September 24, 1909🇸🇪Sighting
Historical

Östhammar, Sweden: Parseval-like airship flies low, winged object later over Gothenburg

On September 24, 1909, an object resembling a Parseval airship flew low over Gräsön and Östhammar in Uppsala, Sweden, moving from northeast to west; later a winged object passed over Slottsskogen park in Gothenburg at an altitude of 330 feet.

Date
September 24, 1909
Location / Country
Type
Sighting

Background

On September 24, 1909, an object similar to a Parseval airship flew low over Gräsön (now Hindersön island) and Östhammar, Uppsala, Sweden, moving from northeast to west. Later, a winged object passed over the Slottsskogen park in Gothenburg, Sweden, at an altitude of 330 feet. The entry cites a report in Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning of September 25, 1909, John A. Keel's series on mystery aeroplanes in Flying Saucer Review, and Jerome Clark's encyclopedia. The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.