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•At tb&t 110aeDt, rq hUBbte~·, vbo ba4 reaa1ne4 a abort 4htaace bebia4
., ca.11•4 •• 'l'be tvo 8eD INlt b.a-re Mud rq 4a\llbhr'• Y01c• btcaun tbe7
1al41at•~ Jape4 OD the eouical tover &A4 41aappe_are4 1u14e.
•1 ba4 f,NT1wal7 nJte4 tut ODe of tbe D!D b&4 a lu.p OD the front part
ot ,i. ~~ vbicb lit up at regular 1.Dtern.l.l.
-.ov, tbe 114e or tbe obJect OD vb1cb the holea t ·.1 been opeDe4 'began to
111tter. It• color 1ee•4 green but later tW"Zled to re4. At tbe ,.,. tiat I
MIU to bear • 1l1gbt hua. Vb11• tbe "or1gbtoe11 and bua 1ncnaH4, the
coeical tover began to 1l14e 4CMa 1.Dto tbe center or tbe obJect. 'l'be vbole
ol>Ject tbeD "oegan to r1ae llovl7 trCJrA the grou.n4 u4 rotate lika a top.
--·•It •••M4 to• u 1f 1t vere 1upp~rted b7 the c711D4r1cal plant Ybicb
ba410De 4CMa froa the top or tbe c,bJect, through the ceater, and bad. DOV
appeare.-. trom 1t1 bottoa OD tbe groun4 •
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"'l'b• object, au.rrou.n4e4 "o~/ a ring or rlamea, va1 DOY a certain Dumber ot
teet abo:n •t.Ae grO\&Dd.
• I then noted that the Ybole object ba4 rilen alovly fro11 the g?"OUD,d. '1'be •
0711D4er OD vh1cb 1t va1 1upporte4 ba4 DOV d11appea.red Vitbin it• center and
bad nappeand OD the top or the object.
-rh• rate or clab b&4 nov become greater. At the 1ame time sr, 4a\18hter
u4 I bea.r4 a Vb11tl1.Dg aound 11.ail.&r to that beard vben a bCDll fal.il.
"The object rose to a borhontal poa1t1on, t'Ul"l:led tovard a neighboring
tCMa, &Di then, ga!Jl.i.D8 al~1tude, .a 41aappeared over the be1gbh am rore1t1
1D tbe 41rect1on or Stockbc1.m. •
MaJl7 other per1ona vbo l1Te in the 1ame area as Linke later rel ated that
tbe7 1av an object vbicb they thought to be a comet . A 1bepberd 1tated that
be tbought that be vaa lookiag at a comet 110ving 4va1 at a lav altitude frO'ID
tbe height cm vbicb Linke 1tood.
· After 1ul>IL1tt1t.i·. bis tut1.mony to tbe Judge , Linke made the follov10g
■tate•Dt: "I vould have tbougt.t that both 111.Y dauabter &D4 I vere ~am.1.ng
it it vere not for the tolloving element 1D1·0ln!l: Wbeo tbe object bad
4bappeare4, I vent to the place vbere it ba4 ~een. I tO\md a circular
opeaiaa 1D ~· grO\md an4 it Yal quite eTident that it Val fre■hl1 dug. It
vu ezactl7 tbe ,a.me 1bape aa the cOIU.cal tover. I vaa tbeD CODY1uce4 that
I vu Dot 4ree.m1ng. •
L1Ake c:ont1Dued, •1 bad neTer beard. or the tem •r~1.ng ■ aucer' before I
e1cape4 troa the SOTiet Zone 1.Dto Weit Berl1n. Wben I ■av tbi• obJect, I
1-diate~ thought that it va1 a nev Soviet ulit&.r7 •cbi.ne. ·
•1 eoa.!eaa that I vaa 1eiied vitb fright becau■e the SOT1eta do not vant
uo-oaa to bov abovt their vork. Many peraona have been re1tr1cted to their
110n•nt1 tor aau: :,eara 1D Ea1t Ge~ 'becau■e the1 Jmov too aw:b. •
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