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LEVEL 03 // ARCHIVAL CASE RECORD [C-000191]

C-000191CASE RECORD · CLASSIFICATION: CRAFTTERM-000145 (Ghost Rocket / Rocket-Cigar Report Category)

GHOST ROCKET / ROCKET-CIGAR REPORTS (1945-1948)

Historical report-category dossier for heterogeneous rocket-, cigar-, cylinder- and torpedo-like objects in the 1946 European ghost-rocket wave and comparable American reports. It does not assert one physical craft type.

ANOMALY REFERENCE PICTOGRAM

REFERENCE ONLY — NOT WITNESS ARTWORK

Claims are grouped by attribute so differing descriptions, measurements, and interpretations can be compared without averaging them into a single “fact.”

SOURCE COMPARISON

Reported Craft Appearance

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CLAIM-135035reported

“Clark emphasizes that the 1946 ghost-rocket reports were heterogeneous: many were light phenomena, while others were described as bright balls, cylinders, cigars, torpedoes or rocket-like objects.”

The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning

SRC-002099 · “Ghost Rockets” → “1946 morphology synthesis”, PDF pp. 1312–1316

SUPPORTS

CLAIM-135036reported

“At Landskrona-Pasten on May 24, 1946, witnesses reported a wingless cigar-shaped object that spurted bunches of sparks from its tail.”

The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning

SRC-002099 · “Ghost Rockets” → “Landskrona-Pasten report”, PDF p. 1312

SUPPORTS

CLAIM-135041reported

“The British Directorate of Intelligence summary recorded reports ranging from glowing balls and fiery rods to dark rockets and wingless burning torpedo-like bodies, underscoring that “ghost rocket” was not one uniform morphology.”

The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning

SRC-002099 · “Ghost Rockets” → “British intelligence synthesis”, PDF p. 1316

SUPPORTS

CLAIM-135043reported

“Capt. Jack Puckett and his C-47 crew reported a long cylindrical object roughly twice the size of a B-29 with luminous portholes.”

The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning

SRC-002099 · “Ghost Rockets” → “Puckett report”, PDF p. 1324

SUPPORTS

Multiple claim rows are intentionally retained when sources disagree. ANOMALY does not silently reconcile competing values.

SOURCE COMPARISON

Reported Craft Behavior

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CLAIM-135037reported

“At Katrineholm on May 31, a giant wingless metallic cigar reportedly flew at about 1,000 feet, produced a rumbling sound and executed a turn toward the west.”

The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning

SRC-002099 · “Ghost Rockets” → “Katrineholm report”, PDF p. 1312

SUPPORTS

CLAIM-135039reported

“The same Stockholm report described a tapered tail emitting glowing blue and green smoke and a series of fireballs.”

The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning

SRC-002099 · “Ghost Rockets” → “Stockholm telescope report”, PDF p. 1314

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CLAIM-135040reported

“During the August 11 Swedish wave, some witnesses said smaller silver balls emerged from larger objects described as cylinders or broad-nosed torpedoes with fire-spurting tails.”

The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning

SRC-002099 · “Ghost Rockets” → “August 11 Swedish reports”, PDF p. 1314

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CLAIM-135044reported

“Puckett reported the cylinder veering across the C-47’s path, trailing a rear stream of fire about half the object’s length and traveling at an estimated 2,000 mph before disappearing over the horizon.”

The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning

SRC-002099 · “Ghost Rockets” → “Puckett report”, PDF p. 1324

SUPPORTS

Multiple claim rows are intentionally retained when sources disagree. ANOMALY does not silently reconcile competing values.

SOURCE COMPARISON

Craft Length

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CLAIM-135038reported

“A Stockholm meteorologist in early August described a telescope-observed torpedo-shaped metallic-looking body as at least 90 feet long.”

The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning

SRC-002099 · “Ghost Rockets” → “Stockholm telescope report”, PDF p. 1314

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CLAIM-135042reported

“A 1945 Morganton, North Carolina, report described a shiny aluminum-looking tube about five or six feet long with blue flame from its rear.”

The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning

SRC-002099 · “Ghost Rockets” → “Morganton report”, PDF p. 1323

SUPPORTS

Multiple claim rows are intentionally retained when sources disagree. ANOMALY does not silently reconcile competing values.