Prov nr 25 — Malmö Sighting Report, August 1946

This document, designated as 'Prov nr 25', details the laboratory analysis conducted by FOA on materials recovered following a reported sighting in Malmö, Sweden. On August 24, 1946, at 21:10, a pensioner named Ludvig Larsson reported to the police that two women had observed a burning object in the sky, which subsequently fell into the courtyard of his residence at Nobelvägen 58. Police constables Evert Stomberg and Malte Edrup were dispatched to the scene, where they found an object still burning and emitting intense heat. After extinguishing the fire with sand, they collected the remains, which were described as burnt fabric, paper, and what appeared to be molten metal. A 9-year-old boy, Karl Åke Andersson, was identified as the only witness to the object falling. Upon analysis at FOA, the material was identified as white cotton fabric (resembling bed sheets) and common brown wrapping paper. The fabric showed signs of a machine-made seam and was not impregnated. While the initial police report suggested the presence of molten metal, the laboratory found no such evidence in the submitted sample. Spectral analysis of the ash indicated a composition primarily of magnesium, with trace amounts of aluminum, iron, silicon, manganese, sodium, lead, titanium, and vanadium.