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Continental Europe1946-10-10foreign government record

Swedish Ghost Rockets

Between May and December 1946, the Swedish Defence Staff logged approximately 2,000 sightings of cigar-shaped objects (the so-called 'ghost rockets', spökraketer) over Scandinavia. On October 10, 1946, the Defence Staff publicly stated that some 200 of the observations could not be explained as natural phenomena, Swedish aircraft, or imagination.

Between May and December 1946, the Swedish Defence Staff logged approximately 2,000 sightings of cigar-shaped objects (the so-called 'ghost rockets', spökraketer) over Scandinavia.

Brief

Between May and December 1946, the Swedish Defence Staff logged approximately 2,000 sightings of cigar-shaped objects (the so-called 'ghost rockets', spökraketer) over Scandinavia. On October 10, 1946, the Defence Staff publicly stated that some 200 of the observations could not be explained as natural phenomena, Swedish aircraft, or imagination. Försvarets Forskningsanstalt (FOA, the Swedish National Defence Research Institute) examined recovered debris fragments and radar-confirmed roughly 200 of the events. The investigation was classified at the time; files held at the Riksarkivet (Swedish National Archives) were declassified in 1984. The episode was a NATO-aligned intelligence concern in the early postwar period and remains the largest-scale national investigation of anomalous aerial objects in Swedish history.

Metadata

Date
1946-10-10
Year
1946
Location
Defence Staff, Stockholm, Sweden
Region
Continental Europe
Status
confirmed
Tag
foreign government record
Primary
The 1946 Swedish Ghost Rocket Wave. Primary Documents
Source type
catalogue
Sources
2

Key Points

  • Between May and December 1946, the Swedish Defence Staff logged approximately 2,000 sightings of cigar-shaped objects (the so-called 'ghost rockets', spökraketer) over Scandinavia.
  • On October 10, 1946, the Defence Staff publicly stated that some 200 of the observations could not be explained as natural phenomena, Swedish aircraft, or imagination.
  • Försvarets Forskningsanstalt (FOA, the Swedish National Defence Research Institute) examined recovered debris fragments and radar-confirmed roughly 200 of the events.
  • The investigation was classified at the time; files held at the Riksarkivet (Swedish National Archives) were declassified in 1984.

Most Interesting

  • Försvarets Forskningsanstalt (FOA, the Swedish National Defence Research Institute) examined recovered debris fragments and radar-confirmed roughly 200 of the events.
  • The investigation was classified at the time; files held at the Riksarkivet (Swedish National Archives) were declassified in 1984.
  • Between May and December 1946, the Swedish Defence Staff logged approximately 2,000 sightings of cigar-shaped objects (the so-called 'ghost rockets', spökraketer) over Scandinavia.

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  1. 1946-10-10 · Encounter

    Between May and December 1946, the Swedish Defence Staff logged approximately 2,000 sightings of cigar-shaped objects (the so-called 'ghost rockets', spökraketer) over Scandinavia.

  2. 1946 · Source record

    The 1946 Swedish Ghost Rocket Wave. Primary Documents is the preferred source material attached to this encounter.

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