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This section contains descriptions of unexplained facts provided by eyewitnesses or published in the media, as well as the results of their analysis by the group.

UFO. Sweden

ID	#1526477653
Added	Wed, 16/05/2018
Author	July N.
Sources	thinkaboutitdocs.com Original ref.: Nature, March 1883.
Phenomena	UFO
Status	Hypothesis

Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness

Incident date:

05.02.1883

Location:

озеро Гласфьорден

Sweden

A huge fireball flew over the lake Pastordan near Arvika (Sweden), to the Northwest for 18 seconds. He then turned Southeast and flew zigzag across the sky for another 50 seconds.

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Original news

A Huge fireball flew over Lake Glasfjorden near Arvika, Sweden towards the northwest for 18 seconds. It turned toward the southeast and zigzagged through the sky for an additional 50 seconds.

Hypotheses

List of versions containing features matching the eyewitness descriptions or material evidence

Meteor

Meteor, "shooting star" is a phenomenon that occurs when small meteor bodies (for example, fragments of comets or asteroids) burn up in the Earth's atmosphere. A similar phenomenon of greater intensity (brighter than magnitude -4) it's called a fireball.