photographs depict, who took them, or where the objects came from. It offers no conventional explanation for what was seen, nor does it confirm that the objects were unusual aircraft.

The page lists two photographs we cannot see, alongside a clipping we cannot read. The very details that might connect them remain outside the visible file.