1. DA'tl rwl CIIOUP ciV( PIIDl') I. LIMO'" OP OUIIATIOie lfll'IE SECOftlS .. TYftl OP AIR VISUAL t. PHYIICAL IVIOIICI fTD liP tl UftJINTII'lBD n. Mtl, IIMAAIIY .,_ SHJKllJ METAL, ED ROBOl'. WEA'HiER CLEAR. U. K. A H D S . C A R D I If A V I A OVER lr.lmEM stoc::bnla, Sv.U.m Boa. Service, Dec. 17 , I (Text) "The ualcMWil object obaerved thi afternoon in the air in the nei&bborbood ot vu spherical an4 robotl11;.e" Captain ot the Air Sveden Co~ told the S\ledi.tl service toatitst. . '' ,.,. Vbo tirat 16hted the atraap ob..,ect described by the Def'enae Statt ill a this eveninG. ~. o)aJect vaa also observed It \lea aOMth!ai nev I sav. Ot that there ia DO doubt vho served 1D tbe RAP duriDS the liar oc4 zrade about 30 raid:. f'rom North Atrica aDd It&l7 Suddeal7 on zv r1Sht I. aav aothias vbich I f'irat thousht vu a jet plane. It vaa a narrow ail bouette approo.chin; vith apee4. l 1y warned my only paaaeaser, Joh&naaon, the I bad only rour seconds 1n which to Jr<e ~ o1laervationa. l-llen tbe atraap bod7 ca. nearer I could see it vaa a metal 1 1c, a1lveey thias, ~trical. It ,,.. detinitely not a Mteor or otb.er celeat bo"7 It proceed1d belov our aircratt vitbout leaving o.ey trade ot or coadeaat1on. It vaa above the m1at at a height ot 1 meters at tbe mat. . . "t!hen I b&4 seen the thins tor about tour aeeoads it disappeared under the lOBe ot our plane. But the oecbanic who had a better do\.~lard a.nd rear conlcl tollov it tor a rurther tive seconds, Captain :oncluded. It vns erroneoual.7 reported 1D our 18oo neva buJletiD that the object vaa observed tor six to seven minutes. It should have been ai.-: to seven AF FORM 111 AIR INTELLIG.ENCE INFORMATION REPORT rfiOM ' 'fl'"tfl Do\H Qf' R I"':IT This report twwarda intor.tlon on the "unknoean" object sighted on 17 Decetaber ; 195' b7 near .,:ssleholm, Sweden. Included is a tranalati:m ot Captain with \he local -----II'CIS deacrt.ptlOD or the incident, as reported in an intern:- . There is also a briet character sketch ot Captain .1PPROVI.1)a Actina Air Attache CI>TR'::SI.'ll ~It IJHI;;t..aTOII .H t; .:l o; THE IJt.IT[O ';fATC'O WITitl'' TIIC: M~ANtt.C'i (Jf TttF l'~i'IO~a-'Gt: A~r. !Ill IJ ~ C - 3tN; ~.1-.AYt:N.x.o lliTtA,.;~M !.::a:. '>rt rt1r r-Lvr:LAfl~'' or us ~o:.u;r.; 1:. \NY M~r-,..r.r. TO AN UNAt..JTHOr.l7( , ) r-cr.or~ ~ PRJrtllttTCI'.> nv LA.'i. I tr " ,\y 'I !It; lld'llu~:J .. LD 1:-4 \'.;+"JtL Oft l'l r.