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GHOST The document also mentioned a search

for an object crashing in a Swedish lake
ROCKETS
conducted by a Swedish naval salvage
team, with the discovery of a previously
Continued from Page 48 unknown crater on the lake floor believed
caused by the object (possibly
U.S. InvolvementU.S. referencing the Lake Kölmjärv search for

Involvement a ghost rocket discussed above, though
the date is unclear). The document ends

In early August 1946, Swedish Lt. with the statement that "we are inclined
Lennart Neckman of the Defense Staff's not to discredit entirely this somewhat
Air Defense Division saw something that spectacular theory [extraterrestrial
was "without a doubt ... a rocket origins], meantime keeping an open mind
projectile". On August 14, 1946, the New on the subject".
and do not overfly Swedish territory
York Times reported that Undersecretary
specifically for intimidation; self-destruct
of State Dean Acheson was "very much Greek government investigation
by small demolition charge or burning".
interested" in the ghost rocket reports, as
was U.S. Army Air Forces intelligence as The "ghost rocket" reports were not
Nevertheless, there are no reports of
indicated nonpublicly by later documents confined to Scandinavian countries.
rocket launches at Peenemünde or the
(Clark, 246). Then on August 20, the Similar objects were also reported early
Greifswalder Oie after February 21,
Times reported that two U.S. experts on the following month by British Army
1945.
aerial warfare, aviation legend General units in Greece, especially around
Jimmy Doolittle and General David Thessaloniki. In an interview on
Swedish military opinion
Sarnoff, president of RCA, arrived in September 5, 1946, the Greek Prime

Stockholm, ostensibly on private Minister, Konstantinos Tsaldaris,
Although the official opinion of the
business and independently of each other. likewise reported a number of projectiles
Swedish and U.S. military remains
The official explanation was that had been seen over Macedonia and
unclear, a Top Secret USAFE (United
Doolittle, who was now vice-president of Thessaloniki on September 1. In mid-
States Air Force Europe) document from
the Shell Oil Company, was inspecting September, they were also seen in
4 November 1948 indicates that at least
Shell branch offices in Europe, while Portugal, and then in Belgium and
some investigators believed the ghost
Sarnoff, a former member of General northern Italy.
rockets and later "flying saucers" had
Dwight D. Eisenhower's London staff,
extraterrestrial origins. Declassified only
was studying the market for radio The Greek government conducted their
in 1997, the document states:
equipment. However, the Times story own investigation, with their leading
indicated that the Chief of the Swedish scientist, physicist Dr. Paul Santorinis
"For some time we have been concerned
Defense Staff, made no secret that he [el], in charge. Santorinis had been a
by the recurring reports on flying
"was extremely interested in asking the developer of the proximity fuze on the
saucers. They periodically continue to
two generals' advice and, if possible, first A-bomb and held patents on
c[r]op up; during the last week, one was
would place all available reports before guidance systems for Nike missiles and
observed hovering over Neubiberg Air
them". Doolittle and Sarnoff were briefed radar systems. Santorinis was supplied by
Base for about thirty minutes. They have
that on several occasions the ghost the Greek Army with a team of engineers
been reported by so many sources and
rockets had been tracked on radar.[6] to investigate what again were believed
from such a variety of places that we are
Sarnoff was quoted by the N.Y. Times on to be Soviet missiles flying over Greece.
convinced that they cannot be
September 30 saying that he was
disregarded and must be explained on
"convinced that the 'ghost bombs' are no In a 1967 lecture to the Greek
some basis which is perhaps slightly
myth but real missiles". Astronomical Society, broadcast on
beyond the scope of our present Athens Radio, Santorinis first publicly
intelligence thinking.
On August 22, 1946, the director of the revealed what had been found in his 1947
Central Intelligence Group (CIG), Lt. investigation. "We soon established that
"When officers of this Directorate
Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg, wrote a Top they were not missiles. But, before we
recently visited the Swedish Air
Secret memo to President Truman, could do any more, the Army, after
Intelligence Service, this question was
perhaps based in part on information conferring with foreign officials
put to the Swedes. Their answer was that
from Doolittle and Sarnoff. Vandenberg (presumably U.S. Defense Dept.),
some reliable and fully technically
stated that the "weight of evidence ordered the investigation stopped.
qualified people have reached the
pointed to Peenemünde as origin of the Foreign scientists [from Washington]
conclusion that 'these phenomena are
missiles, that US MA [military attaché] flew to Greece for secret talks with me".
obviously the result of a high technical
in Moscow had been told by 'key Later Santorinis told UFO researchers
skill which cannot be credited to any
Swedish Air Officer' that radar course- such as Raymond Fowler that secrecy
presently known culture on earth'. They
plotting had led to conclusion that was invoked because officials were afraid
are therefore assuming that these objects
Peenemünde was the launch site. CIG to admit of a superior technology against
originate from some previously unknown
speculates that the missiles are extended- which we have "no possibility of
or unidentified technology, possibly
range developments of V-1 being aimed defense". []
outside the earth".
for the Gulf of Bothnia for test purposes