{ "slug": "dow-uap-d099", "title": "DOW-UAP-D099 Intelligence-Review-of-Ghost-Rocket-Incidents 1947", "agency": "DoW", "year": "1947", "page_count": 8, "source_page": "https://wearenotalone.space/document/dow-uap-d099/", "original_file": "https://wearenotalone.space/Season 05/release_05_documents/DOW-UAP-D099_Intelligence-Review-of-Ghost-Rocket-Incidents_1947.pdf", "license": "U.S. Government work — public domain. Text is machine OCR from the original scan; the page image is authoritative.", "pages": [ { "n": 1, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d099/p01.jpg", "text": "l\nl•l;i••\nCopy No. 597\n'\" f-.. mt-. tS're\n2 O JAN 1~47\nINTELLIGENCE DIVISION, WDGS/ ==~-=--­\nWAR DEPARTMENT • WASHINGTON, D. C.\nDECLASSIFIED\nAdorltJ NJJb~BbSB\nIJ hl:'it\n,nw. l?atll u/1 NH\n01◄' SOVIET FOR­\nEIGN POLJCY l>UHI 'n HIHi\n___ ____ _______\n41\nGUIDED MIRHILI~ ('OUN'J\nUJn;s_______ 50\nWORLD-WJDJ~ D11~VrnLOP.Ml1,N'l' 01~ 'L'HE MAG­\nNETIC AMPLlJt'll~lt....\n________ _ 56\nSIGNIFICANT PJ1}HSONA1,1'1'1 l~S.\n63\nCALENDAR OF FORTH( O~tJNO ,~vrnN'l'S______ _ 64\n,\nWAllNING\nT/111 llor.1m1r11I ('ontnlr11 l11for111ntlo11 Alt'acllnf the National\nl)•fari1f! of tlu1 l}nltl!d ,'Uni• 1 Jllll1l11 llu1 Mt1anln1 of the B1plo­\n11a1c, A.cl, 60 II. S. ,•.. II\"\"\" II, n, Amantlml, II• Tran1ml1,lon\nor llw Hl'l'I'\"'\"\"\" (1I II• t onlt111h In .A.1111 Jtannc,r lo An11 Foreign\nA.1a11c11 or Otlu,r l1\"n 11tl111rl11!d J•,,r1ora I• Prol1lblted b11 Lau,,\nRf'prml11clfon of tlu, l11tnlllpr111•0 111 7'hl• Publication I• Pro­\nhlbltr.cl J+'lllwul Spf'dal Aullwr/111 #'rom lh• II/rector of lnt•lli•\ngcmce WIJOS, ff'ar lltparl11u111t," }, { "n": 3, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d099/p03.jpg", "text": "FEATURE SECTION\n\"GHOST ROCKETS\" OVER\nSCANDINAVIA\nFlying missiles were first reported over southern Sweden in\nlate May 1946 by the press, which gave the missiles the name\nof \"Ghost Rockets.\" In June, the missiles also had been\nreported over Finland and Denmark. By July, the number of\nsightings over Sweden had greatly increased, and several also\nhad been reported over Norway. The great majority of these\nreports were made by untrained observers and, as would be\nexpected, varied widely in the description of the actual\nmissiles as well as, of their course, altitude, and speed.\nDescriptions of the Missile\nThe two most common descriptions of the missiles were\n\"a ball of fire with a tail\" and a \"shiny cigar-shaped object.\"\nThe reported direction of flight covered all points of the\ncompass, with a northerly direction being slightly pre­\ndominant. Variations in altitude ranged from treetop height\nto 160,000 feet, the higher altitudes almost exclusively being\nreported from Finland. Speeds reported were from 65 m. p. h.\nto ''lightning fast,\" with the majority described as having\ngreat or very great speed. The missiles generally have been\ndescribed in horizontal flight; a few have been reported as\ndiving into the ground or into lakes, or exploding in the air.\nIn no case have fragments been found other than bits of\nmaterial described as \"nonmetallic slag.\"\nOne of the few reports available from an individual who\nshould be more reliable and competent than the average\n-8:ECM'f\n17" }, { "n": 4, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d099/p04.jpg", "text": "GHOST ROCKETS\n..sBORB'F\nlayman is that of a Swedish Air Force pilot. On 14 August,\nat 1000 hours, he was flying at 650 feet over central Sweden\nwhen he saw a dark, cigar-shaped object about 50 feet long\nand 3 feet in diameter flying 200 feet above and approxi­\nmately 6,500 feet away from him at an estimated speed of\n400 m. p. h. The missile had no visible wings, rudder, or\nother projecting part; and there was no indication of any\nflame or Jight as has been reported in the majority of other\nsightings. His report states that the missile was maintaining\na constant altitude over the ground and, consequently, was\nfollowing the large features of the terrain. The last state­\nment casts doubt on the reliability of the entire report be­\ncause of the inability of a missile, without wings, to maintain\na constant altitude over hilly terrain. However, the pilot\ndoes imply that there may have been wings which he was\nunable to see, because he stated that it could not have been\na Swedish jet plane as there was none flying in the vicinity\nat that time.