B IL ^B OTTAWA t v: 'HE GAZETTE, August 12 1946 Swarms of Flery Rocket Bombs Pass ver Mystified Stockholm (B y C able to T h e N ew Y o rk T im es an d T h e G azette) Sto ck h o lm , A u g u st 11.A sw rm of ro c k e t b om bs p a sse d v e r S to c k h o lm a t 10 oclock to n lg h t. T h e co u rse as u su a l w as fro m th e so u th - ;east to th e n o rth w est. R e p o rts to th e S w ed ish G e n e ra l S ta ff stre ss th e b om bs as re se m b lin g a fire b a ll w ith a long, lu m in o u s ta il b u t som e o b se rv ers h a v seen a c ig a r-sh a p e d b om b a t 1,500 fe e t tr a v e llin g a t a r a th e r slow speed. Som e ev en r e p o rt h a v in g seen th e b o m b s crash a n d th e G e n e ra l S ta ff w as w o rk in g a t h ig h e st p re ssu re to n ig h t to d e te r- m in e th e ir o rigin. Sweden Seen as Target Area G host ro c k e tsm y sterio u s spool- sh a p e d sp e e d in g o b jec ts w ith fie ry ta ilsh a v becom e a com m on sight in Sw eden, a n d m ilita ry officials | no lo n g er d o u b t th a t th e c o u n try is in a ta r g e t a re a fo r e x p e rim e n ta - i tion w ith re m o te ly -c o n tro lle d m is S in ce J u ly 1 n e w sp a p ers h av p u b lish ed re p o rts of th e fly in g 1ire b a lls n e a rly e v e ry day. . In th e b e g in n in g m an y b eliev ed e x cited e y e-w itn esse s h a d seen no- th in g m o re o m in o u s th n m eteors. i H o w ev er, b e tw e e n J u ly 9 a n d J u ly 12 m ilita ry a u th o ritie s re c e iv e d 300 le p o r ts of th e m issiles a n d since t h a t tim e ad d ed re p o rts h a v p o u r- e d in d aily. F ra g m e n ts e x am in ed by scien tists g av e little in th e w ay of clues, ex- cep t to in d ic a te th e p re sen c e of coke a n d o th er com m on m ate ria ls. A u th o ritie s, p ro m isin g a com - m ujnique on th e re s u its of. th e m - v e stig a tio n w ith in a few days, h av cau tio n e d S w ed ish n e w sp a p e rs n o t to p u b lish th e n am es of p laces w h e re th e g h o st ro c k e ts a p p ea r, so th a t th e se n d e rs w o u ld n o t be p ro v id ed w ith im p o rta n t d a ta . Of- ficial q u a r te r s d e clin ed to sp e c u la te on th e so u rce of th e m issiles, b u t i t w as b e lie v ed e lse w h e re th a t th e I ro c k e ts com e fro m som e p lac e along ? th e B a ltic co ast o f G erm an y . T h e S w ed ish p u b lic has ta k e n th e ro c k e ts w ith su rp risin g calm . F e a rs th a t a m issile m ig h t do d am - age in a d e n se ly -p o p u la te d a re a h a v n o t b e en re alized . N obody seem s to th in k th ese ro c k ets in d ic a te a n y m ilita ry p re - p a ra tio n s a g a in st S w ed en , b u t th e i people h e re a re p u z zled a t S w e d an u n lim ite d a m o u n t of u n in h a b it- ed a re a m u st b e a v a ila b le fo r ex- p e rim e n ta tio n .