Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Incident Report — Arvidsjaur, Sweden, October 1946
AI-Generated Summary
A 1946 Swedish police report documents a witness account of an unidentified aerial light. The witness, trained in sky observation, ruled out a meteor due to the object's horizontal flight path and light characteristics.
This document is a brief excerpt from a report dated October 12, 1946, in Arvidsjaur, Sweden. The author, G. Svanborg, acting as a police officer, documents the testimony of an individual who observed an unidentified light in the sky. The witness, noted as having received training to differentiate between natural and non-natural aerial phenomena, asserts that the light was not a meteor. The witness bases this conclusion on the specific nature of the light and its distinct horizontal trajectory, which they deemed inconsistent with meteoric activity. Consequently, the witness identifies the object as a 'space projectile'.
Att det kan röra sig om en meteor är uteslutet därtill var eldskenets art och dess vågräta linje alltför olikt en meteors.
PDF not loading? Download the PDF directly
Official Assessment
The observer is fully convinced that the light originated from a space projectile. It is excluded that it could be a meteor, as the nature of the light and its horizontal line were too different from a meteor.
The observer, who has received training in distinguishing between natural and non-natural lights in the sky, concludes the object was a space projectile rather than a meteor.