Declassified UFO / UAP Document
P.M. regarding sighting by Baron Bertil Leijonhufvud, 12 August 1946
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A report from 1946 detailing a sighting of a high-speed, luminous object with a tail observed by Baron Bertil Leijonhufvud in Sweden. The document was forwarded to the Swedish Defense Staff for review.
This memorandum, dated August 15, 1946, documents a report provided by Baron Bertil Leijonhufvud of Berga gård, Edebo parish, to the local district prosecutor (Landsfiskalen) in Väddö. The Baron reported that during a car trip from Östhammar to Edebo on the night of Monday, August 12, 1946, at 00:13, he observed a luminous object while passing through Sanda in Hargs parish. According to the report, the object was at a very high altitude and traveled across the sky at a 'colossal' speed in a north-northeasterly direction. The weather conditions were described as clear with moonlight. The object, whose shape the witness could not specify, possessed a luminous tail and moved in a flat trajectory. The Baron explicitly stated that he found it unlikely that the object was a meteor. No sound was heard, and the object disappeared from his sight after approximately 4 to 5 seconds. The document was signed by Hilding Norén and forwarded to the Defense Staff (Försvarsstaben) in Stockholm for their information.
Baron Bertil Leijonhufvud, Berga gård, Edebo socken, telefon Häverödal 42, har hit meddelat, att han klockan 00,13 natten till måndagen den 12 augusti 1946 befunnit sig på bilresa från Östhammar mot Edebo, då han vid Sanda i Hargs socken plötsligt fått syn på ett lysande föremål, som på mycket stor höjd och med "kdL - losal" hastighet färdades över himlavalvet i riktning mot nord nordost.
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Official Assessment
The witness observed a luminous object with a tail moving at high speed and altitude; he considered it unlikely to be a meteor.