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COUNTRY
REPORT NO.
Hungary
00- B-93674
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Report of Unusual. Flying Object Sightings and
Attendant Scientific Activity
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Nov 55
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SOURCE Naturalized US citizen of Hungarian extraction.
He corresponds regularly with
two nieces living in Budapest.
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2.
In Novenper 1955 I received a letter from my niece in Budapest. This letter
contalied the fellowing inberesting item Free translation/:
"The so-called flying saucers (rocketa) [sic] for several weeks kept
the peaple in a nervous state.
These very fast speeding flyers kept
scientifie groups very busy.
I'm sure you heard already from the
papers, 32 thousand km per hour was estimated on these flyers."
Included with the letter was the following sketch indicating the formation
and surpected course of the above objects:
Budapest
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4.
Moscow
This is the first time my niece has mentioned such objects in her letters.
Avattable on loan fram CIA Library 18 & photostatic copy of original lette
in Hungarian. sv an English tronelation. - The excerpt quoted in para.
is marked in brackets in this leiter, UNCLASSIFIED - Impeac
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WEEN BORSEY 2S DIISION- Ref-00-B 93674
Dear Uncle
I don't know whether the letter I sent before will arrive. I wish you
all a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Here, the children are
preparing for Christnas.
The shops are full of toys and Christmas trees.
The streets are crowded with window shoppers.
The three of us are spending the holidays in Pest
The children will have a vacation from 20 December through 17 January,
took a day off on All. Souls' Day
you write so little. How are you? Has the family grown?
Are you all well?
is having a lot of trouble with her back.
has been sent
off for a week to do some work in the province, he won't return till the
evening of the 24th.
A famous German circus is on tour here now with many animals and artists.
They say it is very good. We are planning to see it with the children.
Everyone has been excited by the so-called saucers for the past few
weeks. These fast-rushing heavenly phenoma have been and still are keeping
scores of scientists busy.
has surely seen them
or read about them;
these amazing fliers moved at a speed of 12,000 kilometers per hour.
We wish you all good health and send our regards and affection to mother
and the children. Much love and many prayers,
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