OBSERVATION OF MISSILE-LIKE OBJECTS NEAR STRAUSBERG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A059500080001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 28, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: June 21, 1961
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information afFecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Lowe, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorised person is prohibited by law.
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Observation of .Missile-like DATE DISTR. ~~ ~UP~ 196
Objects near Strausberg
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DATE OF
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DATE ACQ.
1. In early February 1961. six vertical missile-like objects each ap50X1-H U M'y
12 meters highs were observed east of Igel-Pfuhl and west of Hegermu~u~r;r
Strasser Strausberg (see the attached map). Only the upper parts of the ob-
jects were visible over a plank wall and through underbrush. All six objects
had the same diameter and were placed closely together. The top of the ob-
jects tapered off into a cone on which was mounted a device similar to a rod-
shaped antenna; another rod was mounted on the antenna (see sketch on page 2).
On 13 March 1961 it was determined that the objects were made of metal because
the sari was shirring on them.
2. The usual signs -- ^No Admittance to Foreign Military Missions' and ?No Photo-
graphing" -- were placed north and south of the area on Hegermuehler Strasse.
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1. The six missile-like objects cannot be identified from the information in
this report. They could be:
a. Missiles; however no missiles haue been observed previously at this
place and the description does not correspond to any Soviet types
known as of the date of this report.
b. PraCti~ce.targets for miss~t~~s?
Metal paint might have been used to make them look like metal.
c. Objects with unknown purposes.
2. The VHF-like antenna on top indicates they are used for purpos.e~;'q~i;tie
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3?I (Comment: There have been many reports on missile activity 50X1-H U M
in the Strausberg area; however, it is impossible to identify the
missile-like objects reported herein,. Missile activity at the specific
Attachment:( a map showing the exact location of the
missile-like objects):
Unidentified Mi.s.s,-i~.~like Objects.
The bottom part was not observed.
The total length from the ground to point A is approximately
12 meters.
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