Information Report: Fast-moving Flying Objects Over Stalingrad and Unknown Flying Objects Observed Over Budapest

This document consists of two separate intelligence reports compiled by the Central Intelligence Agency regarding unidentified aerial phenomena in the Soviet Union and Hungary. The first report, dated 1954, details an account from a witness hospitalized near the Barrikadi Munitions Works in Stalingrad. The witness describes observing an object in the spring of 1954 that moved from the northeast to the northwest. While the object itself was not clearly visible, the witness noted a disturbance in the air and a screeching, whistling noise, which they compared to an artillery shell in flight. The second report, dated April 1957, concerns sightings in Hungary during May 1956. According to the report, several engineers claimed that the Ministry of Defense was alerted to a formation of unknown flying objects traveling at an extremely high rate of speed at an altitude of 25,000 meters. These objects were reportedly tracked by radar units of the Home Air Defense Command, which allegedly failed to intercept them due to a lack of appropriate weaponry. The report notes that for several weeks in May and June 1956, reports of these objects appeared daily, describing rapid changes in flight direction, acceleration, and deceleration. Ultimately, the Hungarian authorities concluded that these objects did not exist and attributed the reports to US propaganda, officially labeling the 'flying saucer' phenomenon a myth in the publication 'Szabad Nep'.