1 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:04,760 Hello and welcome to the program UFO Warning. 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:07,600 In this episode, we're talking about Foo Fighters and fighter 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:10,440 pilots. That's correct, Foo Fighters and 4 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:12,200 fighter pilots. Of course. 5 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:16,000 These UF O's are phenomenon known as Foo Fighters first were 6 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:20,240 reported during World War 2. It's a very interesting subset 7 00:00:20,240 --> 00:00:23,520 of UF O's. If we go to Wikipedia, we can 8 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:28,000 learn that the term Foo Fighters was used by Allied aircraft 9 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:32,250 pilots during World War 2 to describe various unidentified 10 00:00:32,250 --> 00:00:36,090 flying objects for mysterious aerial phenomena seen in the 11 00:00:36,090 --> 00:00:39,290 skies over both Europe and Pacific theaters. 12 00:00:39,650 --> 00:00:42,210 Now, we're going to look at some of these eyewitness testimonies 13 00:00:42,210 --> 00:00:44,930 here in a minute. But it's important to know that 14 00:00:45,130 --> 00:00:47,930 though the Foo Fighters initially were described as a 15 00:00:47,930 --> 00:00:52,410 type of UFO reported named by the US 415th Fighter Squadron, 16 00:00:52,850 --> 00:00:57,010 the term was also commonly used to mean any UFO sighting from 17 00:00:57,010 --> 00:01:00,120 that period. So, formally reported from 18 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:03,840 November 1944 onwards, Foo Fighters were presumed by 19 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:06,600 witnesses to be secret weapons employed by the enemy. 20 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:08,440 And you can imagine why people would think that. 21 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:10,600 I mean, you're in the middle of this war, No one's really 22 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,880 thinking about ET's, but you are thinking about getting shot down 23 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:17,480 by the guys that you're in combat with now. 24 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:20,760 The Robertson panel explored possible explanations, for 25 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:24,390 instance, and then saying that maybe they were electrostatic 26 00:01:24,390 --> 00:01:27,830 phenomena similar to Saint Elmo's fire, or electromagnetic 27 00:01:27,830 --> 00:01:30,430 phenomena, or simple reflections of light from ice crystals. 28 00:01:30,750 --> 00:01:33,190 But I think you'll hear from these pilots that that's not 29 00:01:33,190 --> 00:01:34,870 exactly what they thought these things were. 30 00:01:35,230 --> 00:01:38,870 Now the word Foo Fighter. It's just a nonsense word Foo, 31 00:01:39,190 --> 00:01:43,350 and it emerged in popular culture during the early 1930s, 32 00:01:43,830 --> 00:01:47,680 first being used as by cartoonist Bill Holman, who 33 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:51,680 peppered his Smokey Stover Fireman cartoon strips with Foo 34 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,440 signs and puns. And then the term Foo was 35 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:59,280 borrowed from Smokey Stover by a radar operator in the 415th 36 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:04,160 Night Fighter Squadron, Donald J Mears, who, according to most 37 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,480 415th members, gave the Foo Fighters their name. 38 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:11,039 And Mears was from Chicago and was an avid reader of Holman 39 00:02:11,039 --> 00:02:13,960 strip, which was run daily in the Chicago Tribune. 40 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:18,470 Now, Smokey Stover's catch phrase was where there's food, 41 00:02:18,470 --> 00:02:20,950 there's fire. In a mission debriefing on the 42 00:02:20,950 --> 00:02:25,550 evening of November 27th, 1944, Frederick Fritz Ringwald, the 43 00:02:25,550 --> 00:02:29,830 unit's S2 intelligence officer, stated that Mears and pilot LL 44 00:02:29,830 --> 00:02:34,750 Ed Schluter had cited a red ball of fire that appeared to chase 45 00:02:34,750 --> 00:02:37,110 them through a variety of highspeed maneuvers. 46 00:02:37,510 --> 00:02:41,790 Ringwald said that Mears was extremely agitated and had a 47 00:02:41,790 --> 00:02:44,350 copy of the comic strip tucked in his back pocket. 48 00:02:44,750 --> 00:02:48,540 He pulled it out and slammed it down on Ringwald's desk and said 49 00:02:48,940 --> 00:02:53,340 it was another one of those expletive Foo Fighters and 50 00:02:53,340 --> 00:02:55,060 stormed out of the debriefing room. 51 00:02:55,340 --> 00:02:57,980 According to Ringwald, because of the lack of a better name, it 52 00:02:57,980 --> 00:03:01,940 stuck, and this was originally what the men of the 415 started 53 00:03:01,940 --> 00:03:05,910 calling these incidents expletive Foo Fighters. 54 00:03:06,110 --> 00:03:09,750 In September 1944, a press correspondent from The 55 00:03:09,750 --> 00:03:13,470 Associated Press in Paris, Bob Wilson, was sent to the Four and 56 00:03:13,470 --> 00:03:17,350 15th at their base outside of Dijon, France to investigate the 57 00:03:17,350 --> 00:03:20,150 story. It was at this time that the 58 00:03:20,150 --> 00:03:22,910 term was cleaned up to just Foo Fighters. 