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1946: THEGHGTROCreTS UFO'SA HISTCRY: (Previous title: The l'tystery of the Ghost Rockets) by l,oren E. Gross PrivatelY Published Fremont, California First Edition o 1972 Enlarged SecondEdition o 1982 Enlarged Third Fdition o 1988

WhyA Thi_rd Edition?

Aside frcrn the need to replenish depleted stock, additional new data of importance has^cqne to the authorri attenti.on.' rnpressive efforts by Thonas Bullard* has resul-ted in the collection and translation of nunerous 1946 newstories taken frqn issues of the swedish newsDaDers and the-@e[-Tidningen, both avid reporteri br tne Ssl.a,lqs$+f ''gnosr DcnD"actIvlty. These two sources prwide considerabLe depth to cur understanding of what really happeneit in Scandinavian skies'in the year 1946. .Another reason for a third edition is the need to make the work more usef.ul to uFo researchers by adding an index, scnething that was Lacking fron both earl.ier editiixrs. Finally, an arnbiticn.rsresearch endeavor by furorrean IIFO exrrerts is gurrelt.|y u+d"*?I .:-9 there is a need to discuss its goals aird progress. Anders Liljegren and clai siiatrn, Tutln"d lplgject,rg46'' lI its p1",armers, it hopefully will prwide sonething approaching a d6finitive study of the mystery. -The U.,S. Departnent of State docunents concerning the Scandinavian ghost rockets were discwered by tIF0 researcher Wi[ian L. Ibore of William L. Moore Rrblications G Research,4219 lJest Olive Street, Suite 247, Burbank, California, 91505.

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added to the third editic'n is in a closer-spaced type.

* The Airship Fi1e. thonas E. Bullard, 517 East University Street, #2, B-1 oon:ifi-g t on,-f il?liana, 474OI .

lrlore notes on s(l.rrces: An irnportant contribnrtion has been the work of the Swedish orqanization Arbetscruppen for Ufoloei which checked newsstories of the Swedish news oririre at thffioc[E-1rn-NatiionafFcf,-ives agency (TI). Moreover:, additionaL ner,rsitems wCre ctrlled.by I tiie gioup frcm issues of scrne 20 differ,ent'1oca1. Swedish newspapeis. The result of this work uas the booklet Spokraketrna igio uynetstl"ranateriaLet wtrich contains details of ffi-Ts0rrock6til-iG-poG-ffiTh-er iterns of interest$lost of the transfron the Swqlish to English was this writerls efforts, therefore I take the responsibilty for ar4f eiTors --L.E. Gross). A Swedish UFOexpert, researcher Biron Ouertvye,<liscorrered a CVerb,ve nwnber of newsstories rnissed by ths t-iljegren grorp. prrblished his findings in the l,layl4rne 1969 issue o the British maqazine Flying Saucer Review. The nateriaL was taken Drimari1y fron a-si-nglASwdish'ffirspaper, the Dagensryh"t*_ The efforts of llon Berliner were very important. Searching the'archives of the Smithsonian Instituders National Air Space Mrsewn, he discovered two vital docurneats: -Five folio pages of a declassified report hy Rritish Intelligence concerning the sighting of ghost rockets over Norway and Swedenin 1946. Althorgh sceptical of the strangeness of the phenonenon,the papers reveal interesting detail on official reaction to the mystery. -A Swedish Army Intelligence erraluation of its- imrestigation activity in the skies over into sightings of strange'lnissile" This evaluatiorr indicates that a nore conprehensive Scandinavia. report exists and modern researchers are working to obtain it.

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THE MYSTERYOF THE GHOSTROCKETS

:feet A n A m e ric a n -C -5 4 tra n s p o rt p l a n e w as 7,000 over rhe Fr enc h c ountry s i d e o n i ts w l y to -p a ri s. some 3,000 feet bel ow the plane was a l a y e r o f b ro k e n c l o u ds, but above trr" t tn. i i y was c lear . rt w a s 1 1 o ' c to c k a t n i g ht on January 1g, 1946. The f light was u n e v e n tfu l u n ti l s u d l enl y ti ,e fi .i 6t of the c - 54 s aw a b ril l i a n t. " s h o o ti n g s ta r' , appe" r s!-Jel ru" s above the hor iz on. T h e ' s h o o ti n g s i a r,' strei -ked dow nw ai d w i thout ex ploding_. T h e b ri l l i .a n t b l o b d ro p ped bel ow th" -" " rt" rr, hor iz on, bur th e n , mu c h to th e p i ri ri ' r i ri f i i i " , i i ,. ,,shoot ing s E ar " qu ic k L y re g p p e a re d t th e " shooti i i g-i i i ri ' came back r n[ o v lev / an d: " .. -d e s c ri b e d a ti n y hyperbol a of perhaps of one- degr e e a l ti tu d e a n d fe tl a g a i n hi o* ,i l ni l ,,' 1. Thor" wer e t he wor ds o f th e p i l o t w h o fE t t ti rat the" i ;i hooti ng star,, did. t he im po s s i b l e b y i i c o c h e ti n g o r reboundi ng. Thi s event m ar k ed t he beg i n n i n g o f n u m e ro u s s i g hti ngs of S trange phenornenon in t he s k ie s o f E u ro p e . . T he f ir s t inkling o f a w i l d y e a r w as an announcemenE on Febr uar y 26, L 9 4 6 . F i n l a n d a n n o u n ced on that a" i u o,,r., Hels ink i r adic th a t a n u n u s u a rl y l a rge number of rneteors had been. r epor t ed i n th e c o u n try ' s n o rth ern di stri cts near the A r c t ic Cir c le. 2 . A 1itt1e over a week later May 3rd an unexplained white light lit -o1 up the horizon northwest of stockholm. Authoritibs at Saltsjobad''observatory suggested that an aurora g10w had been responsible. ihe newsnaner lloreon-Tidnino,sn asked:"Does a nrysteriorrs iight betoken clearer l,lay +i iuebthei-r' <on Fiiaay, lLay 24th at z:20 a.n. observers in the Landskrona-pasten area of Srveden viewed a strange flying body: "T\l'o nightwatchnen said the object was a fireball with a tail olject was a fireball with a tail." A repairrnanworking several stories above the ground,.gave a more detailed accouirt, saying the"object was:"...a wrngless, cigar--shaped body of the dinensions of a-srnirl airpiane, which at regular intervals spurted bunchesof sparks frcrn its tai1.', i. witnesses estimated-that the objebt was only 300 feet high as it moved at an "ordinary airplanets speed', toward the southr,lest. 5.
began to wonder if sornething very ocld r^rastaking p1ace. ..P"o!}". finally Tlte l.la1' 28th i-ssue of the llorgon-Tidningen declired:' "It i-s not only in Landskrona and Gavle that fireballs an<l lighted... (word missing) without wings are seen. Also frsn Karlskrona and Halsingborg are similar obiervations reported, and many persons in the Stockholm area stated to the I'r th;t thev saw the' same phenonenon in Ffuddings and Hagalund. No one really knows what is going on. One quess is of experiments with secret weapons, but aviation experts think that in

2. such a case it is curious that no sorrnd is reported in connection with observations - rong range bonbing practiie orr noise.,, livei The Danes too. An AP dispatch stated on lr4ay 29th: 6.

"The sarne night that peopre in randskrona saw a flying object which flew toward the southwbst at about roo rneieri .i'onder, border g'ard in Denmarkrs so'thern-1yi"g "rtiifiau,'r-p""iir,,-n"auol, at made a sirnilar discovery. ,'At 3 orclock at n:ftht-the guard saw a bright light, followed by a tail_, which.very rapidly sii-rea on piih-i.*-E"rt to west, Teports the Berlingake Aftenavis.', 7. " late in Mav Taly p9o_p1e in northern srr'ecrenhad noticed unusual in the heavens i^'rrict-t'whicir tttey aiimissed as iust inorJin"t" *ut"o, iv i ty . 8. si.gJrts ".t-

By this tim e, aut hor i t i es - -, Offic ial papers dec lar e:

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"At the end of _M ay 1946, t he r e w a s b r o u g h t to the attent ion of t hc D ef ens e S t a f f , certiin pec uliar Lum inous p henonena c v er S w e d e n , p a r t l y through pr es s r epor t s , and par t l y Uy ciriliian obs erv ers , who r epor t ed t hei r ob s e r v a t i o n s direc tly t o t he r nilit ar y aut hor i t i e s . , '9 . "l.fysterious flier." A June 1st newsstory frcrn the Swedish citv readers: of Katrineholn informed its

"ft seems as if the mysterious f1ier, which was observed in Osternarks at the beginni.ng of this rveek, rvas not altogether an illusion. Yesterday the same thing was reported in fact in Katrineholrn. An object which can be conrpared to a si-1ver-g1istening rocket, in the shape of a giant cigar, was noticed in the east on the horizon. The time was 11:43 a.m. in the morning. had no hint of wings, but on the other "The 'ghost airplane' hand scrne thought that it had the sernblance oi a stabilizer or the like. It traveled very rapidly through the aj-r and many observers pointed out that not even the fastest fighter plane would be able to keep pace. A light n-unble was heard, near the object after it had made a turn torvard the ivest, in a diving continued trlp (?) tcnvard the south. The size of the rnysterious monster did not agree wit}r that of the one seen at Narke, neither was the altitrrde the s ane....the pr ojec t ile, or w hat ev er i t m i g h t b e , w a s a s l o n g as an ordinary training plane and uent at 300 meters altitude, The Skavata air fleet out fron N\zkoping had none of its airnlanes up at the right tine in the inrnediate vicinity of Katrineholm. On an airllane seen from the side in broad daylight no wings are visible. Therefore it cotrld be asswned that it was an ordinary airllane that the Katrineholmers sar,r.

3. "In thi-s corlrection it can sti1l be mc'tio'cd that o'c of the Katrincholmrvitnessessaw thc ob.jcct not onl1' fr-on thc side but also front to back. Thc s.''s rays in this caser were not at their worst sharpncss, thercforc o.c with reason can rqrhold it a1l as v er y nty s te ri o u s ," 1 0 . E ar ly in J u n e 1 9 4 6 , i .t a p p e a red that ai rpow er w as gai n_ i. ng t he inf lu e n c e i t h a d h o p e d to achi eve. j .raI R ear A dm S idney . W _. So u e rs , w h 9 h a d j u s t b e e n chosen to head the new l y es t ablis hed C e n tra l In te l l i _ g e n c e A gency i n January, w as sud: denly r eplace d w i th a n Ai r F o rc e C E neri t, H oyt S .' V andenburg. it r hen the Bi k i n i a to mi c te s ts i n the paci fi .c sta.rted DI . - J . Robert o p p e n h e i m e r, o n e o f the key men of i h;' ;;;;rtif ic c om m i.s s i o n s e l e c te d to o b s e rve the test.s , w as w i thdraw n, and r eplac ed w i th a s c i e n tj -s t w h o had a rnore vi ri .ed backgr ound and an e x te n s i v e k n o w l e d g e of radar, rockets, and at om ic energy . H e w a s th e D i re c to r of the B ureau oi standards Dr . E . u- c on d o n . T h e mo v e u n d e rl i ned the shi ft from atomi c theor y t o t he m i . l i .ta ry a p p l i c a t i o n of atomi c pow er. A Dr . Al v a re z , a p ro fe s s o r o f physi cs at the U ni versi ty of - Calif or nia, s e c re tl y s u g g e s te d at thi s ti rne that l i qui d hy dr ogen be te s te d a s th e fl u i d p ro pel l ant i n any proposed at om ic powere d ro c k e t b e c a u s e o f t h e el ement' s favorabl e r at io of m a s s c o n p a re d to th e e x h a ust vel oci ty at certai n tem per at ur es. T h e te c h n i c a l d e ta i l s are too compl ex to l i st but o ne i m p o rta n t p o i n t o f th i s theory w as. of j _nterest. !9t " , The pr of es s o r b e l i e v e d s u c h a n u c l e ar dri ven rocket. w oul d s pgeq ac r os s th e s k y l e a v i n g l a rg e quanti ti es of super-heated and highly _ infl a ru n a b l e h y d ro g e n i n i ts w ake, rhus ci eati ng an ex plos iv e haz a rd -b T h e e v e n tu a r d evel opment of such an ai omi c dr iv en m is s ile w a s fe l t to b e fa r i n thl future, so i n N l ay, 1916, - when ny s te ri o u s n i s s i l e -1 i k e bodi es trai l i ng strange iLlur ninous s in o k e a n d a c c o mp a n i e d b y 1oud, unexpl ai ned dei onations appeare d o v e r th e Ba Iti c , th e re must hav; been sorne c onc er n in t he P e n ta g o n . S unday !i g i l t, J u n e 9 , 1 9 4 6 , d ,' 1i ght phenornenon,' appeared . abov e S aI a, S w e d e n . A n e n o rm o u s Ii ght dropped earthw ardleav ing a long - fi e ry tra i l _ b e h i n d . S hortl y thereafter, an ex plos ion w as h e a rd . 1 1 . A ls o on J u n e g th a t 1 0 :1 7 p .p r., B rocket-l i ke l i ght fi1led t he_n ig h t s k y o v e r H e l s i n k i , peopl e i here Fi nl and. r us hed out do ors i n ti me to s e e a srnoke trai I i n ti re heavens and t o hear a d i s ta n t ru mb l e . A n i l l umi nous afterql ow las t ed t en mi.n u te s . T h i s " g h o s t r o cket,,' as i -t d' ..,bb" d by wit nes s es, h a d p a s s e d to ;,-a rd th e southw est at " ui an al ti tude of about 1, 0 00 fe e t. A pr of e s s o r Gu s ta f J a rn e fe l t sai .d he bel i eved the obi ect was a nor m a l n e te o ri te , a n o p i n i o n that ti as quoted i n the news paper Nlra Pre s s e n . 1 3 .

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Before the F i n n s co u l d re co ve r from the sunday phenomenon, a "v -2" roared o v e r th e to w n o f T a n merfors i n w esti ri r Fi nl and on Monday ,-J ul9 1 0 th , o n l y to re a p p e ar the same ni ght on i headi n g o y e T _ th e ca p i ta i , H etsi nki . A ci rrespon::::h:iri. dent of the Lon d o n D a i l y Ma i l w ro te that Monday' s' ,V -2' , w as an "unidentified luiiifr6iliiEly" giving off gtoi'ing smoke and that the " thing" h a d co me i n i ro i l th e" di reci i on oF the B al ti c s ea, only to wh e e l a ro u n d a n d re tra ce i ts course.13. The "slqy phenonenon'of June 12th: "A-sl!y phenonenonof the sarnesort as was observed yesterday has occurred over Eskilstuna [sweden] . The observation is'reported bv an engineer who flies daily and nnrst be thcnrghtof as a.er'i"ti"-oui server. just put olt tthe lightl and stood by rq, rvindorv . when ."-.-I-!"{ in the half-darknesi I was able to-see sonething.&u'oui of a cloud, relaled the engineer.ee loirb, if it really was such, passed west ot the in a northward direction. It seemed as if it was on a -city descending corrse at close to a i0-dree angle--on ihii rnatter r can naturally not be conpletely sure--and in sich a czt-se ouqht to have fa11en down somewhere in the area, probably going out noith over ftuge1ata. It could not have been any of irui n"il let planes, which have a continuous e:<haust and thereby' 1ook like tr^r1e rbikets. The later v-weaponsdid the same, but tha first had intermittent exhaust.14. i' "Strange l"rlninous phenonenon. I'At 10:20 p.m. on Thusday evening t June 20thl there was ob_ servecl-agaln a strange h.uninousphenonenonin the sky, It was also obvious that a meteor was cbncerned, The ir.uniirosity, r^rtrich yT Bl?irlI perceptible against the light surunerevening i it"r f mwed slow1y forward in a direction fron south to northl and'flamed According to the observer's opinion the meteor o"gr.i to-nu"" I"9: tallen down sonewherein the pellinge area of Nylands island." ls. T he Swedis h D e f e n se S ta ff o n Ju n e l .Zth ordered al l nilitary pers on n e l t o re p o rt a n y o b servati on of unusual phenomenon to h i g h e r h e a d q u a rte rs. S r+ edi sh mi l i tary attaches 1n Norway and D e n n a rk w e re a l so re q u e sted to col l ect i nformation about s tra n g e - sky o b ..i e cts se e n fl yi ng over the country where they were s ti ti o n l d . 16. Dr. Wernhe r v o n B ra u n , th e Ge rn an sci enti st w ho knerv the nos t about the v -z ro cke t p ro g ra m, h a d reached-the--unl ted s tates with a s e l e c t g ro u p o f-e x-p e e n emunde rocket sci en-sui i o" n.i q : t ! i n g o r i e n t u d g h i s new i " g, i " .1:.t..:^ :19^ " " _r.. New Mex ic o, whe n a n u rg e n t co n fi -ld e n ti a f ,urrt hin frorn-_was hin g to n . D a te d Ju n e z4 th , the ^" si ai u-r" i mei sage w as from worried U.S. mi .l i ta ry _ In te l l i g e n ce . A ccordi rrg t5 a.Maj or Hamill, Dr. v on Bra u n ' s A me ri ca n a ssi stant, tf,e message w as a reques t for a n s w e rs to " d i stu rb i n g " questi ons. It s eems th a t th e W a r D e p a rtme n t vranted an .i mmedi ate

5. i n the ev aluat ion of th e Ge rma n ro c k e t te chni ci ans l eft S ov iet z o ne o f. o c c u p i e d Ge rn a n y a n d how l ong i t mi ght take mi ssi l e. s uc h ex perts to p e rfe c t a n i n te rco n ti nental Dr . v on Bra u n k n e w o f o n l y tw o engi neers w ho had suffi c ient k no wled g e o f th e o v e r-a 1 1 German V -2 rocket P rogram and wer e c lev e r e n o u g h to o rg a n i ze a l ong-range rocket A n y s u c c e s s b y such group, he asserted, dev elopm e nt g ro u p . would no doub t ta k e q u i te s o n e ti me. l /' O n July 3 , 1 9 4 6 , mo s t o f th e seri ous squabbl i ng betw een the A r ny Air F o rc e a n d th e N a v y w a s settl ed by the establ i shR e s e a rc h a n d D e ve l opment B oard w hi ch recei ved nent of a join t posts of the S ecd i re c tl y fro m th e ci vi l i an it s aut hority r et ar ies of th e N a v y a n d W a r. T h e vari ous ni .l i tary boards and c om m ittee s , w i th th e i r o v e rl a p p i ng authori ty and spheres of oper at i on c o n c e rn i n g n i l i ta ry research, w ere reorgani zed int o jus t fou r s u b c o n mi tte e s . F u rthermore, vari ous ci vi l i an w e re b e tt e r coordi nated w i th D efense r es ear c h orga n i z a ti o n s Depar t m en t pro j e c ts , s u c h a s th e N ati onal A dvi sory C omni ttee on A er onautic s g n d th e B u re a u o f S tandards. 0n J uly 6 , 1 9 4 6 , Ge n e ra l H . H . A rnol d, reti red w arti rne Com m anderof th e A rm y Ai r F o rc e , addressed the C ommonw eal th Club in S an F ra n c i s c o , e c h o i n g th e asserti ons General D ool i ttl e had m ade the p re v i .o u s D e c e n b e r w h en he stated that the defens iv e f r on tiers o f th e U n i te d Sta te s l i ere no l onger the P aci fi c and A t lantic c o a s ts , b u t th e Po l a r regi .ons to the north. The edit or of Ra d i o \s w e , a Mr. Ol i ve r R eed, gave support to another con-tr-En-Tf6i-6f General Dool itt 1e ' s , when , upon re t ur ning to th e U n i te d S ta te s a f te r w i tnessi ng the B i ki ni at om i. c t e s t o n J u n e 3 0 th , h e to l d the C hi cago D ai l y Tri bune t hat , as far a s h e w a s c o n c e rn e d , therffi doubt t ha t, a to m i c -ti p p e d w oul d be used i n the nissiles nex t war . l" lon day , J u l y 8 th , a Mr. J . B . S trand of N orrk6pi ng, S weden, o bs e rv e d a fa s t rn o v i .n g b a l l -shaped obj ect on an eastwar d c ours e. T h e o b j e c t w a s g ra y and appeared to be a hal f m et er in dia m e te r. N o s o u n d w a s heard.18. A ppr ox in a te l y 3 0 re p o rts h a d been recorded by the S w edi sh Def ens e Staff b y J u l y 8 th .1 9 . T h e S w edi sh new spapi r S venska Dagbladet c a rri e d c o n m e n t b y th e A meri can col umni st Marqui s eE ' I T as t I ' at c l a i n e d " h i g h e r c i rc l e s" i n the U nj ,ted S tates believ ed Swe d e n h a d b e c o me a s e cre t w eapon test area.20. T ues da y , J u l y 9 th , w a s a b i g day perhaps because a l arge m et eor was v i s i b l e o v e r a w i d e re gi on at 2:30 p.m. Fron the c it y of Ly re s ta d s b o c a me a re p o rt at ?i 50 p.m. of a fl yi ng objec t t hat l e ft w a ke" after i t came dow n out a " g l i t.te ri n g of t he s k y a t a 3 5 d e g re e a n g l e a nd w as bel i eved to have hi t t he gr ou nd s o m e r+ h e re o n a l i n e b e tw een Ottersl atten and H ovaA lgar as . 21.

6. i n S to ckhol m on Jul y 9th at _ __ A phenomeno n w a s vi si b l e 2:30 p.m., appeari n g a s a b ri g h t l u rn i n ous body w i tn a bl uegreen tail. F rag me n ts w e re fo u n d a n d sent to stockhol m to be ex amlned. T he c h i e f o f sw e d e n rs A rmed Forces di scussed the c as e with the p re ss-, stre ssi n g th a t the * i i i ti ry ,u" = c ontinuing to c he c k si g h ti n g s a n d * th a t ci vi ri aus-strouta phone the neares t rn i l i i a ry p o st, o r to w ri te sw edi sh mi r.i tary .headquarters i n th e n a ti o n i s ca p i tal i f they observed any thing unus ual. 2 2 . At 1 c ity wi th th e l o n g n a rn e o f K ri sti nehamnstrakten a. f-. iery light , at Z t p .m.l .l u ty 9 th , rvas-i u" n.---Lpparentl y, the phenornenon wa s w li 0 ' tn L sse d a t b i o rke l and, those at the latter c ity a l so me n ti o n s6 e i n g a " buIi " i" ii i -i rougi i t" .,' tube,, z ooming out of th e so u t.h e a st a n d d i sa i p eari rg to i he north_ eas t. 23. In Hagfors in Varrnlard a ccrnet-Iike object was seen at Z:35 D.n.. TUesdav July 9th. The "projectile" camefrcrn the north in a steep dive towaid tate-' ul1en. At Ravber it rvas seen to extinquish itself a coupie of neters abwe the surface of a body of water but that did not preclude that it first hit the mormtain, according to three eyewitnesses, 24. PP.0IECTIItrS HAVE TAICEN "P.OCKEI CtfER TIIE CitlCET FLIER'S ROLE"headlined the Srvedish newspaperMorgon-Tidttingen on July l0th. "Just after 2:30 p.n. T\resda.v, July 9th, a couple of Vaxholrn residents on the north side of Vaxon sighted a nrystbrious object, travelling at an unheard-of speed, cane orlt of enrpty space and after just a couple of seconds disappeared behind the iiland- in a southeastern direction. , The object, which appearedto be a glowing white in color and oblong in shapewith a blunt nose, had a bliiewhite tai1. "The sane phenonenonwas witnessed as r+ell frorn Jarna station by- a Bjorloras resident who described the object as having a shape like a glass flask in a thermos. The color was said to-be silver white and the object was seen descending frcrn an high altitude in an eastern direction." 25. 0ckelbo: was seen. l,fr. Efrain Johnson "In Ockelbo a si.nilar phenonenon of Gungarden,r+howas one of those who madethe sighting, states that at exagtly 2-:35p.m. he caught-sight of a strange ciear-like, or sugar loaf-like, object over the weedsto the east. The object shone liiie silver anf appeared like ssne glistening mass. It tr.unbled right dor"n against the ground and was gone in a ferv msnents.26. A correspondent for the Svenska O"S!].dg! reported: "A couple of meteors fa11s took place on'I\resday in Dalarna, i-n Soderbarke, and in l.,tockfjard. On T\resday afternoon a horrsewife in lfuggnora was busy washing on the shore of lake Barken when she saw a falling object, rvhich cameat great speed out of the northeast. It was changing frcrn blue to green as it travelled and had a long tai1. It tunbled into the lake at about 100 meters distance frcrn the observer at Hedudden outside Sorbo. At this time a strone wind r.'as

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fearedlshock wave?li was feared yet nothing was perceived. is quite deep at the place of the fa11." The water

"At almost the sametime, at half past three in the afternoon, a youngman in lulockjard observed a silver-colored star which with great speed and a whistling noj-se.dived toward the grcnrnd. It camedown abcmt 150 neters frqn the ycn.rng nan who was blinded by a intense light given off by the object, For that reason the yormg man cannot state any exact irnpact point but it must have hit lr{t. landholm. A strong burning sme11 lingered over the area for a quarter of an hour afteiward. the terrain in the area is covered with heather and moss. and is located in a good-sized ho11ow."27. Stockholin and other areas: rrA nysterious phencmenon of the heavens--a meteor or a radio-directed projectile--was seen at nidday, T\resday,July 9th, over the east coast. It was a brightly reflecting ball with a long tai1, which was seen in the Stockholm area and also up in l'ledelpad. "In the Stockholn area the ball was observed aroirnd 2:30 n.m. otclock. The ba11, which shone with an intensely white light, was arouni 1/3 the moon's diameter and the tail 10-12 moondj_aneters1ong. The projectile rnovedi.n a direction fron west to east. Scrnerrrtrat later there was seen a sirnilar ball in various places in l'ledelpad, and it is not irrrpossible that it was the samephenomenon. The ba1l, r,rhichresembled a 'conet with a blue-white trail after it,' had an easterly ccurse. Also, it was observed frcrn LVS[ 3 ]l , where the projectile was seen to rush frcm over the Sodrn mountains at a Iow height. In Nedansjo and Norhassel as we11, sjrnilar observations were made. In Nedanejo the projectile nade a curve and descended, leavi.ng a green streak and a 40-50 meters long tail of fire. It is not thought improbable that the projectile approached over land and later trrned., A phenanenonof this type is lsrown to be observed daily off the Norrland coast for the last few dqgs in the Cavle area." 28. O n J uly 9 th , s o me th i n g p a s s e d 1ow over several pl aces j. n S wedenr s Me d e l p a d d i s tri c t s h o rtl y before 2:35 i n the af t er nggn h ea d i n g i n a n o rth e a s t d i recti on tow ard the seac oas t . r o Thi s re p o rt w a s o n l y a d rop i n the bucket because s om e 250 r epo rts w e re m a d e o n th e gth. A not her o f th e rn a n y J u l y 9 th si ghti .ngs tol d of a coupl e of ball- s haped th i n g s z i p p i n g o v e r the ci ty of E dsl yn at paral l e1 i n a northw est 10: 10 p. m . T h e o b j e c ts w e re fl y i n g dir ec t ion. On e u i tn e s s b e l i e v e d h e heard a " monotonous" sound dur ing t he pa s s a g q . A t 1 .0 :3 0 p .m . ui tnesses at Fari l a reported a " s pook f 1 y e r. " 2 9 . Near Tu rk u C i ty , was s ir ot t ed : F i n l a n d ,.o n Jul y 9th, somethi ng odd

" Ma n y p e o p l e s a w , a t 1 5 : 3 5 l oca1 hours, a r oc k et -1 i k e o b j e c t fl y i n g a t great speed from S out h to N o rth . It w a s s o b ri ght and red that it c ast s h a d o w s o n th e g ro u n d . There w as a. s hor t tra i l b e h i n d i t. T h e w eather at the ti me 30. was s u n n y a n d n o c l o u d s w e re vi si bl e.

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. T he . Chic ago D ?i l y . fri b u n e ' s o ve rse as new s servi ce sai d Enar an lmportant S t.o c k h o rm n e w sp a p e r h ad dccl ared on JuIv I0th th at- in the prev io u s tw e n ty-fo u r h o u rs shi ni ng bal b a l ll--1i 1 i kke e ob objects of o f blue-green blue-green c olor olo r w i th wit h fl a mi ng t f l am i ng ta s aiills of o f a s sl rni l ar hue had been s een ov er s rv e d e n . A s th e o b i e cts w ere reported hi gh i n th e s k y and trav eli n g a .t g re a t sp 6 e d , the stoci ci rotm A ft6nbradet s ugges ted that the o b j e c ts w e re th e re sul t of R ussi an-;f= s-i l asta te d th at up to ten reports of pa p e r fu rth e r l?lli:s imilar T l" .newsob j e c ts h a d b e e n re p o rte d i n the month br,v.y fly ing over er hlnrand ov F inland as Finland as well w e l l as as s sw e d e n . The S weden. eden. w T i re c ch caso hiic ago Tri bune.i enorrc T rib une.:-e ported ques tioning m i l i t ar y ex per r s , , r reporters eporter, ?for . ; - i ; ; "the -_tlat 3ftgr
Aftonbladet n r Lutrur.duc L tearneo learned f , at,, t hat in r n t he ex per t s ' opinion, the reported o 5 lec is c ould not be t er m ed "c el es t i al phenomena,,r dlu e n rr e i he e to r th

large number of s i g h ti n g s. F u rth e rmo re , these experts spec_ ulated that the s tra n g e mi ssi re s mu st t,e of sovi ei ori gi n and th at they mus t c on ta i n r e co rd i .n g i n stru i nents w hi ch enabLed th e Rus s ians to re tu rn t h e mystE ri o u s rockets to thei r launc hing point,.31 . O n the s ame d a y a n e w s d i sp a tch the c ontinuing rn y s te ry : from S tockhol m tol d of

" Lights i n th e sky re se mb l i -n g neteors observed p a rts o f th e co u n try, are puzzl i ng from different the people in S w e d e n . N o re l i a b l e expl anati on has been giv en, a l th o u g h si mi l a r p h e n omena obsdrved i n the pas t hav e a l w a ys p ro ve d to b e astronomi cal ." 32. O n the other h a n d , S w e d i sh a u th o ri ti es w ere very acti ve:

o f th e D e fe nse S taf f and " O n the i -n i .ti a ti ve Av iation Admi n i s tra t i o n , a co mmi ttee w as establis hed 10 J u l y c o n s j .sti n g o f me mb ers of the D efense
S taff ^v Admin j.s trat j. on, t he D ef ens e R es ear c h I n s t i t u t i o n , and the Defens e Rad i o I ns t i t ut i on to handle this matter. Colonel. Be ngt J ac obs s on was in America, iilajor Cerwall of t he D ef ens e S t af f served as chairman. "Through t his rvas c om r ni t t ee t he i nv e s t i g a t i o n j.ntens ified. l{ it hin t he D ef ens e S t a f f , alI reports regarding \ {er e S um m ar i z e d a n d f o r w a r d e d thi- s m at ter to the Air Adm inis t r at i on and A i r D e f e n s e S e c t i o n s . r.'er e s ent out bot h f r om t h e D e f e n s e Pers onnel Staff and the Air Adm i ni s t r at i on section to ev aluate impor t ant r epor t s . I n add i t i o n , the Defens e Staff dir ec ted s pec i al i nv e s t i g a t i o n s bv military unit s upon r ec ei pt of i m p a c t r e p o r t s . Liai"s on with t he c iv i l i an aut hor i t i es - - i n c l u d i n g the Cus tom aut hor it ies- and t he I ot t e K a r , a s r . 'e 1 1 as the Stoc k holm w as e s t a b l i s h e d . O bs er v at or y , In c onnec tion wit h a c om m uni que of 1 0 J u l y the r A rri etj oLrvrr f 6n C+^fF JLdll, ll4r '- 1 lr dv4I AJ- .ir .icfr nulltllr r rf i^n Air

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population w a s re q u e s te d to se n d reP orts obs erv ation s to th e D e fe n s e sta ff. " 33. M or e J ulY 1 0 th re p o rf,s A t 2: 30 P.n ., was s pot t ed: July 1 0 th , a t S to ckhol m,

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obj ect

b re a d th w a s a h a L f-rnoon di .ameter and " ...its it s length w a s te n o r p e rh a p s tw el ve ti mes the zi diar n eter o f mo o n . It i .ra s b i u i sh l i ke a conet." ' * ' a t H agfors a " comet-1 i ke" A ls o in th e Va rrn l a n d d i s tri c t It came out ot the north objec t was obs e rv e d a t 7 :3 5 P .n . in a s t eep div e a n d a p p e a re d to so l a sh i nto Lake U 1l en.35. P er haps th e s a m e o b j e c t u a ^s-se en i n the D al arna di stri ct at 2:35 P -cwher e m an y Pers o n s re p o rte d a fa I1 o f a " proj ecti l e" B orl ange , N orrby R ornmehed, o f c i ti e s th e in fro m ii"r iit r - . lr L S oder a l o b j e c t w i th a l ong t4i 1:--tt des c ri b i n g ."i- i" iu" , obj ect ti"I-shaped blue-green, i that ctaimef, ,o,nan u"itl-" and.eiy."cuq i1-t?-L,"k" B arken . no-rtheast.and.qiy."g:q out of the northeast ippi"".fr"a--o"t il:,"-^t"l "ppi""ift"a a of fal1 '-'proj ecti l'e" was marked by a stTong nt'Uockfjar d the 3 6 ' r hr r r nino36. ^e1l t - m ^ r- - someth of i n g b u rn i n g ' s - ^^o + 1 ,ino Lik ew i.s e, w i tn e s s e s i"fott"a P o rte and P ar nPus bad e t' , re
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th e ci ti e s

-a-whit e -1 : 1 " i: 9 , ;0 F:!:li'iltly"'ilii!-ii-ir."-ii'i" ? : 1l-fii'1.1:9,:1,"Tl1oat "r bverhead passed oLiect ;-;-.-ui-ue-wnite :Hl=i.;'f,;";;
gi"ut velocity.37'
said: "A notable find?" A rePort made by a jcr:rnalist on "A rather notable find on the beach was a nrst-colored, porous found he when wednes-dayTJury i0trri-ait"*oon to i^tni.f, uot" u very plain rnark which was situated next il;i;itt"g, object. scmecylinder-1ike ,,l'lhile tt," ,.,rst]lJioiea uit's surface Nas uneven and porous like this bit had in its center a seniciralr otii"i-sanples of ii"-ii"a, as if_this bit was pressed against ani"it-"pp6"tua hote, c'lar-shaped 38' surface'" the broke'thrcugh ii-""tii'it Sqne cmrnents on the "remains" went this way: " Rema i n s o fp o s s i b l y a ro c ke to rj et-propel l ed-obj ect' .w hi chfel 1 to Stf,i-"iiir,.',oo" at Bjorican in irtjurunda have been sent o" ffr"ra"yiJ"fy for investigation Division, iefense Air Stockholm, the DefensJ-iiuif's at Sundsvall airbase' Capt' R' l'lestlin' in arnouncedthe press';ifi;;; an interview for the !totS9"-It4!teSn'. a hich ternperatrlre and the remains ',The projectile eG;r1yJ;A-u-ed The slag'produced by the proi*-a' of the samewere "";'h;;-;it"l 39. black." burmt iectile was

glo win g -9 b i: : :

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B orrun,

'l'fysterious r:lane : "

"A strange-sight in the heavens was seen in Gavletswedenion ^ . eyeling. just before 8 o'clock. Several persons ohserved :,-d,ry an.oDJect-jx the sky which might have been a rocket_bcrnb or some_ thrng smilar. It went across orrer the city in an east to west direction at an altj.tude which witnesses est'imated misht he t.bOO_

10.

