07-11, torsdag, Sundsvall (TT), nr 39

On Thursday, July 11, 1947, an investigation was conducted in Njurunda, Sweden, regarding a reported 'ghost flyer' (spökflyget) incident. The investigation team, led by Corps Commander Lieutenant Colonel Rudberg, along with Ordnance Officer Captain C. Ljungdahl and Captain R. Westlin of the Lv 5 regiment, examined the beach where a projectile was rumored to have crashed. The team concluded that no projectile had struck the beach. They determined that the objects collected by traffic pilot Linden and others were merely old debris that had been lying on the beach previously. Interviews with people present on the beach at the time of the alleged incident revealed that no one had noticed anything unusual, including two girls who were only 20 meters from the supposed impact site. Furthermore, no sound associated with a projectile was reported. However, the report notes that a captain leading shooting exercises for Lv 5 personnel at Åstön observed a light phenomenon through his binoculars at the same time as pilot Linden's observation, and the direction of this light matched the report. Captain Westlin emphasized to the press that judging the altitude of such light phenomena is extremely difficult and that they can sometimes appear to descend toward the earth without actually doing so. The investigation into the collected objects was ongoing to definitively rule out the crash theory.