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FD-245 (REV. 1-21-80) Screened by NARA (RF) [STAMP:] U. S. Department of Justice BUREAU of IGATION DE - DETROIT FBI - CENTRAL RECORDS CENTER Class / Case # Sub Vol. Serial # 0100 26505 1 1 OPEN [HW:] Charles, Michael R. [HW:] ALL [HW:] 45,974 [HW:] 5-31-85 Lee Closed Section
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1. Notes re: interview with WLADYSLAN KRASUSKI (rec'd 11/7/57) ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THIS ENVELOPE HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE 5/22/85 BY 50-6 by staff STAMP: SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED NOV 18 1957 FBI - DETROIT
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Date Received 11/9/57 From [REDACTED] (Name of contributor) [REDACTED] (Address of contributor) [REDACTED] By (Name of Special Agent) [REDACTED] To Be Returned Yes ( ) No ( ) ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE 5/21/58 BY [HW: Wladyslaw Kaasuski] 11/9/57 Description: Notes re interview w/ Wladyslaw Kaasuski 11/9/57 File No. 100-26-50-5-1
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WA 27516 - 11/7/59 5457 [HW: Campaign] [HW: Post] [HW: cabled] [HW: run in 44] [HW: gone in 45] [ILLEGIBLE] with gas [ILLEGIBLE] - [ILLEGIBLE] mi Berlin
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STAMP [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [HW: Interview w/ Wladyslaw Krasuski 11/7/59] [HW: 100-26505]
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Franciszek Grabowski NW 90290 DocId:34714592 Page 6
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Record Request FD-125 (5-27-55) Criminal To: Return to: Rainbow File number 100 - 26305 Buded Name and aliases of subject, applicant or employee & spouse Wladyslaw Krasuski aka Walter Addresses Residence V457 Joe Canyon. Business [ILLEGIBLE] good Breweries Former *Date and place of marriage (if pertinent) Race W Sex Male Birth date [REDACTED] Birthplace [REDACTED] Age [ILLEGIBLE] Height [ILLEGIBLE] Weight [ILLEGIBLE] Hair [ILLEGIBLE] Eyes [ILLEGIBLE] Arrest Number Fingerprint Classification Criminal Specialty Specific information desired any need (STAMP: FOIA(b)(6)) NW 90290 DocId:34714592 Page 7
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URGENT 11-6-57 5-40 PM CS TO SAC, DETROIT FROM DIRECTOR 1P UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS, IS-X. MR. W. KIASUSKI, [REDACTED] FIVE FOUR FIVE SEVEN JOS. CAMPAU, DETROIT ELEVEN MICHIGAN, ADRESSED LETTER DATED NOVEMBER FOURTH TO ROBERT CUTLER, WHO IS SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT, STATING QUOTE I MIGHT HAVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE ROCKET IN TEXAS. I HEARD ABOUT IT ON THE POLISH RADIO PROGRAM. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW TO WHOM I COULD SPEAK TO. UNQUOTE. IMMEDIATELY INTERVIEW KIASUSKI FOR ANY INFORMATION HE MAY HAVE. BUFILES REFLECT NO INFORMATION RE KIASUSKI. SUTEL. ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED. DATE: 5/28/85 BY [HW: P.Walzatoy] END ACK PLS OK FBI DE JH STAMP: SEARCHED SERIALIZED INDEXED FILED NOV 6 1957 FBI DETROIT
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Detroit 31, Michigan November 7, 1957 ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE [ILLEGIBLE] BY [HW: Budgatay] UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS In response to a letter directed by him to Mr. Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, reflecting that he "might have some information about the rocket in Texas," Wladyslaw Krasuski, 5457 Joseph Campau, Detroit, was interviewed November 7, 1957, and furnished the following information: Born [REDACTED] in the State of [REDACTED], Krasuski was brought from Poland as a Prisoner of War to Gut Alt Golssen, approximately 30 miles east of Berlin, Germany, in May, 1942, where he remained until a few weeks after the end of World War II. He spent the following years at Displaced Persons Camps at Kork, Strasburg, Offenburg, Milheim and Freiburg, Germany. He attended a radio technician school at Freiburg and for about a year was employed in a textile mill at Laurachbaden, Germany. He arrived in the United States at New York May 2, 1951 via the "S.S. General Stewart" as a Displaced Person destined to the Reverend Father Petro Walkowiak Hamtramck Michigan; his alien registration number - (b) (6) Since May 1951 he has been employed at the Gobel Brewery Detroit. News report of mysterious vehicle in Texas causing engines to stall prompted him to communicate with the United States Government concerning a similar phenomenon observed by him in 1944 in the area of Gut Alt Golssen. According to Krasuski during 1944 month not recalled while enroute to work in a field short distance north of Gut Alt Golssen their tractor engine stalled on road through swamp area No machinery or other vehicle was then visible although noise was heard described as high-pitched whine similar to that produced by large electric generator. [STAMP:] [STAMP:] [STAMP:] [STAMP:] Bureau (RM) Detroit (100-26505) CH:JLK NW 90290 DocId:34714592 Page 9
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An "SS" guard appeared and talked briefly with the German driver of the tractor, who waited five to ten minutes, after which the noise stopped and the tractor engine was started normally. Approximately 3 hours later in the same swamp area, but away from the road where the work crew was cutting "hay", he surreptitiously, because of the German in charge of the crew and "SS" guards in the otherwise deserted area, observed a circular enclosure approximately 100 to 150 yards in diameter protected from viewers by a tarpaulin-type wall approximately 50 feet high, from which a vehicle was observed to slowly rise vertically to a height sufficient to clear the wall and then to move slowly horizontally a short distance out of his view, which was obstructed by nearby trees. This vehicle, observed from approximately 500 feet, was described as circular in shape, 75 to 100 yards in diameter, and about 14 feet high, consisting of dark gray stationary top and bottom sections, five to six feet high. The approximate three foot middle section appeared to be a rapidly moving component producing a continuous blur similar to an aeroplane propeller, but extending the circumference of the vehicle so far as could be observed. The noise emanating from the vehicle was similar but of somewhat lower pitch than the noise previously heard. The engine of the tractor again stalled on this occasion and no effort was made by the German driver to start the engine until the noise stopped, after which the engine started normally. Uninsulated metal, possibly copper cables one and one-half inch to two inches in diameter on and under surface of ground in some places covered by water were observed on this and previous occasions apparently running between enclosure and small concrete column-like structure between road and enclosure. This area was not visited by Krasuski again until shortly after end World War II when it was observed that cables had been removed previous locations concrete structure enclosure were covered by water Krasuski stated he has not been communication since 1945 with any work crew consisting Russian French Polish POWs who had discussed incident among themselves many times However these Krasuski able recall name only Franciszek Grabowski no address known described then about years age presumed Krasuski returned Poland after 1945.
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This report is loaned to you by the FBI, and neither it nor its contents are to be distributed outside your agency.
