Japanese paper balloon fireballs 1945-1946
1945 or 1946·Ohio Section·identified
During WWII, stationary fireballs were observed by the American Meteor Society that proved to be self-destructive devices on Japanese paper balloons, equipped with hydrogen-filled spheres and magnesium flash-light powder.
“Of course, you eli lmow what those stationary fireballs turned out to be. They were the self-destructive devices on Japanese paper balloons operating. You had e hydrogen filled sphere with a two-crowm mask of magnesium flash-light powler. Ani when the magnesiun and the hydrogen went off together, you could see it for a long way.”
Verbatim from DOE-UAP-D004.pdf · View original on war.gov
Case details
- Date
- 1945 or 1946
- Date exactness
- Known to the year
- Location
- Ohio Section
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Ohio
- Unit
- American Meteor Society
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- stationary fireballs
Resolution
Japanese paper balloon self-destructive devices with hydrogen and magnesium
Source document
Quote checked against the original file.
This sighting
Ohio Section / undated
- DOE-UAP-D004.pdf — Written report of this sighting