\t!T. fJY OTttfl~ HIJ\N U~lii[D ';TArtS AIR IOi'C.t.: A~P:CIF'.!;, f.XCCPT D1' rifi'.II~IOrl c r TH: 0 kECiOP OF UNCLlSSinm tct:. "ICA rt )'II 1 IF FORM 112-PAIT II APPAO'IEO> 1 JU,.. t'MI AIR INTEWGENCE INFORMAnON REPORT It L 1-\Jft T r.u. On Thursday, 17 Deceml.,er 1953, W~1ilo nyin~ near tr.Hssloholm, S'Nerlt!n, C.'lpt;.:lin :Jighted an "unknc:wn" object. The foll071inR 19 tht? transl.1tion of a nawapD.pcr account ot the incident: "The chic! pilot o! Transair, Clpt. Ult Christiiernsso~, c.nd hi:1 ere\ chi~f, tHle Johan:33on, had a str:!ilf!e meeting ov~r Ji!bslehol n !l t 11~5'1 no.1rs ly. A shining rnr,tal spherical. elliptic~l object car:I~J t q ,::\rd t h!'.& trawling in t~e opposite direction trO'!l thalr r.~ehine nt ntl est U.'.:l t~:l sp"Jed ot sound and appro"ir.atcly 600 rr.etor~ belaw thfl!ir tJC-3, .,!lich ;Ya:J on i t::; Hay tr~:t &.1llt.otta to Bromma. It was visible six t o seven :JCCmJ:1; Cnpt. C:trls - tiern3svn1 who had good silhouette recognition, st."lted tt".a t. w'1~t ha saw lm~ so.~eth:L:1;t absolutely new posoibly an unmanned robot. " The 't'rcln.Jai r plann ~\"a.3 :mto:"la tic c ont :-,>ls wh~n the :r.~"l t.~ n nf:': lrred. Capr . Ch ris +-,t.tt:O:l:JCOn di.d n ~t ha v~ tlr.H r or ar,y Jf..'!3 3urcs o .kH~ th:~n to r~')Ort tn Bu1ltr: .. !'t3, a~d t'l~ Dt1f~n~;e star~, "W dch later sen~ out t i .. r f oll:r:dng C 0:-1- "f ila a ~.r crew o ! a civi l a l lcrltft ob~nrV'!r\ o:-1 TLur~;day :\ t 1 onr t l'.~ aN!& of HB ~:wl'Jh;,lJn a n un:-nrl\'l n obje~ li :i!OV in~ in 1; :o O&Jp O.J i t o o i.r:?c c. t1'11 from t h!J airplane. 'l'~e ol>J~ct wa~ obsar~Jd for a i x t o 3QV.~il r.-uGonJ'l. i~t. t l d. tJ.ne a!li altltuJ e t he wt1athe r W3tJ clt:!"lr. Decause o~ t.hc lc..,., l .:riw: c l o 1d r.or-. mation;~ the object 13 t~ot Vvw~ht to ~.ave b e&n seen frorl! t :-!.: ~rnun'! !h~ t).) - ren..'le Star r doc s not know c~ any Swedi~h plan':) t~1.t .1an in tl-t a"'t'~.l o:~t ~.,e t1r.te j n q ~3ti~n. An ln; cstigati.on i s beine con ~uctt:d. "~'rcv1.t)\isl:r I ~LJ.vr..: been e.xt r 4)"1l:r 3keptlc-11 a1JO lt .:-.11 !. : .c :;~.Ol'i(;~ or .,ysteri Jas ohject.s-call'3d fl;r1r,~ Dau~n-s --t.~1~ ~'\v~ l'~n s'"!ra J.t di-...-t .. r:=~ :.;;J !.~i t r, l' Ca:~in. i-ic;n I rinn of t!:e nhjact, w'1ich li~:A ua was in t he civil ail' c o:-rldvr, I t.'!OI.~J:tt it Y:a~ a " fhc object c a rae t ow.:.r d us o. t. ha t I 1"1'-' ' ' l c\ SJY wa s t e :;pee-j o !' .3o:r.ri; ,.,.e ,.,ore fl.rinr, atJ v.n nltitw'~ C'f "\:>:no;.t:"l:\t~d.y :) arounrl. 600 :n9tgrs tel ow u.J. It~ ~a:) c o.:.nJ in ."} r;oal.,f'nrest~rl,'' d1 re~ t.!.o11 a nd dis.1prn':l:"\!d :!i'tt>r stx or sav~"n s .1conti3 tt'rnc objf!ct hn.rl a fitrong rr.11t~l s:1!.ne; t he C l .. C" c!-d.