Incident Report: Sighting of a Rocket-Plane at Römningen, July 30, 1946

On July 30, 1946, at 16:54, a Swedish border patrol officer, B.R.I. Johansson, observed an unidentified aerial object while near Römningen, close to the border marker riksrös 43. The witness reported hearing a roar in the air, comparable to an airplane with its engine switched off. Upon looking, he saw an object that resembled an airplane but was smaller, with a length estimated between 5 and 8 meters. The object was silver-gray, had short, blunt wings with a span roughly half the length of its body, and lacked any visible cockpit or passenger area. The object was traveling north at an altitude of approximately 500 meters and a speed of about 800 km/h. No engine or motor noise was heard, and the witness noted that the object appeared to be losing speed as if its fuel had run out. The object was eventually obscured by trees after crossing the border. A second witness, Paul Edvinsson of Kroken, Boviken, confirmed seeing and hearing the same event. Edvinsson further observed that once the object had traveled approximately 300 meters into Norwegian territory, it executed a sharp turn to the east and appeared to descend toward the ground. This report was filed by B.G. Högfeldt on August 5, 1946, to the Border Customs Chamber in Karlstad.