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t Nery - NAA te 8 ee wee Ribas Eat ays ib: Hee ¢ Memorina Une + UNITED | ef! dia. one ro +” DERECTOR FBI a cos me t fe-: (SLFROM + -SAC ENOXVILIE { Bs fe atiject: “pyr SAUCERS" OBSERVED OVER | te GAK RIDGE AREA i | et INTERNAL SRCURITY - X_ | y, . FSR SC hats Lap emi 4 . 2A TE ge “Eaten barre bay, a ae See] Tak Weta tela: leo wae dy cee tem ee ee Alt EE key ee Sra q i Abe pootographs, advise the persons in whoae possession they were found to say b7 GC a nothing to anyone o@ncerning them, and to return the said photographs to him | « gop tranemisalon tthe United States Aur iy Foroe Intelligence’ Servicd.” a ee gd Atemia Rheray Commisetane ana p, Aix Matertal Command, United Stetea_ - Aruy, “who. te 4 “the principal army technician at the Nuclear _Fneray far the Pre- f I pulsion of Aircraft Research Centar at or at Ok Ridge, Tennessee, f — /eidvined that the attached photographs were taken by Qe . n July of 1947, Ke stated that interview with @BMlMecvealed that he had been ne photographs of his family in front of hip residence at Osk Ridge, Tennesgses, Jase Im the efternoon, when he looked into the sky and observed the vapor trail as exhibited by the photograph mumbared *1." atated that he took. a enap of this trail, was winding the film to the next number, when he looked into the sky ant obearved the ball of fire as sham in photograph 2. Upon observing the unusual phenamena, he used his last b7¢ ‘film in taking photograph #2, Bmado these photographs availabis to re- Jparters of ths Snoryille Nows-Sentinel and a story sancerning them wie rum in that paper; hovever, aa ahown by the photoetatia copy of the newepaper clipping, which fa ‘also boing submitted herewith ta the Bureau, the print was very indies- tinot; the newe atory did not centain any factual information; and it was regarded _ serenely bY the public at the time as 6 «<seiszle trick. a he 1é ves Learned by that had “made several copies of thie photograph ani had distributed than among his aoqueintances at Oak Ridge, Termessee, Upon ; find ing that the a photographs had receives some distribution, he requested aia MMM sa Read of . 7 ; to recover a8 many as poaeible of ~ “advises that he aucceoded in rounding’ up twenty-four gopled of these photographa, : ees no mere copies were made or Bees wiktaame had appeared extramily comarned orer the mitter arn seamed to be quite eaphatic that the matter should be given no more publicity than was absolutely necessary, QRMMMalsc advised that he studied the negatives from which the reproductions were mide, and they appeared f we be authentis in that trick motogreDhy should have heen apparent, Kt from the ,gNoEXD- wh. ‘ a mg Sy ay