~!', .Joh.:q'Json, ..,,o C'>n~"~ w.-1s ~xccllent :1'bovo t!\c clouJs, , .. h;t: , "":'(oc-e nt :~n altitw1~ or ::1'J -lt. 15('.() ~arly directly sligh~l:: ol1iptic'll . "The object, w:1ic:l c o1l tl)f\nit9ly r,rJt l:v.: wa~t'9 ~a:;os or oon.~cn34i tloi t.ri!~As. ti-.,rns~on. "C!u~istierrwson has soa.1 s.:. l b()uette rocogn'!. tion. a bout everyt:lir.g in a vi '1 tiu n .:l!"Hi ha ~ v-..:rv If""'' p,, , r u: IUi'ROOlJCLO 1U V'IHOLE OR 1"4 PAICT, UY Olttf." fHf,~f U:Hll O SfAIL!> Alit fVI'C'-Al,j!:~. ;:u:.:;, l""\.Ci'; tJY r.l ~11 .IC~e!...f I H.: ll'~'~WcOF ll'illl u r.!.f l -t . ti".<.AF IF FOIM 111 PAIT II APPROVED I JUNI ltel . AIR INIEIIIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT the Ro)'lll Air Force. He making some thirty raids Africa and Italy finished na n captain in the British Air Foree, art~r in a ll.osquito aeatnst enerrJ territory, iu br.,th North "Air Force Chiet General Jlorienskigld :tnnounecd t hrl t. i. t had bee a e.scer- tllineu th the obj3ct could n o'-llt'lvc been any S.-tedish aircraft. "~:e are nmr 1nveoti.gat1118, he Cl)ntinut:!d Prhat o.u-rac1nr 3btl.)ns :1i~ht haft spotted.'" 2. Capt.llin i.:; hl yenrs o !' n~e and "";)3 born in :;:di n'! in the 30t't,her f~o'\r ~ of Sweden. ~n ext~mely re 1iabU, sourc~ in the Roy~l Swedish /.i r Board, who W:A3 !:>O~n ira the sa:ne and whn is A lj t'e-lon nt::quaintnnce of Ctlpt. has stat,ed that charming and well-1 t.kf!d but tho:t t he is al3o mo3't, Hn- trustworth7 and wa :sed trom a Connor po31tion for "financil\1 (11 fficnlt:t'. I~ur- ing t,h~ lnst war, ied to t=1k'! a Swedish ,,lr Force A-1~ a rtG fly t.o t-;nL!- .!an.l, but was 1ntorcepted at Gothenburg and was t in j.J.il. llt:t():. n it 13 cenl~rall;~ re'd in the SWedish Air Force th.'\t Captain ie on-.~ oi' t 1<' boat (and n03t di:.,cussed) pilots in Swed'ln today, he ~'\S r.ever served rri t.h the P.SAF oxeept as a reaerft captain. 3 Altl.&ough t 1e source abo~" personally doubts Chr1stiern3son's at,)ry, the r.cKs- .N?~r~ report that the IA!tense St:lff' is C)ntinuir.g 1t3 inv'!stlt!atL.m <Jf ~::e .!.ncidunt. This orriea is atte!:l.fJting to obtni~ fcrt.h~r in!'or:nation on tha ()CC ':'rn.C) e J,'.:Aj or, fJS;\t' A.'l!Jista.~t ,. i r .;tt.:a'!l-.e li ito'-''1' ~>I U llto'WJn::Ctl) IN \ .. !iOU vR IN i>.\ltT. &Y Ci:I:..H 11-1.\:4 111tlll:U ~IATL:; Alllto'-[ A';t:t.l:.. . l" Cli'O"IH rL.f!\11~10tf0f' HI: Oh~LtTC~Of I lhTrt UCa NCL. u'i.\:: "AF FORM 11Z AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT "" tl 0, R\I'Oitf I DATI 0, l!'f,gR~ATIO.. ~ I ['o'ALUATION ) J Ital1att Newpaper JCB"AI A. \t.