Malung, Sawan, Sweden, May 1952May 1952

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Summary

On May 14, 1952, at 10:50 p.m. local time, four civilians driving a car about 12 miles southwest of Malung, Sawan, Sweden, reported seeing an illuminated white aircraft-shaped object. The object moved from northwest to southeast very quickly and appeared to approach the ground. The sighting lasted 10 seconds. No smoke or fire was observed, and the height could not be estimated. The route appeared to approach the earth somewhat. The Swedish Defense Staff received no other observations or information on the object. The witnesses estimated that it was a meteor.

Reported location

Malung, Sawan, Sweden, May 1952

Date of incident

May 1952

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 10

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
14 May 1952

2. LOCATION
Malung Sawan, Sweden

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT: [illegible] 2250 Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual
[] Ground-Radar
[] Air-Visual
[] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[] Yes
[X] No

6. SOURCE
4 Civilians

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
10 Sec

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
135°

12. CONCLUSIONS
[] Was Balloon
[] Probably Balloon
[] Possibly Balloon
[] Was Aircraft
[] Probably Aircraft
[] Possibly Aircraft
[] Was Astronomical
[] Probably Astronomical
[] Possibly Astronomical
[X] Other, Poss Meteor
[] Insufficient Date for Evaluation
[] Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Swedes think it to be meteoric.
Color: Illuminated Shape: Air Craft

11. COMMENTS
Civilians in a car saw object which appeared to be illuminated white A/C.

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