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FBI PDF Tier 2 · Documented firsthand report Partially redacted

65_HS1-101634279_100-DE-26505

UFOP-23 · Release 01 (5/8)
AgencyFBI
Document typePDF
LocationGermany (Europe)
Incident date11/7/57
ReleaseRelease 01 (5/8)
Evidence tierTier 2 · Documented firsthand report

What the document says

An FBI report from 1957 detailing the interview with Wladyslaw Krasuski, who recounted seeing a large, circular, vertically-rising vehicle in 1944 Germany near a German military compound.
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Document text

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L. ----~fl\J \\JlA-'}1S\.-j\\J V,CI.A'i\1-St\ - ,,t,fr, Page6 Record Request FD-125 (5-27-55) I I Birth D Credit D Motor Vehicle CJ ·Death ..____ Marriage• INS To: Return to: Fi le number Buded Name and aliases of subject, app1icant or employee &spouse Addresses Residence Business Former *Date and place of marriage /(t<A 51(1 (it pertinent) Race 8 i rth date Birthplace sc::r::-ex Male - I ~ w CJ Female Age Height Weight Hair Arrest Number Fingerprint Classi tication ' Eyes ======----­ FOIA(b)(6) Cr hninal Specialty Spec it ic intormat ion deaired (See reverse side for results of chetk) Page7 FROtv1 DI RECTOR 1P URGENT 11-6-57 5-40 Pt~ cs TO SAC, DETROIT ,;CJ, MR. w. SKI, ~~~-~ CAMPAU, DSTROIT El'tVSN tt:ICHIGAN, MDRSSSED LETTER DATED NOVErB[R FOURTH TO ROBERT CUTL~R, WHO IS SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT, STATING QUOTE I .. ~IGHT HAVS SOME INFORMATION ABOUT TH~ ROCKET IN TEXAS. I HEARD ABOUT IT ON THE POLISH RADIO PROGRAM. I WOULD LIK~ • 'iO KNOW TO WHOM I COULD SPEAK TO. UNQUOTE. Itv't1EDIATELY INTERVISW KIASUSKI FOR ANY iNFORMATION HE rAY HAVE. BUFIL~S REFLECT NO INFOR~ATION RE KIASUSKI. SUTEL. 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A:A "8·S• rd appear•• ancl talked brietl7 with the German dr1nr the, tractor, who waited five to t•n al.nut••• at'ter which the noi•• ateppe4 alld. the tractor• ne waa .._.... noraally. Approxillate J hours later 1n the .... ••••• ar••• bu,t away trGIII the road where th• work crew wae cutt " • he aUJTeptitioualy• beeauae ot th• German, 1a charge ot th• crew and "SS• .u~1rc 1D. the otherwiae d.esert,ecl area, observed a oircular eneloeure approximately 100 ~o l YU"aa in diu.eter protected trom Yiewera bf a tar ul.in­ type wall approxima•ely SO reat high! from which a Ye icl• •••· •••n•d to a lowly r1e• Yert1oal y to a height au.fficient \o olear the wall and then to move slowly horisontally a abort d1atanee out of bi• view, which waa obstructed by nearby tr•••• Thia Tebicle, observed from approx1aa\•l7 SOO feet, was <.iesor1bed as circular 1n ahape, 75 to 100 rartla in diameter, an4 about ll+ feet hi conaieting ot dark gray stationar7 top and bottom aeotiona, fiYe to six feet hi I The approxiaate three toot middle section a ea.red to be a rapidly •oving component produo • a continuoua lur similar to a.n aerop,1,1m,e propeller, but enending the cir• cwn.terance ot the Yehiole ao far ae could be obaerTed. The noise eaanating from the Yehiole waa similar but ot somewhat lower pitch than the ao1•• previously beard. Th• en ine ot the tractor acain atall•4 on this occasion a11d no e ort waa rude by ttbe German dr1Ter to start the engine until the no1•• stopped, after which the en ne atartecl nor11ally. Uaiulalat.ed ••tal, possibly copper, cable• one and one-half.inch to two inch•• in diameter, on and under th• aurtace or the ground. in eome places coYered by water, were obaerve4 on this and preTious occasion.a, apparentl7 runn bet.ween