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Swedish "GHOST ROCKET" Reports - 1946
Special thanks to Dr. Thomas "Eddie" Bullard for providing these reports.
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July 15, 1946 (Mon.) Aftenposten (Oslo), p.1.
"Ghost plane" over Oslo area? / Many people observe a lighted object with high s
peed northward.
This morning the Aftenposten has received inquiries from many persons who think
they saw a "ghost plane" over the Oslo area last night at 23 o'clock. A man who
together with three friends were at Bjerkebukta in Jeloy says that at five minut
es till 23 a large luminous star was noticed. The "star" had a yellow-white dazz
ling color and became visible on the horizon in a southerly direction. However i
t was clearly out of the question that any astronomical phenomenon was involved,
since the luminous object held a completely straight course at a great height a
nd had such great speed that it did not take much over a minute from its appeara
nce on the horizon in the south till it disappeared in the north-northwest over
toward Oslo.
According to another communication from a man who observed the luminous phenomen
on in Son (?) at ca. 22.50 o'clock, it must be concluded that one and the same t
hing was involved. The person concerned thought the height was ca. 1,000 meters.

We have made inquiries to the Meteorological Institute, which does not have any
knowledge of the phenomenon. Neither has the Air Defense weather service receive
d reports about the "ghost plane" or luminous phenomena. People who noticed such
a thing or who found remains of a possible crashed object, should report it wit
hout delay to the Air Defense High Command weather station, telephone 34870.
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July 16, 1946 (Tues. morn) Aftenposten (Oslo), p.5.
"Ghost flier" over Oslofjorden was a Norwegian airliner testing its landing ligh
ts. / The plane's pilot talks to the Aftenposten.
As mentioned in the evening number yesterday many persons called up the Aftenpos
ten Friday morning and told that late Sunday evening they had seen a "ghost flie
r" over the Oslofjorden. Both from Son and Jeloya at 23 o'clock was sighted a la
rge bright star which came from the south and disappeared northward, and which c
hanged color to a bluish light before it went away. The speed was very great and
the height was about 1000 meters.
The mystery has now received a natural explanation, however. A flier with one of
the airline companies in Oslo called the Aftenposten yesterday and declared tha
t he was the one who piloted the "ghost flier." Sunday evening he was on his way
from Copenhagen to Oslo with a Beechcraft plane on a taxi flight. At 23 o'clock
he landed at Fornebu, and ca. 22:50 the moment when the mysterious plane was ob
served he was over Jeloya.
When he was over the fjord at Jeloya, he tested the landing lights the mysteriou
s shining light which was observed. At the same time he descended from 3000 to 1
000 ft. in order to come to a low height in plenty of time before landing at For
nebu, such that he in the course of a short time came across the spectators' fie
ld of vision. This is sufficient explanation for the light disappearing so abrup
tly and inexplicably.
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July 17, 1946 (Wed. morn) Aftenposten, p. 4.
"Ghost flier" over Norwegian territory still?
STAVANGER, 16 July (NTB). From information Stavanger people have given, it seems
as if "ghost rockets" have now reached Rogaland, too. Last Saturday evening aro
und 23 o'clock some Stavanger folk who [were taking a holiday] at Usken, suddenl
y noticed a luminous object which came in over the Usken River from a southeaste
rly direction. It looked like a projectile (rocket), had a great speed and went
at a fairly great height. The projectile sent out a very bright, yellow-red (ora
nge) light, and its course could be followed till at last it disappeared in a so
uthwesterly direction. It kept the same height all the time, and the witnesses t
here were in all four persons say that there is no possibility that it could hav
e been a meteor. The course was horizontal at all times.
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July 19 (Fri. eve.) (Oslo) Aftenposten, P.1.
Did two rocket bombs go down in Mjosa?
Seen by many people when they passed Feiring at a low height last night.
From a man in Feiring we received this morning a sensational report that two roc
ket bombs crashed into Mjosa last night. They were shaped like ordinary planes,
but quite small with only a 2 -meter wing-span and came between 24 and 0:30 this m
orning from the west at low height over the southerly part of Feiring, where the
y were observed by many persons, among them (those) at the Hasselbaken Inn and a
t the Arnes (courtyard). The forward one was not lighted. People noticed them be
cause they heard a loud whistle and directly after (the objects) came flying int
o sight at terrific speed. They went so low that trees were left swaying after t
hey passed. Nearly midway out in Mjosa, nearer the Feiring side, the water took
a big splash and the spray stood many meters high in the air where the objects d
isappeared.
