ClAS 'CATlfi information from FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS COUNTRY Germany ~ SUBJECT Military; Scientific INFORMATION 1952 HOW DATE D!ST. Aug 1952 PUBLISHED Daily newspaper ' PUBLISHED Athena PUBLISHED 9 Jul 1952 LANGUAGE Creek NO. OF PAGES 2 SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION a v*th the sworn testimony of an eyewitness, i ? ^8'ye4r:old u* former mayor of Gle icsrshauaen, Vest intelligence inrestigating "reseebling JJf &.d^*JI>eter of ^ot 15 meters landed in a forest clearing in children^4 reocntly e8caPe'1 fro the Sorlet Zone along with his irlfe and six ll-yew-old Gabriella, Gabriella, Motorcycle H&aselbach. Hasselbacb, iaitwnJ^tla? of l4 ters away from us. Since it impression l^lTZ6llU^a Vh0 Vere nov aW 40 ^'rs avsy from . They orer V* al7 ab0ut 10 Kt,rs ba. I looked 111* * 1 noticed * l^ge object whose diameter I periphery, centimeter* circumference. NO. OF PAGES 2 SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION SOURCE IKftthtserlrd. Furnl8be<l testimoay^of eyevitaess, ^S*year~old MyorjjrGlelJtsershavLBen, intelligence investigating "resembling thf c?^^7in a d^9JDeter of about 15 wters landed in a forest clearing in the Scrrlet Zone of Germany. ^ ,v<ultlli' daughter, Gabriella, made the following sworn Gabriella, motorcycle Basselbach. thi^ Val?iaS^?l0r^ tOVRrd E^89}bAshf Cabriella pointed out bobmj. vai^vn^/*^ it * distance of about Uo meteri away from us. Since it impression estimated^ eircuSreLr^ri*0 W* f hole< oa lts periphery, about 30 centimeters in til tr fll ?Ace between the two rovs vas about 0 ,j *eters. On mmv fes mm DISTRIBUTION "At that moment, my daughter, vho bad remained & abort distance behind ice, called me. The two men must have heard wy daughter's voice because they Immediately Jumped on the conical tower and disappeared inside. "I bad previously noted that one of the men had a lamp on the front part of his body which lit up at regular Intervals. "Sow, the side of the obJect^nArhlch the holes had been opened began to glitter. Its color seemed green but later turned to red. At the same time I began to hear a slight bum. While the brightness and bum increased, the conical tower began to slide down into the 7cehteF7>f the^>bject. The whole object then began to rise slowly from the ground and rotate like a top. "It seemed to e as If It were supported by~the cylindrical plant which had gone down from the top of the object, through the center, and had now appeared from its bottom on the ground. . "The object, surrounded by a ring of flames, was now a certain number of feet above the ground. I then Doted thatrthe whole object had risen slowly from the ground. The cylinder on which it was supported had how disappeared within its center and had reappeared on the top of, the object. "The rate of climb had now become greater. At the same time ry daughter and I heard a whistling sound similar to that beard when a boob falir. "The object rose to a horltootal posit lop, turned toward a neighboring town, and then, gaining altitude, it disappeared over the heights and forests In the direction of Stockhelm." Many other pereonaTWho live in the same area as Llhke^later related that they saw an object which they thought to be a comet. A shepherd stated that he thought that he was looking at a comet moving away at a low altitude from the height on which Linke stood. 'After submitting his testimony to the Judge, Linke made the following statement: "I would have thought that both my daughter and I were dreaming if it were not for the following element involved: When the object bad disappeared, I went to the place where it had been, I found a circular opening in JJbe ground and ltvasqultecvidentthat it was freshly dug. It was exactly the same shape as the conical tower. I was then convinced that I was not dreaming." Linke continued, "I bad never heard of the term flying saucer' before I escaped from the Soviet Zone into Vest Berlin. When I saw this object, I immediately thought that it was a new Sovirt military machine. "I confess that I was selted with fright because the Soviets do not want anyone to know about their work. Many persons have been restricted to their movements for many years in East Germany because they know too much." "Hov, the side of the object on vhicb the holes had been opened began to glitter. Its color seemed green but later turned to red. At the same time I began to hear a slight hum. Vhlle the brightness and hum increased, the conical tover began to slide dovn into the center of the object. The vhole ebjeet then began to rise slowly from the ground and rotate like a top. "It seemed to me as if it vere supported by the cylindrical plant vhich had gone dovn from the top of the object, through the center, and had nov appeared from its bottom on the ground. r "The object, surrounded by a ring of flames, vas nov a certain number of feet above the ground. * I then noted that the vhole object had risen slovly from the ground. The ' > cylinder on vhich it vas supported had dov disappeared vithln its center and bad reappeared on the top of the object. V- "The rate of climb had nov become greater. At the same time *y daughter and I heard a vhistling sound similar to that beard vhen a bomb falls. "The object rose to a horizontal position, turned tovard a neighboring tovn, and then, gaining altitude,-- it disappeared over the heights and forests in the direction of Stockheim," Many other persons vho live in the same area as Linke later related that they sav an object vhich they thought to be a comet. A shepherd stated that he thought that he vas looking at a comet moving avay at a lov altitude from the height on vhich Linke stood. 'After submitting his testimony to the Judge, Linke made the following statement: "I would have thought that both my daughter and I vere dreaming if it vere not for the following element involved: Vhen the object had disappeared, I vent to the place vhere it had been, I found a circular . .. opening in t>e ground and it vas quite evldentthat it vas freshly dug. It vas exactly the same shape as the conical tover. I vas then convinced that I vas not dreaming." i Linke continued, "I bad never heard of_the term 'flying saucer': before I escaped from the Soviet Z^he intoJest Berlin. When I savLthis object, I f immediately thought that it vas a nev Soviet Military machine. j "I confess that I vas seized with frlghb because the Soviets do not vant \ anyone to knov about their work, Many persons have been restricted to their I ftorements for many years in East Germany because they knov too much."