German Test Pilot Photographs Saucer-Shaped Aircraft, Austria 1944
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Paul L. Peyerl, a German test pilot, reported photographing a saucer-shaped aircraft with jet engines during a secret project in the Black Forest of Austria near the end of 1944. He claimed the craft was approximately 21 feet in diameter, radio-controlled, with a rotating exterior and stationary central dome.
“Near the end of 1944, he was released from this duty and was assigned as a test pilot to a top secret project in the Black Forest of Austria. During this period he observed the aircraft described above. It was saucer shaped, about twenty-one feet in diameter, radio controlled, and mounted several jet engines around the exterior portion of the craft.”
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Case details
- Date
- 1944-11-01
- Precision
- month
- Location
- Black Forest of Austria
- Country
- Austria
- Branch
- FBI
- Sensors
- photo
- Shape
- saucer shaped, about twenty-one feet in diameter, mounted several jet engines around the exterior portion, exterior portion revolving around stationary dome in center
- Size
- about twenty-one feet in diameter
- Altitude
- 20000 ft
Resolution
Peyerl claimed it was a German experimental aircraft designed by engineer KUEHR. FBI documented the report in 1967 when Peyerl came forward with photographs and technical specifications.
Source document
Agency: FBI
File: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_10
Case ID: 1944-FBI-5746E1
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