Report on Light Phenomenon — Örebro, Sweden, August 6, 1946

This document is a formal report dated August 7, 1946, from the Örebro Defense Area (Avd. I a) to the Air Defense Department of the Defense Staff. It details a sighting of an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported by Lieutenant Svante Thunberg of the I 3 regiment. The incident occurred on August 6, 1946, at 19:30 hours. The witness, along with several others—including his mother, his wife, Captain Nils Hakelier, and the property owner, a dentist named Boldt-Christmas—observed a brightly shining, fairly small fireball without a tail. The object moved slowly on an east-to-west course with a slight drift toward the southwest, at an estimated distance of 1.5 to 2 kilometers. The object was visible for approximately three minutes before it disappeared into the clouds. Lieutenant Thunberg explicitly ruled out the possibility that the object was an aircraft. To verify this, the authorities inquired with the Örebro Gliding Club, which confirmed that no gliding exercises had been conducted during that week. The report is signed by Arthur Forsberg, acting chief of staff.