Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Report on Space Projectiles - Saltoluokta, August 15
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A report from the Swedish Air Force detailing a 1950 sighting of a light streak in Saltoluokta. The witness, an experienced mountain resident, ruled out natural phenomena like meteors or heat lightning.
This document is a transcript from the Swedish Air Force (Flygvapnet) regarding a sighting of an unidentified aerial phenomenon. On August 15, 1950, at 22:30, a man identified as Forsmästare Vesslen and a cleaning woman at the Turisthotellet in Saltoluokta observed a light streak in the sky. The weather at the time was described as completely overcast with low clouds. The witnesses reported that the streak appeared to emerge from the cloud cover and subsequently disappeared back into it. The trajectory of the object was noted as east-west. Furthermore, the witnesses observed two distinct discharges with an interval of approximately half a second between them. No sound was heard during the event. Vesslen, who had lived in the mountain region for 15 years, explicitly stated that the phenomenon could not be attributed to heat lightning or a meteor. The report was processed by the Swedish Air Force, specifically referencing Ch avd II F 21.
Forsmästaren, som vistats 15 år i fjällen, förklarade att det varken kunde röra sig om kornblixt eller meteor.
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Official Assessment
The witness stated it could neither be heat lightning nor a meteor.
A light streak was observed moving east-west at 22:30 on August 15, 1950, by two witnesses. The object appeared to emerge from and return to low cloud cover. Two discharges were observed with a half-second interval, and no sound was heard.
Witnesses
- VesslenForsmästareTuristhotellet i Saltoluokta
- [illegible]StäderskaTuristhotellet i Saltoluokta