P.M. Regarding Sighting by Herman Karlsson in Mjölby

This memorandum documents a sighting reported by Herman Karlsson, a former station hand residing at Floragatan 18 in Mjölby, Sweden. On the morning of August 13, Karlsson reported observing a rocket-like light phenomenon the previous evening. Following the report, the Fo-staben (Defense Staff) in Norrköping requested a detailed account. Karlsson stated that he made his observations from the kitchen of his residence, located 900 meters southwest of Mjölby. The sighting occurred precisely at 20:52. Karlsson described the object as initially appearing as a large, light-green sphere, approximately the size of a football. It subsequently transitioned into a smaller sphere characterized by a fire-like glow and a short tail of the same light. The object traveled in a roughly south-to-north direction at an estimated altitude of 400 meters. Its flight path was described as straight, with a descent at an angle of approximately 35 degrees at the point where it crossed the Mjölby-Linköping railway. The document notes that the specific location of the observation and the projected impact point were marked on an accompanying field map.