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  slug: 65_hs1-101634279_100-de-26505
  title: "65_HS1-101634279_100-DE-26505"
  agency: FBI
  incident_date: 11/7/57
  incident_location: Germany
  kind: pdf
  page_count: null
  bytes: 12990300
  source_url: https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/65_hs1-101634279_100-de-26505.pdf
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  related_doc_slugs[3]: [65_hs1-834228961_62-hq-83894_section_10, 65_hs1-834228961_62-hq-83894_section_2, 65_hs1-834228961_62-hq-83894_section_3]
  synthesis_model: claude-sonnet-4-6
  summary: "This is a 15-page FBI Detroit field office file (case number 100-26505) documenting the November 7, 1957 interview of Wladyslaw Krasuski, a Polish-born displaced person then residing at 5457 Joseph Campau Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. The file was initiated after Krasuski wrote to Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to President Eisenhower, stating he might have information about a mysterious 'rocket in Texas' he had heard about on a Polish radio program. The FBI Director sent an urgent teletype to SAC Detroit on November 6, 1957, ordering an immediate interview. During the interview, conducted by Special Agent Cassius Rathbun, Krasuski described witnessing in 1944 — while a German prisoner of war at Gut Alt Golssen, approximately 30 miles east of Berlin — a large circular vehicle rising vertically from a tarpaulin-enclosed compound in a swamp area. He described the craft as 75 to 100 yards in diameter, approximately 14 feet high, with a rapidly rotating middle section producing a high-pitched whine that caused nearby tractor engines to stall. The enclosure was guarded by SS personnel and surrounded by large uninsulated metal cables running along and beneath the ground. The file also co…"
  transcription_summary: "The 15-page file is a mixed-format collection comprising: a printed FBI file folder cover (page 1); two handwritten envelope/cover sheets (pages 2-3); one page of hand-drawn pencil sketches with handwritten annotations (page 4); one lined notepad page with handwritten interview header (page 5); one lined notepad page with a single handwritten name (page 6); one typed FBI record request form with …"
  redaction_notes: "Redactions are moderate overall. Personal identifying information — specifically Krasuski's birth date, birthplace, and alien registration number — is redacted under FOIA exemption (b)(6) on pages 7, 9, and 13. A portion of the teletype on page 13 is also redacted under (b)(6), likely covering Krasuski's personal details. Declassification stamps appear on nearly every page, applied at various dat…"
  key_facts[8]{fact,page_refs}:
    "Wladyslaw Krasuski, a Polish POW held at Gut Alt Golssen (approximately 30 miles east of Berlin), reported witnessing in 1944 a circular vehicle 75 to 100 yards in diameter and approximately 14 feet high rising vertical…",[9|10|13]
    "The vehicle's rotating middle section produced a high-pitched whine that caused nearby tractor engines to stall on multiple occasions; engines restarted normally once the noise ceased.",[9|10|13]
    "The enclosure was approximately 100 to 150 yards in diameter, protected by a tarpaulin-type wall approximately 50 feet high, and connected to a small concrete column-like structure by large uninsulated metal (possibly c…",[10]
    "Krasuski initiated contact with the U.S. government by writing to Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to President Eisenhower, after hearing a radio report about a mysterious vehicle in Texas causing engine stalls; the FBI…",[8|9|12]
    "The interviewing agent, SA Cassius Rathbun, noted no indication of irrational or otherwise abnormal behavior by Krasuski during the interview.",[12|13]
    "After World War II, Krasuski revisited the site and found the cables had been removed and the locations of the concrete structure and enclosure were covered by water.",[10]
    "Krasuski recalled only one fellow POW witness by name — Franciszek Grabowski, then approximately 50 years old — from a work crew of 16 to 18 Russian, French, and Polish POWs who had discussed the incident among themselv…",[10|6]
    "In October 1966, the Oklahoma UFO Research Association wrote to FBI Detroit requesting UFO sighting information; the FBI's Special Agent in Charge Paul H. Stoddard replied that the office did not have the requested info…",[14|15]
  anomalies[5]{observation,page_refs}:
    "The envelope/cover sheet on page 3 bears the date '11/7/52' in handwriting for the Krasuski interview, while all typed documents consistently date the interview to 11/7/57; this five-year discrepancy may be a clerical e…",[3|5|9|12]
    "Page 4 contains hand-drawn sketches by or for the interviewing agent depicting concentric circles, elongated oval/saucer shapes, a spiraling coil, and geographic annotations referencing Berlin, distances of 25-35 miles,…",[4]
    "The Director's urgent teletype on page 8 misspells the subject's surname as 'KIASUSKI' rather than 'KRASUSKI,' suggesting the original letter may have been difficult to read or was transcribed in haste.",[8]
    "Page 14 bears a declassification stamp dated '9/13/65,' which predates the 1966 letter it is stamped on, indicating either a stamp error or that the stamp was applied from a different document in the same file.",[14]
    "Page 11 contains a faint, unidentified pencil sketch of a tall, narrow tapered shape alongside the standard FBI distribution notice; no caption or attribution is provided for this sketch within the file.",[11]

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