Rapport: Sighting of a potential space projectile near Arvidsjaur, August 1946

This document is an official report from the Arvidsjaur Police District, dated August 8, 1946. The author, a fjärdingsman (a type of rural police officer) named Ivar Granlund, reports a sighting that occurred between the night of August 5 and 6, 1946, at approximately 1:25 AM. Granlund, accompanied by his daughter Barbro Granlund and a painter named Karl Lindström, observed a faint but distinct tail-like light. The object moved horizontally at high speed from the southeast to the northwest at an estimated altitude of 150 to 200 meters. The light appeared to impact the ground approximately one kilometer north of the Arvidsjaur municipal community. Due to the darkness, the witnesses were unable to identify any physical craft or body, but Granlund concludes that it is reasonable to assume the object was a so-called 'space projectile' (rymdprojektil). The report was forwarded to the Defense Area Commander in Kiruna for information and was processed by the military staff of the VI Military District.