1948 · Våmfjärden, Fågelbrolandet (Värmdö) and the Stockholm archipelago, Sweden
Sweden's Supreme Commander and the projectile in the bay
Part ofThe mirror
From the accounts: Gen. Helge Jung saw a projectile about two metres long curve down into the bay near his summer house on 18 July 1948. · Illustration for uaptrail.com
When18 July and 6 August 1948
WhereVåmfjärden, Fågelbrolandet (Värmdö) and the Stockholm archipelago, Sweden
Backing2 independent
Evidenceofficial records, documents
On 18 July 1948 Sweden's Supreme Commander, Gen. Helge Jung, saw a projectile about two metres long curve down and hit the water near his summer house; he saw another from his sailboat three weeks later. He raised it with the Prime Minister and the Crown Prince, and the Navy's salvage ship Belos dived in the bay for weeks 'by special order', finding at most a hole in the bottom. His diary and the ship's logs are in the War Archives.
Evidence, in date order (2)
- 13 Aug 1948Swedish Navy salvage ship HMS Belosofficialsearched the bay on the Supreme Commander's special orders, 13 Aug and 27 Sep – 26 Oct 1948 Belos logs
- Riksarkivet (Swedish National Archives)documentWar Archives chief Bo Berg described the diary and logs in the archive's own podcast
How plausible · High
Sweden's Supreme Commander saw it twice and wrote it down, and the Navy searched for a month; nothing was recovered.
- ●●Access He saw it.
- ●●No gain sought Private diary.
- ●●Restraint He assumed Soviet tests.
- ●●Character record Supreme Commander.
- ●●Checkable details check out Diary and Navy search.
- ●●Fits the documented skeleton Ghost-rocket context.
Plausibility weighs how well an account fits where secrecy hides the documents by design, so missing records never count against it. Strength measures what is documented. Assessed 2026-10-23.
Claims
A loud whoosh, a 'stor projektil, kanske 2 meter lång' at about 1,000 m curved and hit the water 700–800 m away; he rowed out and found nothing. On 6 Aug everyone on his sailboat saw a large projectile pass in 2–3 seconds.firsthandOn the recordGen. Helge Jung, Supreme Commander, diary (Krigsarkivet)
'Sannolikt … ryssarna som skjuter in sig på Stockholm från Ösel.'analysisOn the recordJung and Defence Staff chief Nils Swedlund, diary 7 Aug 1948
'Sökning efter föremål. Inget resultat. Enligt Ö.B.' Divers searched in August and October; Jung wrote 'Dykare konstaterade ett hål i botten'; on 20 Oct 'Cervell anmälde "napp" i Våmfjärden'.firsthandOn the recordHMS Belos deck logs and dive journals; Jung's diary, as described by War Archives chief Bo Berg
Where
Våmfjärden, Fågelbrolandet (Värmdö) and the Stockholm archipelago, Sweden
60.0°N 15.0°E · region only
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