Rapport - 12 augusti 1946

On August 12, 1946, a police report was filed in Köpings stad, Sweden, regarding an aerial sighting that occurred the previous evening. On Sunday, August 11, 1946, at 20:50, two patrolling police officers, Åke Jansson and Anders Lundgren, were at the intersection of Stora gatan and Prästgårdsgatan when they observed a phenomenon in the sky. The officers reported seeing a fireball with a tail moving from the south-southeast toward the north-northeast. The object initially traveled horizontally before descending in a steep curve and extinguishing. The entire event lasted between one and two seconds. Despite the fact that it was not yet dark, the object emitted a very bright, white light and moved quite rapidly. The officers noted that no sound was heard and that the object's altitude could not be determined due to its unknown size. The report explicitly compares the object's size and shape to a 'rocket bomb' that had been photographed and publicized in the press a few days prior. The author of the report, acting chief constable A. Wajle, concluded that it was impossible to determine whether the object was a meteorite or one of the 'rocket bombs' that had been the subject of recent rumors.