~Ini, Lt Ccal. USAF, All-' AirA I La Prorinoa ( fttr1117o1CU H r.l 1a1o..t P', 4tf~IN, Jori rtpelf, d : ., 'll:ti"'IW~I 2. Ther have ~ uaer Dwa~ articl in Italian en the l~t, .. tha. Couequntl.T the report1Jll olticw woulcl &.i)prec1ate :m cattt: oa the Y~U ot th .. new 1t. ~:ft B. C.\SSADt Air A.ttadaa 1. '1' ranalatioa 2. Artiele Jret~?.R A. :iQIDA Lt. Q)locel, U';Al" A3st. Air Attac111 Ob"TTIIMITIOIIIY O .. QIMfCNt Iliff 1 Ill~ noCU:.t f'IT ~TA'NS 110ffl)'t4TION ~FfrC"TihG rm: hAT ICIIIIAL C:~Jr,.~,f. OF THE liNITEO ;rATr; Win:~ Till:: MFA!'.I'I~ 0~ I;, :: !:>PI1)~4G[ h. r o.) U ; ~,;. !1 Af,! l :>!.A, 'W"O:) IT ..i TllA .. S1111SSI"S Oil nn:: HL VE.LAfiON Of IT:i l "Oh rrNT:i I~ ANt )1.\tf,.Ell TO A"4 U~A CU";,.IIICA r :CIIl t. fORM 112-PIIf II Al'PM)VED 1 JUNE 1tW AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Air Attacb, no., Itl7' . IR-44-Sh . PAGI LA P !nVIDCIA CimMOIIA A SC1/I4 MISSIL~ Oil A .R.\DIO-GUID~ ~aCRA~T? C:~pt and his racbanlc :saw yss"Wrday t."le ~er10U8 1D the ~or Sved, have COl: declared that tha obj~t t~tq han seeD vas an abeolut$1..1 new an4 dljtlca mar simU:u-to a nn~ pill" than to a "ll71DI a aucer. "I was aittil\i in the right seat or thtt DC-.3 cockpit and could see tor a pproximata}3 10 seconds. It "AAS entiMlt or metal and soemcl abaoluts\7 sr.-trical or circular or elliptic shape. It had a li;;ht co].Qr IJetws 3Unr ancl vhltGJ no s:aoke or aaas ,_.. vi:dbl4t." To the qu.-t1on as ot hov he could d.atsradna thct :.pe~ of the mi.:J3Uil answered th.., had c it to that or a DC-4 ot the Scardinavian Airlj nes uh~nb tbe7 h-.d gCJt, about ]!) beforl!t. Accord~ to th~t :oecta,ic. th 11"!r:t m !Je.~ons a ~!'ld th oisaUe vas radio-guided. that hct ~s saen ~dVeral jet al:- panlls ancl vonJd not-conruae it nth a117 t..'l. The Svldlh ~eoeral Statt is c arelull;r all the decl3ratione :md r~porta which haY a be.n ~cc ved the at.tanp fl71n8 tot;t, while clapebl lll exparta aatntaln tbat the spotted obj*'t is a ndsaila (Ruaaiaa) proviciecl witb t~lmaion oa.ra !lnd ot.her. at tin that lt ia a Yislt" coJI!IW troa a t more or lesa unknottD It haa b a scertai"ld tor eure that it vaa not a n111tar.r Svdsb a:irer.srt., not flY-t whtab haft gala.d, tor thdr pecu'\Js .. shape, the or -~ bauls It 1s al:o Ye it .., .. not. a trololio&l b I\ conld bawe be a ballOOil vltb laatleta, but available 1Dfal'!at1on Jc this 1\Jpotbia alao A spoksPID o the Qen_.ral Stalt l':n'Jizxtecl that Capt. his ic have a conaldar!lblo a:in1 ority both in tha c~a;v and in thtJ s-,.,~ish Air Force aal .ue a b~ol-:.Ltely rttliabla. The ofticer also sald tbat th" tr:aces raeord~ bt radar srour1 at.1t.ions cannot ba contrall~ owing to the 1ntanae civil air traffic in tJut ansa but tha G.Jnera.l Stall r,.,_ Ativ3Cl plea\7 ot rdpot"t:s :1bout nvsturlous obj-!cta ovarno~ s n. Hany o~ such oboo j'Jets v.:re 1dt1!1$11 as meteorolo~cal b lllOOM j\lt airpla~or tll&teoritoa. !