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SvGGEST cci~ru.a..Timl rit()~ D/I :O~ E.::O~TS. P.:.JSS~L (?.a.JP O~P:...~T.:D ::U.GU:: .·
).3Q;,_ru) S";·(,li'.jS.1,.Iit FO., P.0!£ lJ O:T. (Signod) T .S . RYA:i. 11
On 12 Oct. 1955 at about 2lu5 h~ur:s, Sen. ~:soil, Lt. Col.
E.U. Kat.'l:i.v~, U. S . ).rr:v :st.a!! o!'!icer :l.33i~ed to Senato J.nioc!. Force:s
Co=i.tt.ee, anc!. tu-. Ruben ?!ron, Comndttee Coo..,ult.a.nt, urived at Wil:ion
(!-Q.a.-rni) ~ ~t!.o n in Pra~o, h.av1..ng coca direct from Kiev. Their nil
r-oute f:-ol"l Kin brou~ht tller:i to COP, at tile ea:stern border or Ciecho:ilovakia,
'Vhere ther.r ob, ervcd the Ril g au~e :,vi tching ooeration !'rom the ~u.,:iia:i bro, _
~au&e to the Cioch :stancurd tua5a. Upon arri~al. a~ the ~ Hils on Station,
the fw:iell 5roup -.ra:, rut b:, the acting Chl.e!' or }\b:sian, t?t-. !-=..c-old 'ledl.c.·,
.nd the UZAIIU. We e:seorted the croup to the US R.e:sidenq v horo tlley vere
to :spend the nibht. I~ va, evident th.a. t the:, had :seen rue.'1 anc! had been t l
place:, in ~u,:sia a.~d po3 :sibly in C%echo:slova.'d.a *.ere US ob:servers cad no
been, at le~t !or a aood can:, years. Sen. Ru:,:,ell :stated that he 'he.d boe.
i.tl ?raguo once before 1n 1927, and va:s anxious to see so~e fa.mi.liar place.
~!ter a.rr~vtl at t.~e Re31donc-f :tnd diMer, Lt. Col. ~at.h.ava:, ar,,:-essei a
de:si:-e to roport s~r.\eth:1.ns; o! the ~o:it. ir.iportance to the USAIR!.. , "som,L _ <>
you may no t bel~ove, but sor:iethinc that. ve've b een told by your people ( i. .i)
doe:s:1 1 t c.'d..:st." I !!'Ut?ee:Jtd that ve not dbc~s s 2..'\Ythl.nit at t.te R~sidenc:.
beca.u:se or tho ~b,ence o! :seeu.rlt:, preeaution.:r but, :s uggested that \le 1118 £:
earl:, t.'le nc=t r:i!)r::i.in6 1n r.rr o!!'ico toget!le:- \."i ~,. Col. Thoc-.a.s Doole"'.f , L ,_
J..:-~ At~acho. Lt. Col. Hat.~v~ said he·-~ u.xi.o,,::, to re;,ort hi:, obsen _,..
and tlut he had .."1.tne:s3es, fo rtll!lataly, L-i Sen. R~sell and Hr. Efron.
lle oe t at 0900 on lJ OC t. 1n the larger office oi ~e :..r:cr A. t.t,... . ,u
2.nd proceeded vith the deb:-1.e!ing wd ,cic~uau, 11L!e~d:, Cor t.a.L'l:u.n.ir,g 21l.d. an.:rverini vi.th Hr. Efron :ru;,pl~ment.1n6 and. adding :support.
Lt Col.~faUu.vay proV"ed to be w c:cce'.lec+- ob,er::zex: and :-r. E!'ron
h.ad kept detailed note:, vhich he refex-red to !'or ti.mes ad. place:,.
!!~t.ha.llay ie~ off vi.th "I doubt it' you're f!Oing ti> believe this
b-.it ve a!.l ,,v it. Sen. nus:soll va:s the f1.r:st to :,ee thi:, D.ying sa.ucar /
.ind he called u., U) ~'le v1ndOY, and ve both :1 t.-.r t..~e eecond one ( po1n Ung to /
I:FROll vho t!odded ye:,). 1·Te 1ve been t.old for yei:-:, t.r.:it t.'lere isn't such a J
th1.n6 but all of us sav it, 1ncludin& Sen Ru:s :sell. ~at va., e111Ph.a:,iied
t!i.:l.t Sen. n.~3ell aav tile !irat !1.yi:lg ,a:.icar or fl:,in~ disc ,ucend and
p~:, aver tllo train on ~ northerly eour:sa, ~ing off fro111 the left :side
of the t.:-d.n' s direct!.on, vh1ch pbci,o t..~e take-of!' z.rea on the :sau.th :side
of the R.-=t 11:,.e on vhieh they vere tr.iveU.in:.
I :,tatod th2.t I don't di:sbcl.1.a-re il.'\Y~in;:t a.!'ter havinG been in
C:echo:slo7.i.Jcia tor 17 month.,. The !ollovi.:1~ r.v r.ote~ are quoted v1th
~ addi t!.oruJ. col!t':'lents :a..!'ter:
l. •'!'vo !1.yiD6 :saucer type a.ircn.!t \/ers seen beween tva raU-.r~
:sution stop:, alter ve left BAY.U."
2. "It \la:, -aft.a:- ve le!t ATJATI, ve \lere lhe ?"e at 1900 ;.na ve ,av the
tlrc:-a.!t a~ 1910. The next placo ve :sa\l va., J..DZKrJADUL." (E!rol\3 note:,.)
J . "They took o!f :strtlght up and then t ~e opeed inc:-ea.:ied ~utly
a:s t..'111J' ~oved str.a.ight ahead, horizon~, a.,d disappeared t.o the righ t. o!'
t.he traL,." (Ques tioni.n3 revotled tha. t t.~e U\gle of z.:,cen t V2.S not e.·ucUy
11:st.nieht u?" but nther in a :slight arc just o!'!' t :ie Tert.ictl line.)