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AF FORM 112—PART | APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 en SRIGATION COUNTRY Kraig no NO | (LEAVE BLANK) SWEDEN |. _sR 47-9 Eros AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SUBJECT RE ee esa oe Bees a wee issile Activity Over Sweden AREA REPORTEL — "| FROM (Agency) | Swe ae n = ees eee ee a DATE OF REPORT | DATE OF INFORMATION | EVALUATION ' ~; - a | e€ March 1949 2 larch 1949 Bee PREPARED BY (Officer) asa a oe Se SOUREE = ae ; | =3 > | a cy Re Be Walsh, Major, USAF ss | Personal Contact s REFERENCES (Control number, directire, precious report, étc., as s applicable) R Seale &, Control No. DA2iy ee ee Se ee SUM MARY: er concise summary of re port. Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inciosures ‘at lower left. Begi n text of report on AF form 112—Part Il.) 1. With reference to request dated 18 Vee AL 13 Control No. DA-2l);, and revised by our cable, the foliowing information is bnitted; f — 17).c 33 —, es io @.e Withdrawn (AFOIN Cable 51445 dated 2 veslry 19149) be Do the Swedes feel that the reported and unconfiried incidents of ‘uided missile 178 in recent years have any similarity to any such reports that were received ays n Germany was conductiny experisents with missiles in the Baltic area, Answer: The Swedes feel that the guided missile sishtings over Sweden have been natural phenomena only and they have no proof to discount such a statement. Ce What was Swedish official opinion to uneonfirmed mitded uissile inci- dents prior to the time that debria of a V-2 missile was actually recovered in Sweden during German experimentation activities in the early part of World War II. i) Answer; Swedish official opinion prior to the landing of a V-2 in Sweden, was that a certain number of the "missile sightings" were natural phenomena and a cer~ tain number were German fighters at hich altitude enroute across Sweden to Norway. This view in fact remained the officialsopinion even after the YV-2 missile landed in Sweden, Assistant Air Attache Comment; The Sweden actually do not think very much about these reported incidents but attempt to play it up as much as possible to the U. S. Attaches in ffort to show their fsreat need for radar. Continued interest, therefore, on our ai: towards the last reported incidents, only causes extreme embarrassment when the Swedes emphasize their radar request. S/ HH. 8B. Walsh Ba jor, USAF Assistant air Attach APPROVED: ‘ S/ DONALD L, HARDY _ Colonel, USAF Air Attache aos = Ge THIS IS A TRUE COPY Distribution by Oricsinator CG USAFE, CG USFA, AA Oslo, AA Copenhagen, NA - SD - P Stockholm NaD 36296 : SECRET Declassification Authority: NND 57565