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65_HS1-101634279_100-DE-26505
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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© IRGENT 11-6-57 5-40 P¥ CS . _ @
To sac, DETROIT gL . _
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~ UNIDENTIFLED FLYING OBJECTS, IS-X. MR. W. KIASUSKI, Q4 S Ao
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FIVE FOUR FIVT SEVEN/JOS. CAMPAU, DETROIT TEEVIN MICHIGAN,
~ ADDRESSED LETTER DATED NOVIMBER FOURTH TO ROBERT CUTLER,
WHO IS SPICIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRISIDENT, STATING QUOTE I
MIGHT HAVZ SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THT ROCKET IN TEXAS. I
HEARD ABOUT IT ON THE POLISH RADIO PROGRAM. I WOULD LIKT
7O XNOW TO WHOM I COULD SPEAK TO. UNQUOTE. IMMEDIATELY
. INTERVIEW KIASUSKI FOR ANY INFORMATION HE MAY HAVE., BUFILES .
| REFLECT NO INFORMATION RT KIASUSKI. SUTEL. S T
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- Detroit 31, Michigan
November 7,1957
ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED ;
HEREINAS ASEIFI ? i
DAT B
- In response to a letter directed by him to Mr,
Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to President Du:ght D.
Eisenhowor,rirleetin% that he "might have some information
about the rocket in Texas," Wladyslaw Krasuski, 5457
Joseph Campau, Detroit, was interviewed November 7, 1957,
and furnished the following information: FOIA(b)(6)
Krasuski was brought from Poland as a Prisoner of War to
Gut Alt Golssen,approximately 30 miles east of Berlin, Germany,
in May, 1942, where he remained until a few weeks after the
end of World War II, He spent the following years at
Displaced Fersons Camps at Kork, Strasburg, Offenburg, Milheim
and Freiburg, Germany, He attended a radio technician school
at Freiburg and for about a year was employed in a textile
mill at Laurachbaden, Germany. He arrived in the United
States at New York, May 2, 1551. via the "S.5. General Stewart"
as a Di:glaccd Person, destined to the Reverend Father Petro
| MNalkowiak, Hamtramck, Michigan; his alien registration number =
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; Since May, 1951, he has been employed at the Gobel
{ Brewery, Detroit.
| News report of mysterious vehicle in Texas causing
% engines to stall prompted him to communicate with the
g United States Government concerning a similar phenomenon
| observed by him in 1944 in the area of Gut Alt Golssen,
| According to Krasuski, during 1944, month not recalled,
; while enroute to work in a field a short distance north of
| Gut Alt Golssen, their tractor engine stalled on a road through
; a swamp area. No machinery or other vehicle was then visible
; although a noise was heard described as a high~pitched whine
similar to that produced by a large electric generator,
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L “%”gmmfi%fimé and talked briefly with the German |
. driver of the tractor, who waited five to ten minutes, B
- after which the noise stopped amd the tractor engine was
i o started normally. Approximately 3 hours later in the same "
wmf area, but away from the road where the work ¢rew was
cutting "hay", he surreptitiously, because of the German
in charge of the crew and "S8" in the otherwise deserted '
| area, observed a circular enclosure approximately 100 to
150 yards in diameter protected from viewers by a tarpaulin-
type wall approximately 50 feet high, from which a vehicle '
I was observed to slowly rise vw%@a‘liy to & height sufficient
o to clear the wall and then to move slowly hflr&mfi%flg a
- short distance out of his wview, which was obstructed by , ,
10 nearby trees. o
| This vehicle, observed from approximately .
1 500 feet, was deseribed as circular in shape, 75 to 100 ,
[ yards in diameter, and about li feot high, consisting of
B dark gray stationary top and bottom sections, five to six -
feet high., The approximate three foot middle section u;;gawafi;
B to be a rapidly moving component producing & continuous blur B
B similar to an aeroplane propeller,; but extending the eir- .
- cumferance of the vehicle so far as could be observeds The e
»n noise emanating from the vehicle was similar but of somewhat :
| lower piteh than the noise previously heard. The mgim of i
| the tractor again stalled on this occasion and no effort
n was made by the German driver to start the engine until the :
. noise stopped, after which the engine started normally. - aF
- - Unineulated metal, possibly copper, '
| cables ons and one-half inch to two inches in dlameter, om .
i and under the surface of the ground, in some places covered
{ by water, were observed on this and previous occaslions, ' ,
| spparently running between the enclosure and a small |
| concrete column-like structure between the road and enclosure, =
| . Tpis area was not visived b; Eragsuski e
10 again unsil shortly after the end of World War IL, when it
was observed the cables had been removed and the previous L
‘locations of the conerete structure and the enclosure were :
| ~ covered by water. Krasuski stated he has not been in -
~ communication since 1945 with any of the work erew of 16 £
~ or 18 men, consisting of Hussian, French and Polish PUls, -
| whahafiéfit@mw&fi this incident among themselves many times. .
