The Ghost Rockets website was recently launched, allowing visitors to explore a
collection of declassified Swedish documents on the reported sightings of the 1940's. An associated documentary, Ghost
Rockets, will soon be released. The approximately hour-long film
with English subtitles follows the investigations and activities
of a Swedish UFO organization. International audiences
should find the film of interest for a variety of reasons.
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| Swedish Air Force officer reportedly seeks evidence of a "ghost rocket," circa 1946 |
The
investigators seem sincere, and they are certainly not prone to
sensationalism. They appear to seek legitimate
answers for the UFO reports they receive, and the vast majority of
times they find them. From reflections on windows to the planet Venus
and all points in between, the investigators typically solve the
sightings. It is the remaining two percent of their some 19,000 documented reports that fascinate them.
Take,
for instance, a UFO sighting reported by a couple of hikers. Several years back, but much more recently than the 1940's, the man and woman
claimed to have witnessed a rocket-like object descend upon a lake, appear to land, and subsequently sink. Investigators were intrigued at the possibility of obtaining physical evidence supporting the report.
Filmmakers take viewers through stages of the investigation,
from planning to execution and the ever important aspect of
fundraising. Educating the public on the group's activities and
making pleas for financial support become standard ops when aiming to
explore the bottom of a remote lake.
Audiences of diverse nationalities should find it interesting to watch how
another culture approaches and works with the topic of UFOs.
Discussions cover a wide range of subject matter, and, somewhere
along the way, as the witnesses join investigators on a journey to the lake in search of answers, one might very well develop the suspicion the road is
indeed better than the inn.
Ghost
Rockets is recommended. It is about much more than Swedish UFO reports; it is about the people who make and investigate them. It is a story of humankind and its quest
to understand its environment, itself, and its place in its
environment, wherever that quest may lead and however flattering or
humbling it may become.
Learn more, view the trailer and pre-order the film at ghostrockets.se.
Learn more, view the trailer and pre-order the film at ghostrockets.se.
I was never interested in ghosts rockets but the speculations (with documentation) in your book were intriguing.
ReplyDeleteDoes the doc address that material?
Thanks, Terry. No, the doc does not go into research such as Carrion's. It does make a mention that one of the investigators leans towards suspecting the sightings were of Russian origin, but I don't think most people are aware of the potential significance (the era, the reorganization of the US intel community, the summer of '47 and so on). I don't think most researchers have a good grasp of the possible overall context, and it is admittedly relatively new ground.
ReplyDeleteIn the doc's defense, it isn't actually even directly about the ghost rockets, but more indirectly. It's much more about relatively recent sightings and related possibilities.