Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Rapport: iakttaget ljusfenomen (Report: Observed light phenomenon) — Guldsmedshyttan, Sweden, August 1946
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AI-Generated Summary
A police station caretaker in Guldsmedshyttan, Sweden, reported observing a high-speed, yellow fireball at low altitude on August 11, 1946. The object appeared to emit sparks or explode before vanishing behind a forest.
On August 11, 1946, at 20:47, Fritz Carlsson, a caretaker at the police station in Guldsmedshyttan, Sweden, observed a luminous phenomenon. He described the object as a fireball emitting a strong yellow light. The object traveled in a weak arc toward the ground, maintaining a straight northern trajectory at an estimated altitude of 100 meters. Carlsson, who was on his balcony at the time, noted that the object appeared to pass over the lake Råsvalen and was silhouetted against the forest ridge on the eastern side of the lake. He estimated the speed of the object to be significantly faster than that of a fighter plane. As the object disappeared from view behind a forest, it emitted a spray of sparks, as if an explosion had occurred, though no sound was heard. This report was filed by Police Officer Olof Gregor on August 13, 1946, and subsequently forwarded to the County Administrative Board in Örebro and the Air Defense Department of the Defense Staff.
Hastigheten uppskattades vara betydligt större än ett jaktplans.
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Official Assessment
The witness observed a yellow, luminous fireball moving at high speed (faster than a fighter plane) at an altitude of 100 meters, which appeared to explode or emit sparks before disappearing behind a forest.
Witnesses
- Fritz CarlssonVaktmästaren (Caretaker/Janitor)Polishuset, Guldsmedshyttan
Key Persons
- David NohreniusSignatory/Official
- Arthur ForsbergStabschef (Chief of Staff)