Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Spökraket över H:fors? (Ghost Rocket over Helsinki?)
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A newspaper report from August 14, 1946, detailing a sighting of a 'space projectile' over Helsinki on the previous night. The object was described as a sharp white flash with a smoky trail, observed by two credible witnesses.
On the evening of August 13, 1946, the horizon over Helsinki, Finland, was visited by a mysterious 'space projectile.' The event was observed from Brunnsparken at 23:30 by two witnesses, who were described by the newspaper Hufvudstadsbladet as highly credible. The object was seen in a southeasterly direction, positioned quite high in the sky. According to the witnesses, the phenomenon manifested as an extremely sharp white flash that lasted only a fraction of a second. It left behind a smoky trail that slowly faded away. The witnesses were reportedly completely convinced that the event was not caused by ordinary lightning, noting its similarity to the 'ghost rockets' (spökraketerna) that had been reported in Sweden.
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Official Assessment
The witnesses were completely convinced that the phenomenon was not a normal lightning strike.