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Foo Fighters of WWII

1944 · European and Pacific theatres · INT · 1944 to 1945
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Reports by U.S. and British (and parallel German and Japanese) aircrews of small glowing objects pacing combat aircraft, dubbed 'foo fighters.' The U.S. Eighth Air Force commissioned an investigation; no conventional explanation was reached.

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