Litschau, Czechoslavakia, January 1959January 1959

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Summary

On January 16, 1959, police and other witnesses near Litschau, Austria, reported a flying object close to the Czechoslovak border. The sighting happened around noon and lasted about two minutes.

Witnesses described one luminous round object. It came from Czechoslovak territory, crossed the border, then soared steeply upward at immense speed while making a hissing noise. It then circled and returned across the Czech border. Its speed was estimated at about three times that of the Czech jets that often patrol the area. Police assumed it was a guided rocket, since its sound and shape were not like a plane's.

The Air Force record card listed the case under other. The card said there was no reason to disagree with the witnesses and assumed a guided missile. The information came from a news report.

Reported location

Litschau, Czechoslavakia, January 1959

Date of incident

January 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 35

Original case file scans

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ih PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Was Balloon
16_Jan 5¢ Litschau, Czechoslovakia nL sm
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION ITT
v 0 Wes Aircraft
FEET PRCT SR CA —— XGround- Vi sval a Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft
I 0 AirVisvol O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aireroft
S. O Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
LX Ne Civil Police [a] Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE OX OtherPoss Guides lzcile
OD Insufficient Date for Evaluation
0 Unknown
2 nins one - - = ’ |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
Inminous round flying obj crossed Czech lio reason to deviate with witness |
| ‘] border ihbo Austrda, soared steeply upward enslysis., Assumed guided nissile.
) at immense speed while emktténg a hissing |
noise, Obj circled and returned across
czech border. Speed estimated at 3X speed
of Austrian A/C. Observed for 2 mins. At
time assumed guided nmiscile by observers,
ATIC PORM 339 (REV 26 SRP $2)
. /
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SRO HR HR

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28981745