PROJECT BLUE BOOK

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1. DAYE  TIKE GROUP 2. LOCATION
17DEc 53 17/1337Z HASSLEHOLM, SWEDEN
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
CIV(PILOT) UNIDENTIFIED
4NUMBER OBJECTS
ONE
S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEP SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
NINE SECONDS SHINING METAL, NEW-UNMANNED ROBOT. SHINING METAL, NEW-U ROBOT. WEATHER CLEAR. WEATHER CLEAR.
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION .
AIR VISUAL
7. COURSE
SW
8. PHOTOS
a Yee aXNo aYes
OXNo
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
0 Yes
O No
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FTD SEP63 0-329 (TDE) Provious odidons of ths be uood.
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U. K. AND SCANDINAVIA
Dec. 18, 1953
FLYING SAUCER OBSERVED OVER SWEDEN
Stockholm, S T--L
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"The unknown object observed this afternoon in the air in the neighborhood
of of Haesleholm Haesleholm was spherical and robot-like Captain Captain
of the Trans Air Sweden Company Company told the Swedish telegraph service tonight. telegraph service tonight.
It was who first sighted the strange strange object described by the described by ythe
Defense Staff in a in cormunique this evening The The object was object was also observed also observed
by his me by his mec
"It vas something new I saw. Of that there is no doubt," said said
who served in the RAF during the war and n during the war and made about made about 30 raids 30 raids from North
Africa and Africa and Italy. "Suddenly, on my right, I. sav something saw something which I first
thought was thought was a jet a jet plane. It was It was a narrow a narrow silhouette silhouette approaching with with
trenendous speed. I immediately warned my only passenger, Johansson,
the nechanic. I had only four seconds in which to rake my observations.
W.hen the strange body came nearer I could see it was metallic, silvery
thing, perfectly symmetrical. It was definitely not a meteor or other
celestial body. It proceeded belov our aircraft without leaving any
trade of gas or adensation. was above mist at height of 1,500
meters at the most.
"When I had seen the thing for about four seconds it disappeared under the
oseo our plane. But the nechanie who had a b better dowmward and rear
riew, could follow seconds, Captain
concluded.
in our 1800 news bulletin that the object was
minutes. It should have been six to seven seconds.
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1953 by Captain
of Capta
There alsc a brief character sketch
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/ HERBERT. ROCERS HERBERT
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"Previously have bean extremely skeptical . about all the stories of
mysterious objects called flying saucers -- that have been soen : at diverse
points, said the Captain. Now I don't know exactly what to think; but it did
seem to me that we had sean a robot of some kind. Shen I rst caught sight
of the object, which like us was in the civil air corridor, I thought it was a
jet. e had, no was the way.
"The object came toward us at what sound;
races.
"was Captain Chris-
"Christiernsson has seen just about everything in aviation and has very
good silhouette recognition. From l9l2 to l9L6 he was a volunteer serving in
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"tve are nom
have spotted.
2 Captain is ll years of age and was born in Skane in the souther
part of Sweden. An extremely reliable source in the Royal Swedish Air Board, who was
born in the same town and who is a life-long acquaintance of Cant
has stated that charming and well-liked, but he is also most. un-
trustworthy and was disinissed from a former position for "financial difficulty" Dur-
land, but intercepted at Gothenburg and was put in jail. Although it is generally
agreed in the Swedish Air Force that Captain agreed in the Swedisn A rce tht Capeal is one of the xsonet best (and best (and
nost discussed) pilots in Sweden today, nost discussed) pilots in Sweden today, he ha never served with the served with the RSAF except except as as a
reserve captain.
3. 3. doubts Christiernsson's story, the new3- news-
papers report that the Defense Staff is contimuing its investigation of the incident.
This office is attempting to obtain further information on the occurrence. This office is attempting to obtain further information on the occurrence.
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BURT ROWEN BURT ROWEN
Major, USAF
Assistant Air Attache
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2. There have been many flying sau ticlee ars
in the last months. Consequantly the report would
on the value of these nows items.
JOSEPH A. WOIDA
Lt. Colonel, USAF
A3st. Air Attacho Asst. Air Attach
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To the quostion of how he could detormine the speed of the missils,
answered they had compared it to that of a DC-4 of the Scandinavian Airlinss which they
had mat about i mimutes before. According to the mechanie, thore wers m persons aboard
and the missile was radio-guided. outlined that he several jet air-
them.
The Swedish General Staff is carefully studying all the declarations and raports
which have been recelved regarding the strange flying body, while dependable experts
maintain that the spotted object is missile (Russian) provided with tslevision camra
and othersaffirm that it visit" coming from a plar or less unioun.
even those which have gained, for their peculiar shape, the nickname of "flying barrels
It is 3 al:0 positive that it was not a meteorologieal balloons It could have been a
balloon loaded with laaflets, but available information makes this hypothesis al3o 3car ely
ppobable.
A spokss.man of the General Staff roninded that Capt. and his mechar
ie have a considerable sendority both in compary and in the S Force and
are absolutely reliable.
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The offieer also said that the traces recorded by radar ground stations cannot ba
controlled owing to the intense civil air traffie in that arua but ths General Staff re
csived plenty of reports about mysterious objects ovarflowirg Sweden. Many of such ob
jects were identified as meteorological balloons, jot airplanesor meteorites. Many others
wars not identified and presumably it will be irapossible to ideritify the ooject which has
csan saen yesterday. liovever, the jet fighter3 of the Air Force have been alarmed in
ordsr to ascertain what is actually hapenning in the Swedish sky. Swedish military 12A
cireles do not want to admit that patrol fighters carry armament aborad, but it may bo
was officia ly announed that airerait on duty over the
Baltic sea, after the shooting down of two Swedish aircraft by Rus sian fighters, Would
ilways take off with armament a board.
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TRANSLATION: (Contd)
Night newspapers and particularly the affirm that the "rotating
dise" proceeded at 2,150 meter altitude over n the province of Scania.
The " also declares that probably the unidantified objects are "3oviet
projectiles" which, doparting from the Baltic coast and procseding at sonic speed,
follow an elliptic route over Southern Sweden and Denmark and land in East Germany.
According to Expressel on the contrary, the objects would be adlo-guided
reconnaissance uments provided with tolevision careras."
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1 Mar 5h Wrizat 800N
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GPO:1952 -201361