the •nclosur• and a aaall concrete colwan-1 e struoture between the road and enclosure. Tb.1a area waa not visited lraaueki again until shortly after the end ot World War ), when it wa• observed the Ill-lea bad been removed and the previous locations of the concrete structure and the enclosure were covered by wa~•r• lraau•k1 stated he haa not been in . c011111unication s1.nce 1945 with any of the work crew of 16 or 18 ••n• ecmaiet of iu•aian, i'rench and Polish POWa, who had diacuseed th.ia 1ncide11t. uong theaselvea many ti•••• Howenr, o.f! th•••• lruu8ki waa able to recall by naae only Franoiaaek Grabowakl 1 no addrees known, described a• tben about SO r•ara of age and presumed by Krasuski to have returned to Po and alter 194S. NW90290 Docld:34714592 Page 10 Tai• report 1• loazaecl lo JOU bJ 1th• FBI, and neit-ber i't nor ita oont•nt.e an to be d1atribute4l -••tde ,our ....,. NW90290 Docld:34714592 Page 11 ll/7/S? , IBI ALL tNPO!f.MATlON ~........_B .....,.... CON!AI (100-26505) HER!I ~ Fl DATE....~ FLYING OOJECTSJ IS - x. a... »-.t.roit ·'.•.l•type to. .Burea·•.u., U/7/S7 • captioned FLIING OBJECTS; IS • I~• • Interview ot ~iLADISLAW aka. WALTER lliSUSlI, I reported in Blank._., • copie• ot which are encloaed herewith tor the Bureau,•• eonducted by va.ww..v • lo indicat.1oa ot irrational or otllarwiae abnormal behartor by lRASUSll ... obaened duri.ag t,he illt.•rri••· IUtASUSlI advised t,hat, hi• eOllllllllication was direct.eel t,o Mr. CUTLBa rat.ber t.ban to Preaiclent ........,.....,.,.._..,"_ attar •••ing Mr. CUTLil'• picture and 1dentiticat1on with th• Preaident'• Office 1n a looal paper. llu\SUSll reaidaa wi\h hi• wite, nee OA.MH .1..,:,11,""a • IW'Tiad 1D l9S2 at Dtltroit, and tour aall chilclrea,111 a aingle reaiclenee 1n an old Poliah nei borhood at S4S7 doa. Campau AYenue, Detroit. lo preYioua record located 1n Detroit Inclic•• identitia'ble with &RASUSlI or hia wife. . On ll/7/S?, WILLIAM RECINAGKL, Manager, ad.rtaed l8 PAUL D&SMOID that reeorcla ot the Mieh. Merchant• Credit Aaaociatioa, renee't. only credit ia~iriea coneerniDg WALT&ll lUSUSll duriag 6/S6 and ) 7 and 6/S7, which coatina hia local address and aaploymeat. j fil8't........... . Page 12 ' NW90290 : Oocld:341145.92 Pa.ge 13 Kerry Liesch, Director Bob Stamps, Co-Director 3539 N. W. 53rd 5024 N. W. 20th Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Oklahoma October 2, 1966 :FBI OPPICE 913 Federal Building Detroit, Michigan Dear Sirs: H7 organization would appreciate any information that 7ou could send us on Unidentified Flying Objects, specifically thoae aigb.t1nga in 7our area in early spring of thia 7ear. We will greatly appreciate any information that 7ou could send us on this subject. I thank 7ou for your time, and co-operation. Sincerely: a Kerry Lieach Director, O.U.F.O.B.A. KKL/lw OCT FBI - DiTROIT Page 14 Petit Oft1o• 8etNlt, ■lolll8M (leteller 1, 1•• llr., hl'ry L1•oll Dlreot• TIMI Olllall ■ III Vl'O leaieuall Aaeoolattoa 3:&L,,IW • • ISl'd at..._ city, at..._ aear llr. Ll•oll: Tills ia te r&akaewtetl.. year tettel' et Goteller , t9M., Pl•... lie advlaed tllat tllla efflae de1■ aet ••• tile lafenati•,.. .... NM&aeeted. It 1■ -•lltte tllat tile llllted ltate■ Air ...... Wrialat-Patten• Air ..... Baae, Daytea, Okie, aay lie tile preper .....,. te oeateot. Yery tnly ,eaa, Peal B. It~ ct -Addressee _1)-Detroit (100-18505) ::JRA: frq IS) lpeaial --till Cllu.. Page 15

Context

This is one of 87 FBI records in the declassified archive, reported in the Europe region. It was published in Release 01 (5/8).

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