"ghost rocket" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ghost rockets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ghost rocket (plural ghost rockets)
  1. (ufology) Any of the rocket- or missile-shaped unidentified flying objects sighted in 1946, mostly in Sweden and nearby countries. Wikipedia link: Ghost rockets Categories (topical): Historical events, Rocketry, Ufology Categories (place): Sweden Translations (rocket shaped UFOs sighted in 1946 in Sweden): spökraket (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ghost_rocket-en-noun-mJEsoqPR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences, ufology

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