Right after we received this report we talked with the sheriff in Feiring and Hu
rda, who had heard nothing, however. He immediately got into telephone contact w
ith people between Hurdal and Feiring, and was able to report to us some time la
ter that he had gotten confirming reports from many reliable quarters. The place
where the planes went down lies ca. 1 mile north from Hinnesund and Mjosa is ra
ther deep here, so it may well be difficult to find them. But the sheriff will n
otify the Defense High Command immediately so that an investigation can be set i
n motion.
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July 20, 1946 (Sat. morn.) Aftenposten (Oslo) p.1.
Are experiments with Flier X underway over Norway? /
Two V-1-like objects fell in Mjosa.
Came from the west at a low height over Feiringspogene in the middle of the day.

Up till now it has not been possible to get any certain corroboration for all th
e reports which have arrived that rocket planes or rocket projectiles have been
observed both in this country and in Sweden. Meanwhile reports recently have bee
n so numerous and definite that they can no longer be rejected as products of pe
ople's lively imaginations. It is far from impossible that one or more foreign p
owers is conducting secret experiments with new weapons of the V-like type.
As reported in one part of our evening number's edition yesterday, there were tw
o such "Flier X's," as we well can call them, seen going down in Mjosa. It happe
ned Thursday midday between 12 and 12:30 o'clock, and they were seen by many per
sons in Feiring. The acting sheriff of Feiring and Hurdal first got reports yest
erday morning and set about at once to collect evidence from eyewitnesses. He re
ceived from many quarters confirmation that the two "Flier X's" were seen as the
y came at a low height over the Feiring woods from the west and fell down in Mjo
sa ca. two kilometers from the western shore and ca. seven kilometers from Minne
sund, whereafter he notified the Haerena Overkommando.
Yesterday afternoon one of our co-workers was up in Feiring and talked with a co
uple of those who had the remarkable experience. The "Flier X" passed directly o
ver Balsrud farm where they were seen by farmer Sigvart Skaug, his wife and grow
n son and daughter. Balsrud lies around ( ) in the south end of Feiring. It was
Mrs. Skaug and daughter who saw them first. They were right at the top of the ri
dge at a place which is called Badstuakeren, and high. They (the people) suddenl
y heard a loud noise in the air and believed at first there was a plane coming.
But the sound did not resemble plane noise. It was rather like a powerful whistl
e. Right afterwards they caught sight of two plane-line objects which came from
over the edge of the woods at a tremendous speed and so low that the two women i
nvoluntarily threw themselves down on the ground. The air current was so strong
that the treetops swayed.
Down at the farm Sigvart Skaug and his son stood and saw the "Flier X's" from th
e side, but at a rather greater height, probably ca. 50 meters. Skaug said that
they were like pictures of V-1s he had seen in newspapers. In any case they coul
d not have been ordinary planes. They were cigar-shaped, ca. 2 meters long, with
ca. 1 meter long wings. The wings were set ca. 1 meter from the nose, and the fo
re and after parts had a metallic gleam, but the midsection with the wings was b
lack. It looked as if there was attached an apparatus, perhaps a steering device
, in the rear. The wings flapped a little as if they were of cloth. No fire or l
ight was seen. The projectiles went a short distance from each other, the one a
little ahead of the other. They described a slight arc, about the way a stone is
cast, and fell together into Mjosa, so the water plumes rose many meters high i
n the air. No explosion was heard. They sky was completely clear, and Mjosa lay
still again in a moment.
I took the bearings of the place where they fell, said Mr. Skaug, and I well beli
eve I can point it out. But the depth here is 3-400 meters, so there is hardly a
ny possibility to bring the two mysterious objects to daylight again.
At Tosterud farm, which lies nearer Mjosa directly down from Balsrud, "Flier X's
" were seen by Nils and Gustav Tosterud, who gave the description of them. The d
aughter of the farm was in her room, but came hurrying out when she heard the no
ise, and asked: "But what in the world was it." She did not get to see the "Flie
r X's," which had already disappeared into Mjosa when she came out.
