Rapport 301/1946 — Sighting Report, Arvidsjaur, October 1946

On October 26, 1946, the Arvidsjaur Police District issued a report regarding a sighting reported by Klas Vilhelm Andersson, a laborer from Lomträsk. Andersson stated that on the evening of October 5, 1946, at approximately 19:30, he was traveling on his lightweight motorcycle from Arvidsjaur toward Lomträsk. While near Grästjärn, he observed a red-white light moving in a south-to-north direction at an estimated altitude of 2,000 to 3,000 meters. Andersson noted that the object's path was perfectly horizontal, leading him to believe it was not a meteor. The object appeared to have a length comparable to a telephone pole and traveled at a very high speed, which the witness noted could not be compared to an airplane. After passing overhead, the object moved several miles away, at which point it suddenly widened, resembling a large explosion, and took the form of a spiky globe approximately 8 meters in diameter before the light extinguished. Approximately 2 to 3 minutes after the light vanished, Andersson heard a faint detonation sound similar to a grenade burst coming from the direction where the object had disappeared. The weather conditions at the time were described as windless and completely dark with a clear sky and some northern lights, which the report notes were located far to the north and unrelated to the sighting.