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Report of Unusual Flying Object Sightings and Attendant Scientific Activity

CIA-UAP-018 · Release 03 (6/12)
AgencyCIA
Document typePDF
LocationHungary (Other)
Incident date1955
ReleaseRelease 03 (6/12)
Evidence tierTier 2 · Documented firsthand report

What the document says

A 1955 report on a UFO sighting in Hungary. The information came from a letter between Hungarian relatives, living in the USA and Budapest. A more redacted version of the report has been available on CIA's public website.
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Document text

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Context

This is one of 21 CIA records in the declassified archive, reported in the Other region. It was published in Release 03 (6/12).

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