ENGINEER CLAIMS "SAUCER" PLANS ARE IN SOVIET HANDS; SIGHTINGS IN AFRICA, IRAN, SYRIA

This Central Intelligence Agency report, dated 18 August 1953, compiles information from foreign newspapers regarding the development and sighting of unconventional aircraft, specifically 'flying saucers.' The document highlights claims made by a German engineer named Georg Klein, who asserts that the technology for these craft was under development in German aircraft factories as early as 1941. Klein, who claims to have been an engineer in the Ministry of Speer, reports that he was present at an experimental flight of a 'flying saucer' in Prague on 14 February 1945. According to Klein, the craft reached an altitude of 12,400 meters within three minutes and achieved a speed of 2,200 kilometers per hour. He further claims that German plans intended for these craft to reach speeds of 4,000 kilometers per hour and that construction was scheduled to begin toward the end of 1945. Additionally, the report mentions that, according to recent reports from Toronto, Canadian Air Force engineers are engaged in the construction of a 'flying saucer' to be used as a future weapon of war, with the work being carried out in great secrecy at the A. B. Roe Company. The document serves as an intelligence summary of these claims and sightings reported in various international newspapers between March and May 1953.