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This Federal Bureau of Investigation Detroit file on unidentified flying objects opens in November 1957. The Director ordered an interview with Wladyslaw Krasuski, who had written to presidential assistant Robert Cutler about the rocket in Texas. Krasuski said that in 1944, as a prisoner of war near Gut Alt Golssen, Germany, he saw a circular vehicle rise from a walled enclosure while a tractor engine stalled. Agents noted no sign of mental instability. The file also holds a 1966 inquiry from an Oklahoma UFO group, which was referred to the Air Force.
From the source:Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: 11/7/57, Germany. Released with redactions. 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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# AIRTEL ## AMSD - RM TO: DIRECTOR, FBI FROM: SAC, DETROIT (100-26505) ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE 5/20/85 BY P. WYATT UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; IS - X. Re Detroit Teletype to Bureau, 11/7/57, captioned "UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; IS - X." Interview of WLADYSLAW KRASUSKI, aka. WALTER KRASUSKI, reported in Blank Memo, five copies of which are enclosed herewith for the Bureau, was conducted by SA CASSIUS RATHBUN. No indication of irrational or otherwise abnormal behavior by KRASUSKI was observed during the interview. KRASUSKI advised that his communication was directed to Mr. ROBERT CUTLER rather than to President EISENHOWER after seeing Mr. CUTLER's picture and identification with the President's Office in a local paper. KRASUSKI resides with his wife, nee JOANN WISNIEWSKI, married in 1952 at Detroit, and four small children,in a single residence in an old Polish neighborhood at 5457 Jos. Campau Avenue, Detroit. No previous record located in Detroit Indices identifiable with KRASUSKI or his wife. On 11/7/57, WILLIAM RECKNAGEL, Manager, advised IC PAUL DESMOND that records of the Mich. Merchants Credit Association, reflect only credit inquiries concerning WALTER KRASUSKI during 6/56 and 3/57 and 6/57, which confirm his local address and employment.
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