Spökflygare eller fjärrstyrda bomber? Himlakropp osannolikt anser sakkunskap

This newspaper article from May 27, 1946, reports on a series of sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena across Sweden. The publication, AT (Afton-Tidningen), compiles reports from four different locations over the preceding week. Witnesses described fireballs with tails emitting sparks, and in one instance, a wingless, cigar-shaped object the size of a small airplane. Specific sightings occurred in Gävle, Karlskrona, Landskrona, and Hälsingborg. In Landskrona, observers estimated the speed at 350-400 km/h and compared the objects to the 'flying bombs' (V-weapons) seen during the war. The article notes that the Swedish Air Force (Flygvapnet) was unable to provide a definitive explanation, though they suggested the possibility of airplanes being misidentified, particularly in the Hälsingborg case. However, the lack of reported sound—a characteristic feature of known flying bombs—remained a point of confusion. An astronomical expert consulted by the paper deemed it highly unlikely that the objects were celestial bodies, given the periodic emission of sparks, but concluded that the available reports were too vague to reach a final scientific determination.