Vadstena Police District Incident Report - August 1946

This document is a report from the Vadstena Police District regarding a sighting of an unidentified aerial phenomenon on August 11, 1946. Several witnesses, including students Erik Lennart Andersson, Sven Assar Hultgård, and Göran Henning Starkenberg, as well as a nurse named Karin Ester Linnea Hjelm, reported seeing a fireball in the sky. The object was described as having a diameter of approximately 4 decimeters and a green-shimmering color. According to the accounts, the object was observed at an altitude of 75 to 100 meters. It appeared to lose speed, stop in the air, and then fall vertically to the ground behind the local monastery church. The witnesses reported that the object's tail disappeared during this maneuver. No sound was heard during the descent. Despite an immediate search by the witnesses and a follow-up investigation on August 12, 1946, no physical traces or objects were found at the site. The witnesses estimated the speed of the object to be slightly less than that of a B 17 aircraft. The observation lasted approximately 15 seconds.