Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Sighting Report — Stolsberga, Sweden, August 12, 1946
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AI-Generated Summary
A 1946 letter to the Swedish Defense Staff reporting the sighting of a large, glowing, high-speed spherical object near the farm Pershaget. The report links the observation to similar accounts appearing in contemporary newspapers.
This document is a letter dated August 12, 1946, addressed to the Swedish Defense Staff (Forsvarsstaben) in Stockholm. The author, Torsten Hells, a Ph.D. and lecturer at the Royal Mint, reports a sighting of a glowing spherical object that occurred on the previous Monday. Hells notes that the object appeared similar to those recently described in the press. The sighting took place near the farm Pershaget, on the eastern shore. The object was observed at a distance of approximately two kilometers, traveling from the southwest toward the ridge in J.D. Arishen (now Arishen city). Hells describes the object as being larger than an aircraft and moving at a high speed.
Kulan kom från sydväst och slocknade om sjön Racken i J. D. Arishen, numera Arishen stad, nära östra stranden vid gården Pershaget.
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Official Assessment
The author reports observing a glowing sphere on the previous Monday, noting it was similar to objects recently described in newspapers. The object was observed from the eastern shore near the farm Pershaget at a distance of approximately two kilometers.