Air Intelligence Information Report Sweden 1953
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AF FORM 112 UNCIASSIFIID
(CLASSIFICATION)
APPROVED I JUNf-~
COUNTRY REPORT NO.
Sweden
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT
nny1ng Saucertt Sighted By S1red1sh Pilot
AREA REPORTED ON FROM (..49=CV)
SWeden
DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION
IOAirA, Stockholm, Sweden
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:A:ATION
13 January 1954
PREPARED BY ( Office,)
IDecember 53 January 54
SOURCE
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This report f'o:rwards information on the "unknown'' object sighted on 17 December
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1953 by Captain Ulf Christiernsson, near Hassleholm, Sweden. Included is a translation
of captain Chr1st1ernsson•s description of the incident, as reported in an interview
with the loca1 press. There is also a brief character sketch of cap~in Christiernsson.
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NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT. SOU. S. C.-
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IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES. EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF
INTELLIGENCE. USAF.
UNCIASSIFIEO
(CLASSIFICATION)
AF FORM 112-PART II UNCIASSIFIED
(CLASSIFICATION)
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
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'AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
FROM (Agencu) REPORT NO.
OAirA. Stockholm. Sweden IR-J2 PAGE 2 OF 3 PAI.ES
1. On Thursday, 17 December 1953., while flying near HHssleholm, SWeden, Captain
Ulf Christiernsson sighted an 11 unknown" object. The follorring is the translation of
a newspaper account of the incident:
"The chief pilot of Transair, Capt. Ulf Christiernsson, and his crew
chief, Olle Johansson, had a strange meeting over HHssleholm at 1437 hours
Thursday. A shining metal spherical elliptical object came toward them
traveling in the opposite direction from their machine at an estimated speed
of sound and approximately 600 meters below their DC-3, which was on its way
from Bulltofta to Bromma. It was visible six to seven seconds; Capt. Chris
tiernsson, who had good silhouette recognition, stated that what he saw was
something absolutely new, possibly an unmanned robot.
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The Transair plane was automatic controls when the meeting occurred.
Capt. Christiernsson did not have time for any measures other than to report
to Bulltofta and the Defense Staff, which later sent out the following com
munique :
" •'rhe air crew of a civil aircraft observed on Thursday at 1437 hours
over the area of HRssleholm an unknown object moving in the opposite direction
from the airplane. The object was observed for six to seven seconds. At that
time and altitude the weather was clear. Because of the low lying cloud for
mations the object is not thought to have been seen from the ground. The De
fense Staff does not know o.f any Swedish plane that was in that area at the
time in question. An investigation is being conducted.•
"Previously I have been extremely skeptical about all the stories of
mysterious objects -- called flying saucers -- that have been seen at diverse
points, said the Captain. Now I don't know exactly what to think; but it did
seem to me that we had seen a robot of some kind. When I first caught sight
of the object, which like us was in the civil air corridor, I thought it was a
jet. We had, however, received no word that any such thing was on the way.
"The object came toward us at what I would say was the speed of sound;
we were flying at an altitude of approximately 2,150 meters and the object was
around 600 meters below us. It was going in a southwesterly direction and
disappeared after six or seven seconds.
•tThe object had a strong metal shine; the crew chief, Johansson, who coulc
see it longer than I, thought it was almost phosphorescent. The flying weathel
was excellent above the clouds, which were at an altitude of about 1500 meters,
and the sun was shining brightly. The object was proceeding just above the
clouds.
"The first silhouette I got diagonally from the right was narrow. When
it was nearly directly under us, however, I saw that it was nearly round, just
slightly elliptical.
"The object, which could definitely not have been a meteor, gave off no
waste gases or condensation traces.
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Was I afraid? No, but curious, very curious, concluded Captain Chris
tiernsson.
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tChristiernsson has seen just about everything in aviation and has very
good silhouette recognition. From 1942 to 1946 he was a volunteer serving in
NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT. 50 U. S. C.-
3I AND 32. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW.
IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DI RECTOR OF
INTELLIGENCE. USAF.
UNCLASSIFIED IR- J2
(CLASSIFICATION) 16-56670-1 U. S. GOV£JUOtENT PlltlHTING o,JPtC:t
AF FORM 112-PART II
UNCIASSIFIED
APPROVED I JUNE 1948
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(CLASSIFlCATION)
'AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
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FROM (Aomcr) REPORT NO.
OAirA. Stockholm, Sweden m.-12 PAGE OF 3 PA~ES
the Royal Air Force. He finished as a captain in the British Air Force, after
making some thirty raids in a Mosquito against enemy territory, in both North
Africa and Italy.
"Air Force Chief, General Nordenskiild, announced that it had been ascer
tained that the object could not have been any Swedish aircraft.
•• 'We are now investigating/' he continued, 'what our radar stations might
have spotted.•"
2. Captain Christiernsson is 41 years of age and was born in sl<Rne 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 Capt. Christiernsson's,
has stated that Christiernsson is charming and well-liked, but that he is also most wi
trustworthy and was dismissed from a former position for "financial difficulty''• Dur
ing the last war, Christiernsson tried to take a Swedi.s h Air Force B-18 and fly to Eng
land, but was intercepted at Gothenburg and was put in jail. Although it is generally
agreed in the Swedish Air Force that Captain Christiernsson is one of the best (and
most discussed) pilots in Sweden today, he has never served with the RSAF except as a
reserve captain.
;. Although the source above personally doubts Christiernsson•s story, the news
papers report that the Defense Staff is continuing its investigation of the incident.
This office is attempting to obtain further information on the occurrence.
~ Major, USAF
Assistant Air Attacbe
NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT. SOU. S. C.-
31 AND 32, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW.
IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED I N WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF
I NTELLIGENCE. USAF.
UNCIASSIFIED IR-l2
(CLASSIFICATION) 1 8-66670-1 U. S. GOYHHMl!NT PRINTING OFl'I CI
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