I Finland efter den 15.7.46 Iakttagna ljusfenomen

This document is a confidential intelligence report dated August 8, 1946, issued by the Military Attaché in Helsinki to the Chief of the Foreign Department of the Defense Staff. It serves as a follow-up to previous reports regarding observations of light phenomena and so-called 'ghost projectiles' (spökprojektiler) in Finland after July 15, 1946. The information was gathered through the General Staff and the press. The report notes that an attached map marks observations made before July 15 in blue crayon and those after in red crayon. The document details six specific sightings occurring between July 27 and July 28, 1946. These include a green rocket-like object seen in Varkaus moving at high speed from west to east; a similar phenomenon in Padasjoki; an elongated luminous object in Lahtis moving at high speed in a southwesterly direction; a luminous phenomenon in Veikkola Pitkäjärvi accompanied by a luminous smoke trail; a phenomenon in Esbo described by witnesses as not being a standard illumination rocket or shooting star; and a sighting by four sportsmen near Riihimäki of a phenomenon moving from south to north at an estimated altitude of 6,000 to 7,000 meters.