Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Rapport N:r 136/1946 — Ljusfenomen
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A 1946 Swedish police report documenting a forest ranger's sighting of a glowing fireball with a tail moving from east to west over Forshem. The report was officially forwarded to the Swedish Defense Staff.
On August 12, 1946, police officer Olof Larsson of the Forshem-Bresäter Police District filed a report regarding a light phenomenon observed the previous day. The witness, a forest ranger named Einar Persson residing in Backelund, Forshem, reported that on Sunday, August 11, 1946, at 20:48, he observed a 'fireball' while near the village of Forshem. Persson described the object as having a tail and moving from east to west. He noted that the object appeared to be traveling at a low altitude and in a descending direction. The color of the object was described as 'light glowing,' and its size was compared to that of a full moon, a comparison Persson was able to make because the full moon was visible at the time of the sighting. The report was forwarded to the Civil Defense Director for information on August 14, 1946, and subsequently forwarded to the Defense Staff (Fösvarsstaben) in Mariestad on August 15, 1946, by N. Engström.
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Witnesses
- Einar PerssonSkogvaktaren (Forest ranger)
Key Persons
- N. EngströmSignatory for the Mariestad landskansliet