Walter Riedel
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| On the Timeline | 1 event, 1953 |
Walter Riedel (1902–1968) was a German rocket engineer who worked at the Peenemünde research centre on the V-2 rocket during World War II, as head of design. After the war he worked in Britain and later came to the United States.
UFO connection
In the early 1950s, Riedel was associated with Civilian Saucer Investigation, a Los Angeles group founded in 1951 to study flying saucer reports scientifically. He was quoted in the press saying he believed saucers were real and might come from outside Earth. A CIA officer later admitted monitoring a public UFO meeting in Los Angeles in 1953, showing intelligence interest in such groups.
On the UAP Timeline
- CIA memo on Civilian Saucer Investigation (9 February 1953) — A CIA officer admits monitoring a public UAP meeting in Los Angeles.
References
- CIA memo on the California Committee for Saucer Investigation — Project 1947 · project1947.com · archived copy
- 'California Committee for Saucer Investigation' — CIA reading room · cia.gov · archived copy
- Civilian Saucer Investigation — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Civilian Saucer Investigation history — Sign Historical Group · project1947.com · archived copy
This page was last edited on 29 October 2026. Articles are written in our own words from the sources listed under References; disputed claims are attributed to the people who made them.
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