Sighting Report: Unidentified Aerial Object, Spring 1946

This document is a report detailing a sighting of an unidentified aerial object by a witness named Grehn during the spring of 1946. The incident occurred on a forest plot owned by J.G. Johansson, located approximately four kilometers northeast of the northern part of Tavelsjön, Sweden. Grehn initially noticed something unusual around the sun that resembled fog. Shortly thereafter, he observed an object traveling at high speed from the southwest. The object, described as having the shape of a flagpole finial—pointed at the top and gradually thickening toward the bottom—measured approximately 1.5 meters in length and 10 centimeters in width. It emitted a simmering, though not particularly loud, sound and left behind a smoke trail that persisted in the air for about an hour. The object was observed to change direction three times—first slightly to the east, then further to the east, and finally to the north—before disappearing behind the tree line. The weather at the time was described as very beautiful, with sunshine and a nearly cloudless sky. Grehn noted that smoke appeared to emerge from a pipe-like section located about two meters from the main body of the object. He stated that he had never seen such a phenomenon before or since. The report also mentions that, likely the day after the sighting, Grehn read an article in the newspaper Västerbottens-Kuriren about an object from space that had struck a building in a coastal town in northern Finland, causing a fire. Grehn speculated that this might have been the same object he witnessed. The document includes a reference to an attached sketch, labeled 'bilaga 7', prepared by Grehn. The report is dated September 17, 1946, and includes contact information for a landowner named Karl Oskar Karlsson.