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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9078841

DATE OF SIGHTINGJanuary 1959

REPORTED LOCATIONLitschau Czechoslavakia

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12, CONCLUSIONS

O Was Belloon
16 Jan Litschau, Czechoslovakia S pny Belicen
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ssemy Cenc
. O Was Aircraft
ee A CCGround- Vi sual OC Ground-Reder O Probobly Airereft
© Air Vi sel O Air-Intercept Rader |2 Possibly Aircroft
OL O Was Astronomical
O Probebly Astronomical
Civil Police o ess Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION &. NUMBER OF OBJECTS = Pass. Guided Missil
o ae mr Dete et eae Evaluation
0 Unknown
_2 mins
BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Luminous round flying obj crossed Czech el reason to deviate tith witness
‘| border ihho Austraa, soared steeply upward enalysis. Assumed guided missile.
' at immense speed while ecmbtténg a hissing

noise. Obj circled and returned across
ezech border. Speed estimated at 3X speed
of Austrian A/C. Observed for 2 mins. it
time assumed guided miscile by observe

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‘body came from Czechoslovak territory, crossed the vorder, and soared —
steeply upward at an immense speed emitting a hissing noise. It then

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border, The object was observed for two minutes. (Vienna, NEUER senate

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