Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters
An alleged photograph
Background
Type	UFO Sighting
Continent	Several
Country	Several
One-Time?	No
Theories	· Ball Lightning  · Alien crafts

Foo Fighters were mysterious, glowing balls of light that were occasionally surrounding fighter planes during World War II.

The first sightings occurred in November 1944, when pilots flying over Germany by night reported seeing fast-moving round glowing objects following their aircraft.

However, they could not be outmaneuvered or shot down. The phenomenon was so widespread that the lights earned a name - in the European Theater of Operations they were often called "kraut fireballs" but for the most part called "foo-fighters". The military took the sightings seriously, suspecting that the mysterious sightings might be secret German weapons, but further investigation revealed that German and Japanese pilots had reported similar sightings.

Appearance

The objects were variously described as fiery, and glowing red, white, or orange. Some pilots described them as resembling Christmas tree lights and reported that they seemed to toy with the aircraft, making wild turns before simply vanishing.

Pilots and aircrew reported that the objects flew formation with their aircraft and behaved as if under intelligent control, but never displayed hostile behavior.

Trivia

• The American rock band Foo Fighters took their name from this phenomenon.

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