The story says that on January 21 or February 21, 1959, in the night, or a few days before this date, dockers of the harbor of Gdynia in Poland saw a "radiant object" fall in the middle of the harbor-basin.
Their description was so precise that the place where it fell could be located exactly, and the maritime authorities sent three divers who entered in the waters loaded with ice floes. They initially reported that their search is obstructed by a thick cloud of mud, but they finally came out all the same with a metallic part.
The newspapers claimed that this metallic part had no trace of rust and that it implies that it might belong to the "initial meteoritic object."
The Polish Navy Polonaise made a preliminary examination of the piece, then it was sent to the Polytechnic University of Gdynia.
Nothing is known of the conclusions of these two examinations, and nothing is known of the whereabouts of the object, except that "it was finally learned" that "bad lucks" had occurred during the analyses, with the result that a good portion of the object was "lost."
Several days after the fall of the "radiant object", or on February 21, 1959, men in charge of guarding the surrounding beaches stumbled at midday on a strange silhouette, a kind of man or male being, 1.60 meters tall, who dragged himself, completely exhausted, on the sand.
The creature did not speak any known language and was dressed of a "kind of uniform". Part of his face and hair appeared burned. He was taken along to the hospital of the University where he was isolated and examined. But it quickly appeared impossible to strip this creature off his uniform because it did not have any means of opening, it was not made of a usual stuff such as wool or fabric but of a metallic or resistant stuff which could be cut only with special tools and much efforts.
The doctors noted that his body organs were very different from of ours: the circulatory system was very new to then as it was "in spiral" and the number of fingers and toes was six per member instead of five.
This creature stayed alive until a kind of arm-band was removed. The body was then sent in a frozen container towards the USSR to an underground bunker of the area of Moscow of for further examination.
Thereafter it was said that it was not one but two extraterrestrial bodies which were recovered on the shore on this occasion. While the first had died, the second stayed alive for a long time, and he did not die but fell into a coma after the doctors at the hospital of Gdynia-Redlow, withdrew an "arm-band" or a "bracelet" off his arm. As he was in a coma he would not have been sent frozen in Moscow but put into a special room intended to "support his vital functions in a secret place in Poland"; which was not very secret since it is said to be an underground bunker under a building of the center of biomedical services in the east of Solnechnogorsk, where he would be stored with other bodies of extraterrestrial beings.
Polish ufologists quickly established the link between the object which had fallen and the creature, as one Polish ufologist put it, adding suggestions that whole or part of the affair could be or is only a baseless rumor. But no investigation seems to give the least precise information in a direction or another, the story seeming to have appeared in newspapers then apparently reported by Polish ufologists, Anton Anfalov, Lenura Azizova, Larissa Chora, and Bronislaw Rzepecki.
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[Ref. as1:] ARTHUR SHUTTLEWOOD:
Whimsical UFO books author Arthur Shuttlewood indicates that on January 21, 1959, in the harbor of Gdynia, area of Gdansk, Poland, a UFO crashed in the port, and shortly after, a small humanoid in a state of commotion was found on the beach.
He was taken to a clinic where it was found that it had an abnormal amount of fingers. The hospital personal tried to remove its single-piece suit, but it was made of an extremely hard material and metal scissors had to be used. A bracelet on his wrist was also removed, and perhaps this explains that it died shortly after.
A post-mortem examination revealed that it had a strange disposition of its internal organs and a circulatory system in spiral. The operations were under the watch of guards, and the corpse was transferred in a cooled vehicle, under great security measures, to an institute of Moscow.
Arthur Shuttlewood provides no reference of any source.
[Ref. hw1:] ION HOBANA AND JULIEN WEVERBERGH:
The authors indicate that on February 21, 1959, the dockers of the Gdynia harbor in Poland saw a radiating object fall in the center of the harbor's waters.
Their description was so accurate that the place where it fell could be indicated exactly, and the maritime authorities sent three divers who entered in the ice-floes charged water. They initially reported that their research was obstructed by a thick mud cloud, but they finally came up with a metallic part all the same.
