This is an FBI Detroit field office file (case 100-26505) documenting a 1957 interview with Wladyslaw Krasuski, a Polish-born displaced person living in Detroit, who contacted the White House after hearing a news report about a mysterious vehicle in Texas. Krasuski recounted a 1944 wartime observation near Gut Alt Golssen, Germany, of a large circular craft rising vertically from a concealed enclosure, accompanied by electromagnetic effects on nearby tractor engines. The file also includes a 1966 letter from the Oklahoma UFO Research Association requesting UFO information from the FBI's Detroit office, which was redirected to Wright-Patterson AFB.
Key Findings
→Krasuski, interviewed November 7, 1957 by SA Cassius Rathbun, described observing in 1944 a circular vehicle approximately 75-100 yards in diameter and 14 feet high, with a rapidly rotating middle section, rising vertically from a tarpaulin-walled enclosure approximately 100-150 yards in diameter near Gut Alt Golssen, Germany.
→The observed vehicle produced a high-pitched whining noise similar to a large electric generator, and tractor engines in the vicinity stalled repeatedly when the noise was present, restarting normally once the noise ceased.
→Uninsulated metal cables, possibly copper, 1.5 to 2 inches in diameter, were observed running between the enclosure and a small concrete column-like structure, suggesting a fixed installation with infrastructure.
→The FBI noted 'no indication of irrational or otherwise abnormal behavior' during the interview, and Krasuski's credit and background records showed no derogatory information, lending some credibility to his account as a stable witness.
→Krasuski had written to Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to President Eisenhower, stating he might have information about 'the rocket in Texas,' which triggered the urgent FBI investigation and interview.
Analyst Notes
This is a single-witness retrospective account of a 1944 wartime observation, reported 13 years after the fact, with no contemporaneous documentation, no corroborating sensor data, and no surviving witnesses identified by name with contact information. The observation occurred under wartime duress (Krasuski was a POW and viewed the object clandestinely). The described object is consistent with experimental German aircraft or Coanda-effect disc programs known to have existed near Berlin during WWII. The FBI noted no mental instability, but acknowledged no prior record of Krasuski in their files. The engine-stalling effect, while notable, is self-reported only.
Extracted Entities
People
Wladyslaw Krasuski (aka Walter Krasuski)Robert Cutler (Special Assistant to President Eisenhower)President Dwight D. EisenhowerSA Cassius RathbunFranciszek Grabowski (fellow POW witness)Joann Wisniewski (Krasuski's wife)William Recknagel (Manager, Mich. Merchants Credit Association)IG Paul DesmondPaul H. Stoddard (Special Agent in Charge, Detroit)Kerry Liesch (Director, Oklahoma UFO Research Association)Bob Stamps (Co-Director, Oklahoma UFO Research Association)Father Petro Walkowiak
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)FBI Detroit Field OfficeWhite House / Office of the PresidentUnited States Air ForceWright-Patterson Air Force BaseMichigan Merchants Credit AssociationOklahoma UFO Research Association (O.U.F.O.R.A.)
Locations
Gut Alt Golssen, Germany (approximately 30 miles east of Berlin)Detroit, Michigan5457 Jos. Campau Avenue, DetroitKork, Strasburg, Offenburg, Milheim, and Freiburg, Germany (displaced persons camps)Laurachbaden, GermanyNew York (arrival port, May 2, 1951)Hamtramck, MichiganWright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OhioOklahoma City, OklahomaTexas (referenced as site of mysterious vehicle/rocket report)
Aircraft & Objects
Circular vehicle 75-100 yards in diameter, approximately 14 feet high, with dark gray stationary top and bottom sections and a rapidly rotating middle section producing a continuous blurVehicle observed to rise slowly vertically from a tarpaulin-walled enclosure, then move slowly horizontallyUninsulated metal (possibly copper) cables 1.5-2 inches in diameter running between the enclosure and a concrete structure
Dates
November 6, 1957 (urgent FBI teletype from Director)November 7, 1957 (interview date and Detroit field office report)1944 (year of original observation near Gut Alt Golssen)May 1942 (Krasuski brought to Gut Alt Golssen as POW)Summer 1945 (Krasuski departed area)May 2, 1951 (Krasuski arrived in USA)November 4, 1957 (date of Krasuski's letter to Robert Cutler)October 2, 1966 (Oklahoma UFO Research Association letter)October 11, 1966 (FBI Detroit response to Oklahoma UFO Research Association)