59 00:03:23,300 --> 00:03:27,140 The squadron commander, Captain Harold Osperger, also decided to 60 00:03:27,140 --> 00:03:30,780 sanitize the term to Foo Fighters and the historical data 61 00:03:30,780 --> 00:03:33,180 of the squadron. Other proposed origins of the 62 00:03:33,180 --> 00:03:38,060 term have been a corruption of the French Foo FEU for fire and 63 00:03:38,140 --> 00:03:42,940 a corruption of the military acronym FOOBAR actually live up 64 00:03:43,140 --> 00:03:46,780 beyond all recognition. So we kind of get an idea where 65 00:03:46,780 --> 00:03:48,500 it came from. I'm kind of go with the cartoon 66 00:03:49,220 --> 00:03:51,220 situation here. And you mean, I think maybe 67 00:03:51,220 --> 00:03:54,340 sometimes the French are prone to claim things that don't 68 00:03:54,340 --> 00:03:55,860 rightfully belong to them. Just saying. 69 00:03:56,340 --> 00:03:58,060 So I'm going with the cartoon version. 70 00:03:59,060 --> 00:04:02,580 It has a history here says that Royal Air Force personnel had 71 00:04:02,580 --> 00:04:05,860 reported seeing lights following their aircraft from as early as 72 00:04:05,860 --> 00:04:10,540 March 1942, with similar sightings involving RFA bomber 73 00:04:10,540 --> 00:04:14,820 crews over the Balkans. Starting in April, 44 American 74 00:04:14,820 --> 00:04:18,950 sightings were first recorded by crews from the 422nd Night 75 00:04:18,950 --> 00:04:21,790 Fighter Squadron stationed and occupied Belgium during the 76 00:04:21,790 --> 00:04:26,310 first week of October 1944. At the time, these were 77 00:04:26,310 --> 00:04:29,870 erroneously believed to be Metro Smith's ME163 rocket power 78 00:04:29,870 --> 00:04:32,230 interceptors, which did not operate at night. 79 00:04:32,950 --> 00:04:36,110 However, the bulk of the sightings started occurring in 80 00:04:36,110 --> 00:04:39,270 the last week of November 1944, when pilots flying over Western 81 00:04:39,270 --> 00:04:43,350 Europe by night reported seeing fast moving, round, glowing 82 00:04:43,470 --> 00:04:45,230 objects following their aircraft. 83 00:04:45,750 --> 00:04:48,430 The objects were variously described as fiery and glowing 84 00:04:48,430 --> 00:04:51,030 red, white, or orange. Some pilots described them as 85 00:04:51,030 --> 00:04:54,390 resembling Christmas tree lights and reported that they seemed to 86 00:04:54,390 --> 00:04:57,590 toy with the aircraft making wild turns before simply 87 00:04:57,590 --> 00:04:59,950 vanishing. Pilots and air crew reported 88 00:04:59,950 --> 00:05:03,190 that the objects flew together in formation with their aircraft 89 00:05:03,230 --> 00:05:06,710 and behaved as if they were under intelligent control, but 90 00:05:06,710 --> 00:05:08,350 never displayed hostile behavior. 91 00:05:08,430 --> 00:05:11,310 However, they could not be outmaneuvered or shot down. 92 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:14,880 The phenomena was so widespread that the lights earned a name in 93 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:17,400 the European Theory of Operations, and they were called 94 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:21,120 Kraut Fireballs, but for the most part called Foo Fighters, 95 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,240 the military citing seriously suspecting the mysterious 96 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:26,040 sightings might be secret German weapons. 97 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:28,440 But further investigation revealed that German and 98 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:32,280 Japanese pilots had reported similar sightings. 99 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:35,200 So you could just see these things were all over the place, 100 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:38,940 kind of like today with UFO sightings, these globes, nobody 101 00:05:38,940 --> 00:05:41,340 knows what they are. First reaction is to think that 102 00:05:41,340 --> 00:05:43,700 they're a secret weapon belonging to the enemy. 103 00:05:43,900 --> 00:05:45,740 But then with a little bit of investigation, you find out 104 00:05:45,740 --> 00:05:47,860 pretty soon that the enemy is seeing the same thing that you 105 00:05:47,860 --> 00:05:48,420 are. Now. 106 00:05:48,420 --> 00:05:51,780 We're told that on the 13th of December 1944, the Supreme 107 00:05:51,780 --> 00:05:54,300 Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force in Paris 108 00:05:54,300 --> 00:05:57,260 issued a press release which was printed in the New York Times 109 00:05:57,260 --> 00:06:00,740 the next day, officially describing the phenomena as a 110 00:06:00,780 --> 00:06:04,340 new German weapon. Follow up stories using the term 111 00:06:04,340 --> 00:06:07,810 Foo Fighters appeared in the New York Herald Tribune and the 112 00:06:07,810 --> 00:06:12,810 British Daily Telegraph. In this January 15th, 1945 113 00:06:12,810 --> 00:06:16,690 edition, Time magazine carried a story titled Foo Fighter in 114 00:06:16,690 --> 00:06:19,810 which it reported that the balls of fire had been following U.S. 115 00:06:19,810 --> 00:06:23,490 Army Air Force night fighters for over a month and that the 116 00:06:23,490 --> 00:06:25,490 pilots had named it the Foo Fighter. 117 00:06:25,490 --> 00:06:27,210 According to the time. Description of the phenomena 118 00:06:27,210 --> 00:06:30,570 varied, but pilots agreed that the mysterious lights followed 119 00:06:30,570 --> 00:06:33,090 their aircraft closely at high speed. 120 00:06:34,050 --> 00:06:36,090 This sounds like the same thing that we're having to happen with 121 00:06:36,410 --> 00:06:39,730 Air Force pilots and all kinds of military pilots today, where 122 00:06:39,730 --> 00:06:43,210 these things are interacting with fighter fighter aircraft, 123 00:06:43,410 --> 00:06:46,610 following them, showing our pilots that, hey, we can 124 00:06:46,610 --> 00:06:49,730 outmaneuver you. So we have an article here 125 00:06:49,730 --> 00:06:52,250 that's an interview with one of these old World War 2 veterans, 126 00:06:52,530 --> 00:06:56,810 the articles from April 2007. You know, we're kind of not a 127 00:06:56,810 --> 00:07:00,730 lot of these guys left. It's written by Abby Weingarten. 