"Flying Saucers" in East Germany — Oscar Linke Sighting Report

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COUNTRY Germany DATE OF
INFORMATION 1952
SUBJECT Military; Selentific = == ~~ a

HOW DATE DIST. 73 Avg 1952
PUBLISHED Daily newspaper °
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PUBLISHED Athens NO. OF PAGES. 2
DATE D 9 gul 1982
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SOURCE I Kathimerini, ee ’

"FLYING SAUCERS" IN FAST GERMANY

Berlin, July -- Furnished with the sworn testimony of an eyewitness,
Oscar Linke, a 4§-yearsold4_Géerman and former bayor_of Gleimershausen, West 3 OT ee
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 dismeter of about 15 meters landed in a forest clearing ta
the Soviet Zone of Germany, . So

Linke recently escaped from tbe Soriet Zone along with his wife and six
ehildren,

Linke and his ll-year-o14 daughter, Gabriella, rade the following svorn

statement last week before a judge: "While I ‘was returning to ny hone vith

- Gabriella, a tire of ny motorcycle blew out near the town of Hasselbach.

While ve were walking along tovant Hasselbdach, Gabriella pointed out some-
thing which lay at a distance of about 140 meters away from us. Since it 9° 9 5555 Se
was twilight, I though that she was pointing at a young deer,

> "I left my motoreycle near a tree and walked toward the spot which
Gabriella had pointed out, When, however, I reached a spot about 55 meters re
from the object, I realized that ny first impression bad been wrong. What —_
I had seen were two wen who vere now about ho meters avay from me, They
seened to be dressed in-some shiny metallic clothing, They were stooped
Over and were looking at something lying on the ground.

"I approsched until I vas only about 10 meters fren then, I looks’
over & small fence and then I noticed a large object whose dlameter J . ;
estimated to be betveen 13 and 15 meters. It looked like a huge frying pan,

"There vere two roves of holes on its periphery, about 30 centineters in - ee
circumference. The space between the tvo rova vas chnut OA LC uatawa te

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PUBLISHED Athens NO. OF PAGES 2

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"FLYING SAUCERS" IR EAST GERMARY

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Oscar Linke, a 46-year-old German ani former mayor of Gleimershausen, West oo
Berlin intelligence officers have begun investigating a most unusual "flying ee
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 Sorlet Zone of Germany, :

Linke recently escaped from the Soviet Zone along with his vife and six.
children,

Linke and hie ll-yesr-ol4 daughter, Gabriella, rade the folloving svorn .
statement last week before a judge: “While I was returning to xy home vith BS
Gabriella, a tire of my motorcyele blew out near the_town of Hasselbach, = =O
While ve were valking along tovard Haeselbach, Gabriella pointed out some- _ i
thing which lay at a distance of about 140 weters avay from us. Since it
was tvilight, I though that sné_was pointing at a young deer;

: * 71 left xy notoreycle near a tree and_walked toward the spot which

Gabriella had pointed out, When, however, I reached a spot about 55 meters
from the object, I realized that ay first impression had been wrong. What — -
I had seen vere two wen who vere nov, about 40 meters avay from me. They —™”™S

seened to be dressed in some shiny metallic clothing. They were atooped
over and were looking at something lying on the ground,

"I approached until Iwas only about 10_weters fron then, I lookea™

over & small fence and then I noticed a large object whose diameter I~ OO

eatinated to be between 13 and 15 meters. It looked like a huge frying pan.

_ “There were two rows of holes on its periphery, about 30 centineters in
circumference, The space betveen the two rows vas about 0.45 meters. On

the top of this metal object was a black conical tower about 3 meters high,

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"At that moment, my daughter, who bad remained a sbort distance behind
me, called me. The two men must have heard ny daughter's voice because they
immediately Jumped on the conical tower and disappeared inside,

"I had previously noted that one of the men had a lamp on the front part
of. his body.which lit up at regular intervals,

"Now, the side of the object on which the holes had deen opened degan to
_ glitter. Its color seemed green but later turned to red. At the same time I
began to hear a slight bux, While the brightness and hum increased, the
conical tower began to slide down into the center of the object, The whole
object then began to rise slowly from the ground and rotate like a top.