*l:09"9 projectile, of r^ihateveikind'it m"y fiuve tre.n, .o.ria rr.-r"iu The *t clgarly-as.an elongated^gray body with'a bright right light in iirt'tt"r^ 'rt ,3n elongated-gray ttie'iiern :l:"rIy.3s end. end. rt dlsapDeared disapne"ieaatTey' after ru""i"i several ,n*"niriL'-iti mqnentslas iflln a smokecloud.,' 40,
On July 10th the-sky 1it yp a bluish_green as a point of lj-ght the sarnecol0rs, with a gl0wing taii a hundred"feet ion.q,'.;" Jit ot tr," southwest. The thiig appEared *"t irr"-Niunrnde district the sane time persons observed a "ghost-rocket,' wer tted6rpJ.ti;;;;"J'iirr"rea on the- ilirection but th;ir^descriptions-or tr," i"rg t"ii ,"iu-ii^ir"r. An account in the_sivedish newspaper Svenski i,as the most &g["dg! detailed of what transplrec next. The "Droiectile" hit a bathing beach at Bjorkon, lrjurunde, with a dul1 thud:' ,'The aiea is.secluded, about 3 kn. fron Bjorkwagen. (tre of the surner cabry; ttherel belongs to airlin!-piioi-io*"ra Linden,who, ilhen the frneteor' .*3, t"a-r",i"'ii!iii iting neighbors around
a coff.ee table

yTI:,

b": ij yas pl-ainly.seenasainst the cr8ir eveningsty.

"The projectileis light darkened the sunrs ravs. sulqel guestt Mrs. Soderbgrg,.and she ca11edny attenti-on to tr,, -rt said l'{r. Linden. The projeiiile gave ofJ a brindi"g iigiit.was.indeed so bright that-the srmYsrays happenedi3 Jill-' .n" quite,low its highest-.sne"d at S0 neteis pei 111j_5tite_yent secono. It descended_ata 40-degree dive angle and fell iirto the l9t without any i_rmnediate rEport lpeal,"clap t . nt-i jis1and, tance of meters lay sone young girls and bathers, and .20 tney saw .on1y how the sand spurted up. After sone time we found the craterr-which however was rathei nodest in size tcouple of deci_ meters.de-ep and a neter in diarneter l, . sprearl ri-o'na -It covered thus a mass left by the mysteriorrs sp-nrojectiie. "1r "*t-airmostly looked like porcnrssrag of'various colbr! ---frcrn brrrnet yerlohr to black. Sone sma11bits were nearly in porveredforrn, wfen they.were taken in the hands, theybe!1an t'" ,."ri 11d Llkewise it smelled with the oder-of just this "i-if IIgn iye. stuff t?1. "The pr-ojectile, which had a northeasterly direction, was acconpaniedby a h.uninoustail of 40-S0 merers. 'The suumer guests in Norrvikssand began at once to gather uf) tne nreces in hags, and it turned out in the end to be manvkilos ot slag of various colors., A part of the collected piece! brings to nind burnt bits of rnetal. Ten meters frqn the rair-vour coron searchinq at l.lorrvikssand ltednesJay.',-a-turnt_ 11s--nond,e1t forr1d., DTorrn oh;ect with a hollow rylinder. In color and coniistency this object_r.raslike rnost of the other ob.jects t"r"a-up.---ff,6 gvlinder had a dianeter of about 20-i0 niiltuneters. Ti,;,niiii"r" authorities later took wer the find.,41.

outside

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Eg!1"49! reported:
on the rennants of the projectile were referred

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on wednesd.ay to Dr' B. Backltmd, at the cettutsi1iilageta Investig"tionai'-rriJr"rory in Ifubikenborg,.. ." he gathered a bit of gray-r"rrrite 1oose naterial under " At first the mircoscop".Jtf-: piece of paper 6r iim frag*eni,'which appeared to be dividedrrp into sqrares si*birru! iik" ;';fi;ilis or chessboard. fhe paper of film coating yas cnLy a quarter-nil1imeter That the material in-queltion is iro-1<ir any.;i;;i;i-;rgin in surface. we can es_ tablish at once, said'Dr. Backhrnd." "rt I-ookedrnost nearly- 1ike carbon carbide which was exposed to rt was sqnewhat nore gray in coror ttan-&r.ui'fiuiur-or lr.eat!9r1nc. the find. "l{hen Dr. na{}y.rd picked at the objeg! a litt1e piece of paper of abc't a quarter-nil1ine-ter i'' size cane-off and tmder'a magnifying glass it that the paper was checkered iit" r checker.app-e?Ied board with white sqr:ares wiih'black rottcrni. "rroii G-;;;res were nicrosccrpic but very reg'I-ar and it r.ras all rike a kil; ;i;;reen which is used in electrotyping. Here it nrr.rstt- a-quer-ii*-"t"* object which was not exposed to ary exceptionally high teirperaturel,, 42.

T hg. porou s fra g m e n ts w e re ru st-col ored , and appeared to have been. s ubjec ted to i n te n s e h e a t. T h " -;;;a;; ;;; ;;;. the account in t he or j. gina l S w e d i s h j u s t fo r i h ; ;;;;;4," ' * ' " . . . e tt ro s tfa rg a t, p o ro s t l i tet stycke, v ilk et b a r e tt rn y c k J t i y i fi g t narke eftl r ai t ha s ut t it i n ti l t n a g o t i y i i i d e r fi knande i oi " r" i . l' { edan de n ro s tfa rg a d e b i i e n s yta var oj arnn och por os s o n a 1 l a a n d ra e x e m p l a r av fyndei naae-a." har bit en i c e n tru n e tt h a l v c i rtefi ormat--;;;.; oc h det v e rk a d e s o m o m d e n n a u i i t r y c k t s mo t e tt ru n t, ro rl i k n a n d e " rJ" l -i .Irt" fi J.." ro.en" i -o.i r" a" .igenom un d g a tt a tt fi y t" r, J i . i nti l r ro" a" i i ." ti .,' 4s. A s f or th e s u p p o s e d " c h e q u e re d graph paper,,r the S w edi sh ac c ount s t at e s : " . . . e t.t b i te t p a p p -e rs s ty c ke pa nagra kvadrat _ m illim eters s to rl e i ( b i i r u n a !i en- l upp" vi sade det s ig. at t p a p p e re t v a r ru ta t u n g efar som ett schackbr ade me d v i ta ru to r p a s v a rt" b ott" n. n" i oi i " ni- k r os k op i s k a . m e n my c i < e t "", i a rn n a och det hel a l i knade et t s t ags ra s te r, s o n a n v i n d s vta ti i i i re;;;g:' H", m as t e d et v a ra fra g a o m e tt fo remal som i nte utsatts f or nag on e x c e p ti o n e l l t tro ! i e mperatur.,r 44.
A "rocket bcnb" over Vastervik:

"A rrocket bonbt also has passed over the Vastervik area. A vastenrik family and a Stockhorrn lady rvho rvere on a visit to a farmer rn UjadharmaT at Z:30- p.m. on hrednesdav Jul1. 10th discovered an object passing over the treetops at a iorv artitude an<l disappearinr

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behind the woods. T.\ropersons saw a blue or green streak. saw as well a smalL object aheadof the streakl' No solind perhaps northeastly and-tire path horizonial.,, 45. Another
was heard.

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The next 9ay, .lgly 11th-, news of the incident was less -r.rpi.i-Jit" sensational. Accordilg to the sw edi sh was visited by the fo1l 0wi ng sw edi str mit;";;;-;r.," i :.tiiy ieisonner: Lt. Rudber g, captai n_ c."Lj "ni a"rtr, -J;j-;'c5piii. 9glor gt All thr ee off icer s.quickl y cai re fo i tr.l i on.ruJiSn-tr,"t R. westlin. no Drojectile had cr ashed'on thi beach. rne mateiiri-iii.ii"i ;; t;"M r . Linden was iudged to have ui i stu[-ott-;;;^;;"ih previous to the.supposed- fait and ;;' Jr;f' ;' was j etsam. on the other hand, it was adm itted there was no way' of aiscounting the possibility that a meteor hac fal l en i n the-;;;;.-'An Army Captain by the nam e of A ston had been l eading an infantry unit on a tr aining exerci se i n the area and fr" ,"port"a falling body that- matched ti re ai count gi ven uy " +o. llil-Linden.
o f si .g hti ngs. A Mr. E j nar *1"[:::""": o::"I:lp:1:"ciSt;;Jih^;-;;;;;ii" ui.i"'i"""i,j3; J uly 11th .al_c o h a d i rs sh a re

at the time-rre night not have spotted :*:.liTg-ln the object. "*I:'1,ft The obj".t a re d l e xt
then flew away to t[" "tt""i uC nori f,""i i.
to the ai rcraft and

i'.n" -;d;;; ;";;;:,'i;"i:iir;il 1?*''13 ::T;*l:^:i9l::d-t'1itt;ril;-";j;;;';;"i;;";f;Io,f il::,_: n""99;."i I -iii, :ij. .*l: ? :.ly l:9, rr'r.ri.A;;";;;;; ;";=;;; #"; ::1-lk: ij l::i1:9-sm9ke..

s omethins s inir' a r w a s re p o rte d a t th e ci ty of D al ahol rn the sa r n e d a y r vh e n - r e sidglt s; iel! ; a' ; -; * ; ; c ; ; "pi" ^ ii. ii. re wit h a co p p e r - 1 ikesh in e 'i that t riit ed f ire aid ila ; a g ro wlin g s ound.. T he thing w a s su p p o se d to .h a r;e "h ic f ri n a fi el d of fa 1l en ry e. 47. Early on J uly l l th ,,a t 9 :0 9 i n th e morni ng, at a pl ace two miles s outh of th e -ci ty o f Go te b o ry, a peri 6n sunbi thi ng happened- to c atc h a g ri n p se o f a " 1 o n g ' i i rvbr obj ect" fl yi n! * toward the s outh at- a sl o w T h d o bj ect moi ed sl ow i y :p e e d . and nade no nois e th a t co u l d -b e h e a rd .4 8 . A "green" ball:

like-a,light green, brightly shinning ba1l, i,trich noved with sreat gehi.nd the tballr appeared speed in an easterly direction. I spiralsni 'balIr anneared a shaped violet streak of lieht. According to what many observers te1l, the lurninous phenonenon diiappeared suddeill'. No trate of it could be found Is een]." 49.

_ , "f,mysterious fireball was observed between1-2:00 p.m. cn Thursday tJuly 11thl 11th-l over over Kopingsvik Kcpingsvik bathing bathing area area north north of Borghoin. Borshoin. It looked looked

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I'()r 3on(a rreekg thorO heVO been 11Uoe1.oUS r.epOr.ts Of s Lr c l ngc ro c k e t 1 1 k o -u ta a l l e a b el ng aeon l a E ..eai i A -anO F lnnloh e k te s . D u t:l n g p a c t fe u di ye roportg of sucb :'biecte belng seea hsie-greetly lnireaced. l,leobe1.of i,(|gatLon sav on Tuesdaylfteniooa. Ono landod on boach rrcar. Stockholn samo aftirnoon urrtiout oir.S" &nd eccoldtr1s t9 pTglr rregrneati a"" "i"iGg-ti' no, bolig it"JGa by ntlttary a u th o :rl tl o a . Io ce l sci entl ct o" i fri [-Gsp.:ctlon tteted 1t conteJ-uog organig cubstauce reuooUf:.ng c er bL de. D o fe n c o _ g ta ff l a a t n fi frt l gsued o.r.,_i o" r' yanlous placec vbere utEiir""-il; llattng b"";;;"?uo atrd urglns pubtrc reporr-arr nyii-rro""-"oJ"i-*i'iiiut phonoueua. presr Chl! aftcrao6n oao cuch ,o1scll.o felt tn Srockholu subunb "oo""ces A:30 thi; ;;.;"-;;;. i'ltstlle obserted by ueaber tagatfoi mgde no ;ouna ;; seen.:d io be ratllig no ffptdly. Eo oa:rtu vuu"-o["u."r-uiic : . r llj af e x p l o s l o n fo L l o v e d -h o v& er..

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ear t h fro n a g re a t h e i g h t." 5 0. T he Swe d i s h n i l i ta ry a n n o u n ce d that smoke trai l s vi ew ed at O c k ello an d F a l u n w e re g e n e ra te d by a pai r of J. 26 Mustangs of t he S wedi s h A i r F o rc e a n d w e re not fron any sort of " ghost pr ojec t ile. r ' A n n e x e d to th e fo re g oi ng announcement w as a s t at enent by th e rn i L i ta ry th a t a search of rocket crash si tes in t he v ic inity o f Sto c k h o l n h a d resul ted i n fi nds of sl agth a t c o m p a re d w e l l w i th the materi al pi cked up lik e nat er ial near Njur u nda (T h e Su n d s n a l l b e a ch case). 51. , Fvents finaLly moved the swedes to form a 'lghost rocket ccrnqittee" to T11yz9 the flood of civilian and rnilitary reports, directing that the following organizations contribute members:Reiearch Institut6 of I'lational Defense, Air Administration, Defense Staff , the ].laval Mminj_stration, and the DefenseRadio Institute. The Chi.ef of the |,{aterial Department of the Air Administration, colonel Bengt Jacobson, was selected chairrnan. He was maderesponsi.ble to General Nils Soderberg, Sweden'stop Air Force officer. gecrcrrru and.chief investigator rli nri.c_l'talrnbeig of sweden'sl,{aterial'o"p"iai'!. lauipment Burezu. A special advisor was Henry Kje11son, also o? the Equipment Burealr, fancnrs for heading the urar tirne investigation of a Gerrnan V-2 rocket crash. 52. (Late 0n July 1 1 th , a s to ry fro n L i ndkopi ng stated: in _ I he ev ening a ro c k e t-1 i k e th i n g vras observed by numerous At th e re a r o n e c o u l d se e a l i ne to w hi ch a copperggopl. lik e s phere w a s fa s te n e d (? )" 53. O ne of th e o d d e s t o f th e Ju l y 11th cases came out of the wes t er n Hals i n g l a n d d i s tri c t. T h ere, at the tow n of R amsj o, on t hat T hurs d a y a fte rn o o n , a fi re b al l passed l ow over the t r ee t ops. _ W i tn e s s e s s a i d th a t th e obj ect appeared to be t he s iz e of a h u ma n h e a d , a n d w h e n i t l noved,- i t 1eft a fi ery wak e f our to fi v e m e te rs l o n g . T h e fi rebal i sped off on an' eas t er ly c ou rs e . It i s p o s s i b l e there w as some connecti on wit h t he s igh ti n g a t, th e s a n e ti rn e of a fi rebal l . that w as s aid t o hav e d ro p p e d i n to a l a k e i n the R arnsj otrakten area.54. July 12th A Norwegian ggntlernan living in the ccnrmmity of Berg in Annelu witnessed scrnethi-ng odd.at 2:30 p.m. _ According to the NorwEgiannewspaper To$Pere lleq,-th-c witnessed heard a noise that soundedlike an objbci tarllng through thc air-. shortly thereafter a big splash occurred in a pond nearby. Blue smoke lingered over the area and ionvince<l the man that what happened had scrnething to do with the ghost rocket n stery. 55. A No rwe g i a n n e w s p a p e r p ri n te d : t hat " T h e Sw e d i s h A rn y i n fo r ms s o me o f th e o b s e rv a ti o n s our correspondent may be expi ai ned.

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T he Aftenpo s te n h a s b e e n i n co n tact w i th bomb ex peiT 3-ilh 6 -E ? i te 1 1 th a t th e p h enomenon has been th a t me tb ors can certai nl y obierv ed s o re g u l a rl y be o n e ca n n o t b e qui te sure... ex c luded...h o w e v e r, t h ere is m u c h to i n d i c a t.e th a t the obj ects nay 56' th a t d o n o t contai n exp1osi .r" r." be guided mi s s i l e s T he London T i me s s u mma ri ze d th e nurky si tuatj ,on on Jul y 12th, pr int ing that. g to w j n g b a l 1 s tra i l i n g smoke w ere annoyi ng i nhabi tant s along Swe d e n rs e a s t c o a st a n d that the S w edi sh General S taf f had tak en a fo rrn a l i n te r e st i n the natter. The Ti mes now s aid that. n o d e fi n i te me te o ri te evi dence had been Touna, V -b o rn b th e o ry w as bei ng entertai ned. s o a r adio-c ontro l l e d A n Englis h n e w s p a p e rma n o n th e conti ne:rt had more to add. at hi gh speed, an esti A pec uliar obje c t w a s s p o tte d fl yi n g m at ed 400 k ilom e te rs p e r h o u r, o ve r the R hone V a11ey i n S w i tzer land ac c ording to a D a i l y l ' l a i l co rrespondentrs di spatch wir ed f rom G ene v a . T h e s ta ti o n ma ster at the ci ty of Gryon on a m ountain ra i l w a y w a s w a tch i n g a Li berator bonber f1y over at 15, 000 feet w h e n h e a l s o sa w a " fl yi ng bomb." The stati on m as t er des c ribed th e th i n g a s l i ke a bi g star travel i ng northeas t . Des pite th e c l e a r d a y n o smo ke w as seen that couLd be T h e P a i l y Mai l representati ve as s oc j. a ted with th e o b j e c t. als o got a look a t th e p h e n o n e n o n l sz. i{ eanwhile, b a c k i n Sw e d e n , th e re alleged roc k et fra g m e n ts . w as more comment about

T he find o f s e v e n p o u n d s o f sl a g at the ci ty of N j urunda, on S un ds nall be a c h , w h i c h w a s g u e sse d to have had some rel ati ons hip with the " g h o s t ro c k e ts ,r' w a s scarcel y meteori crexpl ai ned w h e n q u e sti o n e d by representati ves of the the S w edi.s h mili ta ry w as sai d to The materi al S toc k holm news p a p e r D a g e n s N y h e te r. hav e f a11en f ro m th e -T k y i -6 u t -i T -T s knor+ n, sai d the rni l i tary, that meteorite m a te ri a l i s u s u a l l y compact and composed of ir on while the N j u ru n d a fra g m e n ts w e re nore l i ke furnance s lag or c ok e, l i g h t i n r.;e i g h t a n d p o rous, thus the ni l i tary was ent ertaining w as th e th o u g h t th a t th e suspected materi al not f r om a fallin g s ta r. T h e e xa mi n ati on of the rnateri al w as c ont inued. 5R. A nother Da g e n s N y h e te r sto ry re veal ,ed that on Jul y at 7: 00 at thE-c t-ftt-;T -T a s u n d a so me thi ng odd w as seen: was v er y muc h l i k e a h u g e s o a p b u b b l e r" ' i th drops on i ts It s ailed s lowIy to w a rd th e n o rth -w e st.r' 59. l 2th " It bri m.

T he Dagens N y h e te r i n fo rm e d i ts readers that the S w edi sh m ilit ar y x as s h o w i n g a n i n te re st i n the reported courses of the s tr ange objec ts b e i n g s e e n i n th e h o pe i t may l earn somethi ng about the origin o f th e my s te ry, rn e teori c or otherw i se . (,0.

"cRAsll IS DENIED' headlined the Morgon-Tidningen. The story in the July 12th edition read: "A11 three investigators,Iltrdberg, Ljungdahl 6 Westlinl qyicJ(ly- carneto the conclusion that a projectire never felr onto the bathing !"9.1. The object which bj-riine piroi iinden and and-others picked up rrust bi: old wreckage wrticii wai iying tnere earlier. "on the other hand there is nothing whi-ch speaks for scrne ccrnet-1ike-object having passed at a very great ireight. The men studied the terrain and heard many persons who ilere staying on the beach. A couple of girls, whb iay around 2o meters rrorn the presr-uned crash site, had-not even notice<l ."ythr"j. An investigation of the safeguardedobject of a crash'.* fr" excluded entirely." 61. "Ghost Ba11." The Morgan-Tidningente1ls us: ,'Soneworkers,_rccupied at a construction site at Hageraten_ ssen' saw at 12 orclock on saturday t July 13th a l 'mysteriousr barl ccrnetravelling at.treetop lever over the ridge frorn't,taiarhojden in a northerry direction. it was rormd and ;;-i*;! as a man,s head and had a two or three meter ta-il. "bdi ii-;;";';i^i"trigl.,. trr"_ green shine, but no sound was heard." 62. Also: "A gang of line road workers a half-mi1e frorn Nasvi_kens station . wi-tnessedat 10:30 a.T. on Saturday a flying object iso meters altitude, whi-chwent forward with I sound like ihat of "i a outboard motor run at high tp".d: The_ object might have been a co'ple of meters I in size] and had back-bent wings. It went in a noitherly direction." 63. .._E ls ewher e, a n e x p l o s i o n b e 1 i e v e d to have been a bonb or ar E llr er y s he lr w a s re p o rte d a t B j o rkl i nge, tw enty ki l orneters n o r th of Uppsala , a c c o i d i n g to a i a rn e r named C arl N i l sson wno . s . ent a r eport to th e n e i rs p a p e r l Jp psal a N ya Ti dnj ng. A M r . Nils om and a n o th e r p e rs o n , a t 9 T 3 b ' p-:, w -ere-out i n the woods in t he v ic i n i ty o l th e fa rrn w h e n ' a aui r i tu* ri rrg* ur, h e ar d in t he air w h i c h a p p e a re d a a s s o ci ated w i .th a proj ecti l e p a s s ing by at a h e i g h t o f 1 0 to z 0 rn e ters and on a i rai i r" l j e c tor y . T he pro j e c ti l e c a rn e fro m th e southeasi and w ent towar d t he northw e s t. A b o u t 4 0 0 m e te rs from N i l son the fir s t. ex plos ion o c c u rre d . T h re e b l a sts i " i " pi a-i uccessi on wer e hear d. s mo k e c o v e re d fo u r to fi ve ki l oml t" rs. rnu i n c ident was repo rte d to p o l i c e a n d mi l i tary 6a. " ,ri i oi i ti " i . "Fireworks ?' The l,lorgon-Tidlingen revealed that the farmer carl Nilsson case was , due to a rather mundane cause:"The'projectile' has turned out to be a fireworks article which was sent on its'r'ay by a couple of boys." 65.

16. In Norw a y th e n e w sp a p e r S ta va nger publ i shed the cl ai m that a " ghos t ro c k e t!' a p p L a re d -o ve T-R ogi tand at 11:00 p.rn., A c i ti z e n th a t n i g h t saw a l umi nous obj ect J uly 13th. approac h out o f th e s o u th e a st a t g reat speed and at a fai rl y It great height. T h e o b j e ct w a s a strong ye11ow -red col or. gradually dis a p p e a re d i n a n o rth w e st di recti on. The enti re th e obj ect mai ntai ned the time it was u n d e r o b s e rva ti o n w h i c h i n d i ca te d i t coul d not have been a s ame altitude Four persons meteor in th e o p i n i o n o f th e o b se rvers. v iewed its p a s s a g e . 6 6 . T he abq v e re p o rt i s p ro b a b l y the same i nci dent as that publis hed in a n E n g l i s h n e w sp a p e r. In the E ngl i sh versi on j.nhabitants o f a s ma l l N o rw e g i a n .coastal tow n south of Osl o zi p p i n g overhead at an al ti tude s potted a s mo k i n g fi re b a l l of only 400 fe e t. T h e L o n d o n T e l e graph reported the appearoi the " o s l o my s te ry sta ri r-a n A -TFE new s that N orw i i ' ' s " r,c " papers w e re u rg i n g fu tu re r+ i tn esses of strange aeri .al news phenomena to c o n ta c t a u th o ri ti e s i mmedi atel y and to keep on the look o u t fo r a n y w re cka g e .6 7 . th e fo l l o w i n g case w as not publ i .shed i n a Unfortun a te l y 1946 news pap e r w h i c h ma ke s i t su sp ect and not good evi dence that " fly ing s a u c e rs " w e re se e n p ri or to 1947. of D enmark, w rote a l etter A Mr. H a n s S o re n s e n , a ci ti ze n to the Danis h n e w s D a D e r S i a e l l a n d s Ti dende i .n the 1970' s conyears before: c erning an a e ri a l fh l n o mffi Z 5 " In th e s u m m e r o f 1 9 4 6 , I w as cycl i ng on the way fron J y d e ru p to w a rd K a l u n dborg. A coupl e of k ilomete rs o u ts i d e V i ski n g e tow ard K al undborg, I I thought s uddenl y n o ti c e d so rn e th i n g o d d. A t fi rst I s aw s m o k e ri n g s fro m a tra ctor, so I stopped i n Then I saw a c lear s p o t s o a s to se e b e tter. three th i n g a ma j i g s th e descri pti ons of fi tti n g UF O's . T h e y fl e w ve rti ca l l y They overhead. s ort of ti l te d i n th e mi d d l e , choppi l y (thi s i s a gues s a s to th e me a n i n g o f the w ork " hakvi s," by anal o g y w i th ' s t o d vi s' -- D GhI-- transl ator) not v ery ra p i d l y . T h e y w e re l i ke pol i shed mi rrors on top, a n d i n p ro fi l e a l mo st l i ke a fl at and deep grays auc er. T h e u n d e rsi d e w a s u n even and dul l I t w as " T h a t w a s i n J u 1 y, i ,n ca l m w eather. about 2 :0 0 p .m ., a n d th e su n w as behi nd me. A s I s tood th e re , s e v e ra l p e o p l e came up, and w e c onc urre d th a t th e re w e re n o sounds, such.as a nornal a i rc ra ft w o u l d tn sfts.r' 68. T he nex t i te m i s a l so lis hed long a fte r 1 9 4 6 . A Britis h o ffj ,c e r, a n " i -n teresti ng, if t.rue," case pub-

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t7. r elat ed a s to n y a b o u t a n i n ci dent that took pl ace - s tran g e Tur k ey r ight afte r th e w a r. H e w a s u nsure of the day or nont h: Is ta n b u l i n 1 9 4 6 , f w as danci ng at " . . .in T ax inr s Ni g h t C 1 u b , o n th e ro o f. P eopl e started t o point i n to th e s k y to w a rd s th e E ast. The band s t opped pla y i n g a n d e v e ry o n e w a tched as four reddis h lights , i n l i n e a b re a s t. cro ssed the sky very quic k ly an d d i s a p p e a re d i n th e l { est. E ach l i ght w as s quar e. T h e re w a s a fa i n t tra ce of C i rrus c1oud, s o I r +ouId p u t th e i r h e i g h t a t a bout 50,000 feet. T hey c r os s e d fro m h o ri z o n to h o ri zon j .n under a ninut e, fa r to o fa s t fo r a n y fo rrn of.ai rcraft. T her e w as a l o t o f s h o u ti n g fr o m the peopl e ar ound, wh o w e re c l e a rl y fri g h te n ed, and I w as t old t h e n e x t d a y th a t th e i n ci d e nt had been reported i. n t he T urk i .s h p re s s .' 6 9 . Ret . ur ning to S c a n d i n a v i a , o n S u nday ni ght, Jul y 16th, a queer light w a s s e e n i n s o u th e rn F i nl and. D r. V . R . Ol ander of t he Hels ingfo r Ob s e rv a to ry s a w th e l i ght and suggested that the phenom enon w a s s o m e k i n d o f n e te o r. A nother report from a- dif f er ent part o f th e c o u n try me n ti oned the possi .-bi 1i .ty that the light was n o t_ -a s h o o ti n g s ta r a n d the mi ssi l e theory coul d not be ex c luded. 7 0 . T he s ame d a y a s u p p o s e d " s p o o k rocker' , w as observed i n S weden' s Norrlan d d i s tri c t a t 1 0 :0 0 p .m., passi ng over the c ity of l' t at f ors . A fa c to ry w o rk e r a n d another person i n the ar ea r . iding on q b i c y c l e s p o tte d th e obj ect. The obj ect passed ov er M at f or s an d c o n ti n u e d o n i n th e di recti on of the ci ty of S unds v all. T he o b j e c t h a d a ,,ta i l ,' , and as i t noved aw ay i .t dis play ed a s tro n g w h i te g l .o w . 7 1 . J uIy S wedis h rad i o 18t h: b ro a d c a s te d th e fo l l ow i ng message on in

" T h e s o -c a 1 Ie d g h o s t ro c k e t has agai n been s ight ed ne a r S u n d s v a l l w h e re to d ay thi ee w orkers s aw a c y lin d e r-s h a p e d , s h i n y o b j ect movi ng i n the s k y at an a l ti tu d e o f 2 0 0 to 3 0 0 rneters, noj .sel essl y anil wi- thou t a n y s mo k e e x h a u s t. It w as movi ng at f ir s t tov ra rd s _th e w e s t, b u t b e fo re di sappearl ng, it had a n o rth w e s te rl y c o u rs e ." 72. M or e of th e fo re me n ti o n e d e p i . so de w as publ i shed by the S wedis h pr ess . T h e p ri n te d a c c o u n t stated that the thi ee Iabor er s had v ie w e d th e o b j e c t a t th e ci ty of Ortvi ken, but that a s hor t tim e l a te r a Ba n k o f S w eden offi cer, Gunnar Fal ck, had appar en tly v i .e w e d th e s a m e p h e n o menon fron the northern par t of S unds v a l l s b o . Mr. F a l c k s a i d the obj ect w as a s ilv er y c y lin der th a t fl e w o ff i n a n orthw est di rectj .on. B ot h t he alt j.tud e a n d s p e e d d i d n o t a ppear to be great. No s m ok e or s ound w a s n o ti c e d .7 3 .

