Government1952

CIA files translated press report of Oskar Linke's East German landing claim

When: 23 Aug 1952
Sources: 1 public source

A CIA foreign-documents report translated a Greek newspaper story about Oskar Linke, a former East German mayor who fled west and gave a sworn statement that he and his daughter saw two men in shiny clothing beside a landed, frying-pan-shaped object that then rose and flew off.

Sources

Official'Flying Saucers' in East Germany (Information from foreign documents or radio broadcasts), CIA document 0005516146 (opens in a new tab)CIA FOIA Electronic Reading Room / 1952-08-23

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