Unknown Origin
To this day, the Phantom Ranger stands as the only Power Ranger whose true name, race, species and identity are a mystery. Little is revealed about the Phantom Ranger throughout his appearances. In fact, he never identifies himself as "Phantom Ranger" when he first appears. This name is given to him by the Turbo Power Rangers, due to his ability to become invisible like a phantom, and his armor, which loosely resembles the armor worn by the other Rangers (it's worth noting that Phantom Ranger's Super Sentai counterpart VRV Master was not a Ranger himself, but an ally). Though his life is dependent on his power ruby, it is not made clear from where his powers came from. It is also unknown whether his armor is his actual body.
True it is said that his name and where he came from is a mystery. It was revealed that his powers came from Eltar. Wether or not he came from Eltar or Earth himself is still a mystery to the power ranger universe.
The executive producer of Turbo and Space, Judd Lynn, revealed in a July 2011 interview that the Phantom Ranger had no planned identity: "we ran out time before we were able to fully develop a story for the Phantom Ranger with everything going on". He said if he had to give the character an origin now, he'd have made him a past Ranger and fixed on Billy as a potential, but stressed that this was only a brainstorm after the fact.
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