The newspapers claimed that this metallic part had no trace of rust at all and that it implied that it could belong to the "initial meteoritic object."
The Polish Navy made a preliminary examination of it, then the part was sent to the Polytechnic University of Gdynia.
Nothing is known of conclusions of these two examinations, and nothing is known of the whereabouts of the object, if only that "it was ultimately said" that "bad lucks" had occurred during these analyses, with the result that a good proportion of the piece was "lost."
The authors comment on that the story presents a striking similarity with that of the piece of magnesium coming from an UFO collected in Ubatuba, in Brazil, but that it does not necessarily mean that there was something "mysterious" in the affair, if one accepts for example that the observed object was some unspecified rocket of some unspecified origin. It would be normal in such circumstances that the relevant authorities would intervene and that they would remain silent about the result of the analyses.
The authors note that it is the continuation of the story, such as it was told in Gdynia that is "mysterious", - quotation marks by the authors.
Several days after the fall of the incandescent object, men appointed with the guard of the surrounding beaches stumbled on a strange silhouette, some sort of man who dragged himself on the sand, completely exhausted.
The creature did not speak any known language and was wearing "some sort of uniform", and a part of his face and hair appeared to have been burned. He was taken along to the hospital of the University where he was isolated and examined. But it quickly appeared impossible to undress the creature because his "uniform" did not have any means of opening, it was not made of a usual stuff such as wool or fabric but of a metal which could be cut only with special tools and much efforts.
The doctors noted that his bodies was very different than ours: the circulatory system was very new to them and the number of fingers and toes was not normal.
This creature remained in life until some sort of arm-band was removed from him. The corpse was then sent in the USSR for further examination.
Polish ufologists promptly linked the fallen object and the creature. The authors comment on that any skeptic reader with a critical mind familiarized with their approach method of such cases would be surprised by this story which had been published in the Polish newspapers of the time like Wiezoor Wybrzeza, and would have the feeling that they report it only as an example of "saucerist hysteria. Such a reader "will undoubtedly expect from us that we categorically deny that we care a pin with such fables" since Eastern European ufology "is literally littered with silly stuff of that kind."
They note that such facts are almost incredible and threaten the objective study of the true issue raised by the authentic "UFO" sightings and that their only goal is "to free these phenomena from the mud of prejudices, inflation and mysticism" in order to help establish the evidence "when evidence exists, obviously."
But they think that this case like others inform on the stat of Polish ufology, although such "rumors" exist anywhere in the world, identical as of their structure.
They note that common characteristics are: links established with old local cases, "parts of UFO" that are not heard of anymore after having been sent to "official" laboratories, sudden appearance of weird craters and prints in isolated places or reports on strange holes in the ice or weird melting of snow, mysterious traces on roads which are considered convincing by ufologists and cause the attention and investigations of the local or national authorities, encounters of unusual creatures, many UFO sightings rejected as confusions, and the tendency of the press to exaggerate everything related to UFOs in general.
[Ref. br1:] BRONISLAW RZEPECKT:
In a close encounters listing for Poland, this Polish ufologist noted:
| Order: | 5 |
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| Date: | 01/21/1959 |
| Time: | 12:00 a.m. |
| Location and regional area: | |
| Number of observations: | |
| Type of encounter: | CE III |
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[Ref. ma1:] ANTON ANFALOV AND PHILIP MANTLE:
In a listing of UFO crashes, the authors indicate that on January 21, 1959, in Gdynia, Poland, a hemispherical-shaped UFO around 3 meters in diameter fell into the Gdynian bay area. It was observed by many witnesses, and it is also thought that bodies were also recovered and were allegedly sent to Moscow for examination. The authors note that there is no details of where the UFO was taken to.
[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:
Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in Gdynia, Poland, on January 21, 1959, at night, a luminous object was seen to fall into the harbor of Gdynia; divers set to reach it brought back a piece of un-rusted metal whose composition is not publicly known.
