By Thanassis Vembos
(Vembos.gr, Greece)
Quote from the article:
“On September 5, 1946, Greek prime minister Constantine
Tsaldaris, while in London, stated during a press conference that ‘flying
rockets’ were sighted in the skies of Northern Greece. In particular, twelve
rockets were spotted during the night of September 1 by Greek divisional
commanders and British officers; they flew from north to south and to other
directions too; their nature and origin remained unknown. One of them was seen
by British officers in Thessaloniki; the rest were seen in various areas, from
Stavroupoli to Kastoria, over Serres and Drama (cities in western central and
eastern Macedonia). Note that all the above regions border with Albania,
Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, countries that actively supported the bloody Communist
Rebellion (1946-49); tensions with northern neighbors were extremely high at
the time and the presence of British military was strong. ‘We do not know where
the rockets were from,’ stated Tsaldaris diplomatically, ‘or from which
direction they came.’ Tsaldaris statement hit the headlines in most of Greek
newspapers the next day, September 6.