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11/7/57 AIRTEL AMSD - RM TO: DIRECTOR, FBI FROM: SAC, DETROIT (100-26505) UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; IS - X. ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE 11/7/57 BY [HW:] Re Detroit Teletype to Bureau, 11/7/57, captioned "UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; IS - X." Interview of WLADYSLAW KRASUSKI, aka. WALTER KRASUSKI, reported in Blank Memo, five copies of which are enclosed herewith for the Bureau, was conducted by SA CASSIUS RATHBUN. No indication of irrational or otherwise abnormal behavior by KRASUSKI was observed during the interview. KRASUSKI advised that his communication was directed to Mr. ROBERT CUTLER rather than to President EISENHOWER after seeing Mr. CUTLER's picture and identification with the President's Office in a local paper. KRASUSKI resides with his wife, nee JOANN WISNIEWSKI, married in 1952 at Detroit, and four small children in a single residence in an old Polish neighborhood at 5457 Jos. Campau Avenue, Detroit. No previous record located in Detroit Indices identifiable with KRASUSKI or his wife. On 11/7/57, WILLIAM RECKNAGEL, Manager, advised IC PAUL DESMOND that records of the Mich. Merchants Credit Association reflect only credit inquiries concerning WALTER KRASUSKI during 6/56 and 3/57 and 6/57, which confirm his local address and employment. 3 = Bureau (Encls.5)(RM) 4 = Detroit CR:JLK (4) [STAMP:] [HW:]
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FD-36 (Rev. 3-13-56) FBI Date: 11/7/57 Transmit the following message via TELETYPE URGENT (Priority or Method of Mailing) TO: DIRECTOR, FBI FROM: SAC, DETROIT UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; IS - X. REBUTEL NOV. SIX LAST. WLAYSLAW KRASUSKI, AKA. WALTER KRASUSKI, [REDACTED] WAS FOIA(b)(6) ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE [ILLEGIBLE] BY [ILLEGIBLE] GERMAN POW MAY, NINETEEN FORTY TWO, UNTIL SUMMER OF NINETEEN FORTY FIVE. ARRIVED NY MAY TWO, NINETEEN FIFTY ONE, AS DP, AR NO. (b) (6) KLASUSKI UPON INTERVIEW ADVISED THAT WHILE GERMAN POW DURING NINETEEN FORTY FOUR, OBSERVED A VEHICLE DESCRIBED AS CIRCULAR IN SHAPE, SEVENTY FIVE TO ONE HUNDRED YARDS IN DIAMETER, APPROXIMATELY FOURTEEN FEET HIGH. THE VEHICLE WAS OBSERVED TO SLOWLY RISE VERTICALLY TO HEIGHTS SUFFICIENT TO CLEAR FIFTY FOOT WALL AND TO MOVE SLOWLY HORIZONTALLY A SHORT DISTANCE OUT OF VIEW OBSTRUCTED BY TREES. ENGINE OR TRACTOR FAILED TO OPERATE DURING THIS PERIOD AND ONE SEVERAL OTHER OCCASION WHEN HIGH PITCHED WHINING NOISE HEARD IN AREA. NO INDICATION OF MENTAL INSTABILITY DURING INTERVIEW. FURTHER DETAILS FOLLOW AMSD. WLS:JLK DE 100-26505 (1) [HW:] Approved: Special Agent in Charge Sent [HW:] M Per [HW:] [STAMP:]
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The Oklahoma UFO Research Association Kerry Liesch, Director 3539 N. W. 53rd Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Bob Stamps, Co-Director 5024 N. W. 20th Oklahoma City, Oklahoma October 2, 1966 FBI OFFICE 913 Federal Building Detroit, Michigan Dear Sirs: My organization would appreciate any information that you could send us on Unidentified Flying Objects, specifically those sightings in your area in early spring of this year. We will greatly appreciate any information that you could send us on this subject. I thank you for your time and co-operation. Sincerely: Kerry Liesch O Director, O.U.F.O.R.A. KKL/lw [STAMP:] [HW: ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED] [HW: IS UNCLASSIFIED] [HW: DATE 5/15/85 BY Pulgley] STOP
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Post Office Box 2118 Detroit, Michigan 48231 October 11, 1966 Mr. Kerry Liesch Director The Oklahoma UFO Research Association 3539 N.W. 53rd Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Dear Mr. Liesch: This is to acknowledge your letter of October 2, 1966. Please be advised that this office does not have the information you have requested. It is possible that the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, may be the proper agency to contact. Very truly yours, Paul H. Stoddard Special Agent in Charge STAMP: [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE BY [HW: Paul H. Stoddard] Form labels and their values: l-Addressee (1) l-Detroit (100-26505) IRA:frq (2) NW 90290 DocId:34714592 Page 15