Rapport ang ljusfenomen (Report regarding light phenomena) — 11 September 1946

This document is an official report from the Swedish Defence Staff (Försvarsstaben), dated September 11, 1946, addressed to the Air Defence Department. It details two separate reports of light phenomena observed on the evening of September 10, 1946. The first report came from Elida Nilsson, a superintendent at Vipeholms Hospital in Lund. At 19:30, she observed a light phenomenon at a very high altitude from a west-facing window. She described it as a fireball with rays, as bright as magnesium light, moving in a flat and straight path for only a few seconds. No sound was heard. The second report was provided by Master Pilot P.J. Strömberg, who was on a boat 2.5 km west of Klagshamns udde. At 19:50, he observed a fire phenomenon moving towards the southwest. He described the object as looking like a line of fire, powerful in the front and fading towards the back, with a brightness comparable to magnesium light. He estimated the object to be approximately 2 meters in size, traveling at an altitude of 1000 meters with tremendous speed. Like the first witness, he reported that no sound was heard. The document is signed by P. R. Jahnke, Chief of Staff.