128 00:07:00,730 --> 00:07:02,770 The fellow that she's interviewing is Frederick 129 00:07:02,810 --> 00:07:05,520 O'sargent. The title of the article is 130 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:08,880 Veteran Talks of the Foo Fighters and it's from 131 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:14,120 heraldtribune.com. She begins by saying Frederick 132 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:17,320 Sergeant was studying economics at Colby College in Maine when 133 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:20,440 the draft for World War 2 beckoned in 1942. 134 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:23,560 The 22 year old joined the 415th Night Fighter Squadron of the 135 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:26,640 Army Air Forces and studied at a series of radio schools. 136 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:30,160 For 3 1/2 years he was stationed throughout North Africa, Sicily, 137 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:33,120 Corsica, Germany and England as a corporal. 138 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:36,840 He never flew, but his principal job was to take care of the 139 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:38,920 lights on the landing strips for night fighters. 140 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:43,400 In 1946, as a story for the group, he wrote an unpublished 141 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,760 account of his units interaction with Foo Fighters titled Foo 142 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:51,080 Fighters and the 415th Sergeant went on to teach economics at 143 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:54,400 various US universities before retiring to Sarasota with 144 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:57,770 Shirley, his wife of 60 years, Quote The British developed 145 00:07:57,770 --> 00:08:00,810 radar and night fighting, so when the US went into World War 146 00:08:00,810 --> 00:08:02,970 Two we had to learn everything from the British. 147 00:08:03,250 --> 00:08:06,610 My squadron was the first one to do that. 148 00:08:07,290 --> 00:08:09,890 Our pilots and cruise ships would go to England and Scotland 149 00:08:09,890 --> 00:08:13,530 to learn from the British. I was in the ground echelon so I 150 00:08:13,530 --> 00:08:15,050 met up with them in North Africa. 151 00:08:15,450 --> 00:08:19,530 Pilots in the 415th encountered and reported Foo Fighters, or 152 00:08:19,530 --> 00:08:23,530 luminous unidentified objects during the night over the German 153 00:08:23,530 --> 00:08:26,720 occupied Rhine River Valley. The sightings were recorded 154 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:31,560 between November 1944 and April 1945 when the 415th was 155 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:35,320 operating from landing strips in Digital and Oshea, France. 156 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:39,960 The sightings posted a baffling question to air war buffs, 157 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:41,840 scientists and media and the public. 158 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:44,520 What were they? The pilots could find no 159 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:46,600 explanation that fit all of the sightings. 160 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:49,640 The Air Force was in a position to answer the question, as they 161 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:53,840 had sequestered tons of German air war records, but their focus 162 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:56,360 was on developing the next generation of fighters and 163 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:58,560 bombers, not in information dissemination. 164 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:02,640 The proliferation of sightings or imagined sightings of UFOs 165 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:05,440 and flying saucers by people everywhere complicated the 166 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:08,320 search for an answer. When the Allies capture the area 167 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:11,600 of the Rhine River, the Foo fighter sightings ceased. 168 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:15,800 Eventually, as the US becomes militarily secure, the Air Force 169 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:19,200 will probably declassify its records of German World War 2 170 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:23,170 research. This is stuff from 7075 years 171 00:09:23,170 --> 00:09:28,610 ago, and it's still classified, and it's just tangentially 172 00:09:28,810 --> 00:09:31,130 related to anything going on today. 173 00:09:31,530 --> 00:09:34,930 So what they're saying is probably a lot of stuff there 174 00:09:35,370 --> 00:09:40,410 regarding these Foo Fighter sightings that the military 175 00:09:40,410 --> 00:09:45,370 still is holding his top secret because it might relate somehow 176 00:09:45,370 --> 00:09:50,650 to radar technology or stealth fighters, blah blah blah. 177 00:09:51,690 --> 00:09:54,410 I think that they're just taking this top secret stamp and you're 178 00:09:54,410 --> 00:09:57,370 painting it with a broad brush. Now let's take a look at this 179 00:09:57,370 --> 00:10:00,690 next article. Now, I found this report at the 180 00:10:00,690 --> 00:10:05,410 University of Wyoming. That link is uwyo.edu and I'll 181 00:10:05,410 --> 00:10:08,290 put a copy of the link at the Buy Me a Coffee website. 