Case file · Close encounter
Östergötland saucer and burned hilltop
A Swedish man later said that in 1944 or 1945 he and a friend saw a silver, saucer-shaped object hover a few metres above the ground near a village in Östergötland.
1944 CE · 58.42, 15.62 · status: claim
The account
Afterwards, according to the account, a hilltop was found burned and still glowing with embers.
The sceptical view
The story was reported long after the fact by one witness, with no contemporary record.