| ID | #1632407077 |
| Added | Thu, 23/09/2021 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | The Christian Science Monitor
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Hypothesis
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Boston, MA, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, January 2, 1945, p.
Balls of fire race together with allied planes attack the Reich.
US NIGHT FIGHTERS BASE, France, January 2. (AP) - The Nazis have thrown something new into the night sky over Germany - a strange, mysterious "foo-fighter", fireballs that race along with the wings of flying American fighters on a mission over the Reich.
American pilots have been facing the creepy "foo-fighter" for more than a month during their night flights. Apparently, no one knows exactly what kind of heavenly weapon it is.
Fireballs appear suddenly and accompany planes for many miles. It appears that they are under radio control from the ground and can keep up with aircraft flying at 300 mph, according to official intelligence reports.
"There are three types of these lights that we call 'foo-fighter'," the lieutenant said. Donald Meyers from Chicago. "One is the red fireballs that appear on the ends of our wings and fly with us, the second is a vertical row of three fireballs that fly in front of us, and the third is a group of about 15 lights that appear in the distance-like a Christmas tree in the air - and the flicker flickers on and off."
The pilots of this night fighter squadron, operating since September 1943, find these fireballs the strangest thing they have ever encountered. They are convinced that the "foo-fighter" is created as a psychological and military weapon, although the fireballs are not designed to attack aircraft.
"A foo-fighter recently picked me up at an altitude of 700 feet and chased me for 20 miles down the Rhine Valley," said Lieutenant Meyers. " I turned to starboard and two fireballs turned with me. I turned to port, and they turned with me. We were moving at 260 miles per hour, and the balloons were not far behind us."
"Another time, when we were picked up by "foo-fighter", I dived at a speed of 360 miles per hour. For a while, he held right behind the tips of our wings, and then soared into the sky."
"When I first saw the things on the tips of the wings, I had a terrible thought that the German on the ground was ready to press a button and blow them up. But they don't explode and attack us. They just seem to be following us."
An Associated Press report from Paris on December 13 says that the Germans threw silver balloons into the air against the daytime raiders. Then the pilots reported that they had seen these objects, both individually and in groups, during raids on the Reich.
Original news
Boston, Massachusetts, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, 2 January 1945, page
Balls of Fire Race Alongside As Allied Planes Skim Reich
A U.S. NIGHT FIGHTER BASE, France, Jan. 2 (AP) - The Nazis have thrown something new into the night skies over Germany - the weird, mysterious "foo-fighter," balls of fire which race alongside the wings of American Beaufighters flying intruder missions over the Reich.
U.S. pilots have been encountering the eerie "foo-fighter" for more than a month in their night flights. No one apparently knows exactly what this sky weapon is.
The balls of fire appear suddenly and accompany the planes for miles. They appear to be radio-controlled from the ground and manage to keep up with planes flying 300 miles an hour, official intelligence reports disclose.
"There are three kinds of these lights we call 'foo-fighters,'" said Lieut. Donald Meiers, of Chicago. "One is red balls of fire which appear off our wing tips and fly along with us, the second is a vertical row of three balls of fire which fly in front of us and the third is a group of about 15 lights which appear off in the distance - like a Christmas tree up in the air - and flicker on and off."
The pilots of this night fighter squadron - in operation since September, 1943 - find these fiery balls the weirdest thing they have as yet encountered. They are convinced that the "foo-fighter" is designed to be a psychological weapon as well as military although it is not the nature of the fire balls to attack planes.
"A 'foo-fighter' picked me up recently at 700 feet and chased me 20 miles down the Rhine Valley," Lieutenant Meiers said. "I turned to starboard and two balls of fire turned with me. I turned to the port side and they turned with me. We were going 260 miles an hour and the balls were keeping right up with us."
"On another occasion when a 'foo-fighter' picked us up, I dived at 360 miles per hour. It kept right off our wing tips for awhile and then zoomed into the sky."
"When I first saw the things off my wing tips I had the horrible thought that a German on the ground was ready to press a button and explode them. But they don't explode or attack us. They just seem to follow us like will-o-the-wisps."
An Associated Press report from Paris Dec. 13 said the Germans had thrown silvery balls into the air against day raiders. Pilots then reported they had seen these objects, both individually and in clusters, during forays over the Reich.
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Pyrotechnics
This category includes not only pyrotechnic projectiles visible in the sky, but also traces of exploded projectiles, their fragments and other similar activities.
Pyrotechnics is a branch of technology related to the technology of preparing combustible compounds and burning them to obtain a certain signal or effect.
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