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Worker Saw Round Craft Rise Over Wall in Germany
Every time the craft made a sound, the tractor engine died.
Released to the public May 8, 20262 min read
In brief
In 1944, Wladyslaw Karsosky reported seeing a round craft rise over a wall in Germany. Every time it made a sound, the tractor engine died.
Summary
FBI Detroit field office case file (100-DE-26505) on Wladyslaw Krasuski, aka Walter Krasuski, who in November 1957 wrote to Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to President Eisenhower, offering information potentially related to a 'rocket in Texas' he had heard about on a Polish radio program. The Bureau directed Detroit (URGENT teletype, 11/6/57) to interview Krasuski; SA Cassius Rathbun did so on 11/7/57. Krasuski, a former Polish POW held by the Germans at Gut Alt Golssen (~30 miles east of Berlin) from May 1942 until shortly after WWII, described observing in 1944 a circular vehicle 75-100 yards in diameter and ~14 feet high rising vertically from a tarpaulin-walled enclosure, accompanied by a high-pitched whining noise that coincided with the stalling of a tractor engine. The file also contains a 1966 inquiry from the Oklahoma UFO Research Association (Kerry Liesch) and SAC Paul H. Stoddard's reply referring the requester to Wright-Patterson AFB.
Incidents in the document
- 1944 (month not recalled) · Swamp area near Gut Alt Golssen, ~30 miles east of Berlin, Germany · Page 9
While enroute to work in a field a short distance north of Gut Alt Golssen, the tractor engine on which Krasuski and a German driver were riding stalled on a road through a swamp. No machinery or vehicle was visible, but a high-pitched whine 'similar to that produced by a large electric generator' was heard. After 5-10 minutes the noise stopped and the tractor restarted normally. Approximately 3 hours later, in the same swamp area away from the road, the work crew (under SS guard) observed a tarpaulin-walled circular enclosure ~100-150 yards in diameter and ~50 feet high, from which a vehicle rose vertically, cleared the wall, and moved horizontally a short distance out of view (obstructed by trees). The vehicle, observed from approximately 500 feet, was described as circular, 75-100 yards in diameter, ~14 feet high, with stationary dark gray top and bottom sections (each 5-6 feet high) and a ~3-foot middle section that appeared to be a rapidly rotating component producing a continuous blur 'similar to an aeroplane propeller, but extending the circumference of the vehicle.' The tractor engine again stalled until the noise stopped. Uninsulated metal cables (possibly copper, 1.5-2 inches diameter) were observed on and under the ground, partly water-covered, apparently running between the enclosure and a small concrete column-like structure. Upon revisit shortly after WWII, the cables had been removed and both the concrete structure and enclosure locations were submerged.