Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Lysande eldkula över Västsverige
AI-Generated Summary
A newspaper report from December 1946 describes a luminous fireball sighting over Western Sweden. Witnesses ruled out natural celestial phenomena and suggested it was a rocket bomb.
This document is a newspaper clipping dated December 17, 1946, reporting on a sighting that occurred on the evening of Monday, December 16, 1946. A luminous fireball was observed over Western Sweden at approximately 17:30. The object was described as having a long tail and traveling at a high, violent speed in a direction from the southwest to the northeast. Observers noted that no sound was emitted by the object, and it was impossible to estimate its altitude. Those who witnessed the event explicitly stated that it could not have been a shooting star or any other known celestial phenomenon. The report suggests that the object is assumed to have been a so-called rocket bomb.
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Official Assessment
The object is assumed to have been a so-called rocket bomb. It is stated that it could not have been a shooting star or other celestial phenomenon.
A luminous fireball was observed over Western Sweden on Monday evening at 17:30. Witnesses reported a long tail and high speed, moving from southwest to northeast. No sound was heard, and altitude could not be determined.