During the winter of 33/34 a lot of people saw
so-called ghost rockets in Sweden, mainly in the North. It was flying
object that not looked or behaved like aircraft. The military declared
it as Russian reconnaissance aircraft, but the UFO rumors took off.
According to C.G Ljung it was those ghost rockets that started the UFO
wave which then spread to America.
During the same time the faith community Korpelarörelsen started
in the same area. They preached that Armageddon was near, but before
that a flying silverark would bring them to Palestine.
The next wave of unexplained flying object came in 1946. This time, the
military said that it was Russia test launches. The Cold War marked the
country and the fear of Russian invassion was widespread. This was
reflected in the pentecostal church - a pastor had a revelation that
Russia would invade northern Sweden, and there would be war in 1953.
The prophecy led to a massive praying movement, where they prayed that
God would protect Sweden from the war.
Visions in Norrland study the connection between events in society and
religious matters of faith. The various events in Sweden during the
30-50 century, are linked through the specific sites that are connected
to the events.
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