182 00:10:08,860 --> 00:10:12,020 This is extremely interesting. They've correlated a bunch of 183 00:10:12,020 --> 00:10:17,020 these fighter pilot encounters with these Foo Fighters, and 184 00:10:17,020 --> 00:10:20,700 they've got several of these first hand accounts listed here. 185 00:10:21,380 --> 00:10:25,540 The title of this report looks like Foo Fighter files, and this 186 00:10:25,540 --> 00:10:31,380 one's dated May 10th, 2009. Now they've got these accounts 187 00:10:31,380 --> 00:10:33,620 listed by number and I'll read a few of them off here. 188 00:10:33,780 --> 00:10:40,290 It says Case 3, Summer 1942, Tasman Peninsula, Australia at 189 00:10:40,290 --> 00:10:44,410 1750. A ARF pilot flying on patrol 190 00:10:44,690 --> 00:10:49,010 sided an object looking like a singular airfoil of glistening 191 00:10:49,010 --> 00:10:51,530 bronze collar with a Dome on top. 192 00:10:52,010 --> 00:10:56,810 He described it as 150 feet long and 50 feet in diameter, with a 193 00:10:56,810 --> 00:10:58,930 Dome on top which reflected sunlight. 194 00:10:59,530 --> 00:11:03,130 The object flew alongside the aircraft for a few minutes and 195 00:11:03,130 --> 00:11:05,850 then suddenly turned away at a hell of a pace. 196 00:11:06,250 --> 00:11:08,890 It made another turn and then suddenly dived straight into the 197 00:11:08,930 --> 00:11:11,130 ocean. That's amazing to me. 198 00:11:11,130 --> 00:11:14,970 Just imagine this giant flying saucer just buzzing along next 199 00:11:14,970 --> 00:11:18,810 to this World War 2 pilot. And then he sees it just dart 200 00:11:18,810 --> 00:11:22,250 off and it what's it do? Just dives right into the ocean. 201 00:11:22,610 --> 00:11:25,370 I mean, the stories that we're hearing today from our pilots 202 00:11:25,810 --> 00:11:27,890 are no different than the stories that we were hearing 203 00:11:28,210 --> 00:11:33,110 7080 years ago. Here's one case Ford says August 204 00:11:33,150 --> 00:11:36,790 11th and 12th, 1942 near Aachen, Germany. 205 00:11:37,150 --> 00:11:41,470 On the evening, British bomber crews flying in Aachen area 206 00:11:41,470 --> 00:11:45,070 observed A phenomena described as a bright white light rising 207 00:11:45,070 --> 00:11:47,990 from the ground. It reached approximately 8000 208 00:11:47,990 --> 00:11:50,470 feet. Then it flew on a more or less 209 00:11:50,470 --> 00:11:52,590 level course for about two minutes. 210 00:11:52,950 --> 00:11:55,030 It was brilliant white and color. 211 00:11:55,310 --> 00:11:57,870 Several. Several crews reported that 212 00:11:57,870 --> 00:12:02,410 these rockets were zigzagging along the ground before taking 213 00:12:02,410 --> 00:12:04,970 off in a climbing turn. Some crews said that their 214 00:12:04,970 --> 00:12:09,090 brilliant white periodic burst occurred, which may have caused 215 00:12:09,090 --> 00:12:11,130 a change of course. Other crews reported that it 216 00:12:11,130 --> 00:12:14,770 flew in circular courses. The collar eventually faded to 217 00:12:14,770 --> 00:12:18,410 an orange and the object was last seen heading toward the 218 00:12:18,410 --> 00:12:20,370 ground. Weird. 219 00:12:20,850 --> 00:12:26,090 Here's one case, number 5 August 17th and 18th, 1942, on a spruck 220 00:12:26,090 --> 00:12:31,090 of Germany, ARAF farmer crew flying at 15,000 feet near the 221 00:12:31,090 --> 00:12:34,130 town of Onusbrook observed a rocket with a long white tail of 222 00:12:34,130 --> 00:12:36,930 light on the same altitude of their aircraft. 223 00:12:37,330 --> 00:12:39,250 Three other crews reported the same thing. 224 00:12:39,250 --> 00:12:42,390 No explosive bursts were seen. You see how these guys are kind 225 00:12:42,390 --> 00:12:45,830 of couching their observations in terms of the day, always 226 00:12:45,830 --> 00:12:47,830 seeing a rocket like today? Well, it could have been a 227 00:12:47,830 --> 00:12:50,350 drone. The fact is they saw these UF 228 00:12:50,350 --> 00:12:53,510 O's, they didn't know what they wore and it's almost as if they 229 00:12:53,510 --> 00:12:55,430 had to report these things in code. 230 00:12:55,470 --> 00:12:56,910 That's what I'm saying. Here's one. 231 00:12:56,910 --> 00:13:02,150 November 1942, it says Atlantic Ocean Bay of Biscay, France. 232 00:13:02,310 --> 00:13:05,150 The crew of an aircraft belonging to an anti submarine 233 00:13:05,150 --> 00:13:09,510 squadron was flying over the Bay of Biscay when he reported the 234 00:13:09,510 --> 00:13:14,110 sighting of a huge object which followed and passed their plane. 235 00:13:14,510 --> 00:13:17,550 The tail gunner was the 1st to see this strange aircraft 236 00:13:17,550 --> 00:13:19,510 without wings. The others, including the 237 00:13:19,510 --> 00:13:23,230 assistant engineer confirmed the sighting and the intercom became 238 00:13:23,270 --> 00:13:27,110 a jumble mess of incoherent squawks. 239 00:13:27,490 --> 00:13:30,450 The Sergeant with a K20 camera was shooting pictures by the 240 00:13:30,450 --> 00:13:33,530 time the object was flying behind the aircraft at 5:00 241 00:13:33,530 --> 00:13:35,610 position. It was difficult to determine 242 00:13:35,610 --> 00:13:38,890 its distance and the object, which appeared massive, soon 243 00:13:38,890 --> 00:13:41,690 gained altitude without visible means of propulsion. 244 00:13:42,170 --> 00:13:46,330 In view for about 15 minutes the object finally executed a 180 245 00:13:46,330 --> 00:13:48,810 degree angle turn and disappeared. 