CIA-UAP-013, Report of Unusual Flying Object Sightings and Attendant Scientific Activity
- Date of account
- 1956
- Location
- Budapest, Hungary
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
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.
Published source text
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Source page 1
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