Vadstena Police District Sighting Report - August 11, 1946

This document from the Vadstena Police District records witness accounts of an aerial phenomenon observed on the evening of August 11, 1946. The report details observations made by a witness named Hjelm and a taxi owner named Folke Edvin Fransen. Hjelm observed a fireball that appeared to travel from the southeast toward the northwest in a slight, elongated arc, noting it appeared to be over the Susenborg apartment area before she returned indoors. She could not estimate its altitude or confirm if it landed in Lake Vättern. Folke Edvin Fransen, who was outside his residence at Gräsgatan 38 with his wife just before 21:00, reported seeing a comet-like light phenomenon. He described the object as a fire-yellow fireball, approximately 3 decimeters in diameter with a tail nearly a meter long. He estimated its speed to be comparable to that of an airplane and observed it traveling from the southeast toward the north. Fransen noted that the object emitted small sparks that extinguished immediately. No sound was reported by either witness.