246 00:13:49,370 --> 00:13:53,090 Out of a number of exposures taken by the Sergeant, only one 247 00:13:53,090 --> 00:13:57,290 with filter showed details. Well, I wonder who ended up with 248 00:13:57,290 --> 00:13:59,690 those pictures. Probably some of the stuff that 249 00:13:59,690 --> 00:14:03,130 still classified 7580 years later. 250 00:14:04,290 --> 00:14:08,050 Here's one from November 28th and 29th, 1942 turn Italy. 251 00:14:08,410 --> 00:14:12,050 During a night bombing raid on Turin, Capital Lever and his 252 00:14:12,050 --> 00:14:17,930 crew flying a Lancaster of RAF61 squadron saw twice a strange 253 00:14:17,930 --> 00:14:20,430 object. The object was believed to have 254 00:14:20,430 --> 00:14:24,830 been 200 to 300 feet in length and its width was estimated at 255 00:14:24,830 --> 00:14:28,390 1/5 or 1/6 of its size. So imagine this. 256 00:14:28,590 --> 00:14:32,070 This thing is 300 foot long and maybe 60 feet across. 257 00:14:32,070 --> 00:14:34,870 It sounds almost like a cigar shaped or oblong shaped craft. 258 00:14:35,390 --> 00:14:39,310 Its speed was estimated at 500 mile per hour. 259 00:14:39,790 --> 00:14:43,190 It had four pair of red lights spaced at equal distances along 260 00:14:43,190 --> 00:14:45,270 its body. These lights did not appear in 261 00:14:45,270 --> 00:14:49,260 any way like exhaust flames. The object kept a level course. 262 00:14:49,580 --> 00:14:55,260 The object was seen first at 22 hours and 40 after the bombing 263 00:14:55,380 --> 00:14:57,860 while the Lancaster was at 11,000 feet. 264 00:14:58,300 --> 00:15:01,300 The object was traveling southeast at the same altitude 265 00:15:01,300 --> 00:15:05,220 or slightly below the craft. The 2nd sighting occurred at 22 266 00:15:05,220 --> 00:15:07,980 hours and 45 minutes. The aircraft was approaching the 267 00:15:07,980 --> 00:15:12,060 Alps at 14,000 feet when the object was seen traveling W 268 00:15:12,060 --> 00:15:14,580 southwest up a valley in the Alps. 269 00:15:14,580 --> 00:15:18,670 Below the level of the peaks the lights appeared to go out and 270 00:15:18,670 --> 00:15:20,470 the object disappeared from view. 271 00:15:21,310 --> 00:15:24,310 Imagine World War 2, they're on a bombing raid and they see this 272 00:15:24,310 --> 00:15:30,470 massive 2 or 300 foot long UFO traveling at by the way 500 mile 273 00:15:30,470 --> 00:15:33,230 per hour. Amazing. 274 00:15:33,350 --> 00:15:36,150 Now this one is from some estuary France. 275 00:15:36,150 --> 00:15:41,430 It says December 9th, 1942, Early in the evening, BC lumps 276 00:15:41,430 --> 00:15:45,070 and pilot of a RF Hurricane fighter flying at an altitude of 277 00:15:45,230 --> 00:15:49,820 7000 feet saw two bright lights that rose from the ground toward 278 00:15:49,820 --> 00:15:52,220 his craft. He turned and observed the 279 00:15:52,220 --> 00:15:54,740 lights, which climbed slowly and became bigger. 280 00:15:55,260 --> 00:15:59,180 At 7000 feet, the lights stopped climbing and stayed level with 281 00:15:59,180 --> 00:16:01,260 the plane. They positioned themselves 282 00:16:01,260 --> 00:16:03,300 behind the plane at the same altitude. 283 00:16:03,540 --> 00:16:07,300 The pilot made another full turn, but the lights stay behind 284 00:16:07,300 --> 00:16:10,100 him. Then he nosedived down to 4000 285 00:16:10,100 --> 00:16:12,900 feet, and the lights followed his every maneuver, keeping the 286 00:16:12,900 --> 00:16:15,900 same relative position. Finally, they descended about 287 00:16:15,900 --> 00:16:19,540 1000 feet below him, but when he leveled out, they arose again 288 00:16:19,540 --> 00:16:22,860 and resumed pursuit. The first lights maintained an 289 00:16:22,860 --> 00:16:25,900 even distance from each other and varied only slightly in 290 00:16:25,900 --> 00:16:30,100 relative height from time to time, 1 remaining slightly lower 291 00:16:30,100 --> 00:16:32,340 than the other. Finally, the pilot was able to 292 00:16:32,340 --> 00:16:35,540 shake them off. You know, you can imagine why 293 00:16:35,540 --> 00:16:38,220 these guys would feel threatened by these things. 294 00:16:39,140 --> 00:16:42,420 It's just, you know, here they are in the middle of a war and 295 00:16:42,420 --> 00:16:44,220 you've got these UFO's fooling around with them. 296 00:16:44,460 --> 00:16:46,100 Here we go. This is 1943. 297 00:16:46,100 --> 00:16:48,300 It says Atlantic Ocean between USA and England. 298 00:16:48,500 --> 00:16:52,460 One night the pilot says the pilot and the 8 crew members of 299 00:16:52,460 --> 00:16:55,980 a U.S. Navy PB2Y5 observed a single 300 00:16:55,980 --> 00:16:59,580 lighted red orange object which flew in formation off the wing 301 00:16:59,580 --> 00:17:01,940 of the aircraft. The pilot repositioned the 302 00:17:01,940 --> 00:17:05,020 aircraft several times. Each time the object matched the 303 00:17:05,020 --> 00:17:07,300 maneuver. The UAP took off ahead of the 304 00:17:07,300 --> 00:17:10,380 plane and vanished from sight in 30 seconds. 305 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:14,760 That's just an amazing speed. This one here is from March 306 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:18,560 13th, 1943. It says the 376 bomb group, US 307 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:21,440 9th Air Force observed twice Roman candlelights. 