Rapport: iakttagen ljusbomb vid Hålldammen i Laxå köping den 11 augusti 1946

On August 13, 1946, the Laxå Köping Police District issued a report regarding a sighting of a 'light bomb' (ljusbomb) that occurred on the evening of August 11, 1946. The report was filed by Herbert Emanuel Karlsson, an intendant at Laxå Bruks Aktiebolag, who witnessed the event at approximately 20:45. Karlsson was accompanied by a saw operator named Gustav Jansson while they were on the road between Röfors and Mosstorp, approximately 200 meters south of Hålldammen. According to Karlsson, he observed a luminous object traveling from the south toward the northwest, passing about 300 meters from their location. He described the object as a very large rocket with a tail that appeared to be divided into two or three sections. The total length of the object and its tail was estimated at approximately 0.75 meters. The body of the object emitted a light-yellow glow, while the tail appeared yellow-green. The object moved at a high speed in a horizontal, straight path at an estimated altitude of 100 meters. The observation lasted between 10 and 15 seconds before the object disappeared from sight, presumably obscured by the forest. No sound, such as roaring, hissing, or whistling, was detected, and no impact was observed. Karlsson noted that he believed this sighting was related to other light phenomena recently reported over Swedish territory.