65_HS1-101634279_100-DE-26505 FBI Detroit field-office case file 100-DE-26505 (Krasuski / Gut Alt-Golssen) — Detroit office-of-origin number for documents cross-filed at FBI HQ as serials 62-83894-383 through 62-83894-385 (dated Nov 7–8, 1957) covering a 1957 sighting account.
Part of the FBI Vault "Unidentified Flying Objects" case file (HQ 62-HQ-83894), publicly mirrored on vault.fbi.gov for over a decade. The Detroit office-of-origin copy mirrors HQ serials already public.
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URGENT 11-6-57 5-40 P¥ CS
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FROM DIRECTOR 1P - | ,
UNIDENTIFLED FLYING OBJECTS, IS-X. MR. W, Kxggygkx, Mufimflfii,u.jhxx
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FIVE FOUR FIVE STV“NfJOS CAMPAU,DETROIT “E&V N MICHIGAN,
ADDRESSED LETTER DATED NOVEIMBER FOURTH TO ROBEZRT CUTLER,
WHO IS SPZCIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PREZSIDENT, STATING QUOTE I
MIGHT HAVE SOME INFORMAT}ON ABOUT THE ROCKET IN TEXAS, lI
HEARD ABOUT IT ON THE POLISH RADIO PROGRAWM, I:WOULD LIKZ
~TO k@ow TO WHOM I COULD SPZAK TO., UNQUOTEZ,., IMMEIDIATELY
INTERVIE@ KIASUSKI FOR ANY INFORMATION HE MAY HAVE, BUFILZS
REFLECT NO INFORMATION RE KIASUSKI, SUTEL.
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Detroit 31, Michigan
November 7,1957
HEREINAS ;
"~ 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: FOIA(b)(6)
Krasuski was
Born kro —tu”i5i_§€;E;#QE——-#-_-—.#-::;;7
ught from Poland as a Prisoner of War %o
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.3. General Stewart"
as a Di;glnccd Person, destined to the Reverend Father Petro
Walkowi E Hamtramck, Michigan; his alien registration number =
(b) (6)
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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,
Acgording to Krasuski, during 1944, month not recalled,
while enroute to work in a field a short distance north of
Gut Alv Golssen, their tractor engine stalled on a road through
a swamp area. No machinery or other vehicle was then visible
although a noise was heard described as a high~pitched whine
similar to that produced by a large electric generator.
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atting "hay", he %fifi?@kfii%&fiWfiiyfi because of the G N
in charge of kh@ erew and "53" guards in tfi@ &%h@?fii@% a%fifirfififi
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_ameter p 4 from viewers hy a u&wpaw&iWw
myfi | P w&&&ly $® f@@% high, from which a vehicle
w&& wkfiwrv@fi to slowly rise W%rkifi&liv to a height sufficient
~ the wall and then to move slowly horiszontally a
rt fii%%w“fifi out of his view,; which was obstructed by
n&&wwy trees.
This wehicle, observed from approximatel)
500 feet, was deseribed as circular in shape, 75 to 100
yards in diameter, and about 14 fest high, consisting of
darl &rmy @%&@i*mary ~ and @wfiwfim fi%@%iifi@, five to six
Lzl he approxis middle section appeared.
%fi%fi*fi%fifi wrm&%@@w@ a continuous blur
simi opl propeller, but extending the &iww
&umf&W&flfifi tfi %&@ V$&m¢l@ 50 ffir as mam&fi be observedy
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lww&r winmh th i mh@ m&i%% ww&vimu@&y heard. The engrine of
the traclor ¢ in stalled on this occasion and no effort
was made by the German driver to start the engine until the
.se stopped, after which the engine started normally.