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"It seemed to me as if it vere suppgrted by the cylindrical plant which -
‘had gone down from the top of the object, through the center, and had now
appeared from its bottom on _the_ SrOUnR a

"The object, surrounded by. a “pig: of flames, was now a certain numer of
feet above-the ground, *

-I then noted that_the whole object had risen slowly from the. ground. The ~~ % .
eylinder on which it was-supported had now. disappeared yithin its center and.
hed reappeared on the top of the object. L

"The rate of climb had now become greater. “At the same time ny daughter
end I heard 6 whistling sound similar to that heard when a bomb falls, =="

_ town, and then, gaining altituie, it disappeared over the heights and forests
> in the direction of Stockheim.*§——-—

3 "The object rose to a horizontal position, turned toward a neighdoring.

Many other pereons who live_in the same area as_Linke later related that rr
they sav an object which they thought _to be a comet. A shepherd stated that...
he thought that he wags looking at a comet moving away at a low altitude from
the height on which Linke stood,

~ “After submitting his testimony to the judge, Linke made the following
atatement: "I would have thought that both my daughter and I were dreaming

if it were not for the folloving element involved: When the object bad =
disappeared, I went to the place where it had been. -I fourd a circuler
opeging in the ground and it was quite evident that it was freshly dug. It
was exactly the same shape as the conical tower. I was then convinced that ~
I was not dreaming,"

; Linke continued, "I-bad never heard of the term ‘flying saucer’ before I ~
————~ escaped from the Soviet Zone into West Berlin. When I saw this odject, I
immediately thought that it was a new Soviet military machine.

“I confess that I was seized with fright because the Soviets do not want =
anyone to know about their work, Many persons have been restricted to their
movements for many years in Fast Germany because they know too much.”

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"Now, the side of the object on vhicbh the holea had been opened began to
glitter. Its color seemed green but later turned to red. . At the same time I
began to hear a slight hus, While the brightness and hum increased, the
conical tower began to slide down into the center of the object. The whole
object then began to rise slowly from the ground and rotate like a top.

"It seemed to me as if it vere supperted by the cylindrical plant which
had gone down from the top of the object, ‘through the center, and had now
appeared from its bottom on the ground, ao

"The object, surrounded by 3 ring of flames, was now a certain nuxber of ‘
feet abovye-the ground. *

-I then noted that the whole odject had risén slowly from the ground. The ~ >
cylinder on vhich it was supported had nov disappeared within its center and ;
bad reappeared on the top of the object. a

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"The rate of climb had now- become gveater, “At the same time my daughter

and I heard a whistling sound similar to that beard when a bomb falls.

"The object rose to a horizontal position, turned toward a neighboring
town, and then, gaining altitude, it disappeared over the heights and forests
in the direction of Stockheim," ~ oo ;

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 — a
he thought that he was looking at a comet moving away at a low altitude from.
the height on which Linke atood,

“ “After submitting his testimony to the judge, Linke made the following = =
statement: "I would have thought that both my_ daughter and I were dreaming _

if it were not for the folloving element involved: When the object bad
disappeared, I went to the place where it had been, .I found a circular. _.

opening in the ground and it was quite evident that it was freshly dug. It - | oy?
was exactly the same shape ss the conical tower. I was then convinced that. ___ _—
I wes not dreaming," :

Linke continued, "I bad never heard of the term ‘flying saucer’ before I
escaped from the Soviet Zone into West Berlin. When I_saw this_ object, I eo a

"I confess that I was seized vith fright because the Soviets do not want
anyone to know about their work, Many persons have been reatricted to their 0 eg
moverents for many years in Fast Germany because they. know too much."

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