Rapport: Iakttaget ljusfenomen i närheten av Laxå den 9/7 1946

This document is an official report dated July 18, 1946, from the Laxå Police District regarding a sighting of an unidentified light phenomenon. The report was initiated following a directive from the Governor of Örebro County, who requested investigations into reports of light phenomena that might be related to foreign powers testing remote-controlled weapons. On July 9, 1946, at approximately 14:30, two witnesses—Börje Ingemar Ternander and Solveig Anna Elisabet Kilström—were traveling by bicycle near Labbetorp when they observed a bluish-white, spherical object. Ternander described the object as being the size of two clenched fists, moving at high speed in a downward, arc-like trajectory at a 45-degree angle toward the ground. He noted that a luminous band, similar in color to the object, appeared in its wake. The entire event lasted approximately five seconds. Ternander reported no sound, though he speculated that the object might have crashed behind the trees. The second witness, Kilström, observed the phenomenon a few seconds later but described it only as a band of blinding, silver-like light, similar to garden 'scare-devices.' She also reported no sound or smoke trails. The report was processed through the local police and forwarded to the Örebro Defense District for further action.