Ghost Rockets
In 1946, over two thousand UFOs were observed flying above Scandinavia. They looked like conventional missiles with a flame exhaust at one end, but travelled at varying speeds and performed various exotic manoeuvres at these speeds. There were reports at the time that some had landed and exploded. Neither East nor West admitted launching these rockets. Western scientists analysed fragments from these missiles and said that they were made of an organic substance that resembled carbide. When a Greek investigation publicly announced in 1967 that these were not missiles, the investigation was ordered to close by the Army and further information was covered in a blanket of secrecy.
Green Fireballs
On 16th February 1948 a secret conference was held at Los Alamos to discuss the UFO phenomena, in particular the so-called 'green fireballs' which were then being widely reported in the area.
Among the scientists and military officials present were the nuclear physicist Dr Edward Teller and Dr Lincoln La Paz, an astronomer from the University of New Mexico whose expert opinion was called on throughout the conference.
La Paz was absolutely convinced that the green fireballs were not conventional fireballs or meteorites, and described his own sighting on 12th December 1948:
"This fireball appeared in full intensity instantly - there was no increase of light .... It's colour, estimated to be somewhere around wave length 5200 angstroms, was a hue green, such as I had never observed before in meteor falls before. The path was as nearly horizontal as one could determine by visual observation...Just before the end...the green fireball broke into fragments, still bright green".
Various secret documents have been uncovered through the FOIA which state that the subject of 'green fireballs' , "relate to the National Defence of the United States" and "are considered top secret by Intelligence Officers of both the Army and Air Forces".
The study of the green fireballs was put under investigation of "Project Twinkle"
Ground Saucer Watch
UFO Investigation Group.
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