(Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C.)
Source: NICAP.org
The document deals with the Greek newspaper (I
Kathimerini, Athens, Greece) article titled “ ‘FLYING SAUCERS’ IN EAST GERMANY.”
The article reports on Oscar Linke’s 9 July 1952 UFO observation in Hasselbach,
East Germany:
Linke, who observed the alleged UFO incident together
with his 11-year-old daughter, Gabriella, claimed he saw two men who were looking
at something lying on the ground. One of the men had a lamp on the front part
of the body which lit up at regular intervals, he said. The men entered the
craft when they became aware that they were being observed. Soon after the UFO
rose slowly into the air and flew away in the direction of Stockheim.
Quote from the document:
“Furnished with the sworn testimony of an eyewitness,
Oscar Linke, a 48-year-old German and former mayor of Gleimershausen, West
Berlin intelligence officers have begun investigating a most unusual ‘flying
saucer’ story. According to this story, an object ‘resembling a huge flying
pan’ and having a diameter of about 15 meters landed in a forest clearing in the
Soviet Zone of Germany.
Many other persons who live in the same area as Linke later related that they saw an object which they thought to be a comet. A shepherd stated that he thought he was looking at a comet moving away at a low altitude from the height on which Linke stood.”
Many other persons who live in the same area as Linke later related that they saw an object which they thought to be a comet. A shepherd stated that he thought he was looking at a comet moving away at a low altitude from the height on which Linke stood.”
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