F. Ray Turner saucer incident, Oak Park, Illinois
1950-07-20·Oak Park, Illinois; truck park under fig ash tree·FBI·unresolved
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F. Ray Turner reported a flying saucer hitting the top of a fig ash tree near his truck on July 20, 1950, claiming he found a note in the truck with encoded messages.
“When I came to the to go to work I heard a whistly sound just as I was start to git in the truck and then the saucer hit the top of the tree and I taken of and left the truck and call Oak Park Ill Police at July 20/50 at 6.29 am oclock.”
Verbatim from 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_5 · View original on war.gov
Case details
- Date
- 1950-07-20
- Precision
- day
- Location
- Oak Park, Illinois; truck park under fig ash tree
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Illinois
- Branch
- FBI
- Unit
- Oak Park Police
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- saucer
Source document
Agency: FBI
File: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_5
Case ID: 1950-FBI-87E6
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