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Britis h In te l l i g e n ce w a s i n tri g ued w i th the,sw edi sh c a s e " w h i i h h ' a s o n e o f ti e more detai l ed. !"!" .Mjos a The Britis h ex perts re p o rte d : " . . . o n 1 8 Ju l y 4 6 , a t L a ke i i { josa , near F eiring, w h e n tw o mi ssi l e s w e re seen to fa11 into the l a k e w i th a sp l a sh th at rose to height of s e v e ra l me te i s. -W i tness" , * to " i u" the mis s i l e s fro m a d i sta n ce o f 50 y" rd, i i rt" , -- (a) the m i s s i l e s b a re l y cl e a re d tt " ' " ooas; (Ul they w e re si mi l a r to p i ctu res of the G erman.f l y i n g b o mb ; (c) ti re .1e ngth w as approx ima te l y e i g h t fe e t a n d w i i g span 6l feet; w i n g s w e re se t a p p ro xi i l at!i i l' -(d) feet from th e n o se ; (e ) a .i i u tte ri ng i ug_ ges ted wi n g s w e re rn a d e o f fa b ri c; (i ) w l ngs and c ente r s e c ti o n o f fu se l a g e w ere bl ackl nos e and ta i l w e re si l ve r; (g ) there ," " rud to be a k i n d -o f- ste e ri n g a p p i ra tus tow ards the tail; (h ) th e re w a s n o i l a me; (i ) noi i e res ernbled a s tro n g w h i stl e o . sough;- (j ) no ex pl.os ion w h e n th e y h i t th e w a ter; (tj -i ne two rnis s i l e s w e re fl yi n g fa i rl y cl ose' tosether. T his . repo rt d e scri b e i a -w i n g e d ' oU j ei i i ;" ;;;;' detail th a t i t_ ca n sca rce l y-b e pui dow n to imag inat i o n . ' , 7 4 . Of.i.nteres t, ce rta i n l y, i s th e same case as -i i t hew as reported in the N o r w e g i a n , n e w sp a p e r A ftenposten. w i tness es were two N o rw e g i a n s th a t 1 i .ve d o ; tFE -sIore of Lake r,i ij osa At noon on J uly L 8 t h th e y h e a rd a n o dd.o" " d.--fi i y, " . . . s a l ., tw o ro cke t-1 i ke th i ngs that passed ov er their h e a d s a t su ch h i g h spIed, and' ;;-i ;" that .they th re w th e mse l ve s Io ti .' r" gi ounJ. T;;i . c ould s ee th e tre e to p s sw a yi n g froi l ttre-ai r-' -pres s ure. " In th e y a rd , S i g va t S ka u g and hi s son w ere s tanding a n d w a tch i n g th e fl yIn g _X from-a-' r;;;_ what grea te r d i sta n ce , p e rh a p s 1S 0 f" et. S kaug s ay s that th e y w e re ve ry mu ch l i ke the V _i -ff,i t he had s e e n i n p i ctu re s. Ord i n arv they c erta i n l y co u l d n o t h a ve b een. " " .opf" ffrl v nus- ^ " c rgar-s hap e d a n d a p p e a re d to b e about ;-' -i " ;; " ei e long, with w i n g s.e xte n d i l g j fe et_fron tn" -rror" , almos t at th e mi d d l e . T h ; w i n g s fl utter;e they had b e e n rn a d e o f ma te ri a l l " i -i t ," " fhey di d-noi any k ind o f fi re . T h e mi ssi l e s passi d overhead c los e toge th e r, o n e j u st a 1 i tt1 ; ahead of i i ,. other, on a p a ra b o l i l co u rse . They ti ," r, i " i i ' s imultaneo u s 1 y i n to th e 1 a ke , throw i ng i t," -" " t" . s ev eral fe e t u p i n th e a i r.r' 7 S . Still anoth e r s o l l l ' cca tl d s ftrt' th e l d cta i l s antl nakcs onc w onderhow acotratt' the llrerriorrsilccollrttsticl'c. A colresponrlr.nt I-or.the Swedish

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informs us the incident occurred in the svenska Dagbladet newsDaDer .--Tffi-cou1d the witnesses be so sure about details middie' of TEeffihT-. iiere is the !qgq!a4g! story: i.n the dark? "The rocket looked like a minj-ature al'rplane of about 25 m' in wingspan and carneat night betweenmidnight and 12:30 a'm' fron t[e'west at a 1ow altitude over the northern section of others, Fearing, where it was observed by T*y persons, .among It carri.ed llotel and at iHotell lnas. those ii the lJasselbacken People were madeaware of it-by a loud sighing- sound no lights. be seen corning with antl iimediately afterward the bcrnbcor-r1d The speedwas so great that passersby stopped furious haste. and waited til1 the bombirassed."76. O f f ic ia1 1y , news paP er s : N o rw a y ' s rn i l i ta ry w a s not as exci ted as the

" Reuterrs re p o rte d fro rn Osl o Thursday that t he No rwegi a n a i r fo rc e h a s o ffe re d an expl anarockett ion of v ari o u s re Po rts o f n yste ri ous, fl y i .n g o v e r S ca n di navi alik e p rojec ti L e s s a i d th e y have been " Air forc e o ffi c i a ts on ai rex per im entin g w i th n e w l a n d i n g l i g hts a t g re a t h e i g h ts . planes fly ing . o f the pl anes nor " T h ey s a i d n e i th e r p i l o ts gr ound pers o n n e l h a v e n o ti c e d a n ythi ng " nysteri ous" w ere mi staken and s ugges te d th e n e r.r l a n d i n g l i g h ts f or a ner" ' ty p e p ro j e c ti l e . , H eretofo re n e w s p a p e rs i n N o rw ay, S w eden, and ev en Switz erl a n d h a v e re p o rte d p e rsons seei ng the a n d s p e c u l a te d they ori gi nated " ghos t " mis s i l e s , f r om Sov iet e x p e ri .rn e n ta l s ta ti o n s . " 77. A 1oc a 1 Swe d i s h n e w s p a P e r a d d e d more to the 1j -st of Jul y 18th A pe rs o n a t th e c i ty o f Grabo observed vrhat he ca11ed s ightings . at t orpedo " (th e S w e d i s h w o rC u sed w as l ufttorped) a 'fly ing Ir It GqtJl er:Jetten. t.g-P ott" t. i n th e Gotgl ordiin ng g to a s to ry ].n tord 11:40 a. m . ac c s ped at f ur ious s p e -d a t a v e ry g r e a t hA i TFE --i n a northeasterl yro ght. ' ' ' After 1 0 - 1 2 s e c o n d s , th e obj ect w as out of si ght dir ec t ion. O n F r i day , J u Iy 1 9 th , c a n e a re p ort from the ci ty of B o1e1y T h e re a fa rme r b y the narne of Leonard D ani el outs ide of Pitea . s s on, and h is tw o s o n s , s a w a t a b o u t 11:50 a.n., a " proj ecti l e" to th e o n e re p o rte d the day before i n the in t he s k y s inila r T h e c o u rs e w a s n o rth rt' est. 79. S unds v all area.
Kalix: "At Friday[Ju1y 19th ] noon a further mysterious projectile A l0-year-old boy, son of r.rasseen in the Kalix river va1ly. Borje Larsson, Storbackon Frodet, sat and fished in the Kappls trocket' marih, sqne miles nortl-rwest from the lake where another r*ihereafter sound, a strange when he heard r^rasreported on Friday some object fe11 in the water and threw up a 10-rneter high cascade 'l'lie boy became frightened and ran home and related his of rvatei. On Saturday he was heard bv the rniladventures for his'parents. itarl', rvhich cordonbd off both asserted crash sites." 80.

20 . Sti11 ano th e r Ju l y 1 9 th si g h ti n g cane from southern v as terbotten. A t 8 :0 0 p .rn ., b o th a t-V annasby and at Levar, an objec t. was o b s e rv e d l p e e i i n g fro m the southeast to the northwes t. It a p p e a re d a s a re d b a l l accompani ed by " 1i ghtning phenoneno n ." h | i tn e sse s sa w a show er oi sparks accompany the objec t. 81. Norway .c on tri b u te d . that an enginee r fro m nous objec t tha t fl e w He watc hed the o b j e c t gray -white s mo k e tra i l .. was not an airc ra ft' . Fornebu Airfield while a re p o rt o n Jul y 19th w hi ch stated U l l e rn -o b se rye d at 12:50 p.n. a l umi _ o ve r i n a so u thh' esterl y di recti on. w i th b i n o cu l a rs as i t;p" ;;J a thi ck T h e e n g i n e e r uas ceri ai n the obj ect T h e ro cke t-1 i ke obj ect passed over i t w a s i n si g h t. 81.

A Ioc a1 n e w s ,s l o ry me n ti o n s w h a t vas probabl y the same phenomenon. A t 1 0 :0 0 o ,cl o ck F ri d a y over ' Furuogrund i n B yske two pers ons v ie w e d so me th i n g g o i n g w est at an al ti tude of' 600 meters . A blue -w h i te fl a sh a n d g l o ud noi se w as reported. g3. A hour an d a n s aw an objec t d i v e ing.water 10 t.o 1 5 an interes t in th e h a l f l a te r i n th e N orrbotten area a w i tness i n to a srn a 1 1 { 1 5 0 neters w i de) l ake spl ashme te rs i n to th e a i r. The mi l i t" ty shbw ed re p o rt.8 4 .

T hat ev eni n g : a ! 7 :3 0 -p .n ., i n northern S w eden, a si l very s treak of light a t a b o u t 5 0 n e te rs a l .ti tude (?) w as' vi si bte fbr ' w -a s 10 s ec onds . T h e re a n e xp l o si o n .8 5. Another c ra s h th a t F ri d a y w a s n oti ced by a constructi on laborer, Knut L i n b a c k, a n d a h o u se ma i d by thl name of B eda Pers on. Both w e re a t a h o u se i n th e vi l i age of K ol mj ary when they s aw a n o b j e ct a co u p l e o f meters i n l ength-come into v iew abov e th e fo re st trb e to p s and di ve i nto the l ake that has the s a n e n a me a s th e vi l i a g e . Li ndback rode a bic y c Le down a l o n g ro a d l e a d i n g to the l ake and set out i n a row boat to s e a rc h a l th o u g h th e w a ter w as muddy. Li nback s tated that the o b j e ct ca u se d a sp l a sh w hen i t hi t the w ater follor.red by nore s p l a sh e s sh o rtl y-th e reafter. B y saturday afternoon, tllg mi l i ta ry h a d a te i m o f experts at' the l ake to inv es tigate. 86. ..Ag.oT pany in g th e a b o ve d i sp a tch w as a noti ce that the ^ Swedis h-military h a d re l e a se d a n u rg e nt message to the sw edi sh pres s about the fu tu re p u b l i ca ti o n o f pl ace ni mes of rocket s ightings . Nam e s o f ci ti e s w e re to be' stri cken and repl aced with ex pres s ions w h i ch w o u l d i d e n ti fy j ust the general area, i.e. , words 1ik e , " s o u th e a ste rn N o r1 6oi ten. " g7. " An objec t w a s o b se rve d a t l 0 :S 0 a.m. S aturday, Jul y Z0th, . by a c ouple of_ p e rs o n s a t S ka te n . T he obj ect w as' descri bed as a glowing ob l o n g b a l l mo vi n g o u t of ttre northeast tow ard the s outhwes t. 8 8 _

T. T t ie f al1 a t K a l i x e x c i te d th e S w edi sh press, w hi ch announc ed t h at a " 1 o n g ra n g e w e a Po n ," that di d not. sel f w as_on the l ake' s fl i g ht, des t r uc t af t er i ts re l o n n a i s s a n c e of the the-bot-ton that h o w e v e r, c a u ti o n e d , I t was bottom . , f ar ex trem e l y rn u d d y a n d th e s e a rch w oul d take a l ong i"t" tine. 89. S undaY , J u l Y 2 1 s t.

w a s s p o tte d th e a f te rnoon of Jul y 21st at A f ir eba ll -T h e fi re b a l l w as observed i n the cl ouds Sw e d e n . Hafs ingboig, a northern di recti on' i n s p e e d i n g a l ti tu d e t , O dO lnE iers "t "- iight ing b r-i e f ' th e obj ect w as qui ckl y wa s f a i rl y ifr ^and los t f r om v iew i n th e c l o u d s . Y U ' W or d f r on N o rb o tte n o n J u I' y 2 Z n d w as:

,'The nystery of the nany space projectiles starrds at last to In a 1ak'ein Norrland a rniltary crew tried to get its solution. Sredge up one of the things, wfic.h on Friday ryidday fell down into Great ttre iate, where holes are now being dug for the projectile. exnectations are entertained for its recovery in relatively rurdamag-edcondition. " "A militaly crew of ten men was sent to the I'ake on Saturday, and after eyewitnesses guided them cmt to it, the place was,quickly located r,iherethe projectile bored itself into the lake bottcrn. The water depth here is only 75 cm. and-the projectile-nade a hole At the beginning- an nore than a meter wide, which was very deep. oar was struck down in the hole but did not reach the bottcrn, r,ihereThe projectile clearly had had an uDon an exrra tool was sent for. there was witnessed a great where frcrn impact, on speed uirheard-of anount of mrd which was thrown a long way around the falling-place. According to what the Svenska !ge!149! gathered it is hoped that thanks t6 the mud, whid-Tdlerilted-TEe violence of the fall, the It is thought- to al1ow projectiJ.e can be found 1arge1y,intact. ior- several days work in the lake before the thing can be delved up. nnd alreidy there ought not have been such a long delay before it is clarified where it originated." 91' Intel l i gence i n B ri ti sh O ne of the b e tte r re p o rts , at leas t , w as th e o n e fro rn a S u e d i sh ai rfi el d: ? ? J u 1 -y fro n G a rd e rrn oen A i rfi el d. " . . .on T hr ee airm e n , o n e a s e rg e a n t w h o had seen sevb o mb s :n E n g l a n d d u ri ng the w ar, er al f ly ing obs er v e d a t 1 :0 0 a .m. w h a t th e y termed ra at f ly ing bon b p a s s i n g o v e r th e i r ai rfi el d T h e h e i g h t w as di ffi cul t a t er r ific s p e e d .t t o judg e b u t n i g h t h a v e b e e a 2 ,0 00 - 5' 000 f eet . A11 w i tn e s s e s s ta te d th a t fi re and but no s par k s h' e re i s s u i n g fro m th e ta i l T h e y d e p re c a te d the suggesnois e was h e a rd . t ion t hat th e o b j e c t rn i g h t h a ve been a neteor or ot he r n a tu ra l p h e n o m e n o n ." 9 2 . opi ni on

z2W ord fron N o r' * a y a n Ju l y 2 3 rd a nnounced that the N orw ayrs High Cornrnand h a d o rd e re d th e st.a rt o f an i nvesti gati on. Th; High Command, a c c o rd i n g to th e n e rvspaper A ftenpoi ten, had hel d a c onferenc e a b o u t th e rn a tte r, b u t n o i nf6i m-i -i f3i -T5out offi ci al ac tions or opin i o n s h a d b e e n re l e a se d. It was lea rn e d th a t rn i l i ta ry p o l i ce at Gardemoen A i rfi el d were c onduc ting a l o c a l i n q u i rv i n to a si ghti ng of an obj ect ov er that area th e d a y b e fo re . 9 3 . Disappeared in a clo-rd: _ "The latest repg.tt cones frcrn a person who just before 7:00 p.m. on lhesday-tJuly 23idlj;ay a silvery-ihining torpedo i"-it. air. It h'ent r-emarkably19w, and disappeared 1itt1e-by 1itt1e in a c1oud. Before that it could be-pLanily discerned all the whi1e. The object Last week a sjm]9oked.most nearly li.ke a ba1loon, said the report. ilar phencrnerlon was observed three evening in i row in a1most the sane direction." 94. An unus ua l " b a 1 1 o f fi re " fl a sh e d over Mel aren, on ,' ... J uly 23rd, whi c h w a s d e scg i b e d a s l o oki ng Li ke: a s wan without a h e a d (? ). ' ,9 5 . A meteor, o r s i n i l a r o b j e ct, w a s seen about mi dni ght J uIy 23rd ov er s o u th e rn S w e d e n b y se veral persons. Jui t before nidnight a b ri g h t fi e ry l i g h t w as vi si bl e w hi ch expl oded in piec es with a n i n te n se -fl a sh o f 1 i ght.96. _!' leanwhile , d u ri n g th e sp ri n g o f 1946 , an i ntense i nters erv ic e riv al.ry e ru p te d o ve r- co n i ro l of the uni ted states I lo.:rg-range roc k e t p ro g ra m. D u ri n g a radi o dramati zati on of a future war fo u g h t w i t h ro cke ts, L i eutenant General curti s Lel' Iay , head of th e Army A i r F o rce ' s R esearch and D evel opnent, and General Ca rl S p a a tz , A rT I A i r F o rce C omnander i n C hi ef, boldly as k ed N BC ' s ra d i o a u d i e n ce to back thei r bi d to obti i n ex c lus iv e autho ri ty o v e r a l 1 g u i d e d ni ssi l es. A short ti rne later another Army Ai r F o rce _ i p o ke sman even tol d the press that, as far a s th e fu t u re o f w a rfa re w as concerned, the U.S. Nav y ha< i n o s i g n i fi c a n t ro l e ; h e bl untl y stated that s eapower as a fi g h ti n g fo rce w a s " fi n i shed." It w oul .d seern that the Air F o rc e w a s ri g h t, fo r th e B i ki ni atomi c tests i n 1946, on J une 3 0 th a n d a n o th e r o n Ju l y 25th, proved the vu1nerability of th e rn a s s e d n a va l fl e e ts of W oi tb W ar II. A month la te r a fte r th e l a st B i ki ni , atomi c test on Z 5th, New s w e e k m a g a zi n e jllf an unusual starement: l .i n t" a "This was tE-e-Ii EJ T a n i e p l y tb n i ti n i . a;;h-;;r-i t. .or,_ c lus ion drawn b y m a n y fro m' th e i o n ti n uea ai i eh;-" ;' sel f_ propelled mis s i l e s o v e r S w e d e n . . . 9 t.Th;r;^i ;;-rJi tur,." , " introduc e the mo s t my s te ri o u s.ri si s of W ar- -the riddle o f th e ' ,g h o si .o .t u tr.., the E ast-w est col d

"Round Ttip Bcrnb. was arxious for on July 25tl.r that the Swedish military It was reportd the public's hb1p, requesting that all ghost bornb sightings be sent to the "Air-Defertse Division, Defense Staff, Stockholm 90." the Swedish Defense Staff was specuAccording to the Molgon-Tidningen lating that: "ft is possible that the flying bqnbs which are seen crossing opposite dirand in a directly Sweden both wi.th a western direction are taking a round trip wer the country in order then to rection, they are meteors Also:"...that return to their place of origin..." in every case is'a theory which has been rejected without further ado by the defense staff." 98.

The Svenskan"g!i",19! reportd: "The latest report of the mysterious space projectiles cornes frcrn a coastal place in middle Swedenwhere a flying body was observed on Ttresday evening. of six Dersons who at 10:00 n.m. saw the 'rlt was a cclrrDanv mysterious object. Cire of them, notary E. Nordin of the Swedish can be described as a business bank, relates that the phenornenon lighted body. It passed at somehundred neters high in a direction south to north and shone with a ye1low-rvhj-te1j-.eht. The thing crossed the heavens conpletely soundlessly and had about the same speed as an airplane." 99. F ri d a y , J u l y ? 6 th, accordi ng to the new sA t 10:00 p .n ., paper S o c ial-D e m o k ra t o f S1 a g e l se , D enrnark, a w hi te obj ect The th ro u g h th e a i r w as observed. spE lfy inglT - great A l though the obj ect s ight ing was n a d e a t th e c i ty o f K o rsor. was s oundles s th e re w a s S o m e s m o ke .100. T he Norw e g i a n mi l i " ta ry H i g h C ommandappeal ed vi a i nfornatl on r nedia f or pub l i c c o o p e ra ti o n i n o b tai ni ng m is s iles landi n g i n N o rw a y .1 0 1 . was the but the the netrsabout

I f t he p h e n o m e n o n a n n o y i n g S w eden, N orw ay, and D enmark net eo ric , th e n w h y w e re n ' t re g i ons l i ke France experi enci ng s ane s k y s h o w ? T h e re w a s t a l k of sky phenomenon i n France, it was no t a b o u t a n y th i n g tre sp assi ng i n the ski es w est of Rhine. the new spaper L rA urore to

A n ote fro n th e F re n c h p re ss, be ex ac t , on J u l y 2 7 th , s ta te d :

proj ecti l es " l' { ore th a n 5 0 0 ro c k e t-p ro p e l l ed ar e s aid to h a v e b e e n s e e n o ve r S w eden si nce the A c c o rd i n g to some sources, beginning o f J u l y . th a t s tre a k a cross the S w edi sh t he proje c ti l e s s k y look l i k e j e t p l a n e s , b u t make l ess noi se t han us u a l a i rc ra ft. Oth e rs d escri be them as 0n the map, I j, k e ' s ea g u l 1 s w i th o u t h e a d s.'

24the projec ti l e s d o n o t sh o w u n i forn trai ectori es. T hey go to w a rd th e w e st a s w e l l as the i outh, whic h lead s to th e p o ssi b i l i ty that they ' It are guided by re rn o te c o n tro l o f so n e sort. has been impos s i b L e to g e t h o l d o f any of these a l l o f th e rn h a ve fa l L e n i nto the ' V-1ts t; lak es ." L0 2 . An indic ati o n o f h o w ,,5 p s9 1 e d ,, peopl e w ere beconi ng over th e " s pook bomb s " w a s a sto ry fro m si redl nrs N orrl and di i tri ct. A n ex plos ion an d fi re o c cu rre d a t 9 :0 0 o' cl ock on Jul y ZTth at a farm there A w o ma n w a s o u t i n her yard w hen suddenl y s he.heard- a pow e rfu l b l a st. In me d i a tel y thereafter she notic ed that th e h e n h o u se w a s o n fi re.The shed had been unus ed for y ears , h a d n o l i ve e l e ctrj .cal hook-up, and had nothing highly c o rn b u s ti o n a b l e sto re d there, thus' i t w as believ ed that th e .i n c i d e n t h a d so me rel atj .onshi p w i th the ny s tery mis s iles s i n c e th e re h a d b e e n reD orts made i n the a1s s . 103. l,ater an investigation determined that there was electric current in the the hen house wiring and the explosion was due to a short curcuit that set off sone blasti-ng caps being stored in the stnrcture. 104. u p to fi ve h undred si ghti ngs of the Sweden s o o n l i s te d odd " roc k ets " i n l e s s th a n a mo n th , but the l arge nunber of n o h e l p i n l e a rni ng w hat the obj ects s ightings was s ti l 1 were. i n d i ca te d th at. the obj ects w ere Some info rm a ti o n p a th of a neteor nor the th e fre e -fa l l i n g not following arc o f a l o n g -r a n g e V -2 . Instead, the phenomballis tic enon appeared to b e 1 o w f1 yi n g o b j e cts under some ki nd of c ontrol. Swed e n ' s mi l i ta r y ch i e fs b ecame so fearful - that s ome foreign po w e r w a s ra n g i n g i n S w edi sh targets that they o f the l ocati on of ghost s uddenLy forbad e th e p u b l i ca ti o n a s o f Ju l y 2 7 th .1 0 5 . r o c k et s ightings T he follow i n g d a y t h e re a p p e a re d a press treatment that r e lied only on ru m o r. A d i sp a tch fron S undsval L i nformed the Swedis h public th a t a ru mo r w a s g o i n g the rounds that cl ai ned a ghos t roc k et fe l 1 i n a l a ke i n th e N orrl and di stri ct. The s ourc e of this ru n o r w a s a ttri b u te d to a trustw orthy person, howev er, the ru n o r w a s d e n i e d b y a n offi ci al spokesl nan. A ninfornation offi c e r e x p l a i n e d th a t a gpeci al i st fron S tockhol rn was s ent to the s i te o f th e a l ,l e g e d fa11 to nake a search. After this s ea rc h , th e s p e ci a l i st fo und nothi ng but he sti Il urged further s e a rc h e s b e ma d e . It w as bel i eved that i t w as th e s pec ial is t' s v i s i t th a t e n co u ra g ed rumors. 106.
Search results: at the botton of a Norrland "'Ihe search for a 'space projectile' lake, where one fe11 on Friday noon according to an eyewitness, conhas been tinues constantly, but so far no trace of the projectile fcnrnd.

25. "The military crew, which already on Saturday was sent to the lake, has turned iti attention now to search through the whole course across the lake l*-.."u of 200x200 rqeters. Because of the deep nud, rprobe search' metnoai-trav;-;;;, resorted to, that is to say that at every hali rneter.a fong p.oUe-is driven down into the rnud. fhe ,nuiirnlon aeptn 1s two meters. "A search with ordinary miritaiv mine-deteciion'"q.r'pment fail-

*;iiilillls

equipment ir'noi-ionstructedi.r-*-e.""t

a depthas

"sDecial officers and scientists frorn stockholn, that is, frcrn the defLnse research r"tiit"i"l'*rro on.saturaay travelled by plane to the fa11 site, returned sunday evening acirieved thei.r goa1. "itrrl,ri-naing "ch Monday carrle the crew which reli-eved the workers in the search' The work on this w111 be pursued until either sought is found or it can be decrariri th;i;ir;^;;i"i!'i',,oui,",. lrhat is There is stil1 hope, however, thii positive results will be obtain_ ed . t' 107. Denmark, July 27th. frqn slagelse, many

sky in a direction rrom southeast -;i";to northv/est. ir,""liij. b1ue "It passed vew rapidly, presunably in a run of abour ten seconds, and none of the-byewitnbsses rvere in a position ro account for the clearness of the't"tp;i;id .rhe sight. observer,s statements' in regard-19 time and^appeaianc6, ho*uu"i,-ui"-in crose agreement, and there was agreementiirat it .ouia noi-rlu*"iy'"irpr*", likewise neither fire"nor *ote .fp"ar;-i, ;;;tili witrr this phencrnenon,in-contrast to wrrai r'"! tn ..r"-"itr,-in;;;y w rLr! Lrrs u( which was o b s e r v e d o ve r swe d e n ."
10g.

the inhabitants saw on saturdavlJuli' zltnt arternoon'J^rii"r"g, of sir.rery-otjJii i' ttu r'"n" "il;e.;,;;;;^ or a proj ecti*,:*.1^::ll

"In Hon',-north

Hear s t news' aDer c h a i n

that r + er e suppoie d to . b e i ,i p i " J r.ti o n at B erti nrs Wilhelm I ns t iiute. T h e re ,r" ! ,ro e vi d e nce otfered, that s uggested a re ra t i o n s h i p i ri tr,-;;;" ;;" ;;' ;;;[;.;:' i 6e."

to sone b u t "tr u str ir r in v sourcei"; ,-i.-urn" i ; i-n ; ; -; il_ iro ;; ro c k e t s

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,,unnameci ,,

K ai ser how ever.,

T he c orres po n < i e n r o f th e L o n @ cabl ed his of f i. c e on suthorrti es -E ad now -rir1 y z s tt th " ;-N ffi e g :.a n fol1ow6d s weden' s ' l e a d a n a w e i e -t" d i " n i n g-;;' ;;;;;, i nform ation on t he s ho s t ro c k e t a c ti v i tI sti ri t" r< i nl -prace overNor way . He fuithe r s ta te d th a t o n .th e previ ous eveni ng, a light lik e a eia' t fl a s h b u r.b rr" a -i i i u p' i i ," -.l pri ai ci ty or 0s 1o wit h an ic c o m p a n y i n g i o " E -" * i ro si b n . ri re' i oi i espondent r epor t ed t hat rumo i s i l e r6 ri fe th ' a t th e aeri al bl asts assoc iated wit h the g h o s t ro c k e i l rr;;; th e mi ssi r.es themsel ves

head jus t

b l o w in g up a n cid Is integrrii;; iri. rirgi, i; ; ; ; -; ; ir" i r . n u y . e sca p e d de tection.^ ,rt iiiiiy " ; ; . ; ; " ; ; at an foi. air bas e nor th of o s L "x",nit", o tra a n l i i i e d so rnethi ng-rushi ng over_
before th e u ta s i ;;;;-;h " ca pi tal . 110.

26. F rorn the c i ty o f Ovre ka l i x ca rne thi s statement:

" T he A rm y re p o rts th a t a g host-bornb had entered th e l a ke , K o l rn j e rvs j o n . The ob j ect was roc k e t l i k e , a b o u t n i n e fe et l ong, and s one pain te d l e tte rs h a d b e e n seen on i tt si de." ' i L1. A ny s terio u s " 1 i g h t p h e n o me n o n rrw as observed Monday ni ght, i n ce n tra l sw eden. Tw o comet-1i ke { y 1y . 291 by s o m e m o to ri st! fireballs r_ac i n g o n a p a ra l Ie l co u rse passed overhead ana-Ji i appeared behin d s o m e tre e s.tL Z . J uly 3Ls t a n d a n o th e r n yste ry fi re.

s wedis h a u th o ri ti e s l a u n ch e d a n i nvesti gati on of a fi re at the Blac k a n d w h i te ru n b e r n i l l n ear ttre Ii ty of sundsval l where a nillion c u b i c fe e t-o f p u l p w o oa reni rf-i " -i r" r" r. s inc e the c aus e w a s myste ri o u ;, o i re theory ti ,5t-" " , proposed was that the b l a z e w a s sta rte d -b y,q ghost' roi r,ut i r.i tr,' arthough nothing w a s fo u n d th a t w o i rl d 6;" ; o;i -;f," i a" " . People di.d not s e .e a n yth i n g th a t ml g ht uu i onsi aei " a ,,rocket,,, but on the othe r h a n d , n o 6 n e co u rd " expl " i ;-i l ;;-;he w" ood .;;;hi ' i ;;;; fire with s uc h s u d d e n -fu ry o u t i n th e;;;;. ges ted that a g h o s t ro cke t-ma y h a ve soi ni rerati onshi ps atso sug_ w i i i r: another fire at th e -,ci ty o f H i rj e d a l e n w hen a b" ;;-i ;;* ;i i l .ury burs t into f1an e 5 . 1 1 3 . Nlystery object over Greece. About the end of Ju1y, 1-946, greek by the nane of Anphistion ? l'foslionos, who lived on the isle of Sanos iir the Aegeansea, saw ssnething very_odd in the sky about 9:00 p.m. At that"tine tre'noticea a teardrop shape glowing a bright orangb s1owly rnwing Nu to slf. It rnoved s.o s19wlr- it took about 15 minutes to cross the heaiiens. A sormd, like the wind b.lowing thru trees, was heard and was thought-to have a connect1onwlth the s tra n g e o b j e ct. 1 1 4 . August. At two pla c e s i n th e N o rrl a n d d i stri ct there w ere observ ations of a n e ta l l i c a p p e a ri n g o b j e ct. It w as vi ew ed for s ev eral- minutes b y se ve n to e i g h t p e rsons because i ts speed was not partic ul a rl y -g re a t. T h e o b j ect refl ected bri ghtl y in the afternoon s u n a n d fl e w a t a fa i i l y l ow hei ght bef6re i rassing behind a n o u n ta i n . o n e e sti ma te i :ut trte s6undl ess obj ect s ix to eight k i l o me te rs a w a y fro m th e-w i tnesses. F urthermo re , i n ce n tra l N o rrL a n d tuo D ersons at 10:30 Thurs day night v i e w e d a co u p l e o f o bj ects ;hi ch zoomed tow ard the s eac oas t. T h e o b j e ct i n th e l e a d had a l umi nous yel l ow tail and ex plod e d o ve r th e w a te r. The second obj ecr w as c igar-s haped. N o m o re d e ta i l w a s g i ven.115. The SvenskaDag,bladethad more to say about this Arrsust Lst ca-sein c entra I c entraT-N-orrTana :

went higher and erploded over the water, It had a "The first strong bright luninous yellor-white tai1. The other space projecti1e was thought more brightly lighted. It exploded too. Both objects were cigar-shaped." 116.

T hg v ery n e x t d a y , A u g u s t 2 n d , the S tockhol rn press tol d . its r eader s how s i l v e ry p ro j e c ti l e s w ere spotted si :eedi ng j ust abov e t he fores ts i n th e n o rth e rn se cti on i rt sw eaei r. qu6ti ng as it s s ou rc e th e n e w s p a p e r D a g e n s N yeter. the S tockhoi m pr es s s t at e d tha t a t l e a s t e i g tr-t1 * -!T e E ad w i tnessed the pas s age of the o b j e c ts . Mo re o v e r , i t w as reported that the Dagens Ny eter h a d _ l i s te d y e t a n o th e r si ghti n! of tw o mi ssi l es s een c om in g out o f th e i n te ri o r a n d h eadi ng i or the coast tr y r ng at g -v ery l o w a l t.i tu d e . B o th mi ssi l es bl ew up w i th a y el1ow_- _ whitefl a s h a s th e y re a c h e d the seaw aters oi the B altic . 117. A n all eged i mp a c t c ra te r i n ce n tral S w eden w as the sub_ jec t of disc us s io n Au g u s t 2 n d w h e n th e hol e w as suggested to hav e had s ome th i n g _ to d o w i th p h e n omenon that w i i recentl y obs er v ed. T he A i r D e fe n s e a u th o ri ti e s sent speci al .i sts to ex am ine t he s ite a n d .u p to -A u g u s t Z n d no fi nal w ord had been r ec eiv ed about th e c a s e .-ffg . However, th e n e x t d a y th e c ra te r r,ras l ess rnysteri ous The pr r es s reporte d th a t ttre a l l e g e d crater i n central S w eden that s om e s aid h a d s o n e re l a ti o n to a ghost rocket fal l had a_nat ur al ex plan a ti o n . Mi l i ta ry e xp e rts on A ugust, 3rd dec lar ed t hat the h o l e w a s a c tu a l l y ci e ated by t[e underni ni ng ac tion of s ubterra n e a n w a te r.1 1 9 . I n another c a s e a n a c tu a l o b j e ct w as pi cked up i n D enmark. A far ner in the a re a o f S o n d e rb o r g b e l i eved he had- found one of the f ano us s p o o k b o n b s i n h i s fi e l d s. H e w as so happy he hung it on tbe-w a l 1 i n h i s l i v i n g ro o m next to the farni i v P hot ogr aph5 . 120 . He. had dgg u p th e o b j e c t w h i ch h ad bored 25 to 30 centi neter s int o the e a rth . T h e o b j e ct re covered w as l i ke an oi 1 c an . of abou t 10 c e n ti n e te rs i -n l e n g th . on one end rhere w as attac hed a c oppe r w i re a b o u t 5 0 n e i e rs l ong. The cani ster r ts elt weighed a p p ro x i n a te l y o n e ki l o g rarn. The farmer di d not da- r e t o ins p e c t h i s fi n d to o cl o sel y si nce he w as afrai d r t m ight c ontain a h i g h e x p l o s i v e .. 1 2 1.
A loca1 constable was stumnoned:

"The constable ventured no investigation of the fi-nd other than to notify the military authorities. Afterwards it was renorted to the defense staffts air defense division that the obiect was a detached Swedish airplane antenna." 122.

