Department of War PURSUE File
CIA-UAP-013, Report of Unusual Flying Object Sightings and Attendant Scientific Activity
Budapest, Hungary·1956
Editorial summary
This CIA Information Report describes unusual flying object sightings relayed through a Budapest-based source. A naturalized US citizen reported receiving a November 1955 letter from a niece in Budapest, which said fast-moving objects had kept people in a nervous state for several weeks and that scientific groups were studying them, with speeds estimated in the thousands of kilometers per hour. The letter included a sketch showing the objects' suspected formation and a flight path between Budapest and Moscow. The report is marked unevaluated information.
Editorial summary written by govweird from the declassified document text. The official government description follows below.
Government description
This 1956 CIA Information Report describes flying object sightings reported by a Budapest-based sub-source, including a sketch showing the objects' suspected formation and flight path between Budapest and Moscow. 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
Incident date
1956
Incident location
Budapest, Hungary
Release tranche
Release 03 (May 8, 2026)
Distribution
Cleared for public release