Sighting Report: Luminous Phenomenon in Ånaryd, Brötjemark, August 11, 1946

On August 13, 1946, Erik Johansson, a student, submitted a report to the Swedish Defense Staff's Air Defense Department regarding a luminous phenomenon observed on August 11, 1946, at 20:50. The witness, located in Ånaryd, 10 km south of Gränna, described an object shaped like a cone with an intense green-white light. The object appeared suddenly between the zenith and the horizon, diving steeply toward the north. As it moved, it shed luminous, yellow-red particles that extinguished like sparks. The object itself vanished after approximately three seconds, leaving behind a faint trail of smoke that dissipated within a second. Johansson noted that the speed of the object was comparable to a diving fighter plane at a distance of one kilometer. The weather was clear and calm at the time of the sighting. Additionally, the report mentions that credible witnesses had observed a different phenomenon a few nights prior at the same time: a brightly glowing sphere that traveled from south to north over the eastern horizon, moving in a peculiar zigzag line at the speed of a fighter plane, during which time there was a strong wind from the southeast.