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Ghost rockets
The woo is out there UFOlogy |
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Aliens did it... |
...and ran away |
Ghost rockets or Scandinavian ghost rockets (Swedish: spökraketer; Norwegian: spøkelsesraketter; Finnish: aaveraketit) are a series of observations of unidentified flying objects over Finland, Sweden, and Norway in 1946.
Generally considered at the time to have been Soviet test rockets or missiles, the opening of Soviet records reveals that was unlikely, so, the conspiracy-inclined assumed it had to be alien craft.[1]
External links[edit]
- Ghostrockets.se, where you can buy a documentary
- Jose Antonio Caravaca, "Spökraketer: Los cohetes fantasmas de Suecia" ("Spökraketer: The ghost rockets of Sweden"), blog entry, in Esos misterios objetos celestes y sus tripulantes ("Those mysterious celestial objects and their crew"), accessed June 25, 2019 (in Spanish).
- "Spökraketerna" (The ghost rockets"), SVT (Swedish Public Broadcasting), February 29, 2016. Accessed June 25, 2019 (in Swedish).