28. Augus t 3rd a s h i n y o b j e ct l e a vi n g a vaporous trai l fl ashed ov er c entral. Norrla n d . L i ke w i se a re d o bj ect w i th a fai nt tai l flas hed ov er s outhe rn S w e d e n th e n e xt n i .ght on A ugust 4th. 123. The Chic ago D a i l y T ri b u n e l e a rn e d A ugust 4th that B ri ti sh and Americ an Intellig e n ce se rvi ce s b e l i e ved the R ussi ans had reopened the Peene rn u n d e fa ci l i ti e s i n sp i te of S ovi et asserj .n rui ns. tions that the Balti c te st. b a se w a s sti l l A 1so, i t was s pec ulated that th e R u ssi a n s w e re p robabl y :' ushi ng w ork on irnprov ing the G e rma n V -2 to co u n te r the advantage the Unj.ted States pos s e s s e d a s th e w o rl d ' s sol e nucl ear pow er. t' * . At Sk ane, Swe d e n , o n A u g u st sth , obs erv ed at 11:00 p .n . T h e o b j e ct: a strange obj ect w as

a n d g l i tte re d i n the sun " ...was c i rc u l a r lik e s ilv er. It. rn o ve d w i th h i g h sp eed, but no s ound was heard . w a s somew here Its p o si ti o n nidway midway between th e ze n i th a n d th e h ori .zon. .zon, t the direc tion of fl i g h t b e i n g to w a rd s the southwes t. t' 125. W as the foreme n ti o n e d a ba1loon, o r a " fl yi ng saucer?,'

A pers on in s o u th e rn S w e d e n Mo n d a y ni ght, A ugust S th, tes tified that he s a v a fi re b a l l w i th a short. tai l fl yi ng from s outh to north at a n a l ti tu d e h e e sti ma te d to be 400 meters and on a perfec tly h o ri zo n ta l co u rse . T he pel 5sn observi ng the objec t believ ed th a t i t w a s n o t a me teor.126. Later that nig h t a t 9 :3 0 p .rn . th re e S w edes i n part of the w i tn e sse d a h i g h sp e ed fi rebal l -c _ountry . s hort 17i1. L27 the same w i th a

Tues day night a n o th e r b a 1 l o f fi re fl ashed over central Sweden. it was s e e n b y a N o rw e g i a n d e n ti st on yacati on. To the dentis t the thi n g i p p e a re d fo b e " sp oo1-shaped. " There was a lac k of nois e b u t b l a ck smo ke w a s noti ced near the obj ec t . 128.
The Svenska !gg!1949! reported on August 5th: "Reports frcm Sweden claim that the lussians are in fact carrying on expelirnents with V-2's at Peenemunde in northern Pomnerania,asserts a German rocket exDert to the NewYork Herald-TYibture's correspondent in Frankfurt an l.lain. "The nan rvho spoke to the Arneri.can newsDaper. who worked at peenemunde and at other experirnental stations durinl the war, sa1,s that there have been unconfirrned reports frcrn the Fussian zone aLout rockets factories and Laboratories at ilordhausen, Bleicherode, Sonderachausen and saalfeld being again in action, In lrlordharrsenwas located an extensive underground factory for V-2 bonbs durine the war, and if reports frcm Stockholm are ture, it indicates that thc ihrssians have set in' motion the far'rous rocket base at Peenemunde. This place was bcrnbed

29. for the most Dart una*ig"Ji..l"rzs. ,""n, tn" llq:Il

?Hii'ff.:Id$ #+HP"::1;:':liffi;.,*;, i:iii'Jin3"l"IlT":[

!gg!la.lg! report on the 6th that B ,,square,, projectiJc a space was "[Ver the west coast at rnidday ]:rg"y
to bt

.' ;"Lr'"-i,,i #i:Ei#J*Jti"isJ*:i'#;i:iff *i [,:l was reported to be the passenser pi;"i;.Ii;is;, '*" ,ll3r]nTto
"i-"r
auf"n*"rp"ffp$ also informed its readers about a sighting by a mernber olathe

projectile was toward xlliloil*"i3tl;:';;ili{: heignt'wJni'fi;"!i;v the happened

ilii;i'

. 1 a in :s*i:.lti'lill';:ti;' ;'iiii.:13 llliiil;rl.::r"li: i t';: an air cr ar t i n t h e 't w i r i g i ri , i i " r" ," " .i ...;;;" o::;*ir l3l",
"
to have narural H"'u!!"slui ti'"t'lr'. ;xBii:";i:"i''ili,f"l;':i;i!i:$:g,: H: said as yet there had S uppos e d fa l Is o f ro c k e ts h a ve p roven

iiJT :i:,:Fs"$3ff ii,';,!i:, 1;i, r irmt ',u ,.il:.l. i:::i,:'itffi il*"m:f :{:e'; Tff ,ti,*:lim.}H rlir,

i o return to',.i i t _;1":::-T,::r;;r:.J'"y'L" ffi;:ff :.:j' "lt.lii -, ,:,ytl ri3:: i"ii

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d$jl'"i{:l$;fr l**t+d[r,+':#l;i::i-1 ;';fr""il":T,iti?llfl:'"ilTi;,,,o,,, thinks *. *j,;i,3;t:; ^1i*i;

iil:j;::il:' -, pass overthe country f.crntne

$ffi ;';:,n#ili

"" 'Lieutenant Irmart Necr*an of ,s air defense staff -wi!il;,; -;hu isil;; -pil;;;;",, tfrg <lefense

wnicn

slishtest

u"en ani ii,IIlIi_":rr":'' ::::_ beattributed to;i :li-:;::;;:;to:l'l"iii;'"Xi

f inds _,-o f s l a g _ Ii k e according t o G e n e rao l l -,i r'" r: i i l ' A s f or the

not

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:;i-*"il"'iiouabiy. ::iiai; ii:i:ii, :'illoi"f;'i',li il-:n: reP orts tetl .l :" 1 ' .:^f:l trrng s o i r," ;;;;:; i;"l,:"3:i::tl5uliolo.
ot a low alt it ude

l u mps at severa. i pr or ,.ea- l"r i!"iilli : ar y s lag' T he n a te ri a l i a s i ' o i " i " ri e ^".uiia ve d fa1ls - ar t hough th e n e te o r th e o ry h a d not to' be from meteor been cornpi etel y re_

been or ..ruiii"i;.ii;r::;;:; "

n"u"

been rneteor, uut -";:,i,;f i;; :f"l;3";::;"::;j"lrf ;;::ii^::;;i"." "n .,,,

. "u"n t,lf,ilir ;n3 ;::."r..A hlgren revealed t h a t a p h o t o h a d

30. researchers tw o excel l ent Luc ius F aris h a n d Je ro n e cl a rk, of the UF O problem , c a n e a cro ss a re p ro d ucti on of a pi cture of a p h o to ta ki n by a gentl eman named an alles ed etos t i 6 c te t, p ri n te d i n the London Qai l y T h e ' p i ctu re , r.it-["ii"ri* ' aerd. to b e a g l ow i ng, el ongated' a p te a rs w h a t Te1egT aph, s hows the D 3i l Y ' i h ; n e ' g a ti ve , a cco rd i n g to tear-drop s nape. !9,t1:, 9gl the 1v l r cen sna'l vzed bY the bv

i;i;*;;;t,-r"'t SAA.ffi;""iti-

been analvzed t,rpposed io havi -a"teitni"ea speciat scientific uy,:p::i"1. urtti.-t which. deterrninea by siirr, -: i - 'r r ! 1 - e r nidstof the ...' the . . pr ole c r : "r e the t w a5. ln iil , " ' i,' that ; ; ; '; h . - ; :". ::;," i "iiii" methods ; :;t;il ; instead bf 6ei ng i n front of it'133' ii" r " - ir " .k,
was that the-proNews frcrn the "crash site at Overkalix on August 6th Deelt nao been team had search team the searcn hatf the that hali. and that off anrl l0cation work had slacked off iectile l^r-..J rlrfw so .. lir".r-.mtfd they could return hcme. Apthorities felt that ccrnbing frcrn dutY ieleased frm results and draining the water rvould the lake bottcrn nay not Produce ";tiii;" have to be done. 134.

(a"gus t . 7 t h )' . t J t r! : 9 -d riv in g in r e p o r t list th e "uii-"! ii' aui heird a"loud whistJ.ing soundand ;;'t.;i;i l"Iiilr-i;"a"" " an obj ect which flew by at a ii gttt"d insta"i at the sane
oi Z ' 3 me'Leorsabove the sr eat velocity, .tJ ai ".-ft"i ght away and continued on rneters i en auto tn" Ei." r r a.- - it- p'" ir " a auto uas also a witthe 1n passenger A tr t" i" " ai. ti;;;h l -35' ness io the Phenomenon.
T he Swedis h P re s s ccmme n te d : ' reports of " F ron N o rrl a n d h a s co me fu rth er seen at sunOn e w as se e n ' plainly projec tiles fo rn , ta p e re d ' that moved s et--a s poo l :;h ;t;l t di recti on' g re a t sp e e d i n a .n o rtherl y with fairly i t l o o ke d l i ke a strong glqin i n e re a i , v i" " " a 1ight. " 136.
nn

One of thos e b a ff l i n g

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"A strange phenonenonwas witnessed by a man in west Swedenon At 10 p.rn. he cane cycling on a road Thursday Auguit 8th evening. when just ahead of hin at abcnrt 8 neters distance and at lor'r height he saw an egg-shapedthing of the size of a fist and with a yellowish shine, up the surroundings so that the cyclist which wal-so biigtit it-lighted The object, ilhich went could see the electric wires on the roadside. lower than the wires, brushed by hi:r so closely that he rvas rearly struck, continued over the road and fe11 15 to 20 meters onward in an oat field. During the objectrs passage a hissing sotnd rvas heard. "The nysterious thing which cane frcrn the east had an unheard-of speed. The cyclist could very cLearly fo11ow the object's course. He stopped, rnadea mark on the el-ectric pole which was closet to the point ^inrpact, and on Friday inorning made a repolt of tlte occulTence to the of searched for the polic-e, who at Friday noon were out to the place and_ Becausethe oats grew high bblect, without finding any trace of it. and in certain places had fal1en over frcrn the rain-, of course a great was presented in finding such a sma11object. as the cyclist difficultly described bspecihtly if it buried itself in the grotmd. Investi.gations c ontinue." ' 1 4 1 . the odd " meteor"

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w a s se e n travel l i ng " A y e 1 l o w fi re b a l l 1,500 eas tward a t a h e i g h t o f a p p ro xi natel y feet (no l o c a l e g i v e n ). of the " North S w e d e n : A n o th e r fi rebal l e a stw ard. s ame ty pe , a l s o tra ve l l i n g Y e t a n o th e r o f those yel l ow " Stoc k h o l n : fireballs , th i s ti m e se e n tw i ce duri ng the o cca si o n th e obj ect w as day . O n th e fi rs t s een only a s a n i n te n se l i g h t ." I42. T he nex t d a y th e s a me n e w sp a p e r had more about happeni ngs on Augus t 9th:

32. obj ect w as seen " 0n th e g th a ro c k e t-l i k e s onewhe re i n C e n tra l S w e d e n that produced a whis t li ng - s o u n d a s i t c ro s s e d the-sky at hi gh s peed. T h e o b j e c t h a d a tri a n gul ar nose and i. t s c o lo r w a s a l mo s t b l a c k . There w ere no appenda g e s a n d n o l i g h t w a s seen. " Late th a t n i g h t a fi re b a l l fe11 to earth in S t oc k h o l rn , a n d a 1 i tt1 e l a ter another passed ov er the c i ty i n a w e s te rl y d i recti on.r,143. M eanw hi l e , Ma j o r G e n e ra l Au ra nd, GeneraL E i senhow er' s ex per t on r oc k e ts , c a 1 l e d a n e w s conference i n W ashi ngton to pu! ! o r es t - a n y l i n g e ri n g ru mo rs o f sharp di fferences-of opinion v it h in th e w a r D e p a rtme n t over research and devel opm ent c onc er ni n g A m e ri c a ' s g u i d e d mi .ssi l e program. E vi denti y the news c onfe re n c e w a s to s h o re u p publ i t m5ra1e at home and t o r es t ore a n y l o s t c o n fi d e n c e - i n A meri can techni cal s uper ior it y a b ro a d . Ge n e ra l A u ra n d cl ai med that j uri sdi ctionar dis pu te s b e tw e e n th e d i ffe re n t servi ces hai been taken too. s er ious l y b y -e v e ry o n e c o n c e rn e d and that a heari ng w oul d be held s oon to i ro n o u t a n y mi n o r di sagreements that sti l l ex i- s t ed and t,o l a y d o w n s o rn e n e e d e d forl nal gui del i nes. { P par ent ly wi th th e " m y s te ri o u s d e monstrati 6nsi l over the B alt ic r egio n s i n rn i n d , A rm y A i r Force General C urti s Le M ay t hen r epla c e d Ge n e ra l A u ra n d a t the mi crophone and boasted to. t he news ..re p o rte rs th a t u n c l e s arn w oul d sobn produce an "ar r r oc k et " th a t w o u l d b e c a p a b l e of zoomi ng to' 100,000 feet and would be e q u i p p p e d w i th a n " a n ti -meteor E un.,, It w as s t r ange t alk fo r a g e n e ra l w h o w a s a l ong fro, havi ng a jet fi g h te r " a!ui ri ti es. r eliable o f m u c h mo re nodest-capi The pr es s t hen as k e d G e n e ra l A u ra n d i f A meri can' and B ri ti sh r es ear c h wa s b e i n g c o o rd i n a te d c o n cerni ng ni ssi l es; the ques t ion- . app a re n tl y to u c h e d a s e n si .t i ve i rea , for he repl i .ed c ur t l. y , " I c a n n o t a n s w e r y o u th a t.,' I44. ' News f ro rn P a ri s o n A u g u s t l l th tol d of sti l l rnore unusual oc c ur r enc es i n Eu ro p e rs a tmo s p h e re . Francers puy du D one obs er v at or y i s s u e d a s ta te m e n t s a yi ng that a ctoi rd of unnatural c om pos it ion h a d b e e n l i n g e ri n g o v e r i he French capi tal at zo,ooo feet f or t h re e w e e k s . A i rp l a n e s w i th speci al i ns' truments had flor . ' n t hr oug h th e c l o u d u p to tw e n ty ti i nes i n an effort to lear n m or e ab o u t i t. A ru n o r c i rc u i ated connect.i on w i th A ner ic an at . om i c te s ts a t Bi k i n i . 1 4 5. 15" ve w as another guess that f or t una te _ l y d i d n o t g a i n p u b l i c attenti on. E xperts at the t im e s p ec u l a te d th a t th e s p re a d of radi oacti ve cl ouds m ight be as e ffe c ti v e a s a b o mb , th erefore, w ho w as ro say that t he ghos t ro c k e ts w e re n o t' R u ssi an radi oacti ve cl oudl s pewing weapo n s , s i n c e th e S o v i e ts di d not yet have the k nowledge t o b u i l d a n e x p l o s i v e d e vi ce T he c hic a g g _ T ri b u n e ' s L l o y d N orrnan w rote from stockhorm . In A ugus t t h a t " 8 0 ro c k e rs " h a d c ra shed i n both sw eden and Nor way - ( obviou s l y h e w a s -c o u n ti n g every rumor rnaki ng the r ounds ) . Norm a n ma rv e l e d th a t th e sovi ets w oul d ri i k the los s of an ad v a n c e d w e a p o n . Qu o ti n g both General A urand and

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33' Cur tis Le l' { ay , N o rm a n s ta te d th a t A rn e ri can A rny Ordnance tests of c apt ur e d Gern a n trt-2 ts h a d n o t p ro d u ced any promi se of a N o rrn a n a l so cl ai med to have recei ved long r ange weapo n a s y e t. so urce" that the R ussi ans re l i a b l e as s ur anc es from a " h i g h l y wer e ahea d of th e U .S. i n rn i s s i l e re se arch. 146. i n rocket Hint s that th e So v i e ts w e re n a ki n g stri des r es ear c h rais ed a l o t o f e y e b ro w s i n W estern C api tal s. Dr . R. V . J ones , a n i m p o rta n t fi g u re i n the i nvesti gati on w as of course attracted of the W o rld W a r II V-w e a p o n ri d d l e , A si de from probabl y bei ng to the lates t ro c k e t c o n tro v e rs y . D r. Jones as a gr eat ly c u rious a b o u t th e p h a n to m n i ssi l es, w a s asked by hi s government o f In te l l i g e n c e , B r itis h Direc tor H e w as agai n faced to look in to the g h o s t ro c k e t n yste ry. with t he q ues tion c o n c e rn i n g th e e xi stence of an enemy w eapon. One would think th e p ro b l e rn th i s ti rn e w oul d be easy to soIve. B ut no, t h e res u l .ts w e re tr,/o m y ste ri e s i n the pl ace of one. It/hat wer e the gh o s t ro c k e ts a n d w h a t w as D r. Jones thi nki ng? D r. J o n e s' subordi nat.es suddenl y Dur in g the i n q u i rL The evi dence strongl y bec am e unhappy w i th th e i r d i re c to r. indic at ed that a n a rti fi c i a l d e v i ce o f some sort w as bei ng s een but Dr. J on e s w o u l d n o t a g re e . H e based hi s skepti ci sm on the f act that n o c o n v i n c i n g w re cka ge had been found. In had light of the fac t th a t m o re th a n fi ve hundred si ghti ngs been c at alogued, h e re a s o n e d th a t a t l east one of the rockets s hould hav e c ras h e d b y th e n d u e to me chani cal fai l ure. Y et Dr . J ones c hos e to i g n o re th e ra d a r re ports and si ghti ngs of the ny s tery rn i s s i l e s c h a n g i n g co u rse. H i s staff favored the lat t er fac ts a n d c o u l d n o t u n d e rstand the behavi or of their c hief.147. Dur ing the Bri ti s h V -w e a p o n i n ve sti gati on back i n 1943, ev aluat ing reports h a d b e e n a s i mp l e task w hen the V -w eapcns wer e not to any g re a t e x te n t p u b l i c know l edge. Onl y l ater, when G er m any put i ts p ro p a g a n d a mi 1 1 i n hi gh gear and the di d B ri ti sh A 11ied pr es s beg a n to s p e c u l a te o n th e natter, Intelligenc e bec o m e s w a rn p e dw i th fa ke and 1ow -grade si ghti ngs. Now, in 1 946, th e Sw e d e s a n d N o rw e g i a ns had created a monster p u b l i c a p p e a l s fo r anyone and everyone to by nak ing offic ia l w h e n th e y th o ught they saw somethi ng. c ontac t t h e auth o ri ti e s phone cal 1s, and crank with t he res ultin g d e l u g e o f l e t te rs, v is itor s , it bec a m e d i ffi c u l t to re a d al l the reports, 1et alone f ol1ow the m u p . News manLeo n a rd L y o n s w a s q u o te d i n the W ashj -ngton P ost: " A nudd y l a k e i n S w e d e n n o w i s bei ng dredged in a hunt fo r tra c e s o f th e mystery bomb proj ecw i tn e sse s, t i1es. T en c re d i b l e i ncl udi ng an enploy ee of th e An e ri c a n L e g a ti o n , vow that they s aw it in f1 i g h t." 148. S wed is h nev { s p a p e rs h a d b e e n ca rryi ng alnos t daily fro m th e fi rs t o f Ju l y u nti l ghost rocket A ugust 1l th. reports On

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T he Ameri c a n ma g a z i n e , I!!!9 , n oted the S w edi sh exci te_ m ent by c o mrn e n ti n g :_ -' ,. -.a p T ? tu i e -reLeas,ed by ;h;- (S w edi sh) A r m y las t wee k fi n a l l y c o n v i a c e d a l l the p" pui ' , i " i ." pt ti ," c om m uni. s t s J th a t th e ro c k e ts w e re rea1, and that forei gn power ( Russ ia) w a : y s i n g S w e d e n a s a testi r,g gro.r.,d. tS Z. B lus t er ed s toc k h o r.m' s s o c i a l D e m o crati c t" rori of,ti dni sen : "Int r us iv ene s s mu s t n o t b e a l l o w e d to-i onffi i #ffi i ," afor em ent ioned p h o to s h o w e d o n l y a short sti eak of' 1i ght, but it did pro v i th e o b j " .tr r" i ." -n o t i magi nary.

The Com nunist Ny Dag and the Liberal Exprgssen, both Stockho1mne1./sDaDersl-remainedthe"'ii-t,"ffi;";-;il" Swedish_pr essin'condemning ih"-5o.ri "t Union. The New york Her aI d' T r ibu ne
c o m rn e n te d : " T he re a c ti o n o f th e C o mmuni st paper i .s par t ic ula-r1 y i n te re s ti n g . H i n ti ng ti ri t ttre phot og rap h w a s fa k e d , th e N y D ag i ai d there was no thin g to p ro v e th e ro a ke G w ere not A m er lcan, a n d a d d e d i n a n a t te mpt to humor that - " in a few r.re e k s th e i r fo re rn o st i ong,di stance bonbing e x p e rt, G e n e ra l D o o l i tti e,-w i 11 vi si t ) weoen on a n u rg e n t e rra n d .' , 1 S 4. The panic of August 11th: firings. over sweden resuned on s'nday even . ., ^- a -"19 fystelioul.rocket_ yh-en nunber of persons---certainly the nost r+hot.,"v"1ior,,t"a _g'reat 'ghost bcrnbphenomena'it the same1ir"---1rr*"d in ohservaiiii*rJilra, frcrn s,crne hundred places in central *J u"rt""By arl sitns it is judged that the public Sweden. is becinninp to take the 'sky phencrnenon' seriousry and is aiitii.r"i"tr,r."ifr"y falr to cause death and destructionThe defenie staff's terephone "iir was besieged between9:00 p.m. and 11:0-0 R.m, *J--i"po.t, were all alike i,n mat_. ters of tirne, appearanceof the oui"ii-*a its course. observations were rnade at two times:g:46 p.m. g:40 p.m. The rocket bonbs went in a direction frqn south to'north-and ind gavb otr a urigtri [iue]w'ite magnesuim-1ike1ight. The height was stated .-.oip'i""Ji"nunarea melers. "t "scrne of the reporters stated that the bonbs ,detachedr scrnething which tooked like a s-malrsilver-gri.siening tarrs ii;k;;;ich irnn9fia191y fe1l, and frcrn,other pii-"i-ii-it ", that a very faint reporte<l whistling sound was heard."

*A Belgiun UF Oorganization, the GroupementEtude scients Avant-Garde, oujuii-i"*ired - asseits that a'toit"i-1i l e twostory house in the town of Boden,-S weden,on the night aof August lzth, setting the residenie on fiie: ii;; ,", quickly cor doned of! py the miriiary. "."" No other inforrnation on the case is availabie.

36. that it could arise frcrn ordinary fireworks does "Any possibility not present itself. 0bservations are nade at about the same time at pl.aces far_frcrn one another, and a1-soit must have arisen fron a particu-larly fast-rnwing.object, which was observed everywhere, to the abwe descriptions. ""coiding "Lieutenant Neclsnanof the defense staffrs air defense division occupied hinself all sunday evening with a comparison of the hundred or so reports. Frqn a military point of view the firings are judged rs eric us r." 1 5 5 . The Dagbladet rerorted: "Neaf a gity-a plojectile-drcpped to the ground after a powerful erplosion. The flight altitude was in general 1ow. "C)ver a city just before 9:00 p.m. manypersons saw a fireba11. Scrneof the observers saw a l-t.uninous tai1, rvhile others thought they saw a. dark object follor.ring the fireba11. It flashed and seemed t'o go out when it cameover the city's harbor heading out to sea. "O,rer another city in central Swedenand its surrotmdings many fireballs, of which two cane together and the third 25 nintues liter. They loglied like cylinders. The tail,which appearedafter the object, was said in most cases to have had a blue-white color, but in a cbuple of cases was said to be colored red or yel1or^r." 156. A1s o, at 9 :0 0 p .m .: "rbout 81fs p.mr- two-engineers madean observation of a space ob. ject-over a city. They described the object as torpedo-sharrei with -ana a wide nose. It was magnesuirn-gleaning naa a fire-spurting tail. "A lieutenant in the Air Force, with whomthe svens'kaDar6ladet ,l"s ant il contact, sighted a projectile at 8:46 p.m. fo;T3Tecdia; imnediately aftenrard madea drawing fron membryof it. lle described ia,"r,T elongated,.drop-shape{_projectile, green in the front parr and white on the sides. Its direction was northwesterly. Thi angle of descent was 30 to 40 degrees and the course truly par;bolic. Bel cause of darkness it was difficult to judge the distairce and speed, but if it was drt a great distance the lieutenant estimated the obiect;s length at about 20 meters.t' 1S7. Furthermore: "A couple of crab fisherrnen in a cqrntry cqrcnunity in southwestern Srveden on Sirndayt August 11th i observed a rocket prolettile sweep by in a direction frqn north to south. The rrroiectile was clearly seen and both the observers state that it had an'olong shape and went at a low altitrrde. Frcrn the stern could be plainly seen a porverful flane strike out. The projectile disappeared in a short time over the horizon. "A conpanywhich was out on a sea trip in a west 66a51 fjord discovered on Sundayevening an object like a brig'.ht blue-white glo+ing bocly travelling throrrgh the air. It reminded the witnesses of a fireball and it rotated rvith great speed. It spread sparks and plunged hissing into the water not far frcrn thc rr'itnesses' boat. After a moment cametrvo additional nroiectilcs rvhichhad the same direction as the firs t and a l s o l a n d e d i n i h e ' se a ," 1 5 8.

37. A v er y 1 a rg e , ro c k e t-l i k e o b j ect w as observed at 9:00 p.m. S unday night (A u g u s t 1 1 th ) o v e r c e ntral S w eden. E yew i tnesses nent ioned a " fl y i n g fu s e l a g e " mo vi ng at great speed and l i ghting t he heav e n s w i th a w h i te g Io w . N ear a ci ty there the objec t c ame d o w n a fte r a p o w e rfu l expl osi on. P eopl e w ere now beginning to ta k e th e " s k y p h e nomenon" seri ousl y and alar m was spre a d i n g th a t th e re mi g ht be danger to l i fe and pr oper t y . I n on e a re a a t th a t ti me a farmer cl ai med that a ' ,rocket,' c am e down in a fi e l d o f w h e a t. T h e obj ect had a tai l w hen seen in f light but n o n e a s i t d i v e d i n to the fi el d. U nfortunatel y, it was a da rk n i g h t a t, th e ti m e a n d the farrner coul d not fi nd any t hing. S hor tly b e fo re 9 :0 0 p .m. a fi rebal l appeared over S rockholm and s one c l a i n e d th a t a d a rk body accompani ed the fi rebal l . I t appr oac h ed o v e r S to c k h o l m' s h a rbor and w ent tow ard the seac oas t . T en rnin u te s b e fo re a n u n b e r of persons si ghted an obj ect heading dir ec tl y to w a rd a h i g h mo untai n. A spe-tator thought that o b j e c t c o u L d h a v e o n L y ni ssed the nountai n by i aki ng t he a c ur v ed path . H e ma d e n o me n ti o n of seei ng an i mpact. A t the s am e t im e, oth e rs s a i d th e y h a d s e en a gray:green bal l w i th a luninous t a il. Pe rh a p s i t w a s th e sane-obj ei t. I n c entra l S w e d e n s e v e ra l o ther fi rebal l s w ere observed at 9: 00 p. r .-, A u g u s t 1 l th . A p a i r passed over together fol lowed by a th i rd a b o u t 2 s m i n u te s 1ater. l r/i tness6s sai d thev det ec t ed c o lo rs o f b l u e -w h i te , re d , and yel Iow . 159. A t a re s t h o m e i n c e n tra l S w eden shortl y before 9:00 p.m., ' a. f ir ebat l wa s -s i g h te d th a t e x p l o d ed i n four ?i ery fragmenti . T he f r agm en ts fe 1 1 d o w n to w a rd - a n ountai n and a search* w as m ac le t o r ecov e T a n y re m a i n s . A c oupl e o f e n g i n e e rs a ro u n d ' 9: 45 p.n. si ghted an obj ecr ov er S t oc k hol m. T h e y s a i d th e o b j e ct w as torpedo-shaped and had a f ir e- spu rti n g ta i 1 .1 6 0 . F our Sw e d e s i n a c e n tra l S w e di sh ci ty observed on S unday The w i tnesses t iglt t an obje c t th e y fe l t w a s i n p l ai n vi Lw . dec lar ed t h ey c o u l d ma k e o u t a ro tket w i th a l arge body and a " wir e- lik e ta i l " (w i re l i k n a n d e svans) from w hi i h tw o bl ack s pher es emerg e d (? ). A c c o rd i n g t .o i nforrnati on provi ded by t he wit nes ses , i t w a s a s s u m e d th a t some sort of' materi al f ell f r or n the o b j e c t a n d th e y w e re eager to start r" " r.6.161. " S ev er al re p o rts o f s o -c a l l e d ghost rockets w ere made on ^unday , s A u gu s t rl th , a t 8 :5 0 p .m.,-w hen i n the southern N orrl and dis t r ic t a tu b e -Ii k e th i n g w a i s p o tted. Gi vi ng off a strong light r es emb ri n g fi re w o rk s , th e ttri ng w as cl eai l y vi si bl e f5r

38. (about.10 ni nutes) A s h o rt ti me a fterw ard an e x tended Peri o d ' obj ect sped l it p o w erful l y a a re a i n th e s a me at a n airPort seacoast' the o f d i re cti o n th e i n ov er head headin g over a l ake i n central l i g ttt An enginee r s a w a s i n i l a r press he had w i tnessed th e to l d H e ti me ' t" t" S we den--ai Eh" at 1L:00 P .n. on ch a ra cte ri sti cs phenome n o n o f l i k e .""if t" t Fr id ay .162. Sk y pheno me n o n o v e r S w e d e n vra s i ntense on S unday al qtw i l i ' ght' occurred.at Uefore itrl day w a s o v e r a n o th e r si g h ti ng humrni ng ," .1 b i k " ri d i n g w h e n th e y heard a fai nt i;;- ; ;^ .; at th e s a m e i n s i a n t n o ti ce d _a gLow i n the sky as ,o"" a-.na T h e l i g h t w e n t frotn the southeast magn e s i u n . Uii* frt-" i l o w hei ght at a di stance a t a fa i rl y the n[rth w e s t i"r r iia N o l ocati on w i tnesses. th e fro m k i l o me te rs of ;i ;-io" pi" was giv en.163. on the ni ght of the l Ith, During th e fl o o d o f si g h ti n g s seei ng one of the another SwEais n rn i L i ta ry o ffi ce r-re p o rted about 65 feet, l ong be to l o o ke d i t H e s i i a mis s ile s . r ii" " g" the A 1 so, he cl ai rned.that o f a ci g a r. ;;a-ir;e ihe-pro fi re ;io .t" i" had' w h i te s i d e s a n d a g re e n foremost proj ecti ng c i g a r-s h a p e a o U 5 e ct w as rnovi ng 1ow and p;; i.' T he fly i n g v ery fas t. 164 . h i t a p e a k A ugust 11th w i th 200 to " Roc k et" s i g h ti n g s 300 obs erv at io n s . use Some pe o p l e p ro p o s e d th a t R u ssi a w as attempti ng to i t w as for reasons, p sych o l o g i ca l f' o r U b tU s i ' th e " phantoin a l arge l oan w e i e -negoti ati ng tnown th a t th e S o vi l ts *i a" t| C o u l d i t b e th e R u ssi ani hoped to get better 3rea" n. iio. te rns bY intimi d a ti o n ? T heStoc k h o l m Afto n b l a ' l e te xp re ssedskepti ci sm' stati ng th at:.;;...it6" i" i)d ffi o ' ' ,s p e c tMo sco w o f-su chanad " " ' campai gn th a t such a: thins ." 165. fi te n e i ts p i p " i -" a a " a e ffe ct.' ' 166' qu i te th e -o p p o si te ;; ;ie hav e that: agreed, recal l i ng T he Sto c k h o l m A fto n ti d n i n g e n th" ions .iolq {"I:, " ...Sweden e n te re d iiffieeotlat -9: a n d b riit re d irr"-lri"iiian : . n g e " s e e n . were "-14. r oc k ets that . .must real i ze d ec lared tha t th e Sw e d i sh p e o p l e . t ' -. 1 6 8 . one. ar m ed an b e mu s t n eutralitY A ugust 11!h-' T he New Yo rk T i me s re ce i ve d another di sP atch

d a te 1 iii!a ffi"i_a"i.'ibedt het ens ionin t h e S we d is h The Swedish General Staff as "near iiti Ut:"fi ng poi nt"'
Capital fro_r Britain and it was offici;;;;;;;" a- r ,ur -r"a"i-"q"ipr"f,t' ' G enerat James Doolittle would be ii. ir',"1 ;;i;- ;;;;" " i" a.d"i tu to their rocket-beleagured ;i;i.;;;" il;;;" - ;;-giu" 169. countr Y.

