Oak Ridge UFO Incidents in Declassified Pentagon Files Highlight Cold War Sensor Fears, Not Extraterrestrial Involvement

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Released Pentagon records reveal decades‑old UFO sightings around Oak Ridge, including authentic photos by W. R. Presley sent to J. Edgar Hoover, with George Rathman and Col. C. D. Gasser deeming them authentic and warning they could threaten national security during Cold War nuclear tensions, plus 1950 radar detections near Knoxville and a CIA technician’s involvement, all highlighting Cold War fears about nuclear‑era sensor reliability rather than evidence of alien activity.