Inquiry and Report Regarding Sighting by Jonas Edvard Lundkvist — Kuorbevare, September 1946

This document consists of two parts: an inquiry from the Umeå-Storumans Defense District staff (dated September 24, 1946) and a subsequent report regarding a sighting by Jonas Edvard Lundkvist. The Defense District staff, acting on behalf of the Defense Staff (Försvarsstaben), requested information from the District Police Superintendent (Landsfiskal) Renman regarding observations made by Lundkvist in Kuorbevare. The inquiry included eight specific questions to clarify the nature of the sighting, such as the size of the object, its trajectory, whether it made any sound, and if it resembled an aircraft. Following this, the document includes a report detailing the personal testimony of Jonas Edvard Lundkvist, a mine worker born in 1916. Lundkvist reported that on Sunday, September 22, 1946, at approximately 16:45, he and his wife, Karin Johanna Lundkvist, were picking berries in the forest about 1.5 km east of Kuorbevare village, near the road to Kokträsk. While standing about 3 meters from the road, they heard a 'tuffande' (puffing or chugging) sound, which they initially mistook for a motor vehicle. Upon looking toward the sky, they observed a projectile approximately 50-60 cm long and 20 cm in diameter. The object was described as aluminium-colored and passed 3-5 meters above the treetops at a distance of about 25 meters from their location. Lundkvist, who claimed to be very familiar with the local terrain, stated that the object's course was from the south-southeast.