Sighting Report — Eric Linder, August 11, 1946

On August 13, 1946, Fänrik Eric Linder of the I 17 reserve submitted a formal report to the Commander of the Gothenburg Defense District regarding an aerial sighting. Linder reported that on the evening of Sunday, August 11, 1946, at 20:47, he observed a luminous phenomenon in the sky while located at a road bridge over the Storån river, approximately 800 meters southeast of Björketorp church and 6 kilometers south of Hindås. Linder described the object as appearing to arrive from the southeast at a high altitude. He observed it passing over the Bollebygd municipality before it appeared to extinguish over the terrain situated between the Bollebygd-Töllsjö road and Ö. Nösjön. Linder explicitly stated that he initially mistook the object for a shooting star, but rejected this conclusion due to the object's intense luminosity and the fact that it was still relatively light in the evening. He described the object as having a distinct, observable head and a long tail. He reported that he did not observe any impact and that no sound was heard during the event. The document is signed by Linder and includes an attestation by B. Gawell-Blumenthal.