Swedish Air Force Pilot Sighting
1946-08-14·central Sweden·other·unresolved
A Swedish Air Force pilot observed a dark, cigar-shaped object approximately 50 feet long flying at an estimated 400 m.p.h. over central Sweden in August 1946.
“On 14 August, at 1000 hours, he was flying at 650 feet over central Sweden when he saw a dark, cigar-shaped object about 50 feet long and 3 feet in diameter flying 200 feet above and approximately 6,500 feet away from him at an estimated speed of 400 m. p. h.”
Verbatim from DOW-UAP-D099.pdf · View original on war.gov
Case details
- Date
- 1946-08-14
- Date exactness
- Known to the day
- Location
- central Sweden
- Country
- Sweden
- Branch
- other
- Unit
- Swedish Air Force
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- dark, cigar-shaped object
- Size
- about 50 feet long and 3 feet in diameter
- Altitude
- 650 ft
Resolution
Report cast doubt due to aerodynamic impossibility of maintaining constant altitude without wings over hilly terrain
Source document
Quote checked against the original file.
This sighting
central Sweden / 1946
- DOW-UAP-D099.pdf — Written report of this sighting