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Unconventional aircraft sighted in Czechoslovakia / Prague area — eyewitness account

Date unknownCzechoslovakia / Prague area (approx.)
Analysis — our summary

This document is a heavily OCR-degraded Air Intelligence Information Report concerning an eyewitness account of an unconventional aircraft sighted in the Gran Chaco area and/or Czechoslovakia/Prague vicinity. Three highly reliable United States Air Attache personnel are indicated as witnesses. Fragmentary readable text describes an object that 'appeared to be suspended almost vertically, at a relatively slow speed' with 'beams seen pointing up almost vertically,' and that the 'speed increased sharply' with a circular disc appearance. The document also contains narrative related to what appears to be a rail border crossing observation (MOSCOW-PRAGUE itinerary) which may represent a separate intelligence report included in the same file.

As reported — verbatim from the document
This report contains an eyewitness account of the movement and flight of an unconventional aircraft in the Gran Chaco[?] region... This aircraft was reported by three highly reliable United States [Air Attache?] personnel... two sightings confirmed at [?] feet the aircraft appeared suspended almost vertically, at a relatively slow speed with [beams seen pointing up almost vertically].
Analyst notes — caveats & confidence

This file has extremely poor OCR quality — large portions are garbled, fragmented, or consist entirely of OCR artifacts (repeated symbols, broken lines). Date, precise location, and most incident details cannot be reliably extracted. The document appears to be from the early 1950s based on filing system and USAF form numbers visible. Multiple distinct documents appear to be combined in this file. Confidence set very low due to OCR degradation; extracted details are tentative and may contain errors. Geographic references to 'Gran Chaco' and 'Prague' and 'MOSCOW-PRAGUE' may refer to separate incidents or intelligence contexts.

Provenance
Source document341_110677_Numerical_File_5-2500.pdf
Document typeintelligence report
Reporting agencyDept. of Defense
Source pages10
DeclassifiedFirst public at this release (2026)
Extraction confidence Very lowHow cleanly this record could be parsed from the source — driven by legibility & redaction. It is not a measure of how credible or anomalous the sighting is.