UFO'S Sighted, Photographed in Sweden; Unidentified Satellite Seer

This document, an intelligence note dated 17 March 1960, compiles reports from the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter regarding sightings of unidentified luminous objects over Sweden on 6 March 1960. The sightings involved multiple witnesses, including the crew of a Linjeflyg aircraft, a photographer named Esse Jansson, and residents in Bromma and Lidingoe. The objects were generally described as luminous and were observed moving in various directions, with one witness reporting an object moving horizontally before descending at a right angle and disappearing. The reports suggest that these sightings were likely related to the satellite 1960 Alpha, which was expected to pass over the Stockholm latitude at that time. Docent Gunnar Larsson-Leander of the observatory noted that the object he observed was not a shooting star or meteor, and other witnesses, including Air Captain Mauritz Hamrin and Copilot Kjell Fern, also expressed the belief that the objects were some form of satellite.