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1944 Mysterious Rocket in Texas causing engines to stall

According to the releasing agency (FBI), this file compiles materials from a November 1957 investigation prompted after Wladyslaw Krasuski of Detroit, Michigan wrote to Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President, stating he might have information about 'the rocket in Texas' heard on a Polish radio program. FBI Director instructed the Detroit SAC to interview Krasuski (also known as Walter Krasuski). During the interview Krasuski described an incident from wartime Germany (circa 1944): while part of a work crew of Russian, French and Polish POWs, he observed a circular enclosure roughly 100 yards in diameter, protected by a tar-like wall about 50 feet high, from which a vehicle appeared to rise vertically to clear the wall then move slowly horizontally out of view. He described the vehicle as circular, 75–100 yards in diameter, about 14 feet high, with dark gray stationary top and bottom sections and a rapidly moving middle component producing a continuous blur similar to an aircraft propeller, accompanied by noise that stalled a nearby tractor's engine. He noted uninsulated metal cables (possibly copper) running between the enclosure and a concrete column-like structure. Krasuski said the area, revisited shortly after WWII, had the equipment removed and the locations covered by water. The FBI reported no indication of irrational or abnormal behavior. The file also contains a 1966 letter from the Oklahoma UFO Research Association and the FBI's reply referring inquiries to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The document is marked as redacted.

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A redacted 1957 FBI file documenting the interview of Wladyslaw (Walter) Krasuski, a Detroit resident who recounted observing a large, circular, vertically-rising vehicle in 1944 Germany while a forced-labor work crew near a German military compound. Includes teletype from the FBI Director ordering the interview, record-request forms, the interview report, and unrelated 1966 correspondence with an Oklahoma City UFO association.

Claims

  • In 1944 Germany, Krasuski observed a circular vehicle, 75–100 yards in diameter and about 14 feet high, rise vertically from a walled enclosure and move horizontally.

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  • The vehicle had dark gray stationary top and bottom sections and a rapidly moving middle component producing a continuous blur like an aircraft propeller.

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  • The vehicle's noise stalled a nearby tractor engine, which resumed normal operation only after the noise stopped.

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  • Uninsulated metal cables, possibly copper, ran between the enclosure and a concrete column-like structure.

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  • The FBI reported no indication of irrational or abnormal behavior by Krasuski during the interview.

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Events

  1. Dec 31, 1943

    Wartime vehicle observation in Germany

    Krasuski, part of a POW work crew, observed a large circular vertically-rising vehicle within a walled enclosure near a German military compound.

  2. Nov 3, 1957

    Krasuski letter to Robert Cutler

    Krasuski wrote to the President's Special Assistant claiming information about 'the rocket in Texas' heard on Polish radio.

  3. Nov 5, 1957

    FBI Director orders interview

    Director instructed Detroit SAC to interview Krasuski immediately.

  4. Nov 6, 1957

    FBI interview of Krasuski

    Detroit office interviewed Krasuski, recording his 1944 Germany observation.

  5. Oct 1, 1966

    Oklahoma UFO association inquiry

    Kerry Liesch requested UFO sighting information; FBI replied referring to Wright-Patterson AFB.

Dates mentioned

1944194519521957-11-041957-11-061957-11-071966-10-02

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\o olear the wall and then to move slowly horisontally a
abort d1atanee out of bi• view, which waa obstructed by
nearby tr••••
Thia Tebicle, observed from approx1aa\•l7
SOO feet, was <.iesor1bed as circular 1n ahape, 75 to 100
rartla in diameter, an4 about ll+ feet hi
conaieting ot
dark gray stationar7 top and bottom aeotiona, fiYe to six
feet hi I The approxiaate three toot middle section a ea.red
to be a rapidly •oving component produo • a continuoua lur
similar to a.n aerop,1,1m,e propeller, but enending the cir•
cwn.terance ot the Yehiole ao far ae could be obaerTed. The
noise eaanating from the Yehiole waa similar but ot somewhat
lower pitch than the ao1•• previously beard. Th• en ine ot
the tractor acain atall•4 on this occasion a11d no e ort
waa rude by ttbe German dr1Ter to start the engine until the
no1•• stopped, after which the en ne atartecl nor11ally.

Uaiulalat.ed ••tal, possibly copper,
cable• one and one-half.inch to two inch•• in diameter, on
and under th• aurtace or the ground. in eome places coYered
by water, were obaerve4 on this and preTious occasion.a,
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concrete colwan-1 e struoture between the road and enclosure.
Tb.1a area waa not visited
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again until shortly after the end ot World War
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wa• observed the Ill-lea bad been removed and the previous
locations of the concrete structure and the enclosure were
covered by wa~•r• lraau•k1 stated he haa not been in .
c011111unication s1.nce 1945 with any of the work crew of 16
or 18 ••n• ecmaiet
of iu•aian, i'rench and Polish POWa,

who had diacuseed th.ia 1ncide11t. uong theaselvea many ti••••

Howenr, o.f! th•••• lruu8ki waa able to recall by naae
only Franoiaaek Grabowakl 1 no addrees known, described a•
tben about SO r•ara of age and presumed by Krasuski to have
returned to Po and alter 194S.

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Tai• report 1• loazaecl lo JOU bJ 1th• FBI,
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Interview ot ~iLADISLAW
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by lRASUSll ... obaened duri.ag t,he illt.•rri••·

IUtASUSlI advised t,hat, hi• eOllllllllication was direct.eel t,o Mr.
CUTLBa rat.ber t.ban to Preaiclent ........,.....,.,.._..,"_ attar

•••ing Mr. CUTLil'• picture and 1dentiticat1on with th•

Preaident'• Office 1n a looal paper.

llu\SUSll reaidaa wi\h hi• wite, nee OA.MH
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IW'Tiad 1D l9S2 at Dtltroit, and tour aall chilclrea,111 a
aingle reaiclenee 1n an old Poliah nei borhood at S4S7 doa.

Campau AYenue, Detroit.

lo preYioua record located 1n Detroit
Inclic•• identitia'ble with &RASUSlI or hia wife.
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On ll/7/S?, WILLIAM RECINAGKL, Manager, ad.rtaed l8 PAUL D&SMOID
that reeorcla ot the Mieh. Merchant• Credit Aaaociatioa, renee't.

only credit ia~iriea coneerniDg WALT&ll lUSUSll duriag 6/S6
and ) 7 and 6/ S7, which coatina hia local address and aaploymeat.

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Kerry Liesch, Director
3539 N. W. 53rd
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Bob Stamps, Co-Director
5024 N. W. 20th
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

October 2, 1966
:FBI OPPICE

913 Federal Building
Detroit, Michigan

Dear Sirs:
H7 organization would appreciate any information
that 7ou could send us on Unidentified Flying
Objects, specifically thoae aigb.t1nga in
7our area in early spring of thia 7ear.
We will greatly appreciate any information that
7ou could send us on this subject. I thank 7ou
for your time, and co-operation.

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Sincerely:
Kerry Lieach
Director, O.U.F.O.B.A.
KKL/lw

OCT
FBI - DiTROIT

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