Flying Saucers Seen Over Sweden

This document, identified as FDD Note No 887 from March 1959, provides a brief summary of a reported sighting of an unidentified aerial phenomenon in Sweden. According to the report, which cites an article titled 'Eight Persons Saw Flying Saucer' from the Stockholm newspaper Stockholms-Tidningen dated January 20, 1959, eight individuals described as reliable witnesses observed a flying saucer near Stigsjoe in the Vaesternorrland Province. The object was described as round, measuring between 6 and 8 meters in diameter, and was observed at an altitude of approximately 300 meters. It reportedly approached the witnesses slowly from the south, passing over Lake Laargsjoen. The object featured a luminous ring approximately two meters wide, and its underside emitted a reddish-yellow light. The sighting lasted for a duration of about three minutes. The document concludes by noting that the incident has been formally reported to the Swedish military authorities.