Yesterday afternoon the sheriff took up the search for others who might have see
n the "Flier X." It is a very closely-settled area both south and north of Balsr
ud, but because of woods (the view) is not very clear, and since the projectiles
went so low, it is understandable that no one noticed anything in, for example,
the Hasselbakke inn, which lies (scarcely) a kilometer north of Balsrud, and wh
ere there were many people out at this time. Unfortunately there was a line brea
k in the telephone above Hamar yesterday, so it was not possible to find out if
anyone on the (east side) of Mjosa saw anything.
Yesterday evening we submitted this information to Capt. Jorstad of the Air Defe
nse High Command, who was very interested in the matter. The descriptions agree
very well with the V-1, he said. If such a projectile is involved and it came fr
om the west, it can well be thought that it was fired from a plane or a ship at
sea. Today closer investigations will be made and if there are others who made s
ightings they ought to be reported straight (away) to the Air Defense High Comma
nd, telephone 34870.
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July 22, 1946 (Mon. morn) Aftenposten (Oslo), p. 1.
"Flier X" / The air watch inspectors take up the investigation.
According to what we have learned, how the air watch inspectors of the Defense H
igh Command is entrusted to undertake investigations concerning reports about ob
servations of the "flier X" here in this country. On Saturday a conference was h
eld by the Defense High Command, but so far no further information can be given.
The military police at Gardermoen also are carrying on an investigation concern
ing the two "flier X's" which were seen Thursday passing over Freiring and sank
into Mjosa.
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New rocket projectiles over Sweden /
Swedish military on hunt after a crashed specimen.
STOCKHOLM, 21 July (From the AFTENPOSTEN'S correspondent).
A military division is now carrying on a search for the flying projectile which
according to eyewitness statements crashed into a lake in Norrbotten Saturday. A
t the crash site the lake is only 75 cm. deep, and the projectile has made a big
hole in the bottom. First an oar was stuck down into the hole without reaching
the bottom and extra tools have been requested. The projectile truly had an enor
mous velocity. (All around) was seen the great amount of mud and ooze which was
thrown around at the crash site.
According to the reports which were received yesterday evening no results have b
roken during the investigation, and it is pointed out that the search after the
projectile may take a long time, since there is a lot of mud in the lake.
The Associated Press reports that new ghost projectiles were observed over north
westerly Sweden Saturday night. At a place in Sorsele Norrland there fell among
other things a piece of paper out of the air from an absolutely clear sky where
no plane was either seen or heard. Thus the affair was connected with the myster
ious projectiles which were observed.
The Aftonbladet indicates Peenemunde as the probable launching site for the stre
am of flying projectiles which recently have passed over Sweden, Norway and sout
hern Finland. With the support (evidence) of the latest reports the paper thinks
that pairs of projectiles of the V-1 type are being fired. There have been thre
e definite cases of crashes, two of them in Sweden and one in Norway.
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July 23, 1946 (Tues.) (Oslo) Aftenposten, p. 2.
"Flier X" over Sweden / Names of places where crashes occur hereafter will not b
e made public.
STOCKHOLM, 23 July (From AFTENPOSTEN'S correspondent)
Investigations at the lake in Norrbotten where the (long range) projectile crash
ed on Friday have not led to any results. One of the officers who is involved wi
th the investigation has stated that at the place where the crash occurred there
is a mountain slope (?), so it can be thought that the projectile broke into pi
eces against this. Two technicians from the defense research institute continue
the investigation, however.
At the same time as this crash, a fireball came down in another lake in Borrbott
en. There many are (sic) the difficulties of such an investigation, because of t
he depth of the lake among other reasons.
From now on the defense staff will request that the names of the places where su
ch objects fall not be published. Hereafter will be used expressions like "some
place or other in Sweden."
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July 25, 1946, p. 1. Sweden the testing ground for new V-1
STOCKHOLM, 24 July (From AFTENPOSTEN'S correspondent)
New reports that flying bombs have been sighted are received incessantly.
In many cases it has been asserted that the sightings might be due to astronomic
al phenomena, but this appears unlikely. In any case no one in the defense staff
believes this theory.
That Sweden has recently served as a firing range or testing ground for radio-co
ntrolled projectiles is now beyond any doubt. In the course of the past two days
the number of reports has suddenly changed character. Before, fireballs with or
without burn tails were described. Reports Tuesday and Wednesday on the other h
and told without exception of flying bombs of about the same character as Hitler
's famous V-1 bombs.
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July 26, 1946 (Fri. eve) Aftenposten (Oslo), p. 1.