~ Howsever, of these, krasuski was able to recall by name ,
- only Francissek Grabowski, no address known, described as e
| - then about S@{fi&m of age and presumed by Krasuski to have f
~ returned to Poland after 1945. ,
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e ANSD « RE | | .
. T0: UIREGTOR, FBI e
o ALL INPOSMATION CONTAINRD N, 1%
(FROM; SAC, LETRUIT (100-26505) HEREINIS f fz%z -
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. UNIDEWTIFILD FLYING OBJECTS; IS = X, 7 g J
./ Re Detroit Teletype to Bureau, 11/7/57, captioned "UNIDEKTIFIED
./ FLYING wm?s,igc - X" 2 ¢,fl/ iy el g
./ Interview of mmmw@mummw KRASUSKI,
| // reported in Blank Memo, five copies of which are enclosed =
herewith for the Bureau, was conducted by 5A CASSIUS RATHBUN.
No indication of irrational or otherwise abnormal behavier
by KRASUSKL was observed during the interview. =
| KKASUSKI advised that his commnication was directed to Mr.
'ROBERT CUTLER rather than to President EISENHOWER after
» flwtn%ofir. CUTLER's picture and identification with the =
- - President's Office in a local paper. | e
KiASUSKI resides with his wife, nee JOANN WLSWIEWSKI,
married in 1952 at Detroit, and four small children,ina
single residence in an old Folish neighborhood at 5457 Jos. ==
Qiapah ivecugy SWApcile Wo peeviesk sesord loakued 1n lpwwety 0
Indices iflmnt’ifinh&a with KRASUSKI or his wife. s
On 11/7/57, WILLIAN RECKNAGEL, Manager, advised IC PAUL DESMOND
I that mmr%s of the Mich, m&mfinfir&is &aawmtm;rflwb
o only 71'061?; inquiries concerning WALTER KRASUSKI during 6/56
AN and 3/57 and 67‘57; which confirm his local address and employment.
3 - Bureau (Encls.5)(RM) | | .
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CRemmesii T A,) ‘
i s FBI
: Date: 11/7/57
Transmit the following message via w____________ ‘
URGENT
(Priority or Method of Mailing)
TO: DIRECTOR, FBI ALL INPORMAT gxc((,:gfi'mm‘flb .
HEREL o A
FROM: SAC, DETROIT DATE 51
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING UBJECTS; IS - X,
| REBUTEL NOV. SIX LAST. WLAYSLAW KKASUSKI, AKA. WALTER KRASUSKI,
FOIA(b)(6)
GERMAN POW MAY, NINETEEN FOKRTY TWO, UNTIL SUMMER OF NINETEEN
| FOURTY FIVE. ARRIVED NY MAY TWO, NINETEEN FIFTY ONE, Ao DY
AR No. ®© . KRASUSKI UPON
INTERVIEW ADVISED THAT WHILE GERMAN POW DURING NINETEEN FORTY FOUR,
| UBSERVED A VEHICLE DESCRIBED AS CIHKCULAR IN SHAPE, SEVENTY FIVE
| TO ONE HUNDRED YARDS IN DIAMETER, APPROXIMATELY FOURTEEN FLRET v
HIGH. THE VEHICLE WAS OBSERVED TO SLUWLY RISE VERTICALLY TO 4
HEIGHT3 SUFFICIENT TO CLEAR FIFTY FOOT WALL AND TU MOVE SLOWLY
HORIZONTALLY A SHORT DISTANCE OUT OF VIEW UBSTRUCTED BY TREES.
| ;
! ENGINE OF THACTOR FAILED TO OPERATE DURING THIS PERIOD AND ON%_
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i sV AR OTHLER UCCASIONG WHEN HIGH PITCHED WHINLING NOISE HEARD
2 IN AREA. NO INDICATION OF MENTAL INSTABILITY DURING INTERVIEW.
‘ FURTHEK DETAILS FOLLOW AMSD.
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| Kemyseh Biremer . iDL 0l o Bek Mamps, CoDhedor
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| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma .~ . Okgchoma City, Oklahoma
| October 2, 1966 i & S
i 913 Federal Bullding , S S e
| ‘ Detroit, Michigan , T e L
My organization would appreciate any information
that you could send us on Unldentified Flying
i Objects, specifically those sightings fn
your area in early spring of this year, =
1 We will greatly appreciate any information that
" you could send us on this subject. I thank you .
3 for your time and co-operation. e
‘ Kerry Lissch \J -
~ Director, 0.U.F.0.R.A. St ..
, ; , = .1, TRFORMATION CONTAINED oo %/,
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~ Dpetroit, Michigan 48231 | o
] Mr. Kerry Liesch S F - i
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Dear Mr. Liesch: | ' s
wes, Tl to acknowledge your letter of October 2,
the information you have requested. It is possible that =
| the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force = |
| Very truly yours,
Special Agent in Charge
, | 1% INFORMATIO§ CONTAINED _ %3 |
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