Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Report of Unusual Flying Object Sightings and Attendant Scientific Activity
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AI-Generated Summary
A 1956 CIA report details a 1955 letter from Budapest describing 'flying sensors' or rockets traveling at 12,000 km/h toward Moscow. The report is classified as unevaluated information.
This Central Intelligence Agency Information Report, dated April 17, 1956, documents an account of unusual aerial activity reported in Hungary during November 1955. The information was derived from a letter received by an unnamed source from their niece residing in Budapest. According to the letter, the local population was in a state of nervousness due to the appearance of objects described as 'so-called flying sensors (rockets).' These objects were characterized as 'very fast speeding flyers' that were occupying the attention of local scientific groups. The letter included a hand-drawn sketch illustrating a trajectory for these objects, indicating a path originating in or near Budapest and moving toward Moscow. The correspondent estimated the speed of these objects to be 12,000 kilometers per hour. The source noted that this was the first time their niece had mentioned such objects in her correspondence. The document is marked as 'UNEVALUATED INFORMATION,' indicating that the intelligence has not been fully verified by the agency.
The so-called flying sensors (rockets) for several weeks kept the people in a nervous state. These very fast speeding flyers kept scientific groups very busy. I'm sure you heard already from the papers, 12 thousand km per hour was estimated on these flyers.
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Official Assessment
The report documents a letter received in November 1955 from a source's niece in Budapest, Hungary, describing sightings of 'so-called flying sensors (rockets)' that were causing public nervousness and keeping scientific groups busy. The letter included a sketch showing a flight path from Budapest toward Moscow and estimated the speed of these objects at 12,000 kilometers per hour.