Mysterious explosion in Oslo last night. / Two powerful cracks (reports) and bri
ght white gleams, but no crash or blast. And no place in town reports damage.
An explosion which so far seems to be a mystery, took place over a great part of
Oslo last night. The time was 12.53 when two powerful reports were heard, which
[sounded so] those who had gone to bed got up the same way as in wartime, while
those who were outdoors crowded together frightened and asked each other what i
t could be. Some had heard only one report, others had heard two. The second cam
e less than a second after the first and was less severe, so it is possible it c
ould have been an echo. At the same time was seen a bright white [flash], which
lighted up the sky and [set off] the houses and trees in sharp silhouette.
The fire department received no report, but the police, who got a flood of phone
calls, turned out and combed the city in all directions without finding the sli
ghtest trace of an explosion. The Aftenposten too was besieged with phone calls
and had people out till late at night, but with the same negative results. And u
p till this morning neither the police nor the fire department got any damage re
ports which can be connected with the report (blast).
No one can locate the phenomenon.
One of our co-workers was on his way home from the paper, coming to the corner o
f Drammensveien and Huitfeldtagate, when he heard the explosion. He thought it w
as only one report. The summer night was light and mild and there were many peop
le on the Drammensveien and in the Slottsparken. Our co-worker describes his exp
erience thus: The report was followed by a bright white flash which lighted up t
he whole sky over Slottet and the northern parts of Slottsparken. It was conside
rably brighter than a lightning flash, and when I saw how the [trees stood out]
as silhouette against the sky, I concluded that there must have occurred an expl
osion behind. But perhaps too this could be due to its happening far away. It wa
s not like the bomb falls we saw and heard so many of during the war.. I did not
notice any blast (concussion) or any crash--there was not a single clatter (rat
tle) in the whole mirror-glass stretch along the Drammensveien.
The walkers on the street gathered immediately in groups and began to discuss wh
at they had observed. Some thought they saw a gleam of light over the neighborho
od around Harbitz street, others thought, like me, that it was over Slottsparken
. There were also some who thought it was in a southerly direction over the sea.
Meanwhile one of the police patrol cars came along the Drammensveien; I stopped
it and got in. We then went round and round the city till the time was right ne
ar 2. Everywhere we met people who had heard the report and seen the glow, but i
t was impossible to locate the explosion, and we began at last to incline toward
the idea that it must have taken place over the city.
At the [guard station] at Slottet we were told that the man there both heard (si
c) two reports and saw the glow, but there they had the impression that it came
from the south and believed it was distant [or else fell in the sea]. When peopl
e came and said that they had seen the glow over Slottet, however, the guard wen
t out and examined the whole Slottsparken without finding indication that someth
ing unusual had happened.
We inquired at a number of places in the city and surroundings, but everywhere i
t was likewise unknown what it could have been. At Frognerseteren nothing was no
ted, neither at most of the police stations in Oslo and Aker. The forest fire wa
tch at Hankasen heard the reports, but he had already [gone to bed], and when it
sounded like it came down in the city, he did not investigate any more closely
[?]. The air watch inspectors [?] still had received no more reports this mornin
g.
The incident has [awakened] a certain [sense of eeriness] and it is to be hoped
that what happened can be explained.
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July 30, p.1. Sky Mystery.
COPENHAGEN, Mon. Mysterious flying objects have been seen over Denmark. Reuter.
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August 3, 1946 (Sat. Morn.) (Oslo) Aftenposten, p.1
Rocket projectile over the North Pole
New York, 2 August (From the AFTENPOSTEN's correspondent)
Till winter comes things will be lively over the North Pole and adjacent polar a
reas. The American military authorities have in fact made known that there are p
lans for test shots with radio-controlled projectiles in this area. It is a rock
et-driven flying bomb of a type like the German V-weapons.
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August 3, 1946, (Sat) Aftenposten (Oslo), p.9.
Continued "rocket invasion" over Sweden
STOCKHOLM, 2 August (From the Aftenposten's correspondent.)
Ghost bombs continue to glide across the country's borders. Every day reports st
ream in to the air force, but still this whole matter remains completely mysteri
ous. The authorities have investigated a great number of crashes, but so far all
have been shown to be worthless. There is nothing definite to hold onto, and so
far the situation is such that it is thought there would not be any use to send
out communiques. In air force circles meanwhile definite hope is shown that res
ults will quite soon be reached which are expected at least to be able to give h
int of the riddle's solution.