Uninsulated metalL 3 §%&fi&bi? Coppex,
@&%i®% wfiw &mé @fi@mk&if fifi@fi fim two immhwfi in diameter, on
r the surface of the ground, in some places covered
by w&%&r; were éi&%@?fifi on thi& fim& *r%?fi&fi% wwa&mitmfi,
apparently ruaning|
concrete fi&?%fi‘Wlikfi %@wmfiflww@ %%fiw&%m %h% road fififi %fi&lfi@uw@*
\ ?5%& waas not visited @% Krasuski
again until shortl d mf %@@1& War 11, when it
was observed tLhe s had be ¢ and the previous
locations of the ¢ crete &fi?m&%u@% and the enclosure were
covered by water. Krasuski stated he has not been in
C Onit fi&@&%x@fi wifiw@ i*&g Wifi% %my of the work crew of 16
n, consisting o Prench and Folish PUusg,
ad s incident among themselves many times.
fimw&@&r, @W m%@@w* fi%&%fifffi was able to recall by name
only Franciszek Grabowski, no address known, described as
then about 50years of age and presumed by Krasuski to have
returned to ?Ql&m& after 1945,
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ALL INPOSMATION CONTAIHED n
FRUM: SAC, DETRUIT (100-26505) HEREIN If
: DATE
- UNIDERTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; IS - X,
He Detroit Tfil&& ve to Bur 2au 11/7/57 ’ fi&pfiimm "UNIDERTIF1ED
FLYING OBJECTS; IS - X."
Interview of WLADISLAW K.‘“'AEY* KRASUSKI,
reported in Blank Memo, five e@pi@fi af whiah are enclosed
herewith for the Bureau, was conducted by SA CASSIUS RATHBUN.
No indication of irrational or otherwise abnormal behavior
by KHASUSK] was observed during the interview. |
KitASUSKI 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.
KiASUSKI resides with his wife, nee JOANN WISHNIEWSKI,
married in 1952 at Detroit, and four small children,in a
single residence in an old Polish neighborhood at fih57 Jos.
Campau Avenue, Detroit. No previous record located in Detroit
Indices identifiable with KHASUSKI or his wife.
On 31/7/57, WILLIAM R&GKN&G&L Manager, advised IC PAUL LESMOND
that records of the Mich. fi&rahanum Credit Association, rwflafit
only credit inquiries concerning WALTER KRASUSKI &uring
and 3/57 and 6/57, which confirm his local address and &wylaymaa@~
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(Priority or Method of Mailing)
TO: DIREGTOR, FBI ALTRPOREATIC SqTARED
FROM: SAC, DETROIT DATE
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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS; IS - X.
REBUTEL NOV. SIX LAST. WLAYSLAW KIASUSKI, AKA. WALTER KRASUSKI,
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GERMAN POW MAY, NINETEEN FOKTY TWO, UNTIL SUMMER OF NINETEEN
FOURTY FIVE. ARKRIVED NY MAY TWO, NINETEEN FIFTY ONE, Ao DP,
4R No. D@ . KRASUSKI UPON
INTKRVIEW ADVISED THAT WHILE GERMaN POw DURING NINETEEN FORTY FOUR,
UBCERVED A VEHICLE DESCRIBED AS CIHCULAR IN SHAPE, SEVENTY FIVE
10 ONE HUNDHED YARDS IN DIAMETEK, APPROXIMATELY FOURTEEN FLET
HIGH., THE VEHICLE WAS OUBSERVED TO SLUWLY RISE VERTICALLY TO
HEIGHT3 SUFFICIENT TO CLEAR PIFTY FOOT WALL AND TU MOVE SLOWLY
HORIZONTALLY A SHORT DISTANCE OUT OF VIEW UBSTRUCTED BY TREES.
ENGINE OF TRACTOR FAILED TO OPERATE DURING THIS PERIOD AND ONg%_
SEVadeadh OTHLR OCCASIONE WHEN HIGH PITCHED WHIW'_‘,ING NOISE HEARD
IN AREA. NO INDICATION OF MENTAL INSTABILITY DURING INTERVIEW.
PULRTHER DETAILS FOLLOW AMSD.
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Approved:
Special Agent in Charge
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Kerry Liesch, Director . ‘ Bob Stamps, Co-Director
3539 N. W. 53rd ‘ 5024 N. W, 20th
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma : Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
October 2, 1966
FBI OFFICE
913 Federal Bullding
Detroit, Michigan
Dear Sirs:
My organization would appreciate any 1nf:matiem
that you could send us on Unldentified Flying
Objects, specifically those sightings in
your area In early spring of this year.
We will greatly appreciate any informatlion that
you could send us on this subject. I thank you
for your time and co-operation.
Sincerely: O
Kerry Liesch
Director, 0.U,F.O0.R.A.
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