# June 23, 1952 — Oak Ridge, TN — Bullet-Shaped Object Over Oak Ridge

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June 23, 1952 — Oak Ridge, TN  
3:30 a.m. Secretary Martha Milligan sees a bullet-shaped object emitting a burnt-orange exhaust fly straight and level over Oak Ridge, Tennessee. [Eberhart]

Blue Book Files:

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Sources:  
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknown Catalogue, Case 636, p. 141;

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Frank C. Feschino Jr., Shoot Them Down! The Flying Saucer Air Wars of 1952. [Lulu.com](http://Lulu.com), 2007, p. 15;

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NICAP, “June 23, 1952: Oak Ridge, Tenn.”;

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