Declassified UFO / UAP Document
F/100. Raketflyg. (Rocket Flight)
AI-Generated Summary
A 1946 report from the Älvkarleby Power Plant to the Swedish Air Defense regarding a sighting of a high-speed luminous object. The report includes a map of the object's trajectory and witness observation points.
This document is a formal report dated August 14, 1946, from the operations office of the Älvkarleby Power Plant (Älvkarleby Kraftverk) to the Air Defense Department (Luftförsvarsavdelningen) of the Swedish Defense Staff (Försvarsstaben). The author, Alvar Ekström, reports that on the previous Sunday, August 11, 1946, at approximately 20:50, credible residents of Älvkarleby observed a luminous object. The object was reported to have moved at a high rate of speed in a northerly direction. To assist the military in their assessment, the power plant staff prepared an enclosure consisting of a map detailing the approximate flight path of the object and marking the five specific locations from which the observations were made.
Härmed få vi meddela, att i Älvkarleby boende trovärdiga personer söndagen den 11 ds ca kl 20.50 iakttogo ett lysande föremål, som med stor hastighet rörde sig i nordlig riktning.
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Official Assessment
Credible witnesses observed a luminous object moving at high speed toward the north. An approximate course and five observation points have been mapped.