Report on Light Phenomena Observations — Örebro, July 1946

This document is a report from the Örebro FO Staff Expedition, dated July 11, 1946, addressed to the Air Defense Department of the Defense Staff. It serves to formally transmit two eyewitness reports of light phenomena observed on July 9, 1946, in the Kumla region of Sweden. These reports were collected via telephone following a radio broadcast regarding similar sightings. The first report, provided by factory owner Gustaf Larsson of Åbytorp, describes a sharp, slightly bluish white streak moving with great speed. Larsson initially believed the object was a meteor, but changed his assessment after hearing the radio announcement. The second report, from farmer Adolf Johansson of Vallersta, describes a cigar-shaped object approximately one meter in length. Johansson noted that the object was strongly luminous and glittered like silver in the sunlight as it moved at high speed from a high altitude, appearing to descend into the ground toward Mosjö. The document provides these accounts as official records of the phenomena reported by the public.