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1934, noted: ‘Members of the headquarters of the Air Force are of the opinion that the mystery airplanes are equipped with wireless transmitters and radio navigational aides... The airplanes are part of an extraordinary organization.” Radio listeners in Umea have been receiving conversations on their loudspeakers containing information about the ghost fliers, indicating that their intelligence service is modern.... The conversations are on the wavelength of a popular gramophone program in Umea and discussed a meeting at a special point. The broadcast concluded with a discussion of which radio station should be used the next time.* At 6 P.M. on Thursday, January 25, 1934, a workman named Hjalmar Hedstrom reportedly picked up the following message on ‘‘a lower wavelength” in Norrbyskar, Sweden: ‘“‘The sea is calm; two degrees warmly; therefore you can go down on the water and catch what you shall have... Returning quarter to eight for further message.’’ There was also a statement on wind direction and position, all in broken Swedish, but Hedstrom couldn’t remember all of it. Another radio listener, in Hedesunda, picked up an identical message that same day. And additional messages were received at the appointed hour of 7:45. Some messages came over the 900-meter band. Others were received between 230-275 meters. A majority of all the 1934 sightings took place at 6 P.M., no matter where the locale. The flap died down in March 1934, but there were periodic reports throughout the 1930s. Here’s one datelined Harstad, Norway, November 21, 1936: Reports of a mysterious light have arrived from several different places. The Norwegian Telegraphic Agency correspondent learned of the sightings during an interview with the Sixth Division. An inquiry Reporters investigating the claims of New Jersey UFO contactee Howard Menger, in 1956-57, allegedly discovered that he had a peculiarradio transmitter in a tent on his farm. This transmitter did not project a beam of its own but “‘hitchhiked”’ on the signals of conventional AM stations in the area. This Swedish report suggests that someone in the Umea sector was utilizing a similar device in 1934, using the output of a regular radio station to power “‘pirate”’ signals. 120 / Operation Trojan Horse An item in the Hudiksvalls Tidningen, January 1, 1934, states: