Rymdprojektil över södra Västerbotten

On August 7, 1946, at 22:47, E. Thalén, a commander in the Swedish Home Guard (Hemvärnet), witnessed an unidentified aerial phenomenon while in the vicinity of Norrmjöle, Hörnefors, in the Västerbotten region. Thalén, accompanied by his wife and sister-in-law, observed a bright, yellow-red, ball-shaped object traveling in a westward direction. The object was estimated to be at an altitude of approximately two thousand meters and was moving at a very high speed along a slightly downward-sloping trajectory. The witness noted that the object lacked a 'tail' and remained visible for a maximum of two seconds before disappearing into the distance. The weather conditions were described as clear and starry, occurring during twilight. Thalén, who asserted that he had previously observed meteors and falling stars, expressed his firm conviction that the object he witnessed did not fall into those categories. The report was documented and dated in Umeå on August 8, 1946, and addressed to the Air Defense Department of the Defense Staff in Stockholm.