Rapport: Sighting of light phenomenon in Vadstena, 11 August 1946

This document is a police report from the Vadstena Police District, dated August 14, 1946. It details an investigation into a light phenomenon observed by several individuals in Vadstena on the evening of August 11, 1946. The report notes that the investigation was initiated due to the potential connection between this sighting and the 'ghost rockets' (spökraketerna) that had been reported in various locations across Sweden. The primary witness interviewed was Erik Lennart Andersson, a student born in 1931. Andersson reported that at approximately 20:45 on August 11, he was with two companions, Assar Hultgård and Göran Starkenberg, on the Strandpromenaden near the motorboat harbor. He stated that the weather was calm with clear visibility during twilight. Andersson described observing a strange phenomenon in the sky: a brightly glowing sphere followed by a tail. He estimated the sphere's diameter to be about 3 decimeters and the tail to be about 1 meter long. The color was described as yellow, more yellow than orange, with the sphere being more prominent than the tail. The object moved silently from the southeast toward the northwest in a horizontal path. The report confirms that other people were present in the vicinity at the nearby golf course and coffee shop owned by merchant Ivar Uhlin, though no other specific witness accounts are detailed in this document.