CIA-UAP-013: Report of Unusual Flying Object Sightings and Attendant Scientific…
This released document records that in November 1955, a letter was received from a niece in Budapest reporting unusual flying object sightings. The file preserves the source account or analysis but does not independently establish interpretations beyond the cited record. This document is useful as an officially released artifact because it preserves the file's provenance and lets its claims be compared with related Release 03 records.
- File
- Document · Release 03
- Date
- 1956
- Location
- Budapest, Hungary
- Extent
- 1 pages
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Probed Assessment
This released document records that in November 1955, a letter was received from a niece in Budapest reporting unusual flying object sightings. The file preserves the source account or analysis but does not independently establish interpretations beyond the cited record.
Key takeaways
- The source states that in November 1955, a letter was received from a niece in Budapest reporting unusual flying object sightings.
- The source states that the flying objects were described as 'very fast speeding tigers' with an estimated speed of 1200 km per hour.
- The source states that the letter included a sketch indicating the formation and suspected course of the flying objects.
Why it matters
This document is useful as an officially released artifact because it preserves the file's provenance and lets its claims be compared with related Release 03 records.
Corroboration
The release metadata and stored source material corroborate the file's provenance. Reported sightings, interpretations, and allegations remain attributed to the source unless independently supported by the cited evidence.
Open questions
- • What additional contemporaneous records or independent evidence could test the source account?
Probed separates this editorial assessment from the source claims below. It summarizes what the released artifact supports; it is not independent verification.
Official Description from War.gov
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.
Preserved verbatim as source metadata. This wording is separate from Probed’s file-specific description and assessment.
File Context
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Tracker findings
1955 Budapest letter reported unusual flying-object sightings
The record describes a November 1955 letter from Budapest reporting unusual flying-object sightings and public anxiety around the reports.
Release provenance
- Release
- Release 03
- Official ID
- release-03-file-022-cia-uap-013-report-of-unusual-flying-object-sightings-and-attendant-scientific-activity
- Cleared
- Jun 12, 2026
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Receipt of letter reporting flying object sightings
A letter was received from a niece in Budapest reporting unusual flying object sightings.
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Source Claims
Claims are attributed to the released source and remain distinct from Probed’s assessment and tracker findings.
In November 1955, a letter was received from a niece in Budapest reporting unusual flying object sightings.
In Boi7elDl.1er' 19.55 I received ~ letter 1".rom '!!!,I niece in ~est.. rus l.etter contatllffll tM·follow:l.ng int&re.stdng i tent .['tree t.ttlnslatioy': "~e ao.-cel.lecl ':f~ simcere (r~ta) [sie7 for seY"eral wee~ kept the people 1n a nen-ous state.
The flying objects were described as 'very fast speeding tigers' with an estimated speed of 1200 km per hour.
QJ.r~ frdl!I tho • p~, J:2 'tllowlawi km per hour was estimated on these !.eyers.
The letter included a sketch indicating the formation and suspected course of the flying objects.
Inelw.d With the 1.e1;ter was the f'ol.J.9r,riJJg sketch 1ndieatillg the :formation and suspected course of tlte QC>Ve obJeets:
This is the first time the niece mentioned such objects in her letters.
This is the first time my niece has mentioned such objects in her Letters.
Source Material & Evidence
Original letter from niece
CIA-UAP-013
Sketch of flying objects
CIA-UAP-013