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PDF · CIAPURSUE Release 03

Department of War PURSUE File

CIA-UAP-009, Unknown Flying Objects Observed Over Budapest

Budapest, Hungary·1957

Declassified

Government description

This is a 1957 CIA Information Report regarding UFO sightings over Budapest. A more redacted version of this report has been available on CIA's public website.

Caption issued by the U.S. Department of War on war.gov/ufo. Verbatim, unedited.

Originating agency

Central Intelligence Agency

Record type

PDF

Incident date

1957

Incident location

Budapest, Hungary

Release tranche

Release 03 (May 8, 2026)

Distribution

Cleared for public release

Original document

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Source: war.gov/ufo · PURSUE Release 03

PURSUE = Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters. Records released by the U.S. Department of War on May 8, 2026 are unresolved cases for which the government cannot make a definitive determination, and the Department has invited private-sector analysis.