FBI UAP Records: Detroit Circular Object Sighting (1958) and Krasuski WWII Germany Account (1957)
Date
April 17, 1958 (Detroit); November 7, 1957 (Krasuski interview); May 8, 2026 (release)
Document Type
Gov. Report
Authentication
Official PublicationRedaction Status
▐ Partially RedactedIssuing Authority
Federal Bureau of Investigation (NARA RG 65)
Summary
Two FBI records from the Detroit Field Office. The first (Serial 844, 1958) is an FBI memo reporting a UFO sighting by a Detroit man who described a "circular object with a crystal-type dome," with the FBI recommending the information be forwarded to Air Force authorities. The second (1957) is a detailed FBI report documenting the interview with Wladyslaw Krasuski, who recounted witnessing a large, circular, vertically-rising vehicle in 1944 Germany near a German military compound. Redactions in the Krasuski file protect witness identities, government facility locations, and potentially sensitive military site information - but per the PURSUE directive, no redactions were made to information about the nature or existence of any UAP encounter. Released via PURSUE Release 1, May 8, 2026.
Significance
The Krasuski account is among the most historically significant individual witness accounts in PURSUE Release 1: a 1957 FBI interview documenting a civilian witness who in 1944 observed a large circular vehicle rising vertically near a German military compound during WWII - predating the wave of postwar American sightings by three years. The account's specific details (large, circular, vertical ascent from proximity to a military installation) are consistent with other WWII-era anomalous aerial vehicle accounts from the German theater, and the FBI's decision to formally document and preserve it indicates institutional assessment of its credibility.