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100-DE-26505: FBI Case File 100-DE-26505

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An FBI report from 1957 detailing the interview with Wladyslaw Krasuski, who recounted seeing a large, circular, vertically-rising vehicle in 1944 Germa…

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1.   Notes re: interview with WLADYSLAN KRASUSKI (rec'd l]/7/57(




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Record Request
FD-125 (5-27-55)


I I Birth D Credit                                    D    Motor Vehicle
CJ ·Death ..____ Marriage•                 INS


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Return to:

Fi le number                                       Buded

Name and aliases of subject, app1icant or employee & spouse

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Addresses
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URGENT       11-6-57   5-40 Pt~      cs
    TO SAC, DETROIT
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    MDRSSSED LETTER DATED NOVErB[R FOURTH TO ROBERT CUTL~R,
    WHO IS SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT, STATING QUOTE I
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    ~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't1 EDIATELY
     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.f ficient
           \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.




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Tai• report 1• loazaecl lo JOU bJ 1th• FBI,
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                                            ALL tNPO!f.MATlON CON!AI
                                (100-26505) HER!I             ~   Fl
                                            DATE....~ ~........_B .....,....
                     FLYING OOJECTSJ IS -        x.
    a... »-.t.roit ·'.•.l•type to. .Burea·•.u., U/7/S7 • captioned
    FLIING OBJECTS; IS • I~•                            •
    Interview ot ~iLADISLAW      I aka. WALTER lliSUSlI,
    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.




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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

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                    for your time, and co-operation.
                     Sincerely:
                     Kerry Lieach
                     Director, O.U.F.O.B.A.
                     KKL/lw




                                                                OCT
                                                                 FBI - DiTROIT




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