Report on Sighting of Unidentified Aerial Object in Hässleholm, May 1946

This document is an official communication from the Chief of Staff of the Royal Skånska Train Corps (Kungl. Skånska Trängkåren) to the Air Defence Department of the Defence Staff, dated May 25, 1946. The correspondence serves to report a sighting of an unidentified aerial object observed by a train driver named Malte Särlöv, residing in Hässleholm. According to the report, at 02:10 on May 25, 1946, Särlöv observed a cigar-shaped object traveling at an altitude of approximately 300 meters in a southwesterly direction. The witness estimated the speed of the object to be 600 km/h and was able to observe it for approximately 10 seconds. The report notes that the object emitted a powerful burst of fire from its tail at irregular intervals, with each burst lasting about 1/10 of a second, followed by the development of thick smoke between the bursts. The object passed Hässleholm at a distance of 2-3 kilometers, heading toward the northern shore of Finjasjön. The document also references an attached article from the Sydsvenska Dagbladet newspaper dated May 25, 1946, which describes a similar sighting in Landskrona involving two night guards and a repairman. The Chief of Staff notes that the witness, Särlöv, is prepared to substantiate the information provided.