Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Sighting Report — Högbyskär, Sweden, June 29, 1946
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AI-Generated Summary
A 1946 letter to the Swedish military reporting a sighting of a high-speed, smoke-trailing luminous object over Högbyskär. The witness suggests the object may have been a Swedish experimental rocket.
This document is a letter dated July 11, 1946, written by L. Kellman to the Swedish Military Staff's Air Surveillance Department (Militärstaberna Luftbevakningsavd). The author reports a sighting that occurred on June 29, 1946, at approximately 14:30. Kellman, along with a neighbor, observed a luminous sphere at a high altitude while in the area of Högbyskär, Svartsjölandet. The object was described as having a faint trail of smoke and was moving in a direction from east to southwest. The observers noted that the weather was clear with sunshine and that no engine noise was audible. They estimated the speed of the object to be significantly faster than that of an airplane. The observers speculated that the phenomenon might have been a rocket associated with Swedish military experiments or exercises.
Vi uppfattade också fenomenet som en ”raket", härrörande sig från svenska experiment eller övningar
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Official Assessment
The witness and their neighbor observed a luminous object moving from east to southwest at a high altitude, accompanied by a faint smoke trail. They speculated it might be a rocket related to Swedish experiments or exercises.