Correspondence Regarding Mysterious Projectiles in Germany

This document collection contains correspondence and press clippings regarding reports of mysterious projectiles landing in the U.S. zone of Germany between October 1946 and January 1949. The reports, which originated from newspaper articles, describe four separate incidents involving projectiles that appeared to be rocket or jet-propelled. These objects landed in a small area east of Schweinfurt, approximately 35 miles from the Russian zone. One specific incident on January 31, 1949, was witnessed by a German policeman who observed a flaming tail streak across the sky before the object impacted the ground, creating a crater seven feet wide and ten inches deep. Despite the recovery of fragments, technical experts were initially unable to determine the origin of the missiles, noting their uncanny accuracy and the lack of sound reported by witnesses. The final evaluation by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) concluded that these were likely Soviet rockets. Additionally, the file includes a letter from a former employee of the Army and Air Force Motion Picture Service in Colorado, who reported a separate sighting of a disc-shaped object with a reddish glow that performed a slow turn and a rapid climb in the sky near Dillon, Montana, in 1949. The Air Materiel Command acknowledged receipt of this letter and indicated it would be forwarded to the appropriate office for further study.