Report of Unusual Flying Object Sightings and Attendant Scientific Activity

This Central Intelligence Agency Information Report, dated April 17, 1956, documents an account of unusual aerial activity reported in Hungary. The information is derived from a letter received in November 1955 by the source from their niece residing in Budapest. According to the correspondence, unidentified objects described as 'so-called flying saucers (rockets)' were observed over a period of several weeks. These objects were characterized as 'very fast speeding flyers' and were noted to have kept 'scientific groups very busy.' The report includes an estimate of the objects' speed at 12,000 kilometers per hour. Accompanying the letter was a sketch illustrating the formation of these objects and their suspected flight path, which appears to track from the direction of Budapest toward Moscow. The report concludes by noting that this was the first time the niece had mentioned such objects in her correspondence.