Sighting Report — Lidingö, Sweden, August 12, 1946

This document is a letter dated August 12, 1946, addressed to the Air Defense Department (Luftförsvarsavdelningen) by Karin Tarschy, a secondary school teacher (läroverksadjunkt). The author reports a sighting of an unidentified light phenomenon witnessed by her 11-year-old daughter, Elisabeth, on the evening of Sunday, August 11, 1946, between 20:47 and 20:48. The sighting occurred at the Kvarnens bus stop near Kyrkviken in Lidingö. According to the report, the witness described the object as having a zigzag shape, with angles that were not as sharp as the letter 'z' but not as rounded as the number '8'. The object was described as tapering toward the tail and was colored a strong yellow mixed with white. It moved extremely quickly in a diagonal path across the sky from the east, eventually disappearing behind a local building referred to as the 'assembly house' (församlingshuset). The author notes that while her daughter's observational skills are generally reliable, the speed of the event made the observation difficult. The report was written and submitted within 30 seconds of the event occurring.