\nThe Scandinavian press, with the exception of the Com­\nmunist papers, initially reported the incidents in some detail\nand openly attributed them to missiles fired by the U. S. S. R.\nIn August, a partial censorship was imposed on the press,\nrestricting the publication of exact details or localities where\nmissiles were seen. The Communist press has continued to\nridicule the entire matter and claims that there was no basis\nfor the reports that the missiles were of Soviet origin. In\nfact, a charge was made that they came from the United\nStates and that Gen. Doolittle was sent over to observe the\neffects of the missiles I\nOfficial Investigations\nOfficial investigations of these reports were begun by the\nSwedish authorities in June. The Defense Staff requested\nthe public to report any unusual observations, and by the\n18\nSECRET" }, { "n": 5, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d099/p05.jpg", "text": "8ElCRET\nGHOST ROCKETS\nend of July almost 1,000 such reports had been received.\nThe investigation has been carried out by the Swedish\nDefense Staff in a very peculiar manner. In the beginning,\nmany of the key personnel were on summer leave, and they\nwere not recalled to deal with the problem. Spokesmen\nfor the Defense Staff repeatedly have told the United States\nMilitary Attache that they definitely believed there were\nrockets over Sweden, and that they were launched by the\nSoviets from Peenemtinde on the German Baltic coast.\nHowever, they have not been able to produce any evidence\nto support these statements. To date, no United States\nmilitary or naval personnel in Sweden have seen any frag­\nments, points of impact, or other direct evidence to prove\nthat guided missiles have appeared over Sweden.\nThe official communiques issued to the press by the\nDefense Staff have not reflected the same tone as the state­\nments made by individual officers in conversations. In fact,\nthe communiques themselves have varied. The last one,\nissued on 10 October, very strongly indicated that the great\nmajority of the reported incidents were of celestial origin,\nwhich is a complete change from the one of 6 August when\nit was reported that, except in a few cases, they could not be\nmeteorites.*\nAttitude of Swedish Officials\nTo arrive at any definite conclusion from the conflicting\nevidence available on these reported missiles is impossible.\nThe contradictory attitude of Swedish officialdom would\ntend to indicate that it was doing very little to arrive at a\ndefinite conclusion, perhaps for political purposes. The com­\nplete change in attitude between the communiques issued on\n* In September and October, flying objects were reported over widely separate\npoints in Europe and Africa, including Belgium, Greece, Italy, Morocco, and\nAustria. In the main, these reports have not been confirmed and appear to be\ndue to explainable ca.uses, such as meteors or Very flares, fireworks, etc.\nBEGRJBT\n19" }, { "n": 6, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d099/p06.jpg", "text": "GHOST ROCKETS\n8:SORR1'\n6 August and IO October indicates that the Swedish Staff\nwas trying to minimize the entire matter which had grown\nto such a size that the Staff was afraid of its having official\nrepercussions on Swedish-Soviet relations.\nConclusions\nThe Soviets are known to be working on various guided\nmissiles. They have the ability to produce, and probably\nhave tested, missiles of the V-1 type. Without warheads\nand with slightly improved motors, these missiles could\nhave a range of 500 miles, and are the only available German\nmissiles believed capable of horizontal flight at low altitudes.\nThere is some evidence that such work has been carried out\nat Stolp (in Polish-administered Germany) or on the Baltic\nislands of Oesel or Dago. Three of the people reporting\nsightings have mentioned the noise of an outboard motor,\na characteristic of the impulse duct motor used on the V-1\nby the Germans; and one of them stated that what he saw\nlooked like the V-1 he had seen over London during the war.\nOthers have reported little or no sound, a condition which\nmay indicate the use of a turbo-jet instead of a pulse-jet.\nThe best evidence, at present, is that there have been only\n2 or 3 real incidents, perhaps as many as 5 or 10, of low-flying\nmissiles of the V-1 type. The high-altitude missiles reported\nseem definitely to have been meteors or fireworks. The\nSwedish Defense Staff probably has taken advantage of the\nsituation for political purposes and allowed the newspapers\nto make a big story out of the missiles, without admitting\nthat the Staff had any evidence to indicate that there actually\nwere any such missiles. This was done at a time when the\nSwedish public was demanding reductions in defense expendi­\ntures.\n20\n8ECRE1'" }, { "n": 7, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d099/p07.jpg", "text": "Notice\nTiu inulliqenu cm1tainr.,l in tM• report lias bun pro­\nduced by th4 l11t,•lliyc11cc lJit>isi,m as a result of careful\nreaearch and a,,alyai, of informatioo received from\nall eourcea. A\"11 rW(_'6r posseuinq information which\nappear, w mt>di'fy or contradict the intelligence con­\ntaint-d Mrtin i, requested to forward it promplly to:\nDirector of Intelligence,\nWDGS, War Department,\nWashingtoo S5, D. C.\nCommuniootions should refer to this publicatioo, set-­\nting forth item and page to which reference is made. In\nreporting informatioo, the cootrfbutor should identify\nand evaluate his sources and give the dates of incidents\nmentiooed.\nDISTRIBUTION\nU8FET...................... 11 IADB.......................\n1 U8MA.-....................\nS\nMTOUSA.................... g 08W........................ 1 080......................... 10\nOINCFE.................... 12 OU8W....................... 1 IOAF........................\n2\nPBILRYCOM..............\n2 OA8W....................... 1 NWO........................ 12\nMARBO....................\nl 008.........................\n1 AF80.......................\n6\nAOFPAO................... 8 PAD......................... 3 Al8.......................... 2\nArmy Adv Op China........\n2 OTD........................ 2 Nav War Col................ 1\nPelplnc Bqs Op............. 2 88PD........................\n1 ONI......................... 22\nUSF., Austria...............\n2 POD.........................\nII ClnOLantFlt................\n1\nAOC, Bulgaria...............\n2 RDD........................\nl ComNavEu..................\n1\nAOC, Hungary..............\nl OAD........................ • ComNavMed................ 1\nAOC, Rumanta..............\n1 Hlsl Div.....................\n1 ComSoLantFor..............\n1\nOMO, Oermany ............. 18 OOOW8..................... 11 ClnOPacFlt.................\n1\nODO . ...................... 2 OQMO...................... 3 ComNavJap................. l\nPOD.························\n3 00s1,o......................\n7 ComFtrstTaskFlt......... .. l\nAnt. Dopt...................\nl OOE.........................\n1 ComNavWesPac.............\n1\nOINOAL....................\nl 000......................... 12 USMC........................ 29\nAIL~kan Dept................\n2 OCT......................... 6 FMFPAO................... 1\nM Al. . . ...................... 68 080.........................\n1 StateDept................... 16\nWhite Bouse................. 2 OTIO........................\n1 SWNOO.....................\nl\n010 ........................ 12 MDW....................... 2 FBI.......................... 8\n118 ......................... 2 A.AF......................... lil ID........................... 129\nJSO.......................... l\nAdd A.AFPAO L........\nJWPO.......................\nl A.OF......................... 67" }, { "n": 8, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d099/p08.jpg", "text": "I\n\\\nI\nI\nSEORE'f" } ] }