308 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:25,040 The first sighting came up from the water and glowed in the sky 309 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:28,280 for a few seconds. About 30 seconds after leaving 310 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:31,320 Naples, the 2nd sighting, a bright, very large red light 311 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:34,560 appeared at the air at the aircraft altitude of 17,000 312 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:37,400 feet. According to the crew, it looked 313 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:42,180 like a huge irregular mass of neon and it was steady light, 314 00:17:42,180 --> 00:17:44,660 not a reflection. Turning away from the light, the 315 00:17:44,660 --> 00:17:49,580 crew said it remained motionless in the place or first seen, just 316 00:17:49,780 --> 00:17:51,460 putting itself out there to be seen. 317 00:17:52,100 --> 00:17:54,060 Let's go on down here a little bit, There's a bunch of these 318 00:17:54,060 --> 00:17:56,220 cases. I mean, like I said, go over to 319 00:17:56,220 --> 00:18:00,100 the Buy Me Coffee website, click on the link or, you know, you 320 00:18:00,100 --> 00:18:01,980 can go to Twitter, find these links. 321 00:18:02,260 --> 00:18:05,820 These are these cases are absolutely amazing. 322 00:18:06,020 --> 00:18:09,780 Here's one. May 23rd and 24th 1943 Dortmund, 323 00:18:09,780 --> 00:18:13,800 Germany during a night raid on Dortmund, several REF bomber 324 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:17,160 pilots reported to have observed these rockets not only in the 325 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:21,520 approaches to the RUR and RUR and the target area, but also 326 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:24,080 Overhaulen. These phenomena appear to have 327 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:27,160 been similar to the meteor projectiles recently reported, 328 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:30,680 but on this occasion they were flying at lower altitudes, some 329 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:34,320 quite close to the ground and mainly in horizontal direction. 330 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:36,320 Doesn't sound like a meteor to me. 331 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:38,760 Flying in horizontal direction close to the ground. 332 00:18:41,450 --> 00:18:45,570 Here's one from October 1943. Swanford, Germany Returning from 333 00:18:45,570 --> 00:18:49,410 a bombing mission over Germany, several B17 crews from the 384th 334 00:18:49,410 --> 00:18:53,610 Bomber Group observed a group of luminous disc flying straight on 335 00:18:53,610 --> 00:18:55,650 them. One of the pilots had to 336 00:18:55,650 --> 00:18:59,450 maneuver to avoid a collision. His right wing went through the 337 00:18:59,450 --> 00:19:01,890 group of disc without any effects. 338 00:19:02,290 --> 00:19:06,090 One of the discs collided with the rear part of the B17 with no 339 00:19:06,090 --> 00:19:09,180 damage. At 20 feet behind the disk there 340 00:19:09,180 --> 00:19:14,500 was a mass of black degree of varying size and cluster 3 by 4 341 00:19:14,500 --> 00:19:17,540 feet. So amazing something happened 342 00:19:17,660 --> 00:19:20,300 where they flew through this object, this disk. 343 00:19:21,020 --> 00:19:24,140 No damage to the plane, but they reported this massive debris 344 00:19:24,300 --> 00:19:27,900 that they left in the wake. Here's 1 from 1944 S Atlantic. 345 00:19:28,180 --> 00:19:31,860 At night, 4 pilots of military air transport aircraft observed 346 00:19:31,860 --> 00:19:35,660 2 bright lights which came toward the plane, separated and 347 00:19:35,660 --> 00:19:40,020 went around the aircraft, then turned and flew along the side 348 00:19:40,300 --> 00:19:44,220 for 4 to 5 minutes. Just toying with these guys. 349 00:19:45,340 --> 00:19:46,780 See if we can find some more down here. 350 00:19:46,780 --> 00:19:49,060 This is that there's just a ton of these reports. 351 00:19:49,260 --> 00:19:52,340 Here's one from February 4th, 1944, Frankfurt, Germany. 352 00:19:52,700 --> 00:19:55,700 During a massive raid on on Frankfurt, the crew of the three 353 00:19:55,700 --> 00:19:59,420 or third bomb group cited the stationary object of teardrop 354 00:19:59,420 --> 00:20:03,180 shape, resembling a balloon, just above the clouds at 16,000 355 00:20:03,180 --> 00:20:06,760 to 17,000 feet. During the same raid, the crew, 356 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:09,720 the 92nd Bomb Group, saw it 10 miles from their aircraft. 357 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:13,000 One object that appeared. Yeah, they're seeing these 358 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,000 things, but you can tell they're not wanting to talk about them 359 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,480 too much. Here's one. 360 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:22,400 March 1944, a pilot observed 7 Pebble shaped, 10 foot diameter 361 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:27,000 objects flying in V formation. That's over Yakima, WA, it says 362 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:30,440 Now. Here's one March 1944 Carlsbad, 363 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:36,220 NM Before Roswell, right, Roswell 47, Okay Captain Rita, a 364 00:20:36,220 --> 00:20:41,460 US Air Force B29 pilot observed a bright spherical green object 365 00:20:41,460 --> 00:20:44,340 with a flare Flying at great speed. 366 00:20:44,620 --> 00:20:47,860 It made abrupt turns and disappeared above the horizon. 367 00:20:49,300 --> 00:20:52,860 April 11th and 12th, 1944, Germany. 368 00:20:52,860 --> 00:20:56,900 It says an alleged air fire projectile was seen to follow 369 00:20:56,900 --> 00:21:00,740 for about one minute and to be gaining on the observer. 370 00:21:01,190 --> 00:21:04,830 When the Corkscrew turns were made, it pursued the aircraft at 371 00:21:04,830 --> 00:21:08,030 first, then losing altitude, curved away to the ground. 372 00:21:08,990 --> 00:21:11,430 On the same time, a similar sighting took place in the same 373 00:21:11,430 --> 00:21:13,070 area. Both reports are believed to be 374 00:21:13,070 --> 00:21:15,230 the same phenomena. The 2nd observer in a different 375 00:21:15,230 --> 00:21:17,910 aircraft saw one object approaching from a distance of 6 376 00:21:17,910 --> 00:21:21,230 miles to starboard and two to three miles in front. 