According to the New York Herald Tribune, a German rocket expert has said that r
eports from Sweden must indicate that the Russians have started new experiments
with V-2 bombs at Peenemunde in North Pomeran and these reports have been receiv
ed by the Swedish air force with great interest. The strange projectiles still s
eem to fly in pairs, and the latest report tells likewise about two objects whic
h passed over Central Norrland out to sea yesterday evening. One exploded over t
he water, and according to reports both were cigar shaped with big brightly lumi
nous yellow-white tails.
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V2 breaks windows. STOCKHOLM, Fri. -- A mystery rocket exploded over Malmoe toda
y and smashed windows.
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August 8, p.1. Sweden a "shooting range" for rocket projectiles.
STOCKHOLM, 7 August (ASSOCIATED PRESS) The Swedish Defense Staff is now firmly c
onvinced that Sweden is being used as a shooting range for foreign rocket-driven
projectiles something like the type of the German V1 and V2, said the Aftenblad
et today.
Earlier reports were more or less reliable and last night an officer from the de
fence staff's air defense division himself saw something "which could not be des
cribed as a meteor." The officer was located in central Sweden and saw a firebal
l with a luminous tail which tore along at a height of 500-1,000 meters.
The chief of the air defense division said that many projectile courses have bee
n plotted on a map and their path over Sweden shows a great arc which ends out o
ver the Gulf of Bothnia or the Eastern Sea.
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August 12 (eve.) P.2. Constantly many Flier X's over Sweden.
STOCKHOLM 12 August (NBT from TT). More flying projectiles were observed in cent
ral Sweden yesterday evening. It is now out of the question that there is any co
nfusion with the airplanes, shooting stars or the like. The flying object moved
with great speed, lighted up the sky with a bright white glare. One eyewitness t
old that he saw one of the projectiles strike against the ground and explode. Be
cause of darkness he could not rightly determine the crash site, and thus no rem
ains of the thing were found.
People are now beginning to fear that the "sky phenomenon" will crash and cause
death and destruction.
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August 13, 1946 (Tues.) (Oslo) Aftenposten , p.1.
Did a V-bomb explode over Stockholm?
STOCKHOLM 12 August (ASSOCIATED PRESS). Many persons said today that at least on
e V-bomb exploded over Stockholm last night. At the same time the same luminous
phenomenon as an hour before (?) What happened had such a character that it cann
ot be dismissed, it is said.
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Aug, 16 (Fri. eve.) Aftenposten p.2.
Has the Swedish military secured a piece of a rocket bomb?
The Swedish defense staff is now in possession of a piece of the rocket projecti
le which for the past three months is thought to have been shot across Scandinav
ia. With that there is tangible evidence that rockets clearly are involved and n
ot meteors or other natural sky phenomena.
STOCKHOLM, 16 August (NTB from REUTER). Windowpanes broke in Malmo yesterday whe
n a rocket projectile explodes over the city. Authorities have set underway an i
nvestigation to find fragments which may have descended.
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At two places metal fragments of the rocket have been found, but the defense sta
ff wishes to say nothing about the worth of this find as a means to judge the ro
cket's characteristics. They say only that at one of the finds metal fragments w
ere secured (on which was imprinted a name and illegible ).
Both finds were made in central Sweden, but it is forbidden to give out place na
mes in connection with rocket observations.
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August 17, 1946 (Sat. eve.) Aftenposten (Oslo) p.3.
Fighter plane against the rocket bombs?
STOCKHOLM, 13 August (PT and ASSOCIATED PRESS). Again last night many places in
western and southern Sweden observed luminous projectiles which moved with great
speed from south to north. It is regarded now as certain that a new V-weapon is
involved. It is also thought that it is radio-directed. Danish scouts who were
on a visit in Goteborg discovered a rocket bomb on Monday which suddenly [digres
sed a good] 30 degrees from its course, then shortly after it resumed it again.
The Swedish authorities are considering sending in a fighter plane against the r
ocket bombs, states the Aftenbladet.
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August 17, 1946 (Sat. eve.) Aftenposten (Oslo) p. 3.
New rocket-projectiles over Sweden and Denmark.
KOBENHAVN, 17 August (From the AFTENPOSTEN'S) correspondent.)
