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This Central Intelligence Agency information report, based on information acquired in November 1955, relays unevaluated information about Hungary from a naturalized US citizen of Hungarian extraction. The source says a niece in Budapest wrote that so-called flying saucers had kept people nervous for several weeks and kept scientific groups busy, with a speed estimated at 12,000 km per hour. A sketch in the letter showed the objects' formation and suspected course between Budapest and Moscow. A translation of the letter is attached.
From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 Incident: 1955, Hungary. A 1955 report on a UFO sighting in Hungary. The information came from a letter between Hungarian relatives, living in the USA and Budapest. A more redacted version of the report has been available on CIA's public website.
Dear Uncle I don't know whether the letter I sent before will arrive. I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Here, the children are preparing for Christmas. The shops are full of toys and Christmas trees. The streets are crowded with window shoppers. The three of us are spending the holidays in Pest The children will have a vacation from 20 December through 17 January, took a day off on All Souls' Day you write so little. How are you? Has the family grown? all well? Are you all well? is having a lot of trouble with her back. has been sent off for a week to do some work in the province, he won't return till the evening of the 24th. A famous German circus is on tour here now with many animals and artists. They say it is very good. We are planning to see it with the children. Everyone has been excited by the so-called saucers for the past few weeks. These fast-rushing heavenly phenoma have been and still are keeping scores of scientists busy. has surely seen them or read about them; these amazing fliers moved at a speed of 12,000 kilometers per hour. We wish you all good health and send our regards and affection to mother and the children. Much love and many prayers,
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