377 00:21:21,710 --> 00:21:25,310 A large orange glow was emitted, leaving a smoke trail. 378 00:21:25,820 --> 00:21:29,540 The projectile was then observed to make a turn of approximately 379 00:21:29,540 --> 00:21:34,700 120 degrees toward the aircraft, lose height and disappear into a 380 00:21:34,700 --> 00:21:37,380 cloud. The odds described in these two 381 00:21:37,380 --> 00:21:41,300 reports may have been glider bombs and what they weren't 382 00:21:41,300 --> 00:21:44,980 effective if they were. Here's one from April 26th, 1944 383 00:21:44,980 --> 00:21:46,300 and we'll finish up here pretty quick. 384 00:21:46,300 --> 00:21:49,220 This is Essen, Germany. While returning from a night 385 00:21:49,220 --> 00:21:53,220 mission over Essen, Arthur Horton, pilot of the RAF622 386 00:21:53,220 --> 00:21:57,910 Squadron, and his crew were flying at 20,000 feet, about 50 387 00:21:57,910 --> 00:22:01,630 miles from their target. Both Gunners alerted the pilot 388 00:22:01,630 --> 00:22:06,150 that they were followed or chased by 4 orange glows at some 389 00:22:06,150 --> 00:22:08,630 short distance eastern. The glows were traveling 390 00:22:08,630 --> 00:22:11,390 extremely fast and gaining on the aircraft. 391 00:22:11,710 --> 00:22:15,630 The four objects had short stubby wings and were following 392 00:22:15,630 --> 00:22:19,270 them in pairs, 2 from portside and two from the starboard side. 393 00:22:19,510 --> 00:22:23,510 Bernard Die, my upper gunner says thought the objects had a 394 00:22:23,510 --> 00:22:28,230 fire like glow with sparks emitting from their tail looking 395 00:22:28,230 --> 00:22:31,510 like large oranges about the size of footballs. 396 00:22:31,910 --> 00:22:35,590 The pilot immediately reacted to the objects aggressive nature 397 00:22:35,590 --> 00:22:37,630 and dropped the aircraft out of the sky. 398 00:22:37,950 --> 00:22:41,510 He began a series of corkscrews and turns with the things 399 00:22:41,510 --> 00:22:45,510 following everything the pilot did, but making no move to 400 00:22:45,510 --> 00:22:48,040 attack them. One of the glows faded out, 401 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:49,880 disappeared. By this time most of the crew, 402 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:53,440 except the pilot and the bomber amer, had seen the objects. 403 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:56,720 The remaining three objects stayed with them, duplicating 404 00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:58,960 their every move until they had crossed the coast and were 405 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,680 heading to the sea. The event lasted about 10 406 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:03,680 minutes. The crew had traveled over 50 407 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:07,600 miles and had lost some 14,000 feet of altitude. 408 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:10,640 They were at 6000 feet when they disappeared. 409 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:14,160 According to the Gunners, they just faded out, but returning to 410 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:17,240 the basic crew was interrogated by intelligence officers who 411 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:21,600 made fun of their report. Here's one from Anzonio, Italy, 412 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:25,760 April 30th, 1944. It says between 2100 and 2200, 413 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:29,400 the pilot and the radar officer of a Bristol bow fighter of the 414 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:33,640 RE F600 Squadron sighted in the orange red glow following their 415 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:36,530 plane. All evasive maneuvers, even 416 00:23:36,530 --> 00:23:39,570 going into clouds did not stop the object from pursuing them. 417 00:23:39,570 --> 00:23:42,370 Finally, a dive into a cloud bank lost the object. 418 00:23:42,810 --> 00:23:48,890 No radar contact. This one here says October 29th 419 00:23:48,890 --> 00:23:54,330 and 30th 1944 Munich, Germany, 12B Seventeen's 400 and 19th 420 00:23:54,330 --> 00:23:57,290 Bomber Squadron, 15th Air Force, 5th Wing. 421 00:23:58,050 --> 00:24:00,410 Definitely. Our guys, operating on 15 422 00:24:00,410 --> 00:24:04,120 millimeter on 15 minute intervals took off separately on 423 00:24:04,120 --> 00:24:06,320 a lone wolf operation to arrest the enemy. 424 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:11,840 Their target was in Munich area at 01451 of the B17 pilots 425 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:15,960 William A Schultz, flying at 26,000 feet and approaching 426 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:19,920 Innsbruck, when suddenly the upper gunner reported that a 427 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:23,280 boogie was heading toward them. Looking like an apparent twin 428 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:28,400 engine J U88, the pilot dropped to a lower altitude and 429 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,160 maneuvered his plane to the thick clouds. 430 00:24:31,010 --> 00:24:33,770 When they had broken the high scattered clouds, a strange 431 00:24:33,770 --> 00:24:36,450 phenomenon occurred. According to Schultz, a light 432 00:24:36,450 --> 00:24:39,370 blue collar ball of fire approximately 3 feet in diameter 433 00:24:39,370 --> 00:24:42,250 appeared about 40 feet off our right wingtip. 