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s tu d y i n g s o rn e c l o u d s through a. t er c ope w h e n s u d d e n l y I o b se rved a i urni n_ ^, es:f_was ous point o n th e h o ri z o n . b e l i e v e d i t to b e an ai rpl ane, " I firs t he s aid, l u t s o o n I n o ti c e d i i ;;, travel i ng nuc h too fa s t fo r th a t-, a n d w i thi n t" n seconds, I go t a fu 1 l v i e w o f th e p r o j ;;i i i " . I nanased t o get a c l e a r v i e w o f th e b o mb' s body es t im ate th a t i t w a s a t l e a st 9 0 feei ' 1;;;. " rrJ-----T he body w a s to rp e d o _ -s h a p e d m et ar. N o s o u n d -.g y J d b ; h e " rrd -ri i ni r,;-i i k" ;;J,-" rtnoi gt,-fh" bom b was o n l y tw o k i l o rn e te i ;- ;;;y: A t the b l i n d e d me. " p i l o fi re. s m oke, or s p a rk s w e re n o ti c e a b 1 e .,t170. . A c c or ding to a n o th e r v e rs i o n i n the C hri sti an ,, S ci ence M 9n1t or , 5c i e n ti s t w h o h a d w i tn e ssed ffi ar s o s ald- t he the m y s te ry rn i s s i l e h a d : ' ,...a tapered tai l that B . je-qing 6 tu e i n a g r" " r, ;;; k" and a seri es of fi re :P gY . d balls . . . , , 1?1-

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_As of August lZth Swedish rni l i .tary authorities began a new rntensive investigation -r".io"rfy.,, undei ti ghi. r;;;;i;i-iecause the nissiles w er e vieweg ;rnoit They st;ted that the shower of r ockets the previo"i-ii"ni ng had covered the whole of central and southeri, s""J"".-'bl g io.t"t.[.J'iJor"a ,ery 1ow over stockhorm ana. repoii"iry'b1er.r up in the. arr over the city's nor thern suu,riIi: --i;:.A ftonti4ningen,s editor stated that the missile, which-iiiaffif:stickholrn, a.str aisht ,ho; ;;;;;r"in" only six hundred lll-r-ld" teet up and was nropelled-by a ui i nai sky niiy uirehi u*n"ur. which he described as i ,,ip"rkii;; ;"ii'of blue fire .,..122. Althougb the^fw3$es,I:p. a. 1i d orJ.al,y official opinions, on the after noon of the l'th, the S wedish Arrny was reported inspecting three-aifi"i""t si tes ::^l: crashes," and r umors fixed rrto"ti-"s-t;; of suspected,,rocket ;;;6;it!'^rrriru launching base. -t?3.
Lik e a V-2?: "Just like aV-2, said londoner Georqe_Harrison, whenhe, toget_ her with his Swedish iriend, ;;;+"",1;ni on llondayIAugustlzth l evening or*"iruJ-o""r c.or", Jonasson, at 9 o,clock soder-a--gtort'ui,it of the sane type as that which_on evenins passed ou"r'sto.kho'r,n in u ld9"l' northerly direction. The bcrnbbrio-l*! out of the south, stated 'Jonasson. It rvasl{arrison rno iiiit-n.il.*a ia and called his fri.end,s

40. The rocket bcrnbpresented a attention to the projectiLets course. bright magnesirunlike light and an ordinary spoolrs shape. It was seen abcnrt 10 seconds. "lu{r. Harrison did service in England during the r\rar years and thus on innt.unerable occasions saw both V-1 and V-2 bcrnbs. He was sure of this matter, said l,tr. Jonasson---l'le had not gone out to rhturt for ghost bonbs,r nor stood and watdred the sky, either, when Harrison ca11ed our It camlot be a question of any kind of suggestion esattention to it. pecially since we had talked earlier in the day inlonly the briefest termslabout Sqnday'srocket firings." 174. gxpl od e Another e y e w i tn e ss, o n e th a t saw a mystery-rni ssi l e that resenbl ed in the air:, c l a i me d th a t h a rd , b l a ck nateri al h a d ra i n e d d o w n . S o me experts sP ecul ated that c oal-c link 6rs the dark fragme n ts w e re re si d u e o f some sort of propel l ant, rnade publ i c i n the press Oth e r d e ta i l s or warhead po w d e r. at this tim; d i s cl o se d th a t th e ro ckets had been seen fl yi ng at altitudes b e tw e e n si x h u n d re d to tw el ve thousand feet and , , , o f u p to si x hundred mi l es per hour. " r ' at es timated v e l o ci ti e s S w e den a P erson si ghted a i n ce n tra l At a loc a ti o n of a strong o b j e ct o n Mo n d a y, A ugust 1zth. ',torpedo-lik e" whitl appeara n c e , th e o b j e ct p a sse d over at a great hei ght A str6 n g l uni nous gl ow cane fron in-a s oittttwe s t d i re cti o n . A fte r b e i n g i n vi ew a short ti me_, i t di sine oUjec tts n o se . T h e sh a p e , as descri bed by the eyes olv ed-or dis a p p e a re d . was t| a t o f a l a rg e ci g a r w i th a broad forw ard part riitr" s s , and a narrow re a r P o rti o n . 1 7 6 . seened to have been ordi nary si g h ti n g s T he fore n e n ti o n e d neteors , as w e l l a s th e n e xt T e P o rt. o b j e cts o f a bri ght w hi te-gl ow .w ere T wo " torp e d o -1 i ke " S w eden and at a pl ace i n the obs erv ed on ti l e l 2 th i n ce n tra l cours e. B o th obj ects had a si mi l ar s outhern Norrl a n d d i stri ct. Oaafi enough , th e d a y b e fo re th e re had been a si rni l ar observ atibn at ih; s a n e ti me a n d p 1 a ce .177' Iookout asked: ,,The Swedes notified their legation at Helsinki t Finlandl' to be on authorities i:rmediately if the the sfrarpeit-1ooko't *J-to notitffinnistr appeared again." 178' bcrnbs The Svenska !CgUl@g! rePorted: "A rocket projectile fell at S:lS p.m. in the area near a south that it grazed the housetops and was it went so 1or^r Sweden seaport. observed by manypersons. "Tho Lyewitn'esseswho saw rvhen the projectile fel1 assert firmlymeters frcrn the mainland' that it strirck the grormd on an isLet sonb f-OO The nen went cut in-a motorboat, but since the islet is rather large *d o.rutgrou rvith hard-to-pass-through vegebtive thickets, the men

41 soon we,re,forced to give up the search. They went to continue search1lg on- wednesday morning,.however, since they'said they were certain

ll1l,ll"r..:ll,the_proje-ti1e. Jectrre' whlch came out of the so_uth, described a very flat course about S0.neters from.the-grou1d. ;J-";J or two J'-e uoay was cigar_sh";;a meters long and radiated-a . ' n"hina-*us bright tigtrt-red iigtt. a many meter long smoke trail." 179.
August 13th The Svenska!ge!1"d9! ccnrnented:

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"The multitude of new reports of. sightings of space projectiles, which in recent days has ccrne'in to the Eerenle ;;"i;;; air defense division, are now held for conparison. No find has been made frsn the crash sites. During ti.resilay[.August 13thj the diminishment in the stream of reports was considerable. "That one of the firebalrs observed g:50 p.m. s'nc1ayevening was a meteor and not a rghost bsnbt is rnaintained by a prqninent " scientist in a conversation with the Svenska This person !Ce!&g{." made.the sighting frcrn a motorboat "The theory that l.tondayrsfAugust 12th]air actident in Srnaland was^caused bf,g cgtlision rvith a lpace projectile .rr,r,ot Ue foiitively confirrned. In partiorlar no repoits oi rp".u proi"tiirer at the time and place of the accident have ybt been reteiv"e ;-;f-irte Tuesday evening by authorities in the aiea." 1g0. T he Londo n D i i l y e l e g ra p h c a rri ed an account on the 13th 'whic h m ent ioned T fi e rT h J -o J _ t= o e k e t si g hti ngs i raa-ueun rnade at M ar iehar nn, -a c i ty l o c a te d o n th e A a l i nd Ii l and w hi ch g" " i a-i rr" entr anc e of the G u l f o f B o th n i a . T h e account cl ai rned-that the M ar iehar nn s ighti n g s w e re i d e n ti c a l to the sw edi i h-repori i . rsi . . while m an y o f th e ro c k e ts c a me frorn the di recti on of K us s lan- oc c upied P e e n e m u n d e tc th e south, eyew i tnesses al so c laim ed t hev ha d s e e n my s te ry n i s s i l e s c,i ri i tg oui -or ti re nor t h. 182. T he behav i o r o f th e p h a n to m b o n bs-a1so puzzl ed the sw edes, who f elt t hat th e o b s e rv e i a n ti c s o f the ro.i " i r-Ji d not rnat.ch t- hat ex pec t e d o f th e d e s i g n c a p a b i l i ti e s.r-i rr" -c.rman v-1 or V - 2, s o. s on e pe o p l e n i c k n i n e a i n e g h o st roctcei i i v-qr.' ,.183. |gws wgek . m a gaz l n e re p o rte d : " s v e d e s. . .cl ai ned to have seen the m ls s : . ] es ba c k tr_ a c k , ro o p , b a rre l -rorr, di ve. and c1i mb... ( whic h) indi c ate d th e y v e re i a d i o -c o n troi i ua.; tbc.' F r om d iffere n t p l a c e s i n w e s te rn S w eden on Monday nj ,ght "1ight phenome n o n " w l s o b s e rv e d , C o mmonto al l w as a rai n of s par k s f r om a l u mi n o u s b o d y . T h e o b j ects w ere yel 1ow -w hi te ba11 s hapes with ta p e ri n g ta i 1 s . Ge i eral tv the l i ght phenomenon m or r ed in a n o rth -s o u th 185. Frorn the ci ty of d i re c ti o n . Got ebor g c ame th i s n o te : " At g :0 0 p .m. a fi sh- 1 i ke thi ng was s een t ha t fe l l fro m th e s k y (? ),' 1 8 6. I n Denmark ,- B ri a r-J e n s e n , s aw a " s pook ro c k e t" e x p l o d e . a n i g h t w atchman at S truer Ab o u i four o,cl ock i n the

42. nor ning he c a u g h t:i g h : o f a fi e ry obj ect corni ng out of the nor t heas t. s u d d e n ry th e re w a s a n expi osi on ti ,i E i i t up i r," whole s -k y . H e h e a rd th e d e to n a ti o n i he sarne i nstant he saw t he I ig ht p h e n o m e n o n . 1 8 7 . A Swed i s h Ai r F o rc e l i e u t e n a n t sai d he si ghted an obj ect 65 f eet long mo v i n g . a t e rc e p ti o n a r.ry l ow terri fi c s peed. " rti i i J" " .-..shaped f i-ri teth a ci gar * i i frth" th i n g , h e s a i d ,-w a s, a gr een fore mo s t p ro j e c ti n g p a rt and w hi te si Jes.' ,' 1gg. T he un i te d p re s s c o m p i l e d a short di spatch for an A ugust 15t h d atel i n e w h i c h q u o te d t h e sr,edi sh def ei rse staf f , .o" E " i n ' ov er . t h e-" gho s t-b o m b p s y c h o si s,, that had sei zed the apd. it s dis ma y o v e r th e u s e l e ssn e ss of the rni l i tary' s " uipre-' i ;;; l_im ina ry in v e s ti g a ti o n s . T h e S w edi sh new spapei , D i geni Ny het e r, wa s a l s o q u o te d b y th e U ni ted prei s' w fri n-tE E T= paper reporte d o n e o f th e b e tte r rocket si ghti ngs of A ugus t 12th . A c c o rd i n g to th e D agens N vheter, i torpedo_ shaped o b j ec t wi th what appe a rea-tE--EE-[a:;-tfin g he adi i gh t, was s potted h i e h ^ i n th e s k y mo vi ng soundl essl y-at trenen18s. dous v eloc ity . 0n the o th e r s i d e o f' th e w o rl d, a sovi et. sci enti .st w ho had been ob s e rv i n g th e Arn e ri ca n atomi c tests at si ki ni , roi a t he- wes tern^ p re s s th a t h i s co u n try r" ou1d expl ode i ts or.,n nuc lear bomb i n th e n e a r fu tu re , a cl ai m thi t nust have wor r ied thos e i n th e Pe n ta g o n fo l l ow i ng the ghosi rocket s t or Y . ' 190. swec lis h tro o p s w e re n o w mo b i l i zed to nake exacti ng ground s weeps ov er c e n tra l re g i o n s o f th e country, to l ook foi i ny s or t of glos t ro c k e t w re c k a g e th a t w oul d 6u concl usi ve evi l denc e, while S w e d e n ' s F o re i g n Offi ce prepared . i i ro' g no." of pr ot es t fo r a " c e rta i n n -i g h b o ri ng' country.,' i 91. p o s t re p o rte d : " In the l ast publ i c comnenr . T h e.wa s h i i rg to { r per m lr t ed o n th e mrs s i l e s , c a p t. G. E . S tangenberg, acti ng chi ef of t he Swed i s h a i r d e fe n s e d e p a rtment, sai d" i n ,.i i y to a ques t io n as to w h e th e r th e b o rn b s w ere of R ussi an bri gi n: th a t b u t I c a n n o t deny i t ei ther.i ;" i -92. ' I c an' t c on fi rn News o u t o f s to c k h o l n o n th e 13th reported that one uni t of t he s wed i s h m i l i ta ry s e a rch te ans, a reconnai ssance pIane, hac been s tru c k h e a d -o i r u y a g h cst rocket and the three' -nan c r ew k illed i n s ta n tl y . T he rep o rt s a i d th a t a se a rch pl ane had radi oed that . t he c r e w had j u _ < t s i g h te d a ,g h o st rocket, and then, suddenl y, c ont ac t was l o s t w i th th e a i rcra ft as an expl osi on --' . w as heard in t he area. N o fu rth e r d e ta i l s w ere gl " eni 19j . A l s o: " T h e n e w s p a p e r A f to n b l adet sai d a fl yi ng bomb c aus ed anoth e r p l a n e to -c ra i F -i E E ? -T?l geryd i n soutE ern 1n, r,94. S weden . It w a s n o t k n o w n w h e th e r there w ere casual ti es.,r

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T o add t o th e Sw e d i s h m i l i ta ry h eadaches, an army ground se ar c h t eam , rna k i n g a s w e e p a l o n g th e S w edi sh-N orw egi an border, va nis hed r ny s terio u s l y . 1 9 5 . B ot h t he Sw e d i s h p re s s a n d p u b l i c w ere al armed and made b u t th e S w e d i s h n i l i tarl ' authori ci es and c om pla ints , b i tter gov er nm ent offic ia l s ma i n ta i n e d a m ysteri .ous si l ence. 196. made heated T he news pap e r D a g e n N y h e te r i n p arti cul ar shoul d be co m r oent s , s ugges ti n g th a t th e te rm " g h ost rocket" p h e n o n e n o n ." 1 97. re plac ed i. iit h " e a rth l y c a l l e d a n a ti on-w .i de al ert. Air T he S we dis h n i l i ta ry a n d v a ri o u s rn i l i tary uni ts w ere put bas es , r adar s ta ti o n s , on s t andby t o he l p i n th e h u n t fo r ro cket rernai ns.198. w as a new sp' aper a ttenti on . A nd ano ther re p o rt th a t n e ri ts w hi l e s tor y dat ed Aug u s t 1 3 th w h i c h re a d : " The thi ng rotated S uddentry i t l ost em itt ing a c ontin u o u s s tre a m o f s p a rks. nothi ng i n to th e v a te r...' r1 9 9 . U nfortunatel y s peed and f et t nor e was r ev e ale d A 1s o, on th e a fte rn o o n o f Au g u st 13t,h, a group of D ani sh boy s c out s obs erv e d a ro c k e t-1 i k e o b j ect rnovi ng at great v eloc it y at the h e i g h t o f 5 0 0 me te rs. The scouts decl ared that t he objec t h a d s rn a 1 l s i d e v i n g s and fi ns. A bl ue-w hi te s t r eaned fro m th e b o tto rn . ft w as bel i eved to be radi ol i ght s inc e i t s u d d e n l y c u rv e d fron i ts ori gi naL c ontr olled course a fte r th a t resuned i ts ori gi nal by 35 degT ees an d s h o rtl y c our s e - 200. th a t w a s s e e n a t 8 :50 p.m. S unday ni ght w as T he f ir eball ex plained as a me te o r b y a p ro mi n e n t sci enti st w ho w i shed to r em ain anony mou s a n d w h o h a d p e rs o n a l l y observed the phenomenon. o ri g i n a te d He s aid t he fireb a l l fro n a part of the sky that us ually was the a p p e a ri n g p o i n t fo r b ri l Li ant bol i des. A c c or ding t o rep o rts , th e fi re b a l l i n questi on w as vi si bl e ov er a lar ge are a o f S w e d e n w h i c h i n d i cated a great al ti tude, s o c ons equen tly th e s c i e n ti s t s a i d h e coul d scarcel y doubt the c os nic o rigin o f th e 1 1 ts 5 3 1 1 . 2 0 1. M or e A u gus t l ,3 th m a n i fe s ta ti o n s. A t K ar lsk ron a , obs er v ed: Sv u e d e n , a t 8 :0 0 p .m., rhe fol l ow i ng w as

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44. a n i mme n se purpl e l i ght " ...p ro d u c e d w i tn e ss.co ul d th e a s and, as i " t :" :' -I?-t l asted onIY T h e o b se rva ti o n c y lindric a l . 10 s ec o n d s . " ? 0 3 . of sone ghost svenska tlagbladet's london correspondent took notice The --onurent : an i Guard s-l:Enghg$g in-niig1E-d' r ockei' more-or less fangreat many"The British press has contained a Sweden'but this is the first ovei bonbs iiyite tastic reFortsa;;i'il The'reason page' ;t ;;,";p;p"r has-taken up the'matter on the leading probably the. report iron Swedenwhich that the tine iittrirgi.a-'rip"-i, si.reaisir-protest with 'proper firmness' is soon su,Igests that an "iiiEi"r 204' to'be erPected." T he Sw e d i s h Arrn y e xP e rts a n d " connon sl ag" Stoc k ho l m n e w s i to ry d a te d A ugust 13th: a in are menti oned

a99111T" 1: of " Ex p e rts i n th e a n ti -a i rcraft reports or si fti n g -manv a re A rm y Sw e b i s h the ovl r S outhern s uppos e d to .t" f' p i o j " i i l i " t" ri re d ani- c e n tra l ' S w e d e n ' " on e th e o i y w h i ch h a s b e en put forw ar!.h1re are exP errmentl ngi is that R u s s i a n te c h n i ci a n s or e.rsewith n e w w e a p o n s i n th e B a l ti c provi nces of thei r speak. rock-ets tttu o i ;;;;t;; where ' A1 r a have rockets The c oming fro m th l s o u th e a st' tt" Y :1-:: b l a ck:. ;;;-a i e triangu l a r l ,l i ch ;;; i n e a s th e y P a s:.tl t9" q!-:1" ^1]t;" s peed-a n d w"h fa11 and d i si ntegrate io Sone h a v e u e !n -r" p o ti " h fragw hen' the but i n a l f' fra g rn e n ts, i n io e" rttr i i th e l aboratory they w ere ments * " t" y z e dn s1 a 8 ' I' z(15' c olmmo f ound to b e " tt" F urthe r A u g u s t 1 3 th re P o rts'

on si ghti qgs T here w e re th re e s o -ca l l e d ' sp ookrocket" ' ttre fi rst to have sai d w as T ues day nig h t i n ' r" ri i ," i r,-s " " a " n . h a d a red gl ow ' w hi l e the other been s een a t 1 0 ,ri -i :;:-;" e betvreen each The Intei val s co 1 0 r. t w o were of a c i .e a r' w h i te a n d th e course of al l three w as fi u " -mi n u te s pi" iit" fy " t ;i i h e o b j e cts w as tw i ce that of w hat T h e ;;" ;a s"outhwes t. No esti mated' a ch i e ve -w i tnesses ;-;;;;;;-airc ra fi ' i q g l a was d e te c ts 4 .2 o 6 ' iouna Denma rk a g a i n : obj ect 0n T u e s d a y n i g h t p e rso n s o b served a l umi nous It w a s re g a rd ed by some as.a. rocket' north e a ;t. fry in! of S truer w i th a strong e x p l o d e d o v e r th e -ci ty inl-" 8:ec t burs t 6r ti g i tt. z o z ' turgust 1"4th.

B ack in Sw e d e n a c o u p l e o f w i tnesses i n the central part of t he c ountry o b s e rv e d s h o rtl y b efore 6:00 p.m., A ugust 14th, an objec t in th e s k y th e y s a i d w a s ci gar-shaped and of an alum inun c ol o r. Its a l .ti tu d e w a s esti mated at 100 meters. G leam ing in th e s u n l i g h t, th e o b j e ct sped qui etl y and qui ckl y t hr ough the s k y mu c h fa s te r th a n an ai rpl ane, accordi ng to t hos e watc hi n g . C l e a rl y v i s j .b 1 e for at l east tw o mj .nutes, it c am e out o f th e s o u th e a s t a n d passed out of si ght i n the nor t hv r est. N o fi e ry ta i l w a s n o ti ced. 208. I n the s a n e g e n e ra l p a rt o f the country, metal fragments allegedly fro m a g h o s t ro c k e t cra sh w ere di scovered. The m at er ial wa s th e s u b i e c t o f c o n si d erabl e di scussi on and w as handed o v er to th e S w e d i s h Ai r D e fense authori ti es. The nilit ar y s en t i n v e s ti g a to rs to th e supposed crash si te. T he s am e n e w s s to ry n e n ti o n e d an earl i er fi nd, w i thout. ident if y ing th e d a te o r L o c a ti o n , and referred to an obj ect elev en c enti n e te rs l o n g o f a n u n know n ori gi n that had been f ound du ring a g ro u n d s e a rc h . T h e new s story sai d that the objec t h ad a " l e tte r and a legible or as the fi gure on i t," S wedis h word i n g w e n t: b o kstaver och fu11t l asl i ga " ...a v 20 9 . s if f r or . ( T hi s fi n d , h o w e v e r, 1 e d to a nother dead end i n the opinion of Sw e d i s h a u th o ri ti e s : " T h e e x p e rts h a v e a s c e rta i ned w i th certai nry t ha t th e e l e v e n c e n ti n e te r l ong obj ect of unknow n or ig in w h i c h w a s fo u n d d o e s not come from any p ro j e c ti l e s . . .1 12I0. s t r atos p h e re M or eov e r, i n F i n l a n d , a l a b o rer i n the ci ty of Tammerfors hear d a pow e rfu l e x p l o s i o n a n d a t the sane ti me saw a greyblac k s mok e c o l u m n h i g h u p i n th e sky. Insi de the ceni er of t he s r nok e he d i s c e rn e d a l u rn i n o u s fi gure si mi l ar to an arm in s hape for a w h i l e u n ti l i t d i ssi pai ed. The bl ast w as so power f ul the ma n h e a rd i t i n s i d e hi s house. t hing A no ther T u e s d a y n i g h t i n c i d e n t w as the si ghti ng of somein the s k y o v e r H e l s i n g fo r n Fi nl and, the-sarne day.2l l , S we den h a d n o w re a c h e d a c ri si s poi nt. The mi l i tary w as plac ed on n e a rl y fu 1 1 a l e rt. T h e questi on now w as: " shoul d S weden fire b a c k a t R u s s i a , o r w a i t unti l a ghost rocket hi t downt own Sto c k h o l n ? r' Sw e d e n p a u sed at thi s cri ti cal rnonent.

O n Aug u s t 1 4 th , th e S to c k h o l n A ftonbl adet upbrai ded m ilit ar y au th o ri ti e s b e c a u s e a g h osT-66m' 6--trai f-exi l oded i n t he air low o v e r a l o c a 1 l a k e , te rri fyi ng some boaters di r ec t ly b ene a th th e b 1 a s t. T h e A ftonbl adet, l i ke many S w edi sh c it iz ens , fe l t th a t h e re a t l a s i --i l E s Ti --fi di cati on oi the pot ent ial d a n g e r c o n fro n ti n g th e country. W h iIe th e A fto n b l a d e t n o te d the S w edi sh mi l i taryrs c lair ns t hat i t Ia d -l rn o -a n g i b l e p roof" especi al l y of-R ussi an

46. the news p a P e r i n sj ' ste d th a t th e neteor hypothesi s mis c hief, by then to draw co n si d e ra ti on riro"fa hiv e rec eiv !d ' s u ffi ci e n t c onc l u s i o n s a b o u t su ch a theory, anq that the s ome definite oues tion of nus s ian d e vi ce s sh o u l d h a ve been settl ed by the apparentl y T h e A ftonbl adet f ra g me n ts fo u n d . oi J ,."rii"il" n S w eden ""V R u ssl a n rn i ssi l e i d e a , a3--i t-Tg!E ;ted leaned toward the' benefi t the for i n ti mi d i ti o n i yste n ta ti c * iettt be undergoing ma n e u ve r betw een the great oi'io* "-internitioial' -in" " gtt po l i ti ca l the A ftonbl adet ala rn e d a b o u t th e si tu a ti on, ;;r;;;. assi rti -on-Tfi E T-s eerned to ac c ept ii re S w e a i sh ml l i ta ry' s w a s b e i n g g i ve n to a " rumor" about an attention" "1ittle b e e n h i t b y-a g h o st ro cket' 212' had that aiic raft Thelas tc ommen ti n th e fo re g o i n g a cco u n t' i s-puzzl i ng. 0r, di d i .t re p o rts w e re i n correct? Did it mean the ea rl i e r nean the epis ode w a s b e i n g su p p re sse d ? same day, the The New York T i n e s p ri n te d a n i te m on the 14th,.ii" ffip..c ..wtric trre p o rte d :.U n d e r-S e cre ta ry p e rsonal l y w as very much of State, Dean Ac f,e so n , -sa i d . to d a y h L s19a3n but. !h" t .. ,,, i ryi n ' g ro cke ts o f r Lr J' i., r" ioii t interes ted 9v9r on the subj ect' ri A n e ri ta n * a d vi ce a n y the Swedes naa noi-i o " g ttt Hanpered by c e n so rsh i p o f-th e n e w s stori es,' by S w edi sh th a t fo rce d th e d e l e ti on of exact l ocamifitaii' direc tiv es tions , it is not a P P a re n t i f th e , fo 1 1 o ' " i ng A ugust l ' 4th i nci ' o n e s p re vi o u sl y menti oned' a""t it related to ' i h e o f a srn a l 1 l a ke i n northern S w eden on In the v ic inity pers on fi e a rd a n o i se i n th e ai r of sonethj .ng a W ednes day rit" n o i se -g re w l o u d e r a n d l ouder and suddenl v ;;;;;;;hi" g.' to e a rth n e a rb,y' - The. obj el l tti l s binething ias s een fa l l i i g P i cked i ro n th e e d g e of the.1ake. fe e t Z 0 about ifr"-gi"" " a ex amined, i t w a s a n a ss o f a b o u t 10 cubi c centi meters. "p-"f,a " P t?i :t:11:" th a t th e n a ss w a s p a rt of ite fos s iUility " c ouli not be det.e rmi n e d si n ce ra i n a n d mi st at the. tl rne ?L 4. w as sent the maE erl al ' T h e S vre d i sh mi l i ta ry obs c ured the s k y . Iny etanother" la k e i n ci d e n t" sw e d i sh ra d i ' o reported: fron so me w h a t d i ffe rent " A fly ing' o b j e ct w a s se e n thi s rnorni ng thos e obs brv 6 d p i e vi o u sl y by four peop l e w o rki n g i n a w o o -dyard -near one It oi the LirgL l a ke s j -n ce n tra l N o rrl and' a n d fl e w at an res enbled i s n a 1 l a i rp l a n e , of a b o u t 2 0 0 - me te rs, n a ki ' ng a hi ssi " ng altitude It h a d a sh o rt b o d y, a ta i l and tw o nois e. T h e o b j e ct d e sce n d e d at a 65 s ma1I wings . degree anlte a t co l o ssa l sp e e d a n d crashed inio the ts k s ." 2 1 .5 . of the s t o ry sa i d th a t th e i n vesti gati on A follow-up alleged fa11 of' a g h o st ro cke t i n to th e l ake r" ras termi nated Me ta l d e te cto rs a nd the draggi ng of' a long effori . "it.i D rai ni ng the l akes the muddy lik e bo tto m yi e l d e d n o th i n g . was not c ons idered P ra cti ca l .

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"The 11-sn. long object of un}novm origin whidr was taken possession of on WednesdaytlAugust 14thf i"n central Swedenshould not, atcording to the staternents of experts nade with certainty, issue fron any space projectile, reports the defense staff. The sameis tn:e of the copper remains which also were taken today. These certainly have lain a long time on the grormd. "In spite of close exanination, sti11 nothing up to nou/has cone forth to give a definite basis to judge whether the observed luminous phenonenaand such issue frcm sqne fa11 of space projecti1e." 216. A Danish newspaperstated: "(he of the very strange ghost rockets passed over Copenhagen 1-astnight, where it'was siltrt6d at manyplates on the city;s north-' ern periphery. St_atsnents agree.both,in regard to time 611d elrpearance and in case I the staternent ] is madeby a Danish militarv man. There carmot be talk of any fraud. "A cotta!{e dweller in T\rborgvej described for the Berlingske Tidende the phenonenonthusly: 'A rocket, which had the shape of a red fi.reba11, cane frqn the southwest and went i.n an easterly directi_on rmtil it reached a point where it looked like it 1ay over llellenrp. Here it turned ard took a course torvard the north and dis- ' appeared in the di.rection of Kanpenborg. I together with nany others witnessed the rocket-fron 9:45 n.m. when it cameinto sight, and I was able to fol1ow it tiff 10:10 p. rn., when it-disappeared. It madeno noise, but was lighted with a Little flickering gleam. The height had to b6 several thousand meters. "A witness in Charlottenlund said that he saw the rocket ccrne frcrn the south with a course northward. The speed was rnostly slower than an airplane's, like1y about 100 lsn. He estimated the height at 4-5,000 meters. The tjme was 10:05 p.n., which agrees entirely with the sightings fron He11erup.,,2I7. August 1sth. WhoPays? Concern abort the "rocket barrage" took an unusual trrrn August 15th: "The mysterious space projectiles, which recently have been observed over Sweden,have sti1l not caused any hann, but the question has finally been clealt with of who shcnrld pay in case the ghost bcrnbs The question is bring about the destruction of people and property. to deal with as long as it is not lnown who lies of course difficult behind the rrysterious firings, but probably of course the state would step in as in cases of transgression against neutrality during the war, Assistant Justice of Appeals, said secretary of the State l'lar Damage, OLof H. Appeltoft, on l'ff's inquiry." have a clause by which they do not pay "The insurance ccnrpani.es Ihrring the conpensation for danage in connection uith 'war affairs.' war we in the war damages ccnmission had to take a position on many tested The Germans cases in cormection with breach of neutrality. inctrrring a bit of damage{or their V-2 bcrnbswer Swedish territory,

48. which the state nade payment, but probably it wi,1l not nohrbe the insurance cqryany that pay the ccnrpensation debts, either, "Fire insurance is hardly valid in such a case, said director Fraenkel in the Folket Sanarbeteas we11." 218. The Syens=ka 0"g!!4S! reported on tugust l5th that in spite of the immenseflood of reports of various kinds of sky phencrnena, by-wednesday not the slightest evidence has been obtained. The pipbr stated: rrrnvestigations concerning the alleged projectile crash in a rake . -in Norrbotten have now concluded with no-results. a co,ple of sensati-ona1 "on wednesday reports were received concerning an object suspected to have issued frorn a space projectile that was found in- th9 Sala area, but even at a very early siage this theory too could be disnissed as rmtenable. In one of ih" fi11t, i.t a placewhere the other day it was thought a space projectile ,ar i"e.t to dissolve, a driver the day before yesterday rouira in 11-on. long object of unlrnor^.n origin lying in the way. The object was sent to the defense staff, where on wedne-day evening it was tai<en for examination. It was a bolt-1ike thing, probably of brass or bronze, which seerned too rough and o1d and worn to be considered to enter into a space projectile, yho-segqpolents-would be of a quite different quality. the bblt-rather' looks like it had belonged to a farrn machine of'scrne kind,or at least sqne kind of motor.. _It-seernedsyrnbolic that that a presi photographer who investigated the find without difficulty could screw tilht tf,e bolt in the stan<l holder of his Rolleiflex caneri. onrineto this one can think that the bolt probably did originate frqn the ltand of sorneolder heavier land-surveying instnment. Dring Thursday the object got a closer examination in a series of nechanical shops in order to gei the question of its origin answered. report a metal part was foirnd in a place "In another Wednesday where on Sundaya space projectile was supposedto have fa11en. A military expert was sent to the p1ace, and according to his preliminary investigations, it amountedto a couple of copper objects, which partli sesned o1d, partly lacked marks after the fali-to the ground, wheie neither in thi-s case j-s there any reason to slrppose that they can be corponnents ftgT q space projectile. The copper pieces were formd by sone playful chi1d." 219. Augus t 16th. tion T he following was s tranger c a s e w a s stra n g e , s ti l l : b u t the offi cj .al expl ana-

proj ecti l e w as " T his rn o rn i n g a stra to sp h e ri c obs erv ed ov e r a t o w n i n so u th e rn S w eden w hi ch ex ploded with a l o u d b a n g w h e n i t met a hai l Afterw a rd a stro n g sn e l 1 of gunpow der s torm. was notic ed. T h e e xp l o si o n w a s so strong t.hat It w a s a b o u t 5 00 meters hi gh. the hous es s h o o k . After the ex p l o s i o n w h a t a p p e a re d to be a rni st a n d i t w a s sti l I c ollec ted, to b e observed after h a d p a sse d . the hails torm A cco rd i ng to neterow h o w e re a p p ro a ched by the A i r logic al ex pe rts , o f th e Ge n e ra l S taff, Defens e Div is i o n a very

