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This document is a report submitted to the Swedish Defense Staff's Aviation Department regarding a sighting of an unidentified luminous object on the evening of August 15. The incident occurred while the witnesses, including Major Thure Olsson, were fishing on the western side of the Storsjön lake, near the Närlunda estate. The object was first spotted by a ten-year-old boy at 21:07. The witnesses observed the object for approximately one minute as it moved in a steady, slightly descending path from the northwest toward the southeast, before it was obscured by a forest ridge. The object was described as a bright, somewhat elongated light that periodically fluctuated in intensity. Despite the evening being perfectly still, no engine noise was heard, and no physical aircraft structure was visible. The witnesses explicitly ruled out the possibility of a meteor due to the object's slow speed and horizontal trajectory. They also discussed and dismissed the likelihood of it being a reaction plane, a commercial aircraft with cabin lights, or a plane with engine trouble, as none of these explanations seemed plausible to the observers. The author of the report notes that they subsequently contacted the aircraft guard at the Vängse airfield to inquire about any flight activity.