434 00:24:43,010 --> 00:24:46,210 It actually flew along with us for about 30 seconds with 435 00:24:46,210 --> 00:24:49,570 streams of fire trailing down, but it was too large to be a 436 00:24:49,570 --> 00:24:52,810 plane. Man, that's just amazing, it 437 00:24:52,810 --> 00:24:58,160 says October 30th to 31st, 1944 at 2125, leaving Cologne. 438 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:01,040 Maurice Jubilee, flight engineer, and the crewmen of 439 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:05,880 Halifax, 3R, E, F600 and 40th Squadron have just completed the 440 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:09,120 bomb mission, flying at 19,000 feet above the clouds. 441 00:25:09,120 --> 00:25:11,920 Suddenly the rear gunner reported that a ball of fire was 442 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:15,640 following the aircraft that was on a heading of 107 degrees. 443 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:20,880 It described it as a circular pale orange, clean edge, light 444 00:25:21,360 --> 00:25:25,480 dead, astered and which appeared to be closing. 445 00:25:25,900 --> 00:25:30,700 The pilot took evasive action, a crook, a Corkscrew to port, and 446 00:25:30,700 --> 00:25:32,580 the crew lost contact with the light. 447 00:25:32,780 --> 00:25:35,740 A few seconds later, a British aircraft flying nearby caught 448 00:25:35,740 --> 00:25:38,100 fire. You kind of wonder if there was 449 00:25:38,100 --> 00:25:40,060 maybe some kind of a collision right there, or maybe the same 450 00:25:40,060 --> 00:25:43,940 was just there to watch. So this is the last one I'll do 451 00:25:43,940 --> 00:25:46,700 here. This is December 28th, 1944, it 452 00:25:46,700 --> 00:25:49,460 says. Germany at night Major Harold 453 00:25:49,460 --> 00:25:53,490 Osberger, commanding officer of the foreign 15th NFS, and his 454 00:25:53,490 --> 00:25:56,930 radar operator, Lieutenant Austin Petry took off in his 455 00:25:56,930 --> 00:26:00,370 Bristol Bow Fighter nightmare from France and flew between 456 00:26:00,370 --> 00:26:04,210 8000 and 10,000 feet. After crossing the German border 457 00:26:04,410 --> 00:26:07,850 they lowered their altitude to 500 to 1000 feet looking for 458 00:26:07,850 --> 00:26:11,050 targets of opportunity, searching for any signs of life 459 00:26:11,130 --> 00:26:15,010 and anything that had a light. Their low level hunt went on for 460 00:26:15,010 --> 00:26:18,410 about 90 minutes and proved to be an uneventful mission. 461 00:26:19,100 --> 00:26:21,660 But moments later, while they were still over Germany, 462 00:26:21,660 --> 00:26:24,980 something else was flying up there with them and its lights 463 00:26:24,980 --> 00:26:27,540 were on. Major Ozburger was looking up to 464 00:26:27,540 --> 00:26:29,820 find something flying parallel with them. 465 00:26:30,020 --> 00:26:34,140 Suddenly, his attention was focused on a white light out off 466 00:26:34,140 --> 00:26:36,620 to the starboard, right off the wing. 467 00:26:37,090 --> 00:26:39,890 Trying to understand what was flying with the slide on, he 468 00:26:39,890 --> 00:26:43,130 asked his radar operator if his radar screen had remained clear. 469 00:26:43,450 --> 00:26:46,090 Lieutenant Petrie looked up and saw it too. 470 00:26:46,450 --> 00:26:50,210 Major Osberger was not able to estimate his distance and size. 471 00:26:50,250 --> 00:26:54,890 He said it was a big light far away, or a small light close in 472 00:26:54,890 --> 00:26:57,610 to us. H first thought it was a flare 473 00:26:57,610 --> 00:27:00,090 or maybe an aircraft, but was unsure. 474 00:27:00,330 --> 00:27:03,290 It gave him the impression that was pacing them, possibly 475 00:27:03,290 --> 00:27:06,210 keeping them under surveillance. He decided to have a closer look 476 00:27:06,210 --> 00:27:09,770 and try to pick it up on radar. He turned in toward the strange 477 00:27:09,770 --> 00:27:13,370 white light the bow fighter was bearing down on his target, 478 00:27:13,690 --> 00:27:16,210 heading straight towards it and getting closer. 479 00:27:16,610 --> 00:27:19,130 Lieutenant Petry reported nothing, was showing up on his 480 00:27:19,130 --> 00:27:23,540 radar screen and could not understand why because it was 481 00:27:23,540 --> 00:27:26,420 working just fine. Then about 30 seconds later the 482 00:27:26,420 --> 00:27:29,340 target just took off and went straight up, climbing straight 483 00:27:29,340 --> 00:27:33,420 up at a tremendous speed for a couple 1000 feet until the light 484 00:27:33,420 --> 00:27:38,140 vanished, simply disappearing. Total duration 4 to 5 minutes. 485 00:27:38,660 --> 00:27:41,660 So many great encounters these World War 2 pilots had, you 486 00:27:41,660 --> 00:27:45,660 know, 7580 years ago. Everything from balls of light. 487 00:27:46,740 --> 00:27:49,550 What purity. Balls of flame cigar shaped UF 488 00:27:49,550 --> 00:27:53,990 O's with these evenly spaced red lights on the side, traveling 489 00:27:53,990 --> 00:27:58,470 500 mile an hour. These encounters I think are of 490 00:27:58,470 --> 00:28:03,350 the 1st order because they're taken from military pilots in a 491 00:28:03,350 --> 00:28:05,670 time of war. These guys didn't have time to 492 00:28:05,670 --> 00:28:07,230 mess around. They are automation. 493 00:28:07,430 --> 00:28:09,310 Their lives were at stake. They weren't. 494 00:28:09,610 --> 00:28:11,610 They're trying to get attention for themselves. 495 00:28:11,930 --> 00:28:16,330 And these were American and, you know, UK heroes that were doing 496 00:28:16,330 --> 00:28:18,130 a job. And the fact that they took the 497 00:28:18,130 --> 00:28:21,890 time to report these societies is a is really it's it is a 498 00:28:22,370 --> 00:28:26,210 treasure left for all of us. Until next time, this is UFO 499 00:28:26,210 --> 00:28:27,130 Warning. Over and out.