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The 1946 Scandinavian Ghost Rockets: What U.S. Intelligence Records Show

DATE1946
LOCAL TIME—
LOCATIONUnited States
COORDINATES37.61°N, 76.40°W

Declassified U.S. records show that the 1946 Scandinavian ‘ghost rocket’ reports were treated as a serious guided-missile intelligence problem. They also show why the episode cannot honestly be reduced to either a confirmed Soviet weapon or an extraterrestrial visitation.

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