Several days later, a strange male figure wearing "a sort of uniform" was encountered dragging himself along the beach; part of his face and hair appeared to be burnt.
On taking him to a hospital, it was found that the uniform was of metal, and that the being's organs were quite different from ours, the numbers of fingers and toes also different.
The creature died after an armband was removed; its body was sent to the USSR. An autopsy revealed a different structure of internal organs and a spiral system of blood circulation. It had six fingered extremities and was about 1.60 meters in height. The body was stored in a frozen container and stored in an underground bunker apparently in the Moscow area. Apparently divers found half of the object embedded in the mud under the water.
According to information later uncovered, in fact, not one, but two alien bodies were recovered on the shore within the short time gap between recoveries. One of the aliens was dead, while the second gave signs of life and remained alive for a long time. He was examined in the Gdynia-Redlow hospital and soon fell into a coma-like state after an arm bracelet was removed.
The aliens had six digits on their hands and feet. An autopsy was conducted on one of the dead aliens; the second one (the one in coma like state) was put in a special chamber aimed to support its vital functions. The six-fingered being from Gdynia (the one taken to the USSR the other apparently remained in Poland at an undisclosed location) is still stored in an isolated top-secret underground bunker located under a building on the territory of the biomedical research facility center east of Solnechnogorsk, together with other alien bodies.
Albert Rosales indicates that the sources are Ion Hobana and Julien Weverbergh, Anton Anfalov, Lenura Azizova, Larissa Chora, and Bronislaw Rzepecki.
[Ref. go1:] GODELIEVE VAN OVERMEIRE:
Godelieve van Overmeire explains that there is a very large number of stories of crashes of flying saucers; which generally seem to be hoaxes. In a table, the case of Gdynia is noted:
| date | 59-02-21 |
|---|---|
| place | Gdynia |
| country | POLAND |
| number | 1 |
| ref | (4)(13) |
| note | Alive |
The references return two sources, "Chronology of UFO Crashes in the Former Soviet Union" by Anton A. Anfalov M.S. and Philip Mantle, and "Les OVNI en URSS et dans les pays de l'Est", by Ion Hobana and Julien Weverbergh, French translation by Laffont publisher in 1966, page 23 and 24, dating the case from February 21.
[Ref. pf1:] PHOENIX FOUNDATION:
A listing mentions the case. It is headlined "Alleged UFO Crashes" and introduced as "The following list of UFO crashes was compiled by the Phoenix Foundation from numerous sources within the Gemstone Intelligence Network (GIN), an international intelligence organization founded and operated by the Phoenix Foundation. For further information on Phoenix Foundation membership or to receive the organization's newsletter, please contact: The Phoenix Foundation, Research Division, P.O. Box 92008, Nashville, Tennessee 37209."
It says that in 1959, in Frdynia, Poland, an object was reported to have fallen into the harbor. Divers recovered pieces of shiny metal, which was examined by the Polytechnic Institute and Polish Navy. Some material was reportedly lost. Several days later a small humanoid was found on a nearby beach and its remains were sent to the Soviet Union.
[Ref. jb1:] JEROME BEAU:
Jerome Beau indicates that in 1959 a strange object fell in the harbor of Frdynia in Poland. Divers recovered a piece of shining metal, which is said to have been examined by the Polytechnic Institute and the Polish Navy, but a part is said to have disappeared. In the following days, the body of a small humanoid was discovered on a beach in the vicinity and would be sent in Soviet Union.
It is difficult to see the least credibility with these stories that seem to be exaggerated as time passes, whereas it is not even known where they come from exactly, no witness being cited or indicated and no primary source having been documented, it seems.
On July 22, 2009, a Polish reader emailed my that there is no such place as "Frdynia" in Poland, and that this place given per many sources on the web is probably only the result of somebody mispelling "Gdynia".
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Extraterrestrial beings or hoax or baseless rumors. Insufficient information.
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