49. pr obab le ex p l a n a ti o n i s th a t i t w as a tornado in c onnec tio n w i th a v e ry s tro n g fl ash of l i ghtT he o b j e c t v h i c h w a s b e l i eved to have ning. been s een m i g h t h a v e b e e n a - so -ca11ed ' coi 1 of c loud' fron th e to rn a d o ." 2 2 0 . Danis h radi o b ro a d c a s te d o n A u g ust l .6th that:

rockets " T wo of th e s o -c a 1 1 e d s tra to spheri .c wer e o bs erv e d e a rl y th i s mo rn i n g over S toreby near K oege . T he y c a n e fro rn th e so u t.h and resenbl ed o f th e rocket.s w as at c igar s r^ ' ith fl a me s ...o n e an alt i tude o f a b o u t o n e k i l o rn e ter and i t. w as The pos s ible to fo l l o w i ts c o u rs e n orthw ard. r oc k et s we re s e e n b y s e v e ra l p e op1e." 22L. It seens T he Danis h p re s s h a d th i s to sa y the next day. that a y oun g nan i n th e n o rth p a r t o f C openhagen observed on l i ke a round bl ue l i ght. S atur day morning a l u n i n o u s o b j e c t, conpany, The y oung man, a n e mp l o y e e o f a D a n i sh ai rl i ne c lair ned t ha t the p h e n o n e n o n w a s n o d oubt a " ' spook rocket. " 0n t he othe r h a n d , th e w e l l kn o w n astrononer Lupl auJ ens en ex plained o n S a tu rd a y i n th e new spaper A ftenbl adet that nany rocket reports were j.ust shooting stEiFTEZi-T6re num er ous at this ti n e o f y e a r.2 2 2 . F ur t her Da n i s h c o m rn e t w a s n a d e by a w ri .ter for the new spaper S oc ia l-Demo c ra t. H e w ro te th a t i n hi s opi ni on the appearance of-T!tr-o:-t-?-dETs" over the country was not necessarily of a s er ious c ha ra c te r. T h a t T h u rsd a y there had been the s ight ing of s on e th i n g i n th e a i r w i th reports corni ng i n fron s ev er al pla c es i n S j a 1 1 a n d th e myste ry obj ect turned out to be jus t a paper b a l l o o n . A l a rg e p a per bag w i th a candl e ins ide had foole d e v e ry o n e w h e n i n th e dark the bag assuned the appear a nc e o f a g l o w i n g b u 1 Ie t.2 2 3 . Unf or tunatel y , fo r th e fo re n e n ti o ned theory, the vast najor it y of s igh ti n g s d i d n o t n e n ti o n sl ow movi ng obj ects that m ight hav e b e e n w a fte d b y th e w i nd. p o stponed a protest I n S w eden th e Pri m e M i n i s te r to a f o reign p o w e r" b e c a u s e o f conti nued puzzl enent over "c er t ain the nat ur e and o ri g i n o f th e n y s t e ry ni ssi l es. Onl y a si xinc h net al fragrn e n t h a d b e e n fo u n d d uri ng the a1l -out groi :nd s ear c h and. it a p p a re n tl y fa i l e d to h ave a connecti on w i th the pr oblen. 224- T h e c h ri s ti a n s c i e n c e Moni tor' s London reD resentativ e put the d i ayi ng, " ..l w i thout pr oof t he S wede s a re u n a b l e to ta ke any acti on.,, Zzs.
"Fear and Anger?" In an editorial the ner\rspaper l"lorgon-Ti.dningen made fun of a rival:

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Anrual l.leteor shovlers between June Lst and senterntrer 30th: I),ration in days: Date of of ' Usual m.snher l"laxfuu.m: bright meteors: June 28 July 28. 7 27

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50. breakthought-to have,brought on a nervqis first "Ghost rockets arc is shoum a teading.article In downin the uNT's editorship. in fron every place in a so:nd skepticism tovrard the reports 'tt"of,ing authorities rrrilitary the i"tr"ilii-1 the country n*,iliii 11"t question of air traffic anv is there "na iuhether still lnow nothing oi sut ih"r the r.'riter is gripped so far stmck. his-imaginalil^y: "";;ilil-ir-iin". iimc a1d aLt but conceals it' "'"y' Perwith fear and anger after "t-lh""t*" t*"ttti"g Perhans the military'il;; is reticlnce.-- lerhlps the gwernment hans the uT has inspir-J-'itis what to ann@rnce neighLor afiaid of the airprJiliiu;i"t;;-ilerfu1 iot itia" negotiations which ;;t;id"'intion Perhaps;i-i; it lnows. increasincly public beccrnes' .il; on causesthis' ro."ig"^ioiity"titiJity''. ttit bv'prrtting 'i'ts hand heavvg*Jrl,i;;';;i^;;i,i' tu restless. and firm on the table' 226' "So it nrns on in this vein" "' The Svenska !gg!1"d9! stated: 1sthl find which was depicted on yesterday'stAugust "'Ihe 'projectile' a lk inch cbrtainlv very ii'lt third page, t"t no'i'i"";^;;p;;;J, ""a t."*,,Tttli; had the ki-ndness to telegraph his who Edsby i.n nechanic a His theory is presunably right' discwery to the s"ilii"-ij"gui"6"t' to say that the thing was sdlmffitelephoned :il.;";'il";"r-;o.ffin valve' to a stean a spindle - ,,Flight air".ior'[.'Nor"r, to whcrnthe find was forwarded, hirnself land survevins instrument' but ;^:tg suggested that it ;i ;'p;;i-q yet gotten confirmatibn from the land survey not had bv Tlnrrsday evenlng fron a space fJ#;; no-.it..-firtances is it any object i6riliirir"'.i;: pr oj ec tile." 2 2 7 . The crash inquiry: apoointed for the air accident in "The crashtinquirylconnission rt'tnu accident site, but there still vaggeryd r,"r.r,ot-."#ii:i;-il;-;r. oth"r investisations before the cqrcnisremain certaln ,r;;h[';;;ar--d the piesident of the inquiry ernphasized ii;"t;;;;, sion can present connission, Lt- Co1' Svenow' took place in the air' '"hlehave established that no explosion rnanywitnesses was strpportLd.by statement This said the f,t. Coft'nef. cnlv groturd. the sti'ck rvhen it who stated *rat tiri iran;";;-;;i; r'ritthe Beyond air. the in one witness believes he saw an explosion too that no explosindi."ted tit" tf,"-gi"!t nesses, re?orts ;i;-"r;;r; A theorv that the b-efoie the crash. ion co.rld h"u" o.ct]ri"i"in-ttu 228. di5nl55sd.'r "ir be can ttrur plane was ,t*.t-iy^""ip"."'i".f,"i up.thei r^rel entl ess I n any e v e n t, th g g h o s t ro cke ts.k" P ! bar r age.onAus u s tl 6 tf,a n y s te ry m i s s i l e zi p p edtoaposr. i t ro' i rroduced -Ruit rit ie s a bi ast that broke Uai^ o , S" e a e n --" i te t! .i" . - |" i. s e n t o u t s e a rc h t e s ms ni ss i l e reported to e xpl oded t h e o f p " ri i i i " t ".i 'r "l l " i"r [itir-"i;;;r;lt1r,y r o loc ate cj .ti zens ai D enrnark' s r" t" ' ;i ;;; ttre a o " r,.--R t be s een rainin g c apit al, Copenh a g u " .,.."'p i "n Jg s " " i n g a -n o th errocketspeeci ng do u'ri th e n i g ht ' 22e' .;; ; ; ; h' t i ' " ' he" t' E n s

51. Between th e 1 4 th a n d th e Z l st of A ugust, al rnost a dozen roc k et s -ighting s w e re re co rd e d o ve r D ani i h terri tory. Fo110w ing the lead o f s w e d e n , th e D a n i sh w ui r' ri ni ti i y-oraured al l of the nationts q e w s p a p e rs to ce n s.r the exact l 0cati .ons of any my s tery nis s i l e re p o rts, a n d th e n i t began an offi ci al inv es tigation. 230. August 17th. A u g u s t 1 7 th -, a n o b j e ct termed a,,spook rocket,, ,-lurday Dy _.l" rne_pres s, w a s -s e e n a t. th e ci ty o f B orgatrakten, Fi nrand. The.red bright fl a mi n g o b j e ct p a l se d ovei at 1,500 feet altitude and d i s a p p e a i e d i n a i u ff " u" of sraote. zl i .-rt ev enin g o f -._, - T hu oc c urre d . s r'ghtlng th e 1 7 th i n D e n mark about sundow n another D a n i sh ra d i o a n nounced

. " Many p e o p l e sa y th a t th e y saw stratospheri c roc k ets ov e r O e re su n d l a st n i g h t. Tw o obl i ng, glowing ob j e c ts n o vi n g fro m s6 uth to norl h... ov er Snek k e s te n .,, Z 3 Z . The svenska Daq!1adet had scrne additional details abcnrt the Danish mani-festatioil---se-i'ifri-repottua ih"i-ir,e objects:;.l.o.i*ion"iry ejected sizeable srnoke ctoirdi... tandrwent irorui ttran an-airpi*"1-i:s. o f th e 1 7 th i n F i n l and. at a rai l w ay srati on .-^ -,_11:-* o1ning , lras Kanda, near H e l s i n g fo J-s, a n o b j e ct vas spott" a' fi i i " g-i ; an eas t-wes t di re c ti o n . T h e h e i g h t w as esti rnated at i ,sdo obje c t w a s -a cl e a r g i i ri n g i i i rri -rtrai -remi naea -1::::-_T he of a ma g n e s i u m f1 a re . Z 3 4 . wLtnes s es By this tirn e ru n o rs b e ca me so rampant i n stockhol m that the_" 1ow tu n i n o u s b o n b s," e .s thLy b;i ;g terned { ty ing by s one, domina te d c o n v e rsa ti o n s " " ;; trre-i i ty. th rougi rout Imagi nations were be c o m i n g mo re a n d n o re i ni l amed. --v" i , strangery -orr' i t" enough, when wi n d o w s -w d re sn a sh e d . i n rrori o, r7th, i n -"

b v a n o th e r a e rial.blast or s us f iii; r, ; ; i; i, 1 , -ln . " s * -a i" t ir. . D e fe n seS ta ff insisted t nat rilhining r, a a " u e in -t i" . " rru ----.
Sunday , Au g u s t l 8 th . Object wer Nassjo:

ghost_bonbpassed over l,rassjotsrvedenl on Sunday .^_,:l ::-:i11d mornlng at t:4U a.m. T\+o persons saw a ccrnet_likefireball pass the c-ity at an apparently l'ow height. which was.reflected against the sky at abor:t a ,^^.-llu.fireball, dlanetgr.:.movedwith^seemlnCJygreat speed in a westerly :::i::::'s orrecEron. In a talk with the Svenska Dagbladet's corresnondent. one of-the persons who saw the fITGSETf th" ;il;; ;;-;p_ parently. good and that the round projectile had a ror:nd-edged righte<l surface but no tail or other featirrei could -dtea-?F"aT u" orrr"-"J.--'ii movedin a horizontal plane- with sone rl-sing in its path, ancl therefoie coi_rtd not have been any heavenly body." 236.

52. a St-dgi observed at 6:30-p'rn' Sunday A person at a place in central three about be to ball apneared ba11" in th;-;";";;: -*9 w:'tnes't'put it: like a "kroket'Jt'lftii"ltaisn "luninors

inches in diameter; 'iii" u"li "i k1ots,, or.croquet r:ari.*" ffre tafi nothing was fcnmrl' 237' " V i olent explosion"'

rtlt attJs"aipe<l a telefihone line'

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ter io u s uright'iiirti-""a-v i5r"nt that l t w as buildings oc c urred t" tt!" i -i tte u t rn h a d caught' fi 1' et r" " i Ii ' trtti at firs t " T heex plos l o t" i " i " ft" a i d ro u n d a b o u t(? )the l i ght-resemb ri g ht f arms and a t s o rn e p l a c e s a before th:-tu " tt-tl o I:tt * " t" o i -t* " t' bling they are conth a t s a y " So rn e -o b s e rv e rs b1as t. w as proj ecti l e ;i ra to -s p h ' e ri c v inc ed th a t t;; 238' an ordina ry n e te o r "t new s frorn P ari s that T h e As s o c i a te d P re s s tl rg n rg g e i ved l eavi ng red-orange o 6 i e cts' told of whis tri n g l -t;k ;;-i i t" been-al ar:ni ng the i n q o u :;i i s-had o r' r" i ;r.trails elowing for a w eek' 23e' i ' ti gi ttrv of c h a trl i ;;:;;t-s ;i t' " dis t r ic t anythi ng but si tuati on-w as Meanwhil e , th e i n te rn a ti o n a l . had del i vstates uni ted br ight in Eas t-w e ;; ;;i ;;i o " i ' --ri tu over the shooti ng Y u g osi avi a er ed an ultina tu n -;" ' a ;i l ;n i s t backed up Turkey i n dor ^, nof an tu n e ri c a ;" " ;;l ;;9 ,-" " a -n a d w i th the sovi et u i ri te ra l ' -co ntrol r" i i i a i -o ? that natiorr' s i n l ^l ashi ngton, reporters p " ri l " .i ru r. D i p l 0 rn a ti c union of the w i th R ussi a j rte ti i " i s rLl ati ons tn a t D. C. ex prerr" a o p i " i o n s e19ue!r-di pl omati c sti i ng" l r p o ri " i " t-" ta i t' had s u nk .o a n c the S candi navi an pow ers " e e rr' ti i e -s o v i e ts uetrn r elat ions an otherw i se dark E uropean was on e of th e fe r+ b ri g h t -s p o ts 1 n touri ng S w eden' and i""t tra c-i i pic t ur e. T he n rrti i " " i " rta d and IceLand' s admi ssw e aen' s the S o v iets p u b l i ;i ;" ;" ;P ;rl e d as' the R eds i easure" ' " w i ttt-f tl " ' ti o " t u n i i l h s ion into ti,u border di sri nni sh i tl " Mo re o ve i " i t' t hem s elv es favor' l ' atter' s the i n i"iiled " * p t" ri ta i"i" :-." ili Dut e with n,rrs part of the K arel i a ma j o r g i i " i " g --trte the Sov i e ts iit h the B al ti c port of P e ts a m6 i n tf,e A r cti c,-" i d t er r it ory , tn 6 l arge D ani sh i sl and of P ok k a La ,,e" r H u rs i " ti ' -' ^ e rt" , the P eenemunde ttoi th" of d i s ta n ce jus t B or nholm, at the cl ose troops' R ussi an " -i i o tt U yt es t bas e, h a d u " u " ' o i t" p i e d i sl and on the evacuated of t he nar, b u t ;;; ;;;;I" i tti ' h a d i sl and that surel y i ;;i e -rre s i ta i i ' o tt' M ar c h 18, 19 4 6 on l aunched bei ng " ;;; w ere ro ctte ts would hav e b e e n ;i " " ;i ;;-i t t es t f lig hts rrom_ th e o l d G e rma n _ mi ssi l e i n stal l atiobservers on.Therethe -ca11ed f or e, a1), thi n g s ' i " " !i a " i " a ,-i i p ro n a i i c there that menti oned " s wedis h roc k e t b a rra g e " m y ste rro u s l nd L-" ' c o n c e rn i n W a sh rng!on' wis " under-c o v e r"

e x p lo s io n

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53. Lik e oth e r j o u rn a l i sts, E rn e st i i nat" y thought that the boas ting of th e p u b L i c i ty sp e ci a l i sts of the U .S . armed serv ic es s o far th a t s u m r n e r h a d b e e n a strange mi xture of fancy and arnbition. P ro p h e c i e s o f A me ri can i nterconti nental rockl ets , s atellite vehicles, a n d sp a ce shi ps, seemed premature. Perhaps , he s u g g e s te d , th e g e n e ra l s i n the pentagon w ere bec oming-ins e c u re . T h e ca u se o f thi s i nsecuri tyl he bel i eved, wa s th e s u p e ri o ri ty o f the " R ussi an ghost rockets.i fpp{ rently Li.ndley wrote : a re that the R i ssi ans, " T h e i n d i ca ti o n s w i th German help,-a re n o w s e n d i n g p i l o tl e ss ni ssi l es up to i OO niles -more th a n th re e ti n e s th e ra nge of the V -Z.i , Z4L. T he Dani s h Be rl i n g ske T i d e n d e . putl i shed the fol Low i ng as s ertions ab o u t@ s l . A t 10:00 p.m. on Sunday _an obj e g t i n th e sky w a s si g hted at C openhagen i n the c apital' s north e rn e n v i ro n s. T h e obj ect bl ew ' up w i th extraordinary forc e -p ro d u c i n g a g re a t fi ri batt. The-obj ect had been on a s ou th to n o rth co u rse a t a sl ow speed bei ore the blas t.242. T he Dage n s .N y h e te rts A u g u st 1 9th contri buti on tol d of . s rx -pers ons - s e e rn g a n o b j e ct fl yi n g j ust above roof_tops at 8:00 p.m. tha t e v e n i n g : " It w a s s h a p e d l i ke a 9 fo ot l ong ci gar and at th e n o s e w e co u l d se e some sni tt i pheres; a bluis h l i g h t w a s o ro d u ce d a t the rear. ' N o s ound wa s h e a rd .tt 2 4 3 . A s pec ial d i s p a tc h d a te l i n e d S tockhol m, A ugust Z0th, announc ed that A n e ri c a n rn te l l i g e n ce offi ci i l s i ere no, on the s c ene in Swed e n . T h e vi si t w a s th i nl y vei l ed, evi dentl y for the benefit o f th e So v i e t U n i o n : I' T wo U n i te d Sta te s e xp e rts on aeri al warfare, Ge n e ra l Ja me s D o o l i ttl e and D avi d Sarnoff, a rri v e d i n S to ckh o l n today, apparently in d e p e n d e n t o f e a ch o th er. ftre-bff:.c ial.ex pla n a ti o n i s th a t Ge n e ral D ool i ttl e, who is n o w v i c e -p re si d e n t o f the S hel l Oi l Company , i s i n s p e c ti n g S h e l l b ranch offi ces in.Europe a n d s e l l i n g o i 1 a n d gasol i ne, while Ge n e ra l Sa rn o ff, w h o i s i resi deni of the Radio C o rp o ra ti o n o f A me ri ca and a former nember of G e n e ra l D w i g h t D . E i senhow er' s London s taff, is s tu d y i n g th e rn a rke t for radi o equi pment " T he tw o rn e n a rri ve h e re a s reports on rphantom b o n b s ' a r e n o re n u me rous than ever. T he Chief o f th e Sw e d i sh D e fe n se S taff, C oI. 9.R.S. K e m p t, s a i { to n i g h t h e w as extremel y interes ted i n a s k i n g th e tw o g eneral s advi i e and, if p o s s i b l e , w o u l d p l a ce al 1 avai l abl e reports b e fo re th e r n . 2 4 4 .

54. T he mo s t i mp o rta n t a s p e ct of the Ti mes story w as i n r ef er e nc e to ra d i -r. r" i J " i i i y l r" .trofrTi -?etecti on w as t he real re a s o n ttre tw o -R ;;;i ;" ;, experts w ent to S w eden. Not o nly w a s E u ro p e ' r ru .u i i i | -i n .u " tuned, but the uni ted

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r"."i"il"" and-experience at tte ai i poi ar authorities in case ttrey i rantea;i s;;;i;;"' i,ii ;J;i;". He pointed out that il-["j -i l "un possible in England during the wai to-aJt".t of Germanplai-es, ttre-pi "c"--*n"." th-e range they took off and thlir. h;ich;: 'Hi "i ", prised that the Siedes ii"a"i'ot highly sur_ yet found a
Sa rn o ff s a i d d efi -o ni tel y to d a y b y me a n s t rai i l r " G e n e ra l D o o l i _ ttl e , w h o arri ved from Os1o, where h e s a w K i n g H a i k ;o ;; N orw ay, ;;;; ;;^, his a rri v a l th a t' h e on a busi ness tr ip but was_willing " "t9.ti r- r" i " fy ;c".rrti

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A (TI) dispatch from Reuter stated: "Doolittlers visit has no direct-connection with the rstates projectiles. a representi.r" of itu-itr"ii Oif Conpany. ,His trip to the Scandinavian'countries *, in realily !i* nonii, ago, long ti;;; before any projectir"s sweden. Door,ittle is chief of ".re'ie"n'lver and his tiif io

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He believ ed the a d d i t i o n o f sh o rt w i n gs to the V -2 w oul d inprov e its perfo rn a n ce . B y u ti ti zi n g the l i ft, the w i ngs would giv e as th e V -2 re -e n te re d th e atmosphere on i ts dow nward plunge. T h e V-2 w o u l d g l i d e u p to frorn tw o to three thous and miles , s k i p p i n g a l o n g l i ke " a fl at stone on the s urfac e of a bod y o f w a te r.!,2 4 8 . Meanwhile, re p o r te rs i n te rvi e w e d a S w edi sh sci enti st who had jus t arri v e d i n th e U n i te d S tates to i nspect A neri can s c ientific fac il.i ti e s . E vi d e n tl y to underl .i ne S w eden' s desi re for peac e, the S w e d i sh p ro fe sso r, a D r. R agnar W oxen, emphas iz ed that the re c e n t l y e sta b l i sh e d S w edi sh A tomi c C ontrbt Connittee was s u p e rv i se d b y ci vi l i a n physi ci sts to the ex c lus ion of rni l i ta ry o ffi ce rs. W h e n pressed to comtnent on the ghos t roc k et b a rr a g e , th e p ro fe sso i repl i .ed.w i th great brev ity , nention i n g o n l y th a t so me n i ssi l ei w ere repoi ted to hav e " fa11en i n to l a ke s.tt 2 4 9 . Augus t 21s t. A F renc h n e w s sto ry fro n p a ri s decl ared:

,' Inhab i ta n ts o f th e D i j o n a rea, B urgundy, report tha t h u g e . e l o n g a te d p ro j e cti fes i ass!d ov erhead a t p ro d i g i o u s sp e e d s , eni tt i ng^ a whis tling noise. It i s b e l i e ve d they i ere roc k ets . N o o f f i ci .a 1 co n f i rn a ti o n i .i forthc oming. " 25 0 . T he Arneric a n n e w s se rvi ce A sso ci ated press noted on Augus t 21s t that a t l e a st l z " g h o st rockets' , had so far been obs erv ed in the s k i e s o ve r D e n ta rk w i th at l east one expl od_ ing ov er c o-penh a g e n . T h e n e w s se rvi ce added tt" t-" , a cons equenc e of the i n c re a si n g authbri ti es " tra ffi c" have reques ted that th e p re ss u se a n e xp re ssi on l i ke ' ,i omew here in northern Den n a rk i ' w h e n re p o rti n a zst. g host ro.i i " t i l gi ,i i " i I. "Danish collaboration?' The Sr,redish l'{crgon-Tidningen reported on August 22nd: "The space projectile over Denmark,accordi.ng to the Nationaltidende., Jfneg to be a reality, and since norvmiiitary experts have gotten hold of metal parts from one or more projectiles ani are carryi1g o1 investigations of then, they have entLrei into collaboration with Swedishmilitary technicians to try to clarify the matter.

+There is a curious reference to scrnething similar that may, or may not, have scrne.significance. rlr. Robert sarbacherl a top Arnerican-scientist who rvas questioned about the controversial IU-12 documentsin the 19g0s, remarked tha-t back in 1950sthe tl.s. Researchand Developrnent Board."c"i"ea'r;g"i;;-t.lFo-si.ghtingsfron the Air Force for review plui reports of objects:,'.i. r''hich fel1 into r,raterarui subsequent failed iecovery atternpts.;' z5z.

56. inquiry "&r the side of the swedish military it rvas stated on TTrs t,thatl nothing was known abcn:t the collaboration referred to i.n the abwe telegran.r' 253. tw o persons A ls o th a t W e d n e s d a y a t a b o u t 1:50 a.9., i n the phenonenon w i tn essed plac e 3 w e d e n i n s o u th e rn at a It w as a fi rebal l th e m o f 9 g h o st rocket. it y - t f i" i- ie nrind e d The pa s s ed p a ra 1 l e 1 to th e g r o u n d hi gh overhead' A fter " nic and w as si l ent. o f-fi re ta i l ff ii" .h t ' t " a- an' in te n s e tirne th e b a l l d i s a p p e a re d , and four to fi ve seconds a- 6r ief w as w est to southTh e -di recti on io did th e fi e ry u a k !. f " i" i wes t . 254 . W hileDr.Wo x e n w a s n e e ti n g w i t' h th epressi ntheU ni ted c o n fe i re d w i th the head of the S t at es , Gen e ra l D o o l i ttl e S wedis h Air F o rc e a n d h i s , s ta ff o n the phantom bomb probl en i nto the b f S w e d i sh i nvesti gati ons and went ov e r th e re s u l ts publ i ci zed, s i n c e th e me e ti n g h a d been offi ci al l y ot " no*" t t or. a p p a re n tty te ft compel l ed -to reveal the auth o ri ti e s i*" ait n rn a n y o f th e - l h o s t ro c ke ts had been detected on i" ii- t t " t iadar and th a t s u c h m e i h o d s h e l d prorni se i n endi ng the rnyst er y : The NewYork Tirnes also learned: for the Swedish Defense Staff stated "Sirnultaneously a spokesman that the Suedestrad bbtaiired 'certain results I with radar, which registered the presence of bcrnbsover the countly-. "Registrations were made during days wtren rqoorts on the bonbs were urost numerous. It is believed that in the near future they will reveal the type and identity of the bonb." 255. T he S w e d i s h A i r F o rc e C o mnand then deni ed a statement ' w hi ch i rnpl i ed that F o re i g n Offi ce, to th e B ri ti s h at t r ibut ed sought. h e l p w a s b e i ng acti vel y A m er ic an an d Bri ti s h asP ect of the S w edi shW h at rn a y b e th e n o s t i n p o rta n t A ner ic an ex c h a n g e w a s m e n ti o n e d i n N ew Y ork Ti mes story w ere It re a d , " . . .ceffi fn-i ?i l -i GE Tures dat ed A ugus t 2 2 i d . cLear w hat these new It i sn' t dis c us s ed w i th D o o l i ttl e ." r neas ur es we re , b u t n e w s o n th e ro cket bombs al l but di sappear ed . w e i e s tro n g e r c e n s o rsh i p rul es suggested?256' cl ai med UF O ex p e rt J a c q u e s Va 1 1 e e , a French sci enti st, w as sent to S w eden i n in 1979 tha t: " ...J i .mmy D o o l i t tl e re p o rts o f a crashed tgho,st rocket,' 1946 t o inv e s ti g a te 257. n e v e r b e e n d e cl assi fi ed." h a s but his rep o rt
The New York Times had this to add:

"At the mcment British experts are denostrating radar to Srvedish enisaries and there is not nnrch doubt that a deal will be made and tirat both equiprnent and operators will be shipped to Sweden in the near future. " 258.

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S ci ence Moni tor stated . A c orres pon d e n t fo r th e ch ri sti a n on A ugus t 22nd th a t.n o t only ;h;;;r oc ket s ightings b e i n g c e n so re d b u t a l so the of f" ui i ." ti on r epo rts thems el v e s . T h e B ri ti sh F o re.i gn offi ce admi tted a day r at.e r that Briti s h ra d a r e xp e rts h a d been to sw eden to i .nvestiga te the ghos t ro c k e ts a n d th a t th e y had returned to i " uri t __ s ec ret reports a s to th e o ri g i n o f th e strange fl yi ng ob5ects.259. large qu e s ti o n rn a rk e xi sts a t thi s poi nt . i n our story. . _ It/er e t,he Int.elli g e n c e e x p e rts b e g i n n i ng to consi d.er a " nonRus s ian" origin? If s o , w h a t ki n d o f i non-R ussi an" source? would any new d e v e l o p m e n t i n su ch o ffi ci al thi nki ng cal 1 for "new meas ures ,' ? W i th th e fo re g o i n g thoughts i n mi i d, l et us r eturn to what c a n b e l e a rn e d fro m-A meri l an and E uropean news Papers . Als o on Au g u s t 2 2 n d so me th i n g w as seen i n the heavens ov er the c entral N o rrl a n d d i stri ci b y tw o persons. The thi ng was ball-s haped, b l u e -w h i te i n co l o r, and had a l urni nous tai i . The fireball no v e d w i th g re a t sp e e d i n a northeasterl y di recl tion. 260. F rom the T ra n e b e ry a re a a t 6 :0 0 p.m., t.here w as a stati on_ ar y " luninous b a 1 L " s i g h ti n g . In th e sky above ul vsumdasj on al o bjec t of a c l e a r, s h i n y a p p e 4 ra n g e, i ^' i th a fai nt snoki r ing around i.t, w a s s e e n . A x i :0 0 p .m. at the ci ty of S tock_ s und a witnes s s a w -a " n o v i n g sta r" i n aki ng i ts w ay across the s k y in a s low a n d j e rk y fa sh i o n . It movi d sl ow 1y frorn the nor thwes t toward th e s o u th a t-3 ,0 0 0 feet al ti tude and suddenry wink ed out. Wa s i t a b a l l o o n ? At Salts job a d e n th e re w a s o b se rved i n the vaul t of the heav ens 1n gbjec t th a t a p p e a re d to b e a,' bri ght star* at a height of 18,000 to 2 0 ,0 0 0 fe e t. It w as vi ei ed for several ninutes untir it e x p l o d e d a t 6 :5 7 p .m. l {as' i t, another bal l oon? The meteorologic a l .e x p e rts a t th e ti ty or Fronrna noti fi ed the pr ess that a rad i o s ta ti o n h a d se n t u i l a bal l oon w i th an i nst.rum ent box attac he d . T h e b a l l o o n w e n t up to a hei ght of 20,000 " ., . feet where its re fl e c ti o n c o u rd b e se en as far as sr6* rna.26l "i"y T he s wedis h Ai r F o rc e co mn a n d d e ni ed on A ugust zznd rhat: ra d a r e x p e l ts h a ve corne to S r+ eden i n " Britis h c onnec tion w i th th e rr o cke t p ro j e cti l es' seen over Sweden r-ec e n tIy . h a s-b e e n no questi on of ' T h e re foreign hel p . I A n Ai r l o rce co mmuni que sai d: rT he repor! n a y h a v e a ri se n th ro u gh confusi on ov er negoti a ti o n s n o w p ro ce e d i n g i n B ri ti an and the United S ta te s fo r th e p u rch i se of echo-radi o radar equip n e n t fo r th e n o i rn a l u se of our A i r F orc e. t h a d b e e n proceedi ng for _ " ' T hes e n e g o ti a ti o n s a.long to -time a n d h a d n o th i n g-T h e y d o w :" ttr pro;6ctiles fly ing over Sweden. w ere statei

58' bec aus e Swe d e n rs p re s e n t e q u i p rn e nt w as unsati sl i ke i a st i e t-D l anes wtte n u s e a ' a g a i n s t it it o. y . A nbt he r ex Pl a n a ti o n '

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d o n Thursday ni ght w as w h i ch ro c k e t, g h o s t A s uppos ed of S w eden' ci ti es rn obs er v ed in the h ;;;;" ;-o tt" t' th e -n o rth eo radi o trari sa be to u t ;i -;ti l " q was allegedry ro u i i ' ;;; B ronna' from b a l 1 0 0 n l aunched m itter f r on a ,r" " a i " i --i t" i i o r, of vi ci ni ty the i n A nunic ipar ,ortc e i " i " " " i -" -p " ta c h u te A spudden di stri ct' i " -th e Hager s t ens v aS,en " " a -s " ;k " tg i l ^' t' he parachute and a r' Iri e h o l n e n s A t t he poli :c e ,a " i i o " -i " to* for safekeepi ng' ror' p i l -i " ' -" * " , doc um ent ex plai.n rn g th e f i n d

Irish nystery The August 24th edition published: of E ngl and's

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today.?f 1 " No ex p l a n a ti o n w a s fo rth co mi ng (Irel and) a! a t w a te rfo rd ny s t er ious thought was it rirst " * p i o i i o " il'iil;h;";"-ii;a;;;;;v:4t o f a sea-mi ne but t o be due to ;h ;-a ;' 6 " a ti o n ' th a t no ni ne expl oded t he p olic e rt" " " -" i i " i ;;i l ;d occurred' th e g xp l o si on along tire c o a i i .--w ft" n i n the w atersi de l i vi i rs nen' wone n ,;;;' th i i a i " " h o * " s- In d remai ned i n- the t" tt-i i o t--i h " i t dis t r ic t O n e o b server states !l tat s t r eets to t ti rn u -' -ti * " ' fl ash i l l unat t he t:' rn e o i ' -i i re e x p l o s i o n a vi vi d i s that an hel d th e o ry o n e a n d s i y , the in" t ua b -l o y n u p w i ti ' te i n f 1i ' ght but aer op lane t" y ' t" .' " o f th e c a u se of the expl osi on no materia f i r" c " has , howe v e r, b e e n d i s c o v e re d ' " 264' T helas tof,,ro c k e t,,re p o rts l i s te d b yre se.archeroverbye ti e N o i w e g i a l new sP aP er A f:" l p?:l :I, was one dis c ov e re d -i n trl eno a c a s e o f a N o rw e g i a n student and a w ere boati ng they sai d "r ,i. r . , ' aii. uis ed T h e .i w o Swed i s h was a who ,,so mew here i n sw eden," the on A ugus t 24th o n " " g i " " " t. ri v e r an odd " -i * " rl b e i n g s u b j e c t to ce n sorshi p' ,w hen ex ac t ' loc at ion the press: tol d stu dent rh e a fp i o a c tri ' a . ;;;; ; t i; ; - iieit t " Sudd e n l y a s i f s h o t o u t o f nothi ngness ' I s a w-a li g h t a p p e a ri n g i n -th e S outh-E ast As it tr6 rn e n d o u s speed' u !' a t . or i" g-to" ira c am e neare r w e c o u l d s e e th a t i t resernbl ed more e1l i pt he full n o o n , p e rh a p s a l i t t1 e ri g i rt e m i tte d w a s very i ntense and iii" i. - -rn" lik e th i t w h i c h i n c e n d i a ry bornbs used to i" iit u t or od uc e w h e n e x p l o d i n g ; h o w e ve r, thi s l i ght A s i t passed t h e obj ect' i" ' - [ i" i]ii-;" -;[;-t;i f,-o r bri ght sog ." * vou- coul d i t e i a , ; ; " ; i; ;;iy -ov e rt fi rebal l The a i u n n y -d a y! s ee as we l l a s o n ' .t i t i s c a i l e d ' b y the sw edes ' " i- " ia tr" i" t

59 . had until n o w fp p ro a ch e d u s i n a parabol i cal trajec tory . W h e n p a ssi n g u s i t rbl eased four fe l l si l e n tl y to the ground and ' s tars iwhic h on landing g re w d a rk. A s th e se rstarst w ere releas ed, th e fi re b a l l to o g re w dark and after a few s ec o n d s w e w e re a b l e to see i n the dark again. W e c o u l d o b se rve a n o b l o ng rocket passing us in a p e rfe ctl y h o ri zo n ta l traj ectory about, 900 feet a b o ve th e g ro u n d . A s far as I coul d tell it wa s a b o u t 1 0 fe e t l o n g . A t the rear we obs erv e d s o me g l o w i n g p o i n ts, and these poi nt.s were the l a s t th i .n g s w e sa w . T he course w as towards th e N o rth w e st d u ri n s th e w hol e of the obs erv at io 1 1 . ,' 2 6 5 . T he newpa p e r re p o rte d fu rth e r: " The engi neer, w ho knew the_s urroundings w e l 1 , e sti n a te d th e speed to be i n the regi on of 2,000 k ilorne te rs p e r h o u r.' 2 6 6 . O s lo, the 2 6 t h :

T he new-s p a p e r A fte n p o ste n d e cl a red Monday that a ghost - et v as obs e rv e d -6 i e :-0 3 T 6 1 roc k T w o persons observed i i at the ex ac t s ane ti n e w h i ch w a s 8 :5 5 a .m. A strong l umi nous objec t pas s ed o v e r th e ci ty co n i n g fron the northeast and di.s appeared in a so u th e rl y d i re cti o n . It had about the s ame s peec l as a p u rsu i t p l a n e a cco rd i ng to w i tnesses. Some pers o -n ! su g g e ste d t,h a t th e tw o w i tnesses s een a ns 1iea.26 7 . "A littLe black cloud cane travel1ing." Uppsala, Sweden: "A sky phenonenonwas obsewed on T\.resdaylAugust2Tthlafternoon at 5:30 p.m. over a lake in central Sweden. At aror:nd 300-400 meters above the surface of the water camea rlittle black cloud' travelling and it disappeared with unheard-of speed out of the range of vision. No r^/hirlwj-nd could be involved, the informant thinks." 268. Argust 27th. 9:00 p.m.: A ugust 2' l t h, Tuesday ni ght, T wo " ghos t ro c ke ts" w e re vi si b l e at a plac e in s o u th e rn S w e d e n . T h e o bj ects passed overhead at and at an i n a so u th to n orth di recti on fiv e rninute inte rv a l s B o th obj ects w ere reddi sh es tirnated 600 fe e t (!) a l ti tu d e . the In addi ti on, i n a p p e a ra n ce . and alrnos t ball-s h a p e d T h e sp e ed w as sai d to be treobjec ts had tail s o f l i g h t. rnendous. 269. General Ni Is A h l g re n : had merel y

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63. r I t c ertain l y d i d n o t c o n e fro n the Medi terr anea n.' Oth e r ro c k e t.s p a sse d over Mounts B elle s and Pa i l k e n , i n M a c e d o n i a near the G r eek ,- Yu g o s l a v , a n d Bu l g a ri a n border, and,o, ov er thi to w n o f Ka th a ri n i , n e a r Lari i sa.,rzdr. Adriatic Sea: "A rghost bcrnb' was-, according to Italian newspapers,reported ob_ served yesterday [.septernber2nd ] over the Adriatic bei. 'Fisirerrnen fron Anconahave-reported that they observed the nysterious projectiLe, which ferr down into the sea and threw' trp a high vanor clcnr<l. Since neither arti11ery fire fron a warship tooi< place in those waters nor was any.nilitary airplane relorted over the- area, it is thcnrght that the projectil"e was a rocket bsnb of the Germanv-type, r*rich'was fired frcrn a base on Yugoslavian territory." 2g4. A t hens , S e p te n b e r 6 th :

a u th o ri ti e s i n A thens stated " Brit,is h n i l i ta ry of f ic ially t.o n i g h t th a t re p o rts of rockets bei ng s een in th e a re a s o f N o rth e r n Greece are enti rel y wit ho ut c o n fi rn a ti o n fro m a n y B ri ti sh source. Ti re aut ho rities p o i n t o u t th a t fi ri n g of rocket projec t ile s n e c e s s i ta te s e l a b o r a te enpl acsnsn!s' r.nrl ins t al lation s o f w h i c h th e re a re no reports." 285Chat e aurou x , F ra n c e .

