Department of War PURSUE File
CIA-UAP-018, Report of Unusual Flying Object Sightings and Attendant Scientific Activity
Hungary·1955
Editorial summary
This 1955 CIA information report relays a UFO account drawn from personal letters exchanged between Hungarian relatives in the United States and Budapest. A naturalized U.S. citizen forwarded a November 1955 letter from a niece describing flying objects that had kept people anxious for weeks and had occupied scientists. The letter included a sketch showing the suspected formation and course of the objects between Budapest and Moscow. The writer reported the objects moved at an estimated speed of 12,000 kilometers per hour. The CIA labeled the information unevaluated.
Editorial summary written by govweird from the declassified document text. The official government description follows below.
Government description
A 1955 report on a UFO sighting in Hungary. The information came from a letter between Hungarian relatives, living in the USA and Budapest. A more redacted version of the 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
1955
Incident location
Hungary
Release tranche
Release 03 (May 8, 2026)
Distribution
Cleared for public release