Yesterday there was observed a new case of the so-called ghost rocket over Sjael
and. In the morning two were seen south of Koge. One came from the south and res
embled a glowing cigar. At intervals it sent out flames of 20 meters length (fol
lowed) by white smoke. The other rocket went at around 1000 meters height, and t
hey both could be plainly followed northward.
Over the Triangle in Copenhagen at [ ] o'clock yesterday a ghost rocket was c
aught sight of, which went at a very great height and with great speed. It came
from the southwest and went in a northeasterly direction.
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August 24, 1946 (Sat. eve.) Aftenposten (Oslo) p.1.
Norwegian student saw a "ghost rocket" in Sweden.
On a walking tour through Sweden in the first half of August I met with some acq
uaintances who took me with them on an evening tour in a motorboat up one of Swe
den's [beautiful] rivers. Suddenly [shooting] out of the evening stillness I saw
a bright light which neared us from the southeast with colossal speed. As it ca
me nearer it took the shape of a full moon, perhaps a little more elliptical, bu
t in size like when seen on the horizon. The light was very bright and reminded
me of the results when a magnesium bomb explodes. On the edges the light was mor
e blue-green and the tail shimmered. AS it came closer there could be seen a thi
ck, almost glowing smoke tail.
As the phenomenon was right over us it lighted everything up strongly, so that y
ou could see as on the brightest day. The fireball or "fiery mass" as the Swedes
call it, had till then described a slight arc downward toward us. Now four star
s broke off, which with a luminous stripe behind them sank down toward the groun
d, to be extinguished. The fireball was extinguished momentarily as these stars
broke away, and then perhaps for a second, I having accustomed my eyes to the da
rk, I saw a black elongated projectile go forward through the air in a apparentl
y horizontal course ca. 300 meters up. It was pointed in front, but astern it lo
oked [broken off]. The length was something I only judge (guess) at around 3 met
ers. On the back third the whole tail glowed, and this faint glow was the last w
e saw of the projectile which disappeared in a direction toward a small village
nearby. It did not look like it had either wings or guide fins. The course was d
irectly northwest the whole time.
The owner of the motorboat, a Swedish engineer, looked at his watch when he firs
t saw the phenomenon. It appeared at 20.45 and its whole [duration], he thinks,
was only 6-8 seconds [?]. Since he is experienced in tracking [?], moreover, he
thinks he could estimate the projectile's speed at between 1500 and 200 (sic) ki
lometers an hour.
Not a sounds was heard from the ghost bomb, neither the object itself not the st
ars were separated.
The next morning the Swedish press broke a report from the defense staff that a
"space ship" was observed over Middle Sweden, and then we each sent in our state
ments about what we had seen. Those who had sent up the ghost bomb, however, wou
ld not be able to read of the bomb's descent through reports from the Swedish de
fense staff. But next evening when we stayed up in the Central Swedish villages
local newspapers broke this report that a "space ship" had passed over the roof
the previous day. / William Solberg.
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August 26, 1946 (Mon.) Aftenposten (Oslo), p.1.
"Ghost rocket" over Oslo Saturday?
Saturday evening the Aftenposten was rung up by two different people who both to
ld about a "ghost rocket" over Oslo. Completely independently of each other they
described the phenomenon in precisely the same way. At 20.55 o'clock a brightly
lighted object passed over the city. The light came in from the northeast and d
isappeared in a southerly direction with about the same speed as a fighter plane
. Both our informants deny the possibility that it could have been a shooting st
ar. The light was bigger and brighter than an ordinary star, and it left behind
it a little tail [sic] of smoke. The height could not be judged with complete ce
rtainty, but it seemed to keep a normal flying altitude. The object kept an abso
lutely horizontal course the whole time.
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Evening Edition p.2.
"Ghost rockets" which we spoke of in our morning edition were according to the m
any calls the Aftenposten has received today seen by a great number of people bo
th in Oslo and nearby areas. Their reports agree well with the statements about
"ghost rockets" which were printed this morning.
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Wed. Aug., 28, 1. Rocket explodes.
COPENHAGEN, Tues A rocket exploded in a village in North Jutland, Denmark, tonig
ht. Villagers say they saw a bullet-shaped body, followed by a "long column of s
tars." Exchange.
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Tues. Sept. 3, p.1. More Rockets?
ROME, Mon. Adriatic fisherman heard loud explosions and saw columns of water ris
ing from the sea. It is thought rockets were fired from the Yugoslav coast.


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