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64. soneti nes w i th or c i g a r-s h a p e d -o b j e c ts ' dr ic al i n .the i h e ' ta i r,- o c ca si o nal l v iight-i n ; ; i; hi desof e xapl es s o n e a tu rrrE ro ri o * i n g ;;;;. g i v e n b Y o b s e rv e rs : c r ipt ions " ( a) and Li k e a g l o w i n g i ro n ro d ,.thi cker tu rn i ng to orange re d i n fro n t, lig h t T w o me te rs l ong at l uuat-th e b a c k . 30 0 me te rs ra n g e ' behi nd front; l i g h t.i n M a g n e s i u m --l i k e a s e c ti o n n a ri o w i n g coni cal l y' th i t l i ght l i e h te d b y a ye l l ow i sh pa rtl v The yel l ow i .sh i r5 m ttre b a ck' .o trr,i v1s1 i g h t-d ro p p e d -b ri g h t p a rti cl es ' ib l e 1 5 s e c o n d s ' col or' Wh i te c o re -s u rr-o u n d e d U f b]9i 1h-gl ::" stars Four n o o n ' fu l l a o f s i z e th e s p r.,.t.d o f f a n d v re re e l ti l C ui :l :q' ^. a tte r w h i c h th e b a l l o f fi re di ed out o b l ong, ro u g h l Y P oi nted a n d a U i a c t, o b j e c t , I . 5 ' rn e te i s i o n g w ent on.,w i tl tN o w i ngs b ehi nd' a i ra l e ' re d c o l o ra ti o n no sound o r' ta i l , w hi te tai l Sh i n i n g b a l l w i th l o n g .b l ui sh d Y i n g o u t o v e r th e h o rl zon' 0 b l o n g to rp e d o .-s h a p e d o bj ect rnore than o rr" tEtu i i o " g w i ti r p a l e-yel l ow i sh-poi nt' b l u e s h i n rn e ri n g ta i 1 , n ore than 0' 5 me te rs l o n g . Bl a c k o b j e c t fo l l ' o w e d b y fl ame ui th light ' b ri g h t very a

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A ro c k e t a b o u t 5 rn e te rs- 1ong and dark^. a t h e i g ht of 1b9t11 1' 000 c o l ' o re d , fl y i n g ki l otneters n e te r s l e e d - e s i i rn a te d at 1 ' 000 h o u r. Per for o b s e rv e d th ro u g h bi nocul ars Mi s s i l e L e n g th e sti nated as Z meters' 2 n j .n u te s . S a i a to b e g l o w i n g a 1 t over, and the body fl ' ane, l i ke a g a v e o u t a E l e a r i l a sh i n g uas Traj ectory ta i l b e h i n d i t' l h o rt i nes S ornet i ttl e a u P l s i rn e s o m e t r uneven , rnanner' i n a i ' r i rregul ar d o w n a l i ttl e , L o o k e d l i k e a ' b u rn i n g torpedo w i th^no o r p ro p u l si on uni t' r' 288' w i n g s , ta i l

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65. A ntmber of clear radar returns were registered by both the SwedishAir and according to official SwedishreForce and the Coast Arti11ery Ccnrnand visual sighting of a cords at least one clear radar echo and sirnultaneor.rs suspious hminous phenonenonwas made. Groturdcontrol interception of aerial intruders was of a pri.nitive nature in 1946 but by autunn of that year the Swedishmilitary attempted to ring Stockholn with such a network, .unfortunately by that time "ghost rockets" were sporadic and on those few occasions when sqnething did aDpear,the defense forces happened to be on stand dornn. Suspicions of possible Russian rocket launches were great enoughto prompt BIB bsnbers equipped with acticin by the Swedish Defense Radio Institute. radio direction fi"nding gear were ordered to sweepthe Baltic seeking electronic transmissions that might be guiding flying bqnbs. Neither radar or radio provided the evidence desired, sornethingconc 1us iv e.289. Sweden, Septemb e r 1 Oth : g l o w a n d a l uni -nous tai l An objec t with a b l u e -w h i te s ighted ov ir s outhern S w e d e n b y s6 ve ra l p eopl e.290. Denmark , Septe n b e r A radio report 1 1 th : w as

sta te d : ai rcraft over (the ti ne the

" During the p a st tw o d a ys se ve ra l h a ve b e e n se e n of unk nown nati .o n a l i ty D u ri n g th e sa me is land of) Born h o l m. ghos t T oc k ets h a ve b e e n o b se rve d o ve r wes tern areas o g P sn n 3 a ft.2 9 l ,. Sweden again:

At a c ouple of p l a ce s i n w e ste rn S w eden, a phenomenon w as s een on Septenber 1 l th th a t o b se rve rs j u d ged to be a " ghoststreams of l i ght o b j e ct trai l ed Parts of th e b a l l -1 i ke roc k et." pl ane sai d w i tne55s5.292. and s rnok e. It went a s fa st a s a fi g h te r In Sc andinav ia w e fi n d th a t o n S e p tember 12th, vi l l agers at a plac e wes t of Sto ckh o l m a b o u t 1 0 :0 5 p.n. that Thursday night heard an ex pl o si o n i n th e a i r th a t w as so pow erful the ni ght i t w as overcast On th a t. p a rti cu l a r window panes rattled . and rainy s o no frag m e n ts fro m th e b l a st w ere expected to be '."s 6y s 1s d.293. Bac k in Swede n , fo r mo re th a n te n ki l ometers di stance' P ersons l i vi ng i n th e a re a o f F i ttj a. an ex plos ion was fe l t thou g h t a b o n b e r h a d cra shed i n, or near, the there at firs t In the c ity o f R o n n i n g e , ru mo rs sP tg9d that a " ghost town. e n d i n th e sky' l 9{ ' roc k ett' had rnet a v i o l e n t
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to another r.rnconfirmedreport received here, a nrysterious - "According rocket projectile passed over Graz[fustrial in the British ocorpation zone-on Thursday afternoon. The projectile went at a great height in a northwesterly direction." 295. rra s o b se rved at 5:00 Y et ano th e r fi re b a l l s peeding abo v e c e n tra l 5vedsn. 296. Hol1and , S e p te rn b e r 1 4 th : w as si ghted at ni ght over w i th a ta i l A fly ing fi re b a l l nor t her n and e a s te rn H o 1 l a n d . T h e report w as publ i .shed i n n e w s p a p e rs . Many saw the phenomenon, s ev er al prov i n c i a l par t ic ularly th o s e f.i v i n g a l o n g th e D utch-German border as the objec t . s ped s o u n d l e s s l y a t h i g l r.sp eed east to w est at an es t inat ed 40 0 n e te rs a 1 ti tu d e .2 9 7 . F r a nc e, also S e p te rn b e r 1 4 th : S aturday

" In th e h e a v e n s o v e r th e provi nce of Lorrai ne s one ny s te ri o u s a n d a l a rn i n g rneteors crossed overhea d . th e re w as a renarkabl e " A fe w d a y s l a te r phenone n a i n th e d i s tri c t o f Longw ay. " Wh a t w a s s e e n c o u l d n o t i n any rnanner hav e be e n c o n fu s e d w i th L i g h ts of an ai rpl ane or a s h o o ti n g s ta r. T h e s tra n ge l i ghts w ere watc hed fo r a l o n g ti me . T h e l i ghts resembl ed t wo lurn i n o u s g l o b e s th a t sh i n ed l i ke an el ectri c ar c. T h e g l o b e s fl e w i n a strai ght J.i ne and w ere f ol lowed b y g l o w i n g w a k e s. S rnal 1 w hen fi rst 298' s ighted, th e y b e c a rn e l a rg e r a s they approached." A foreig n s i g h ti n g e v e n f a rth e r afi el d came from Indi a. A r epor t frorn th e c h i e f c i ty o f th e val e of K ashni r, S ri nagar, S ept em b er 14 th , d e c l a re d th a t a " n ysteri ous l urni nous body" w as obs er v ed fly in g o v e r K a s h n i r i n a w esterl y di recti on S aturday night . T he fl y i n g o b j e c t g a v e o ff a snoke stream. A R ussi an r adio b roadc a s t v e ri fi e d th a t so n ethi ng had passed over the s nal1 city o f T h a ra d a n b a s h i n R u ssi an P ami r, but offered' no det ail, and a s u s u a l th e y tri e d to make a pol i ti cal i ssue out of the n a tte r b y c h a rg i n g th e B ri ti sh w i th ptanni ng to par ac hut e tro o p s i n to th e Ka s h n i r-S i nki ang-A fgani stan border r egion to es ta b l i s h c o n tro l o ve r the i nhabi tants. B ri ti sh of f ic ials in N e w D e h l i , In d i a , d e n ounced the R ussi an accusat ions as fanta s y . 2 9 9 . G r eec e n a d e n e w s Sa tu rd a y n i g ht w hen, accggdi ng dis pat c h es , tw o " T o c k e ts " p a s i e d o ver P atras. S bO. A t A1em te j o , Po rtu g a L a " s t r ange b l u i s h b a l l o f f iv e ninutes o n S e p te rn b e r r oc k et s " were o b s e rv e d a t to press

, a t d a w n the next. day, peopl e saw w hi ch vras vi si bl e l i g h t" for over 1 4 th .3 0 1 . 0n the 16th " l umi nous O p o rto and D eure. 302.

67' South of po rtu g a l a t T a n g i e rs, N orth A fri ca, betw een nidnight and t:00 a .m. o n th r6 e su i ce ssi r" ;i ;;;; i w ednesday, Thurs day and F rid a y ), l a rg e U a i fi -o t fi re trai l i ng l ong s treams of green c o l o r sti e a ke d w i th red w ;;;^;;;;. There was - s pec ulation th a t th e p h e n o rn e n o n n a y have some connecti .on rn a y b e -f Iyi .n g b o n b s. 303.

1 'j t! t!e r _ fy g u :ect s bein! _report edi"' n o iir, u ii" ' i, rro p " . r, a that the f ireballs
A s irnilar p h e n o me n a w a s vi e w e d a t Fez para, b1.anc a, on s atuid a y -. w i tn e sse i si g h te d i ;r;-;;i n' of y e11ow-green ma i k i n g th e sky.
Holland:

near C asa_ trai ts

"Flying fireballs with glowing.tails, traveling noiselessly at high speed, been report6d ut iight over the north and east of -have Holland." 304.

F ron Gerrnan y c a n e w o rd fro m th e B ri ti sh mi l i tary on Tues day , the 17th , th a t a n o U j e ct o f th e sarne type as obser_ v ed in s weden was s e e n o ve r t[' re sri .ti .sh -oi i " p" i i 5" " i zone. 305. Also fron Germany camethis: f;OS p.r. yh3l appearedto be a ball of fire was seen flying over I'j,t the district of pinnb6',rrg. It camefrcm the southeast. It was white, had a tai1, and was triveling at great speed.,, 306, at C astanhei ,ra, took . e A^ repeat perfo rm a n ce i n p o rtu g a l , plac September r8 th w h e n p a i r.o i g i e eni ;h-;i ;;;, zooned I ov erhead follorv ing e a ch o th e i a t cl o l e i ntervi i s. ,' ...i t T he Lis bon Ob s e rva to ry re ma rke d : is a perhaps of meteors b u t th e i r a p p e a ra n ce i s curi ous matrer fron the fac t that the obs e rv a ti o n s fo ri b w e a e a ch at,,.ri i ,-.ror" i nterv als ." 307. At.the- Spani s h -c i ty a greenis h ball o f_ !i g h t on Septernber 20th .3 0 8 .o f Ovi e d o . o n the B ay of B i scay coast, cro sse d th e sty eari y-i n-tte ;o;i ;;,

As this $as g g i n g o n , te n si o n s a n d uncertai nti es w ere beginning to bede v i l A me ri ca ' s In te l l i g e n ce establ i shrnent. on Septernb" l lJ , \2 1 9 , Ma j o r Ge n e ra l w i tti am D onovan, w artime head of the o ffi c e o i stra te g i c se rvi i er,-" i i " .r." d the new Nat j.ona1 Intel l i g e n ce A u th o ri i y, ca l l i ng i t a ,,phony. ,, He c harged that th e -i e rvi ce h a d ye t to be ti ui y i ntegrated, + an while the s ov iet u n i o n e d g e d to a fo rw a ;; e' i oi " .sos. ;;;i i r." ' i i T he_bigges t n e w s o f S e p te mb e r 1 9 th w as the sensati onal ous ter of Pres iden t Tru n a n ' i S e cre ta ry of C ommerce, H enry W a1lac e. Large n e w s p a p e r h e a d l i n e s p ro cf ,,TR U MN ai med: KEEPSwALLAc E-UN D E R ,,P R E sID E N T i ,L b D Ge o r i i i ;rn ce ,., and: DISAVOW S SO VIET W A R ." W a l l a ce ," i i g n " a i r,rr" r,i -, ." or" r. "t

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to real i ti es bec aus e he felt th e Pre s i d e n t w a s-: " ' ' ' bl i ' nd forner cabi net member sfo ' T i re u n " i to ti i -;;;.| ' t hr eaten whic h " " ' a school of mi l i tary r nade public a te ttl i -* fti tft-i ta te d : a preventj ve w ar on tf,i"ti" l' ?it - .r," -p" " .i !" " j " ' a d v o c a te d 311' bombs a to rn i c s o v i Ets ' h a v e iii:;i;' ^E " io t" -in" "' of S taff General 0n Septernb e r 2 0 th , -U ' S' A rn y C h i ef confer--w i th the to Eu ro p e fo r owighi" n- - Eiiu" itore i -l 6 ft i s under" It T h e p re ss re narked: S ta ff' I n perial B r itis h devel opthe i n co o p e rati on s tood t hat c los e i " l i " :e t" i :' t' " t' . i s s o u g h t" ' 3 1 2 ' . guided mi s s i l e s r "r i- " f ti de of to ca l m dow n a ri si ng A ppa rently i n a n a tte n p t Three a' " c onc er n, there a p fe a re d c o rn rn e n ts-a b o ut " hysteri i o f l o w i ng i tern had appeared day s bef or e, on ." n " -i i i frl -l n -u in the Ne w York T i n e s : S w edi sh " Dr. Ma n n e Si e g b a h n , 5 9 -ye a r-oId a n d N o b e l P ri ze w l nner' w no nuc lear phy s i c i s t fro n Go e tsborg' - S w eden' ar r iv ed fte r.-i e i te rd a y on ifi" Swe d i s i r A n e ri c a n l i n e r D rotni nghol m' d o u b t a b o u t re c e n t re p orts.that . iot uts ea h a d b e e n f i re d o ve r sr' teden' ; ; ; i. ;;-;;tbs that any " ' T here i s n o c l e a r e v i d e n ce S w eden" fl yi n g -o-ver b e e n tittii " i -h a v e euided rn ysert' ' I, br . Siegba h n d e c l a re d ' :* 1T-l l :" one reporte d to b e s u c h a rn i ssi l e and touno I a n ve ry suspi ci ous about it was a rn e i e o ri te ' s t he ex is ten c e o f a n Y u c h th i n g s.' the U ni ted S tates " Ur. Sl e e b a h n , v rh o c a me to and as a p h ysi ci sts' e m 6 ri c a n t o confer w i i n S we dis h de l e g a te to th e fo re co rn i ng bi centeno f Pri n c e to n U ni versi ty' nial - i" . i" r"c aeleb ta i i o tt been,a th a t " h y s te ri a " 4 i g h ! have f ac t or in re p o rts a b o u t th e m1 ss:' res.' ' JrJ'
Connent frcrn Dennark on Septernber 18th: tgenuine'' "Not all ghost rockets are Svenska Dagblaaet' t Cop"nttug"tt coirespondent According-to what the gathered frcrn. absolutely

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ovel. the skv fron at various nlaces rn Derunark wis a meteors which went ea s t to wes t . " 514. l.{odena, Italy:

it rr'"i t"Er decrarebafter Closer investigation that ,tht& o"-d"pi.tnt"r 10th in the eveningwas observed

,,Another phenonenon similar to that rccorded the other evening at 7 : 3 4 p 'm ' 10 :00 p.m. in' t t r e s k y llodena oc c ur r ed i n o r t r c i t y e x a c t l y . a t a short parabola in a north-casterly, firey ball'described n ti"a'oi Since at that i""iritg behind it a luninous trail of fire. Ji."liior, fer+ citizens noticcd the phenohour there r+as stil1 ]i-rnited visibilitv, menon and for the same reason." 315.

69 . F rom Sept-emb e -r2 2 n d th ro u g h th e Z 4th, the rockets, neteors, - s teria, hy or what h a ve yo u , a p p e a re d i n the sky al l over. Ital y.' The c ities of Rom e , T u ri n , B o l o g n a , V e rce11i ,, Modena, Imol a, Florenc e, Naples , a n d B a ri re p o rt.e d si g hti ngs. One rocket, s een fly ing ov er F l o re n ce , w a s d i sti n ctl y di scerned changj .ng direc tion in the a i r. S p o tte d a t 3 :1 5 a.m. on the ni ght-ofthe 2Z nd,- the obje c t w a s vi si b l e fo r 9 0 seconds. The-thi ng made.an abrupt turn i n th e sky o ve r F l o rence and then sped s outh toward Rome . T h i s rn a n e u ve r co n vi nced observers tLe objec t was not a n e te o r.3 1 6 . A s a re su l t of the forementi oned s ightings , the Ita l i a n g o ve rn n e n t o rd e red an i nvesti gati on.3l T. If thes e " Ru s s i a n ro cke ts" co u l d f1y fron the S ovi et base at Peenemunde to N a p l e s, a n d b a ck, w h y not London, or possi bl y North Arneric a? An d i f th e se ,,R u ssi a n rockets' , fl 6w 1eve1 ins tead of in a L ra l l i sti c a rc, su ch a feat w oul d take a fuel of c ons iderable, p o t.e n cy. P e rh a p s th e S w edi sh ,,N e;- E xpl osi ve Theory " was right. It se e me d th a t th e strange ni ssi l bs w ere being powered by a s u p e r p ro p e l l a n t. One of the L a s t re p o rts fro m F i n l a nd stated:

" A new ty p e o f n yste ry ro cke t w as reported T hurs day to h a v e b e e n si .g h te d o ve r Fi nl ana U y s ev eral hund re d e ye w i tn e sse s d u ri n g W ednesday night. Ig h o st. ro cke t' w as sai d to " T he s o-c a l l e d hav e been ob s e rv e d fl yi n g i n a n o rthw esterl y direc tion fro rn t h e so u th e a st o ve r the central F innis h town o f Jyva skl a a t a n e sti rnated al ti tude of 15 rn i l e s . ro cke t si g h te d o ve r S candi navi a " T he late s t was c al1ed n o ta b l e fo r i ts sl o w sp eed and al so bec aus e the fl a rn e s e rn i tte d b y th e - mi ssi l e as a res ult of s u c c e e d i .n g e xp l o sj _ o n s w ere of vari ous c olors . " T he c olo r c h a n g e d d u ri n g su cceedi ng expl os ions from a d i n re d to a g l o w i n g orange bei ore the final s tro n g e xp l o si o n a fte r w hi ch-the rock et fe11 to th e g ro u n d w i th a b l i n d i ng f1ash. " After e a c h e xp l o si o n th e sp e e d of the rock et appeared t.o i n cre a se u n ti l th e fi nal expl osi on burt the mis s i l e a n d so me l 0 to 1 5 fragmenti whi.c h went f l y i n g o f f i .n va ri o u s d i reci i ons. " A glow fro m th e n u cl e u s o f th e rocket w as s ai.d to hav e b e e n o b se rve d fo r se veral mi nutes.' r 5ru. J ournalis t Ma rq u i s ch i -1 d s sta te d a t thi .s ti ne that the ghost roc k ets mus t be ra te d : mo st e xtraordi nary phenomenoi " ...th e of pos twar Europe (b e ca u se re p o rts h a d )...come fron-w i del y s eparated areas .' , 3 1 9 . P e rh a p s, h e . su g g e sted, i nternati onai tens ions were c aus i n g h yste ri a a n d th a t. the rnj _ssi l es r.rere ins tea d o f R u ssi a n d e vi ce s, "il1us ions " H ow ever, he fel t that the hy s teria theory w a s w e a k b e ca u se S w eden, the country most

aff ec t ed by gh o s t ro c k e t lat ion untouc h e d b ;' ;;;' ." -i i ra t of one other ,rrr!1-C i t.i all t he leports . a ...* " s iilt i. - t y t I ; il t'

had a-1eve1-headed popucoul d onl v thi nk cui tat consi deri ng answ er fe e b i e ,u i -" pe""ea: " ' ' ' perhaps the- (ghost s tra v me-te or or tw o" ' " 320' s g h te ti n g s' -iif,e r6 t" '

that took an i nci dent i n v e s ti g a te d P oli c e au th o ri ti e s of tl e.ni ght plac e at os ten d , i l i ;i ;t;' -" u o u i " tz :q 0 P ' n' of l i ght a bal l that re p o rt.e d i -r^ ,o ti bept em ber ?S-Z 6 th . th ro w i n" gtt u p . a l arge - c1oud of . snoke . 321. t ;;i i- ; ; ; ; * as' " 1so reported i n the " r-t,o ru -o n M y s t er iou s " m e te o i -i i i t" " -" E ti v i ty sL p tenber 28th- and 29t' h' 322' s " i i l " t, air ov er v erv i e rs , the sky above the M or e " gho s t ro c k e ts " w e re sp o tted i n the Li nsenper-sonnef A i my iestw l Dut c h- G e rnan u o ra " i -i l ' y -s ti ti s h w ard' 323' headi ng 6 vl r p a s se d M eppen area th e ' l ti ri i r" t" to the U ' S ' after B r ig. G e n e ra l D a v i d S a rn o f f re turned N ew Y ork' s W al dorfat g a v e a ^ s p e e ch H e Euro p e t o a t r ip rhe H i Y ,IP IX Ii I" t' 3 0 ti r' A s t or ia HoteI o n ' s e fi e f,b e r pi l S Tfi Fed somF-i nforr epor t ing on th e ;;:;;;;;i " i -i i " " " t' tol d of vi si ts " tn o i i i i -r" ' n ttk s : ' ^S arnoff m at ion about -" " convi that the ' ghost nced ing S weden t" ." rri i i ' " ta ' i " i i l : It m i ssi l e s" ' 324' re a l b u t n y th no a re bonbs ' magathe-Y 9:to* O n Oc tob e r 3 rd th e K re m l i n a g ai n used protest agai nst al l egastr5 n g a d e l i v e r to T in e s , New z ine. T[e-N ew ri me: bl asted 1 ti e s te rn p re s s f r f fiie ;i; ; ; of w eapons." o f ,,rn ysterT.yt-Tfi as r um or s about tn e -p i l i u c ;i o ; occupi ed zone of th e S ovi et i n n a n u fa c tu re d s uppos edly be i n g to th e R euter new s servi ce on G er nany . A s to ry a ttri b u te d th a t th e .R u ssi ans w ere devel opi ng a ;; il; ' iz " i, ,, new and .,r" ry" rtl ti i n g German v-4" and that " the ro c te t--t h e p o r," i i " i Ge rrn a n -experi ments," w as the appar(v ei e ) i o tti i tt" i " g n" s s iins T h e conrnuni sts termed the sources oi 3 o " t" t w ra tf,. ;; - ; ; ; ; " i me n ti .o n e d b y R e u te rs as " some- mythi cal repreoi int oir" tion the sovi ets u n i tv P artv.' ' or trre --i o i i a rl s i ;; r ; ; ; i; ; ; l on, di d D i d W ashi ngchai -ge?p i rti cui ar th i s v ait f iv e we e k s i o -" " i * " t tte n , a t th e end of septernber, del i ver ton and white h a l i luii consea s ec r et ultirn a tu m to Mo s c o w , w a rn i ng S tal i n of di re ou" r r . " , if th e g h o s t ro c k e ts w e re attenpts at_i nti rni dati ng as a lies t er n Euro p e ? - H a d E i s e n h o w e r b e en sent to London the proto reacti on a R u ssi an a r+ a i t to m ilit ar y Prec a u ti o n is t es t note? N o o n e k n o w s . o n e th i n g w e do know , how ever, nati ons di fferent over traffi c a i rc ra ft i o tt-i a d i d il; ;;" w ; h; ; ti me' a of Rus sian-oc c u p i e d E u ro p e fo r se veral days-at thi s th a t tro o p movernents of rnaj or proporti ons r nov e- v hic h in d i i i te d wer e in progre s s . 5 2 5 . Ma rq u i s C h i l d s re p orted on October 7th that J o urnali s t s c e n e ' i n S to c k h o l n i nd that he had po1l ed numhe was on th e tttere concerning. t hef 1 v 1 " q -! : T ! : : ^ I h il: the on the opi vP rrrrvtrJ ni ons vrr varri ous ruu> "io .ts exp e xp re re S5 se sq6 d va ].n te r vle h-" e ; S ;w ; ;e;"id re " h; sp-"ito i" i"f-ih iuiu d we o er" A meri can he an fi nd d i d h e g h o s t .o .i ." ts , i" " iiiy

77 k new to be ex treme l y re l j .a b l e w h o a sse rted that he had definitely s een a g h o s t ro cke t cl e a rl y and that there w as no doubt of the o b j e c t' s e xi ste n ce . General l y, the S w edi sh ghos t roc k et witne s s e s h e ta l ke d to ]re eval uated as " careful obs erv ers ." Als o h e fo u n d t.h a t th e strange ni ssi l es w ere s til1 a my s tery a n d th a t th e n u rn b e r o f dai l y si ghti ngs w ere taperi.ng off. As fo r ro cke t fra g me n ts, no anount of questioning of offic ial s o u r ce s co u l d u n co ver defi ni te i nformatj.on. He allowed fo r th e p o ssi b i l i ty that the exi stence of phy s ic al ev idenc e m a y h a ve b e e n cIa ssi fi sd.326. T he theory th a t " s p o o k b o mb s" b u rn up compl etel y recei ved s ome c onfirmation Mo n d a y i n a n o ffi ci a l B ri ti sh report, according to the London -T e l e g r a rn o n Octo b e r 8 th. R ocket expert W . H. Wheeldi-wi5E e -T F f,t T o cke ts rn a d e o f pl asti c and l netal s of light weight w e re u n d e r co n stru cti o n . The range of such new mi.s s j.les were s u p p o s e d to b e d o u b l e of those of steel c ons truc tion and c o u l d b e p ro p e l l e C 5 0 percent faster, he c laimed. Moreov e r, h e w e n t. o n to sa y, w hen the fuel i s c ons umed, the roc k e t i s b u rn e d u p . 3 2 7 . ttihile the bu l k o f t h e g h o st ro cke t acti vi ty had shi f ted to the s outh of Eu ro p e , o cca si o n a l si g h ti ngs w ere sti 11 bei ng reported in Sc and i n a v i a . 0n O c tober ).0 , 1 9 4 6 , th e S w e d i sh D efense S taff spoke about the ghos t ro c k e ts a fte r a l o n g si l ence. The London Tirnes c arried Reu te r' s a cco u n t o f th e o ffi ci al announcement: " T he Swe d i s h d e fe n se sta ff h a ve i ssued a report in wh i c h th e y re a ch e d th e concl usi on that nos t of th e me te o r-1 i ke o b j e cts, often des c ribed as tro c k e ts,r re p o rte d over S w eden between l" tay 1 a n d S e p te rn b e r 3 0 w e re ordi nary c eles t,iaL ph e n o me n a . E xp e rts re a ched thi s c onc lus ion a fte r s i fti n g o ve r 1 " ,0 00 reports' about the pa s s a g e o f th e se o b j e cts. " T he rep o rt s ta te d th a t so me of the obj ects b u t th e re w as nothi ng c ould not be i d e n ti fi e d , to s how they w e re V -b o mb s o r a n y other type of projec tile. a re vague and " ' l' los t of th e o b se rva ti o n s I the report mus t be treate d v e r y ske p ti ca l l y, ca se s, h o w e ve r, cl ear unams tates . s o me ' In biguous obs e rv a ti o n s h a ve b e e n ma de w hi ch c annot be ex p l a i n e d a s n a tu ra l p h enomena, o r i ma g a i n a ti o n on the Suedis h airc ra ft, part of the o b s e rv e r. E ch o , ra d i o and other re a d i n g s b u t gave no equipment re g i s te re d c lue as to th e n a tu re o f th e o b j e cts.' " It was s ta te d th a t fra g me n ts w ere found whic h were re p o rte d to h a ve fa l l e n from projec tiles , bu t a n a l y si s sh o w e d th e m to be ordinary c ok e o r s 1 a g ." 3 2 8 .

