Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Sighting Report: Unidentified Aerial Object, Gäddvik, 24 July 1946
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A 1946 Swedish military report documenting a civilian sighting of a 'fireball' object in Gäddvik. The object was observed moving at high speed at low altitude.
This document is a formal report issued by the Swedish Defence Staff (Fst) on July 26, 1946. It documents a sighting of an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported by a civilian, Fru Hildur Sundström, residing in Gäddvik, Nederluleå parish. According to the report, on July 24, 1946, at approximately 21:55, the witness observed a 'fireball' (eldkula) roughly the size of a toy rubber ball. The object was described as moving at a high speed in an east-to-west direction at an altitude of 200 to 300 meters over the fields near her property. The information was relayed to the military authorities by the local district constable (fjärdingsman) A. Granberg of Gammelstad, acting on behalf of the provincial police commissioner (landsfogden) in Norrbotten. The document references a previous directive from the Defence Staff dated June 12, 1946, suggesting an established procedure for reporting such incidents.
en eldkula av ungeför en leksaksgummibolls storlek med stor hastighet passerza i öst - västlig riktning
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Witnesses
Key Persons
- A. GranbergFjärdingsman (District Constable)