Rapport: en eldkula sedd i Svinnersta, Snavlunda socken

On August 12, 1946, the Askersund District Police (Askersunds landsfiskalsdistrikt) filed a report regarding a sighting of a fireball (eldkula) in Svinnersta, Snavlunda parish. The witness, an automobile mechanic named Gustav Harry Ek, born October 10, 1908, reported that on the previous day, Sunday, August 11, 1946, at 20:47, he observed a fireball in the sky. According to the report, the object moved with great speed from the southwest toward the northeast, continuing over the forest located northwest of Svinnersta. The witness described the object as being quite large and shining like an electric lamp, moving at a relatively low altitude. Ek was unable to determine if the object eventually crashed or landed. The report notes that Ek was considered a reliable witness of sound judgment and had used a compass to verify the direction of the object's flight. The document was forwarded to the Länsstyrelsen in Örebro and subsequently to the Air Defense Department of the Swedish Defense Staff (Försvarsstabens luftförsvarsavdelning) in accordance with standing instructions (Fst/L 12/6 1946 nr 7-49).