~ ot not identlf'1od rmd p-eauabl7 it 1411 be a tg identity thu ooject Wh1cll Mft :sen yee\e~. r the jet tightars ot tbe Air Force ha1a been al.aruad in to aseertaiA ...mat is aetuall7 h3penn~ in tba Swedish :Jk7. Sw~ mill ta17 ircl:~a do not ww to a t.Mt patrol tis~tra oarry ~t abor.sd, but it rta7 bLt t."wat .> t~ &j!O 1t was officia .J.r anDO''"d that:. aircr-.ft on dut7 ovr the illtic s attdr the sbooti~ or two Svedta air\2"att by bslan tlghtars, woulcl ._ .. w:tys t.~k ott 'll.l.th a,_nt. board. ti:IJE TH.::i O<JCU~ENT CONTAISS IN~O.-MATION AFFECTI THE ~ATI ;AL DFEHSE CF THE UNITED STATES '.'VI THIN THE Mi4NING OF THE C.:CSPIO'l.:.Q;: ACT, !N U S. C.- . :ll ;.~o ~. AS AME~OEO. ITS TRA!fSMIS'SIO:O. OR THE R~ELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MAN "tEA TO AN UN~Un~O'tiZEO ~ER:'~N 13 P~OHI!ITEO .. IV LAW. IT M~Y NOT P REPRO~UC0 IN WHOL OR IN PART, liW' 0THE11 THAN UNITE:) STATES AlA FORCE AGE!lCIE.'i. t:XCCPT DV PdlMdSIC.NCo rH-DlM.:.CTOROF 1:1 i (lLIGf.t.CE. USAF. (CL\:O:;IfiCA T!o.!!'tJ \; FORM 112-IAIT II AP:'ROYED t J UNl 1141 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT PAGI or I' AGES Night and part1cnlrl.1 tbe attina th3li tJut "rota tift~ diso" proo..t.cl at. 2 1~ Nter :altitude over n the pro'l:l.ncs or Scan'~ The alao declaraa that probabl.T the objects .1re ''3oviet Jlt'OjeetU whloll, dopartinc troL'l thct Ihltic cot. ani procliiW at sonic ape..d, follow an elltptlo xwt.e oY~ Sout'!\ern Swien ancl D.uark and land ir ~st. J <:trnll"1' Acc~rdi~ to "~sen," on the contrar,r, the obj,c:u wuJd be a :!M<lJ.o-guided r~ncal inat-nacts prmd.ed with tal_,viaion cn~r:u." NOR: TW'i V.X:U~TCO,.T.\IIIIi' 1Ni0 1U4-'Tit)N AFFECT!~ fH NATIOHAL C:.FfNS 0' THE UNITFO <;TAJ'!S WITHIN Tn M(A~IS(i OF T "' E (::il'I~-.ACC A.:i, C.') lJ ~ C - 31 A~J 2, AS AMENDED. 11'1 TR~S,.ISSiON CR THE RVELAriOH OF ITS C rE:MTS I~ ANY MA,.NR TO A,. I,;HAUT~i>IUO P'(~,. I i rlr"JHti11i~O !.IY U\.11. IT ~-.y toOT IE J&ROOUC[D IN WH0L OR IN PART, DY OTHER T~.\N ~SIT!!D STAT!S Alit FCRC ACE;~I5, lXCtr. B't t't~:.t;<iS1~'4 ~;: Ti C. :t:c~ :~ ::1 All IIITELLIGEIICE EYALUATICII RECORD Dlreeter ef ltllll ... ...... ertere UIAP : Collectlon O,.rtlona Diw.