Documents:

event that has come to be known as the Vàddö case. You will soon realize that the small piece of metal plays the leading part.

The Vàddö case began that eventful Sunday in November 1958. "At that time we were building a weekend cottage at Vàddö some 9 miles north of Stockholm", says Stig. "We had gone back to our families in Stockholm for the weekend and were to return to Vàddö Sunday evening, to be at the place of work Monday morning. Harry and I usually spent the night in a little cabin on the spot", Stig continues. The two working mates started the trip in Stig's almost brand new Ford V8 truck. They went from Stockholm through Norrtàlje to Elmsta. From there they passed over the Elmsta bridge and then turned left towards Vàddö and Grisslehamn. It was about 10 in the evening.

FACE TO FACE WITH A UFO

Some 6 miles later the car engine started to cough and then stopped. Even the headlights went out. Although several attempts to start, the engine remained lifeless. Stig, who was seated behind the wheel, had nothing else to do but accept what had happened when Harry bursted out: "Take a look, Stig, a star that's moving". Amazed they saw a huge shining object descend towards them. "I looked at the sky, that was all clear, when Harry called out", Stig tells. "When I looked up I saw a shining object and told Harry: 'Damn strong searchlights the AA Command got nowadays. Different to when I did my service'. Harry thought it was a thunder ball, but I doubted that. I had read somewhere that the largest thunder balls ever seen were the size of a football and this object were much larger". While they were discussing different explanations to their sighting, the silent and odd object came closer. It made a turn over the Vàddö bay to the left of the road. Then it returned and to the great surprise of Stig and Harry it landed across the road in front of the car some 300 feet away. Puzzled they stared at the glowing object and its neon-like glow that lit up the surroundings. Harry saw for instance a barn-like building on a hill, a quarter of a mile from the object, clearly lit by the light. Although the light was intensive it wasn't directly dazzling. In the strong glow Stig and Harry could see blurred details of an object that looked like a flattened-out ball. Since it reached to both sides of the road, the length was estimated to 53 feet and the height to 20 or 23 feet. The object did not seem to be standing directly on the ground, but with some space between, although no struts or landing gears could be seen. No creatures could be seen either. On the other hand it looked like fire underneath the object, like a delimited light beneath. Furthermore the object seemed to be surrounded by glowing veils of mist dazzling around the object. It could be compared with what can be seen above the road surface a hot summer day.

STIFLING AIR

"We didn't know what to do", Harry tells. "We must have been sitting and watching the strange and a bit frightening scene for almost 10 minutes. We then began talking about getting out of the car to take a closer look. But it never became more than an idea, because at the same moment the strange object rose from the road. It made a turn to the left, returned across the road and then disappeared with a high speed up in the sky to the right. It looked as though it was on its way to the moon", Harry continues, "which was to be found to the right of us. When the object had disappeared like a small dot in the distance, we left the car to check the engine. It was then that we noticed that the air was stifling and sultry and it felt heavy to breathe. We opened the hood