Incident Report: Unidentified Flying Object Sighting, Dnepropetrovsk, USSR, 1949

This intelligence report, dated January 28, 1950, documents the testimony of a prisoner of war who observed an unidentified flying object while working as a laborer at a building combine in Dnepropetrovsk, USSR, in October 1949. The source, interned at camp 7864/10 A, reported seeing the object on four separate nights between midnight and 0200 hours. According to the source, the object appeared as a large, mostly black disk that became red toward the outer edge, with a white-hot edge. A flaming arch was observed on top of the disk, and white-hot sparks emerged from the edge, creating a tail similar to a falling star. The object followed a wide arch trajectory from East to West over the southern perimeter of the site. The source reported that the object remained motionless for approximately ten minutes before moving away. He noted that he heard no noise during the observation. The source also provided a detailed description of the object's structure, which included a vertical rod with five spherical items arranged symmetrically above it. He estimated the rod to be approximately ten meters long and the spherical items to be about 90 to 100 centimeters in diameter. The source stated that he had never seen such an object before and that Russian workers at the site were equally surprised and unable to identify it. He explicitly stated that the object was not related to a meteorological station. The report includes a memory sketch provided by the source. The interrogating officer and an assisting ATLO officer noted that the source appeared serious and reliable, suggesting that he had indeed witnessed an unusual phenomenon. The document also references a fellow prisoner of war in Aachen who allegedly made similar observations from a different location during the same nights. The report concludes with an evaluation of F-0, indicating insufficient data for a definitive identification, though the investigators maintained confidence in the source's credibility.