Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Fast-moving Flying Objects Over Stalingrad In Spring 1954
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AI-Generated Summary
A CIA report detailing a 1954 sighting of an unidentified object near the Barrikadi Munitions Works in Stalingrad. The object was described as producing a unique screeching sound and air vibration while climbing.
This Central Intelligence Agency information report, dated August 2, 1956, documents an account of an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed in the spring of 1954. The witness, who was a patient at a military hospital located near the Barrikadi Munitions Works in Stalingrad (coordinates 48 48 N - 44 32 E), reported observing an unknown object on two separate occasions during their convalescence. According to the report, the object traversed the sky from horizon to horizon, moving from the southeast to the northwest. The witness noted that the object appeared to be climbing. While the witness could not visually describe the object itself, they reported that it caused significant vibration in the air and emitted a screeching, whistling sound, which they explicitly distinguished from the sound of an artillery shell in flight. The witness further noted a disturbance in the air that seemed to envelop the object. The transit time for the object to cross the witness's field of vision was estimated at approximately one minute. The document is classified as unevaluated information.
This object caused a great amount of vibration in the air and made a screeching, whistling noise which was different from the noise made by an artillery shell in flight.
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Official Assessment
An unidentified object was observed by patients at a military hospital near the Barrikadi Munitions Works in Stalingrad during the spring of 1954. The object traveled from southeast to northwest, appeared to be climbing, and produced a distinct screeching, whistling sound and air vibration.