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Sighting record / 1985

Four pilots chase a silver rocket south of Söderhamn, Sweden, 1985

August 18, 1985 · Just south of Söderhamn, Gävleborg County, Sweden
23Thinly documented UAP Cylinder 11 sources 3 videos

August 18, 1985. A Cessna flies south along the Swedish coast from Umeå. Four pilots are on board, heading home from an air show. Just south of Söderhamn, something passes beneath them. Silver. Shaped like a rocket. Close enough to see rivets, bare metal flashing in the sun, and rudders that moved. The pilots turned to follow. They were too slow. The object was faster than their plane. They did not call the newspapers. They called the military, and the report went to the Air Force's intelligence service. Nearly three decades later, the last surviving pilot, Jan Erik Henriksson, told the story again on Swedish television.

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Context

A Cessna left Umeå and flew south along the coast. On board were four pilots. They had just come from an air show. Where that show was held, no source records.

Sources (11, most influential first)

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