Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Report of Light Phenomenon Sighting — Guldsmedshyttan, Sweden, July 9, 1946
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A report from 1946 detailing a daylight sighting of a green-white light streak near Guldsmedshyttan, Sweden. The witness described an explosion-like disappearance and a hissing sound, comparing the event to a daytime meteorite.
On July 11, 1946, Erik A.P. Reuterswärd, an amanuensis, submitted a report to the Swedish Defense Staff's Air Defense Department regarding a light phenomenon he and his wife observed on July 9, 1946. At approximately 14:30, while positioned in an observation tower at an abandoned silver mine near Guldsmedshyttan, Lindesberg, the couple witnessed a sharp, green-white, neon-like streak of light. The object appeared suddenly in a north-westerly direction at a 45-degree upward angle. It moved rapidly downward for a distance estimated by the witness as five moon diameters before vanishing. The disappearance was accompanied by an explosion-like flare and a hissing sound. The witness remarked that the event gave the impression of a meteorite, though he noted he had never observed such a phenomenon during daylight hours before. The entire event lasted only an instant. The witness confirmed the sky was cloudless at the time and noted that they checked the time shortly after the event while descending the mountain, confirming it was 14:40.
Vi observerade då i nordvästlig riktning och i 45 graders vinkel uppåt en skarp, grönvit (neonljusartad) ljusstrimma, som plötsligt uppstod och hastigt rörde sig nedåt kanske fem måndiametrar, varefter den försvann.
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Official Assessment
The witness noted the impression that it was a meteorite, though they had never seen one during the day before.
The witness reported a green-white light streak appearing and moving downwards before disappearing with an explosion-like flare and a hissing sound.