72. T he Reute r a c c o l rn t o f' th e conplete*cxchpt for nentionitg tfunknoults.'t ' cornmuni que w as S w e di sh ni l i tary the exact percentage of the

T his odd o n i s s i o n b y B ri ti s h R euters new s servi ce w as not m ade by t he A s re ri c a n IN S. T h e A n e ri can new s agency spotl i ghted the f ac t that th e p e rc e n ta g e o f " u n know ns" w as qui te hi gh. The INS s t or y als o p u t a l i ttl e d i ffe re n t' gl ant on w hat the S w edes thougir t t he " s k y p h e n o rn e n o n " n i g h t be: " T he S w e d i s h D e fe n s e S ta ff i ssued a comm un ique T h u rs d a y n i g h t d i s cl o si n g that at l east 20 p erc en t. o f th e n y s te ri o u s rni ssi l es, seen i n the s k ies ov e r S w e d e n h a v e b e e n i d enti fi ed as forei gn weapons o f a n q n k n o w n n a tu re . !ghost roctetsl " T he:b a l a n c e o f th e s o -ca l } ed and' !s poo k b o n b s ' w e re i d e n ti fi e d as ordi nary p h e n o me n a , s u c h a s seteors.!329. c eles tial :

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F ur t hermo re ; re s e a rc h e rs h a ve . overl soked a story fi l ed by t he I NS .the .d a y b e fo re th e Sw e d es nade p" ubl i c i ts' ghost r oc k et r e port., O n Oe to b e r 9 th th e .trN S l earned that the arranging neasflres" against the vere "defen5ive fttedeg tt "s pook bo rnbs . T he s tory l dl scl ssed toni ght " Swe d e n rs ' d e fe u s e . mi n i ste r t hat defe n s i v e rn e a s u re s a re ' b e i ng taken agai nst !s p o o k b o n b sr o r rsckets w hi ch t he ny s te ri o u s o ve r,ttl e countl i si nce hav e bee n ,re p o rte d fl y i n g ear l y in J u n e . i' In a n e x c l u s i v e i n te rv i e w , D efense Mi ni ster f d a .r ,,equi prnent and the A lan Vou g h t s ta te d ,th a t S we dis h a i r fs rc e a re b e i n g e n pl oyed to tr.ack dow n the w e i rd n i s s i l e s i n th e hope of di s-' c ov ering th e i r o ri g i n . annouacegl ent on o ffi cl a l " It w a s th e fi rs t def e ns e me a s u ,r s a g a i a s t, t h e rockets.that has been made by Sweden or, any other country in ' t r hic h s imi l a r n i s s i l e s h a v e b e en reportei l . : the " Sne d i s h o b s e rv e rs u h o h a ve vi tnessed s t r ange, s u d d e n a p p e a " a n c e o f the pqoj ecti l es have reported they appeared to eo$e fren, the s outh, fro m th e ,d i re c .ti o n o f th B atti c eoast of Gerrna n y , w h i h i s ,c o n tro l l e d by the R ussi ans. T he Rus s i a n s h a v e ' d e n i e d = se n d i ag..uF,any, rckets, experimental. or othervis.e. " 530. : The Svenska!gg!ltd"!'t version went this wayl re a d : ,

73. "The first-r:l"Ll: of strange_1pji::, phenonenaover the began to cqne*in to the p""r, *3 r-lri-tary authorities at the country Ir{av 1e46' end of -

od;";;f i#i,i*'Li *ail;,",^s"ni ffi:"i:'f'::'i{l:: ::ru*;.li: "Throush_collaboratiEn

tii3f wiirr'.rtroi-r*ers it wasclear that the two in Julv *J A''g";r p."tJriv were caused bv meteorsor neteor"of about 1,000 reports which,ccrne.in

o-r'--r.,rr n"i6riJi"i'ili. rrvin succession without ary-:!: large trrilb". oT i"prrt, r.o,n i,"riJ,]i A similar increasEor-ri"a-"griii the country. ilii, at the hegi-ruring "r bf ,,u-rgust. rn be-

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very vague and must be treated with-great skepticism. rn somecases quite-unequivocably-p.;i;;-;r;ir.aior* are nade which cannot be asslgned to natural phbncrnena o. tuniasy proauctions-'aii'neitter, -srJirn*-ui.pr."'u, accord_ ing to investiglll!1, ;;;; ;;'#' .oi'ria".J projectiles trajectories . sqne litisfactorify beexplained. case of crashes has come:rr_."t rorth anyihing which'.*-t'li-i""ridered tut of no ial which mirht. issue-r.*"i*"Jlitun as mater_ .p".u-projectile. rn certain

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10_the defense staff it is 80 percent ,." ,"uiry cetestiat. lr,uninous phenonena.The

T wo y ears l ate r (D e ce n b e r 1 g 4 g )., penned his own o p i n i o n Offi cer I u.s. rntel l i gence ;h ;' si " a i ti , i nterpretati on number of " unk norn rn r::_ -i"lii i " .fi i i " r, of the a C ol onel D onal d L. Hardy , firs t. note d th a t a stro n o mi ca l a d vi sors had deterrnj .ned that the two peaks o f- ,;g h ;;;-ri .tl .,, Augus t 1946 wlre rn o st ri te i t l .p oi i r-i n-i ,ri y ;;-;' ;" e b e en caused by rneteor " na s howers Moreov er: ..

' ,T hree sro u n d ra d a r sta ti o n s a nd tw o radar equipped Oul .-:3 l :r: co o p e ra te d i n mai ntai ni ns watc h. T he r

u'o olli"!":$:l *5:H: s;;ii hasnoproofanv _ " Reports w e re fu n n e l e d to or ti,e-6JiJi," st"ir';;;;.- ;;rf,.;X;:t;:,:Tl;:f"4.,,332.
Colonel Hard y sta te d fu rth e r: " T he c ooD e r.a ti o n o f th e D e fe n se S taff in s ec uring thii i n fo rma ti o n va s-u n d o u b tedl y gi ven ln an effort to e rn p h a si ru ttu i . n e e d for addi _

operated or r.2 4 -h o u r' b a si s; h o ru u l r" a, no unex_ plained s igh ti n g s w e re ma d e -w r.th th i s equi pmenr. ' ,Conc Ius t:::, a f tn o rl h -ti i e p o ssi bi l i ty exi sts that objec ts h a ve tra ve ri e d S ru .o " r, and i ts adi a_ c ent lraters , n o p ro o f h a s been s uc h..fL ight s i n a n y i n s t" .rc" ' o b ta i ned to coi fi rm .

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to whj-ch such eager .ot"piitti"o"t^-titg-!";a "iu ourselves both for usE to '/ere eouipnent .ot'r'a-U" Put interest nutual our by instanced ;;;'ih;" i*" a"' However'' r am "' objecti ' in unidentiri"a-irying uIqg:t', to-grant convinced tttai-oui' reiusal will' "tt good^1n do rnore equipment sucit ror i;;;;;; -o"i expre.sseo natibnat -pol i gy ' iipi" t" " tlng -as NsL docunent council securityintii" - ii" .i6na1 we rnight recelve in?ornation woiid-itte tiren 28/1, equiprnent here.'' 335' fron the ,.',"-il-t"th Defense Minister issued On October 15, 1946, tle B el gi urn tiit"IioY:-:T"teor-Like a statenent. nppii""iiv""iutti"E-i " Septenber' he ini it"'itt objects" r eporEec o.'"r tt'" country nothins of an that ttia-srto'n sisted that an orrili"r";;q;i;t tit"t nation's territorv' 334' unknownnature it"i'i"lirioil Aslateas0ctoberZlsttherewassti l 1ghostrrcketnews:
in.ttre air, sonethinf: like ;;hi;iii"g-;;-a on the r"tusr'oili #;d whenafloc k o fb i rd s p a s s e s b y .-n ." i ^i n " i i ;i ;;" ' Y " darrobiy"t eci ,w hi ch dait-shaped' a,row"'ariii"a"' It The cameover the treetoPs'soilg at tin' ol11 iingi-*4'' 'erploded tt'*t :laped supplied *itt probably and '*"ii''i"g-ritE directly out fron ttre srrorerine feLl nrbjectile -irnPact'"335' bn on October 23rd the T he U.S' S ta te D e p a rtme n t-a n n o unced suedi sh to sw eden' appr ov al or th e :;;" " ;' r" ;6 ' -p l i r ' ;;;i ;;;t
which fe11.into "A peclrliar object is now the obiect o-f an inv-est:'g"tio"'" lake in southern Sweden a -f*o who were located fgtitls

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i;; :it:.l:i":,it,i::llt gi::; .:l: i:;;; i:t,'nl: s t r engt h enlng o r nysteri oqg "?i'i:n:' ,:" :' ;;:' -* : i l - tt" .e the nyst
^ t" :1 1 c onnec t i on w :' tn s ;;;;" ' i -" i ro i ts ^ to th e c o u n ti ; , r oc k et s , ," p o rt!i -o r" rI n s pite o f d o u b ts ' wer e r espons i b re ;;;-i h ; trace i ;-;;t;;t n-orthB a l ti c' 125 rni l es w hi ch " s to l p m u e n d e o n th e from base n u si i a n trt" ii eas t of s ." Ii i i l t ra ve been fi red over ny s terio u s ' i J l ti t-[" mu s y o " " g C " ttt^ w ho arri ved a to S w eden , a c c o rd i n g A f ter the end ' in Sr' re d e ny e s te rd a y " ' " ' " ? ittn" " R ussi ans carry the i tE of the w a r, h e s a i d h e s " * base to th e ^ P e e n e nuende m a in eq u i p ti ' " " i i i tt had smal l er G e rn a ns S t olpmu e n d " l " * ft" i " -th e i " 1 yq 3 e decl ared he often v -weapo n ti i " t" " ' i 1 " w ere l aunched ,th u n d e rr a s Pro l i .i i r" t heard th e 33' 7 S l e den ' '" ac ros s ti t" s ;i ;i t-to w a rb

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that the R ussi ans T u m o rs p e rsi sted g h o s t rb cket exci ' tement:

, 75. W ere the gho s t ro cke ts me te o rs o r R ussi an rni ssi l es? Or, one rnight as k , v re re th e o b j e cts,' so me th i ng el se?,' C onsi der the following new s i te n s d a te d N o ve mb er 20, 1946: . r' - -T he l .{ o s co w ra d i o re p o rte d W ednesday that a neteor whi c h re se n b l e d ta w h i t,e -hot fl yi ng cannon ball! wa s si g h te d N o ve mb e r IZ by the Leni ngrad Artic ins titu te ' s p o l a r sta ti o n a t prof i .dence bay, at the north e a s t ti p o f S i b e ri a a cross B eri ng s traight fro rn A l a ska . t" T he ne te o r w a s o b se rve d fo r tw enty-tw o s ec onds at a h e i g h t o f tw e n ty to tw enty-fi ve degrees fron th e h o ri zo n ,, th e re p ort sai d. rlts trajec to ry w a s a l mo st a stra i ght 1i ne. It. produc ed th e i mp re ssi o n o f a w hi te-hot fly ing c anno n b a 1 1 . Its ve l o ci ty w as rel ati vel y Iow, far bel o w th a t. o f fa l l i n g si a rs. The meteor was of a red d i s h -vi o l e t co l o r a n d i ts huge tai l was light b1 u e .' p a rti cu l arl y " T he rad i o d e scri p ti o n , as to v eloc ity , c o i n c i d e d to so me d e g re e w i th that of meteor-1ik e o b j e cts si g h te d a b o ve S candi navi an c ountries in re ce n t rn o n th s.,' 3 3 9 .

T he s pec ial Sw e d i sh co n mi tte e to study the si ghti ngs of s trange_s k y objec ts h e l d th e l a st o f 1 5 meeti ngs oi D " .E mber 1, ' 1946. T he c onrmi .tte e ,. ch a i re d b y co l o n e l B engt-Jacobsson , drafted a letter to th e co rn n a n d l r-i n -ch i ef oi the-sw edi sh Defens e s taff on D e c e rn b e r,2 3 , 1 9 4 6 . T h e devel opment of the inv es tigation was d e ta i l e d " a n d th e n th e l etter touched on the s ourc e rnateria l : h a s b e e n re ce i ve d chi efl y " Inforrnati o n from four s ourc es :(a ) vi su a l o b se rva ti ons; f[rl radar trac k ings ; (c ) ra d i o o b se rva ti o n s; 1a1' rep6ri i fron s pec ial s o u rce s. " T he Larg e s t n u n b e r o f re p o rts w ere vi sual . obs erv ations . In ci d e n ts w e re re p o rted throughout the entire c o u n t ry w i th a co n ce n trati on i n tfre middle of Sw e d e n " O n 9 J u l y a n d , 1 1 A u g u st, l u mi nous phenomena were obs erv ed a t th e sa me ti n e o ve r al most al l of Sweden. It i s p o ssi b l e th a t th e se phenomena w ere of a c eles tial -n a t u re , a n d i f th e y i re excl uded, approx imately 5 0 ? co n ce rn l u rn i n o u s D henomena and the res t c on c e rn o b se rva ti o n s o f ' rl aI' obj ects. i ypes: T itgrg objec ts a r e ma i n l y o f tw o d i fferent (a) a n y w i n gs or staLi l i zi .ng -' s es poo1-s h2 a), p e d(b -' -w ou rsp oto l -sh a p e d ' and provi ded w i i h s urfac (42 ) i th wings (8t). Thes e details the author. w e re g i ve n e a rl i e r j .n the text

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76. ' rT he re p o rts h a v e b e e n se n t l ft by vari ous cate. gor ies of' .oL s e rv e rs ' a n o n g th e se .3 e ve ra1trai ned p e rs o n sr te chnrci ansr - etc. observ ers , n i l i ta ry r-o o i tn p a i t s have been reported , i m i ;;i v ' " Appro x A 1l t osethai w i th fra l m e n ts fi o rn 5 0 of these. b y th e D efense R esearch haie been i n v e s ti g a te d It h a s b e e n i n rp o ssi bl e to make I nstitution. as ori gi nated th a t a n y o f th e o b j e l ts i" it i in o r ro cke ts; they have genDarts of p ro j e c ti l e s At to o th e r sources. ir a1 1y be l n i ttri b u te d to c a i e d c l o s e to U p p er K al i x, 1.8?ti K ol rnjlrv , . t iv e - impic t w a s re p o rte d i n Ju l y by tw o di fferent gave no i n ve sti gati on A n i n te n s i v e obs erv eis . r esult . tr' 3 3 9 . T he c omn i tte e o ffe re d th ' e fo l l o vi ng concl usi on:

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w hi ch has been e x ? e n s i v e ' e ffo rt a l l a v a i l a b l e ureans, there i s th a t a te st o f rocket proj ecti l es o v e r Sw e d e n -

trt"i"rore been forced to

has been unsuccessdec ide th a t th e i n v e s ti g a ti o n conti nue the acti to w a s u s e l e ss i t and' th a t fu1 v itv in i ts p re s e n t fo rn a n d w i th the present E v e n i f th e mai n part-oft ir nited re s o u rc e s . phenore fe rre d to as cel esti al b e c a n t h e report i.h e c o n mi tte e c a n n o t d i sni ss certai n facts r"n". i n a g i n a ti on." 340' as b6ing n e re l y p u b l i c T his admi s s i o n th a t n o t a l l re ports w ere due-to-c^el esti a1 phenonena and th a t th e re T i i l u E --F a d consi derabl e si gni fi cance, 'ii nor t h renern b e ri n g a s l h e mo s-t i n portant aspect of the ghost r oc k et my s tery . T h e Swed e s :d i d :h a v e r epor t s : , a'iew''ideas : :. : about the unexpl ai ned :.

on " F ron k n o w l e d g e o f t h e Ge rman acti vi ty t h e Balti c C o a s t d u ri n g th e w ar and devel opnents la te r o n , o n e c a n n o t d e ny the i npl i cabeen recei ved of th e re p o rts :v h i c h -.l a ve iiots t h rough' v a ri o u s s o u rc e s -" 3 4 1 . ' T he Britis h ' s h a re d th e Srye d e s' concl usl on t' hat' " somethi ng" unus ual had o c c u rre d b u t s u g g e ste d ne 3fl $w r

of th e .d o c u m e n t d e a l i n g w i th w i tness qgl -i a-bi 1 i ty,' radar 'P or t io ns " secret" a n d g e o g ra p h i c a l P l o ts t :are sti ' 11 cl assi fi ed t r ac k ings , ': 1 9 8 2. by t he Sued i s h m i l i ta ry ' ' a s ' o f

77T he Britis h Air Mi n i stry re ma rke d:

fa cts a re a s yet avai l abl e " Ins uffic i e n t to perrnii any d e fi .n i te co n cl u si o n to be reached at this s tage. Y e t i t i s d i ffi cu l t to bel i eve that all, or ev e n th e n a j o ri ty, o f su ch observati ons as thos e gi v e n a b o ve a re i n a g i n a ry, and i t nust be ac c epted th a t a t l e a st o n th e tw o days, gth J uIy and 1L th A u g u st, so rn e th i n g w as seen by the 200 - 300 o b s e rv e rs o n e a ch d a y. It i s di ffi cul t to ac c ount fo r a l l th e i n ci d e n ts as natural phenomena, es p e c i a l l y a s th e b u l k o f them w ere i een in day l ight . " 3 4 2 . i n fo rn a ti o n concerni ng the offi ci al ,W e hav e v ery 1 i tt1 e Americ an reac tion . Arn e ri ca n In te l l i g e n ce compi l ed a l i st of European radio re p o rts w h i ch w e re su b mi tted for eval uati on on April 9, 1947 . In th e b ri e f i n tro d u cti on to the l i st there was no nen ti o n o f,' ce l e sti a l p h e nomena-" T he Arneric a n In te l l i g e n ce re p o rt,s i ntroducti on stated:

' ler_ rep o rte d b y fo re i .g n b ro a d casts, techni - informati o n c a1 o n ro cke ts a n d g ui ded i ri ssi l es ac tiv ities i n D e n ma rk, i s g e n e ra l l y negl i gi bl e. T he following te xts, h o w e ve r, d o tonti i n-some linited data . (n a i n l I on the speed, !p e cu ta ti ve ) dirnens ions a n d a l ti tu d e o f fl yi n g obj ects reportedly obs erv e d i n S ca n d i n a vi a n co u ntri es and i n other Europ e a n c o u n tri e s fro m th e mi ddl e of J uly to O c to b e r 1 9 4 6 . In co mp i l i ng the avai l able rnateria l , th e re fo re , n o t o n l y D ani sh radi o but otber S c a n d i n a vi a n a n d E u ro p ean sources are c ited. ,, 343 . Another frag m e n t th a t te l L s o f A meri can i nterest comes frorn the files o f th e F B I. In a n e xch ange betw een FB I Li ai son s ec tion Spec ial Ag e n t s. w e sl e y R e yn o l ds-and Lt. col onel George D. G arrett of Army In te l l i g e n ce , i t w as reveal ed: r' ...when fl y i n g o b j e cts w e re reported over Sweden the ' h i g h b ra ss' o f th e W ar bepartnent ex erted trern e n d o u s p re ssu re o n th e A i i Force' s Intelligenc e to i d e n ti fy th e se si ghti ngs .,, 344. By the tine th e a b o ve e xch a n g e to ok p1ace, A rneri can InteLl i g9lc 9 had a s k y o b j e c t myste ry o f i ts ow n, the' ri ddl e of the s iuc ers . " "fly ing ' T he foremen ti o n e d e xch a n g e co n ti n u ed: w e h ave reported o ve r the U i ri ted a p p e ared to be

c o n tra st " .,.in to th i s, s ightings o f u n kn o w n o b j e cts States , and th e ' h i g h b ra ss, totally unc o n c e rn e d ." 3 4 5 .

78.

T he " h igh b ra s s " w a s n o t u n co n ce rneo, th e " fl yi ng indi.f f er enc e, an d th e ri d d l 3 -o f s r or y .

the faked however, is another saucersr"

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"Projec t

l-946."

The ghost rocket mystery has arways been one of special interest to ltro researchers because it is considered to be scrnething of a precursor to the 'flying saucert riddle. Efforts have been made to research the Srvedish sk-v nhenomenon. this work is one attenpt, but so far no Swedish llFO ernert has dbnb iustice io the full extent of the Scandenavian "pr'6JEEEi-1e" excitenent of 1946. Swedish uFo researchers are a natural choice for the task, yet until recently none were equal t9 tlle chal.1-enge. l,low, it seens, there is sbme hope a conpleie research job will be done. Anders Liljegren and clas svalm,of the Archives for UFO rel search, Norrkoping, Sweden, have teamed up la,nch:proiect 1946. i{hen con_ Tg 4y11tuge of being Swedish imnediately nrd-ucd-resuTts. tacted b1' Liljegren and Svahn, the Swedish Defenle Staff confirrned the existence of four vohmures of "space projectile" docunents in its archives. Access to the rnaterial was made possiblb because Liljegren had secured permission fro'i the swedi-sh secretary of war. sone l-,0-00"pages of material have been copied.that rnight have value and this collection'his been under review for scme tlme now. To supplernent this naterial persons named in the docuunents are beinq 1oca1ed and interviewed. These individuals include ghost rocket witnesses and forrner goverment off icials. Other plans cqntenplated : search of Swedish newspapers. ^^^ --A-1o1e-conplete 200 Srvedish dalies have yet to be ccrnbed for'"trojectile -A cottputer catalog of reports is envisioned -To docuunent contacts between the Intelligence i,ons concerning the ghost rockets. -To check for 1946. -To cataloge literature dealing with swedish reports of possible It is estfunated that reports." analysis scnre

to faciltate

of data. nat-

agencies of different

sky phenonena before the year

the subject.

About the only oversight is the the apparent lack of Dlans to cornb more ext-ensively the press of Finland, Norway, aird Denmark. Ctiher than that, one might be concerned abor:t the scope of the project, whether or not it is ioo ambitious and thus never be conpleted. Hbpefully it wi11.

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1. Letter: To: Dr. l,incol"n la Paz,llniversity of Newlulexico, Albuqerque. 4 January 49. Air Force From: ---(deleted) Hicksvi-lle, NewYork. Blue Book Fi1es. 2. "First Prize." Doubt, publication of the Forstean Soci.ety. It. Tiffany Thayer. Issue flT6l-p.234. 3. l4orgon-Tidningen. 4 I'lay 46, p. 1. a. fi-tor[on-Tfini-n[en. 25 Miy 46 llast page). s. T5Td. 6. i1-orgon'Tidningen.28 llay 46, p.IZ. 7. Morgon-Tidningen. 29 ltay 46, p.7. 8. StoclFofil-Sed-en. 1,2August 46 (trP). 9. Berliner, Don. "The Ghost P,ocketsof Sweden." oFficial UFO. October 1976, p. 6 1. 10. l.torgon-Tidningen. l June 46, p.11. 11. Ii6TsTigT6iSl-, t:inland. 10 .Iune 46 (TT). 12. ttelsingfors, Finland. 11 June 46 (Tf). 13. "Fir s t P r iz e." D o rl b t, # 7 6 . p .2 3 4 . 14. l.{orgon-Tidningen.---T5 June 46, n.5. 15. Forgon-Tidningen. 22 June 46, p.6. 16. Frfilneil-Tioi.-'The Ghost Rockets of Sweden,"p.61 . 17. lrlcGovern, and overcast NewYork:Willian lrlorrowG Co., James. Crossbow Inc . , 196 4. Norrkopinr, Sweden. 11 July 46 (Tl). Berliner, Don. "The Ghost P.ocketsof Sweden,"p.61. Sundsvall, Sweden. 9 July 46 (TT). Mariestad, Sweden. 12 July 46 (TT). Sundsvall, Sweden. 10 July 46 (TT). Karlstad, Sweden. 11 July 46 (m). Svenska lgebladet. 11 July 46, pp.3,9. l'iorg,on-Tidningen.10 July 46, p.1 . Moieon-TlfiinSen. 11 July 46 (last page). 11 July 46, pp.3,9. Sven5ka-D-dg5-1ad-et. -Dag6l-met. 10 July 46, p.3. Senslt Ba11na5,Swilen. 11 July 46 (lT). I{ietarnaki, A. }larrritz. "Sqne Little-Known UFOP,eports frqn Fin1and." A war enes sfutrnn , n ,1 9 7 6 , V o 1 .5 ,f3 . p .5 . GiEago-Daily Tribrme. 1.1Julv 46, p.1 . (AP). TF-TIi-ndu. Bon5ay;-India. 1.2July 46, p.6. (Reuters). p,61. EerfTner, non. "The Ghost P.ockets of Swedenr" Dagbladet. 10 JuIy 46. Svenska
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98. l.lorgon-Tidningen. 25 July 46, p. 3. 99. Sven3TaTiEffiad-et. 24 July 46, p.3. 27 JuLy 46 (1T fron RB). 100. @effagen,l)ffiark. 101. 01so, Norway. 26 July 46 (Reuters). r 0z.Valee, Jacques. "A New tnok at the Saucer Mysteries," The TRIIE Report on Flying Saucers, Frank Bowers, Fditor, 1967, Fawcett tuElTcatT-oniGiee-nwlldh,-6nill p. 76. 103. Strndsvall, Sweden. 27 JuIy 46 (TT). 104. I'lorgon-Tidningen. 1 August 46. p.3. , ^^ (A P ). IU). IIew -..-!_r + Y or k T imes . Z B J u l y 4 6 , p .3 2 28 July 46 (TT). 106. S-undsTIT[ffien. 107 Dagbladet. 22 JuTy 46, p.3. . Svenska t)enmarK 108. {.qnennagen, Berlingske Tidende Copenhagen.30 .Iulv 46, p.1. 109. h;Ang;Ie;,calif orniT-Exir'rilnerl9-JuIy'-T6ip.4. 110. bndonl Eneiand Dailv TeT6FaEFl 29 July-46. 111 Stockholn."Swedeil-niseis-l.lyE-et6r. 29 July 46. T6-T1-f) t t z. stockhoin, Swden. t_1 3. Sundsvall, Sweden. 31 July 46 (T'f). -b.mt/ lla. Karajas, Clniros. "Greek UFOl'Iisce1lany." Iyi1g. Saucer R e v i e w , V o l . 2 4 , #6, A pr il 1979. p .i i i . 115. Sundsvall, Sweden. 1 August 46 (TI). 116. Svenska Daebladet. 2 fuzust 46. p.7. 117. Sto-ckF-olrn-,"Sffin. 2 Au[ust 46-(AP) 1.18. Stockholm, Sweden.2 August 46 (TT). 119. Stocltroln, Sweden.3 August 46 (TT). 120. Copenhagen, Denmark. 2 fugust 46 (pP). 12L. l'Ialmo, Sweden. 5 tugust 46 (Tl). 122. Svenska Dagbladet. 6 Argust 46 (1ast page). 123. Ntmo, SwACEn.-l Argust 46 (TT). 124. ltrales, Henry. "Rrssiana Test Super Rockets in Artic Wi1ds." Chicago Tribune Press Service. ChicagoDaily Tribune. 5 August 46, p.1. 125. Goteborg, Sweden Gotebor!-Hdde1-l-Sjrmt.r-Ifjglg." 5 AuErst 46. - 126. I'lalmo, Sweden. 5 mcusT-I6-TtTf 127. Stocktrolm, Sweden. 7 August 46 (Tl). 128. r bid. 129. S-venska 46, p.5. Dagbladet. I Ar.rgust 130. StansE-Degblddeq. 8 August 46, p.7. 131. Tfid132. StEkholm, Sweden. 6 August 46 (Tf). 133. Farish, llcius 6 JercrneClark, "The Ghost Rockets of 1946." Saga llFO R9p9I ! , F al1 197 4 . p .2 5 . '6 134. l'{o-rron-Tidningen. August 46, p.7 . 46 (TT). 8 Ar.rgust 155. S-toclFoffi-,Sweden DagensNyheter -7 -AuguEt--[5-fm). 136. Stockholn, Swe<len. 137. l'lanchester, England ManchesterGuardi,aq. 7 August 46, p.546. 138. Stockholrn, sweden nffist 139. Sundsvatt, Sweden.-T"ffilguit-T6-Trr) . 140. Stockholm, Sweden. 8 August 46 (fi'). 141. ilor gon- T idning e n . 1 0 ;Vrrg u 54 16 , p .1 0 . 142. S-todlFofil-Swd-en Dageni N\fieter. 9 August 46. 143. Stockholn, Sweden Dei"* -NyEeter. 10 Airgust 46. 144. Shalett, Sidney. "AGAA daT-tsratt on lulissile Po1icy." Nerv York Times. 10 A r gu s t 46, p.1 1 . 145. P ar is , F ranc e l ,e F i g a ro . 1 1 Al g u st 4 6 , p.2. 146. Norrnan, I.loyd. T'RevGaT-Russia l,eadsU.S. In ltrar Rockets." Chicago Tribunc Press Service. CfriSggg Dglbr Tribune. 10 Atrqust46, p.7.
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46. 149 . Stockhol,rn, Sweden. 11 AlrJust 46 (Ap). 150. Scientific Study of ulf{Sllifigq Flying = Ob_jects,p.927. 151. New@ltmes: Tz Mst T6,p.i7 -o nTntffiivEfrEsi." Tirnel 19 Ausl:st 46. p.30. N-ew-York, NewYork}Frald-trfbq!". iO'hrgust 46, p.1. 154. rbid. 1 55. Flor-gon -Tidnincen. 1 2 A u g u st4 6 , p .1 . 156. )vensKa uasDladet. 1 2 A rg u st 4 6 , p .3 . --157. T6IrSvenska Daebladet. 1 3 A u g u st 4 6 , p .3 . 159. Stocmoffi-,Swezen. 11 August 46 (Ti). 160 . rbid. 161 . Stokholm, Sweden. 13 tugust 46 (TT). rot. Stockholm, Sweden. 12 Ar.rgust46 (TT). 163. rbid. 164. Ib r cl165. N-rvYork, NewYork. Herald-Tribune. 10 A ugust46, p.1. 166. Ibid.
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Sweden. 12 August 46 (Up). Stockholn, Sweden. 12 August 46 (TT). 177 . rbid. 178. Nd-t'ork Times. 13 Auzust 46. o.4. 179. 14 iugust4o'1r"stpase). F+-!qTFJa49!. 180 . Sv ens Ka Dagb l a d e t .1 4 A u su st 4 6 . o .3 . 181 . En'don, HgEif-Daily Teiesraph. '13 Auzust 46. I82. Ner+ York Tirnes. -T2*nugusfT6',1. z. I/O .

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184. nE-ssia:A lVarning in the Rocket's Glare." Nervsweek. 26 Ar,rgust 46, p.32. 185. Stockholm, Sweden. 12 August 46 (fT) 186. Stockholm, Sweden 12 August 46 (TT). !Cgg!:|rylreter. 187 . C,openhagen, DenmarF -TZ -August 46 (Ap) . 188. Tlte l{ashington Post. 12 Ar_rgust 46, p.1.189. -Stocmoffi;-SwAen.13 tugult 46 (Upi. 190. New York Tirnes. 12 A:sust 46. 191. Iond6-n, Ei[Tfrd Daily-Telesranh. 13 Auqust46.

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13 August 46. 199. Stockholm, Sr^reden lggen:rylgtet. 200. Goteborg, Sweden. 13 August 46 (TT). 201. Stoclholm, Sweden. 14 .August46 (Tfl . 13 Augttst 46. Goteborg Handel S Sjofarts. 202. Goteborg, Sweden 203. r bid. 204. Sdska Dagbladet. 14 August 46 (last paCe). 205. BoTrEay, T-ndTa-Te Hindu. 16 August 46, p.5 (Reuters). 46 (fi). T[fr@it 206. l.{almo,Sweden. 46 (TT fron RB). 207. Struer, I)enmark. 14 Ar.rgust 208. Stoclholrn, Sweden. 14 August 46 (Tl). 209. I bid. Service (Radio) 14 August 46, 4:00 p.m. Hcrne 210. Sgckholn, Sweden. Sweden xJ[. 211. Hel;ingfors, Finland. 14 August 46 (TT). 212. NewYork Times. 14 August 46, p.11.. 213. T6Id. 214. StiEkholm, Sweden. 14 August 46 (TI). l{one Service (Radio) L4 August 46, l:00 p.m. 215. Stoc}ho1m,Sweden. Sweden FST. 216. I'lorgon-Tidningen. 15 fugust 46 (last page). Berlingske Tidende'Copenhagen. 16 August 46, pp.1-2. 217. eop;;h'agen;-T;runark 218. Moi^gon-Tiatiingen. ls-Augu;t 46-East padeT-46, p.3. L5 Ar-rgust zt9. S-enEka-Da!6-tadet. HsneService (Radio) 16 August 46,7'-00 p.m. 220. STocTF-offi;Sween. Srveden EST. 221. Kalundberg, Denmark. Danish Hone Service (Radio) 16 Augrst 46, 11:40 a.n. FST. 22?. Coperbagen, Denrnark. 16 August 46 (TT). 223. Ccpenhagen, Dennark. 17 lnlgust 46 (TT). 224. Lordort, England Daily Telegraph. 15 August 46. 225. The Griistian Sci6.-ce Moniioi.- 22 Auguit 46, p.7. 226. Iio-reonjTiffifisen.-T6 EcuEt 46, p.4. 46,- p. 3. zzi. SvensFaT-a!6-fidEt. 16 Ar-rgust ZZg. FiorCon-fldnlnSen. 16 August 46, p.1.. zzg. ilil-nch-esEEil-Enetand ManchesterGuardian. 17 August 46, p.6. 230. r bid. 231. HeTEingfor, Finland. 18 August 46 (TT). Sewice (Radio) 18 Argust 46, 5:30 a.n. 232. Kalmdberg, Derrnark. Danish Home EST. 46 (1ast page). 233. Svenska Dagbladet. L9 Ar-rgust 46 (TT). 234. IieGing'for,-Finland. 19 Ar-rgust 17 August 46 (TT). 235. london, England !gi]y Ielgelgph. 236. Svenska Dagbladet. T9 A-ugusf46 (last page). 257. llorCon-fiAnlnSen.19 August 46 (1ast page). 238. SI6cTF'oTfr-, Hcrne Sen'ice (Radio) 18 August 46, 6:40 a.rn. Swed-en.Sweden
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