THE SECRET PHENOMENON THAT WOULD HAVE TERRIFIED THE WORLD
WAR HAD ARRIVED at the doorstep of the United States in the December of 1941. An early morning air-raid attack on strategic military bases over the course of seven hours by coordinated Japanese attacks on the U.S. base of Pearl Harbour had killed over 2000 and sunk 4 Navy vessels across various locations. It was a day which would live in infamy. It was a cold, calculated, measured ploy by the Japanese, and ultimately, one which would bring the U.S. into the Second World War and forever change the future of our world.
As you might imagine, the following days, weeks and months were at the height of suspense, dread, and tensions about the very real threat from Asia as it loomed over the U.S. West coast in the 1940s. You might understand some of the actions taken in those years by a military struggling to cope with a new bloodied war and the potential emergence of one of the biggest destructive weapons to ever be created by man. Then, add into the mix, something very much unexpected, something that started appearing almost as a direct (unverifiable) correlation to the harnessed atomic power within the Manhattan Project - 1939-1946. Uranium, an important element in nuclear fission/fusion that produces radioactive decay, would be mined in vast quantities across the mid-west states, and none more so than mid-Utah, just below the infamous Skinwalker Ranch that would become openly associated with UAP in the 1990s. Again, let us assume coincidence.
By the end of the war, the first nuclear tests began. The Trinity test completed in July 1945, New Mexico, was a month prior to the Japanese bombings. Again, there are stories of UAP being present, and even rumours of some crash retrievals cases that are still officially unverified, including the infamous Roswell incident of 1947, which came within the biggest post war UAP activity spike.
Seemingly, the Anomalous had arrived, and arrived in vast numbers as they apparently swarmed and buzzed the aerial vehicles and nuclear test sites. But how much of this is true? How much can we verify to the point of confidently concluding? Another question worth asking is how far back does this phenomenon go?
The start of the 1940s decade saw an influx of unusual sightings across Europe and America. Soldiers were on high alert with increasing threats over the expanding world war, one which had at last arrived at their feet. In a cold winter night of 1942, unknown objects flew over downtown Los Angeles and were engaged by heavy artillery that became known as the ‘Battle of L.A.’. As Historian Richard Dolan writes in his book ‘UFOs and the National Security State,’ the night of February 25th saw Los Angeles residents awoken to air raid sirens at around 2.25am, and as the military fired 1430 antiaircraft shells into the dark sky to bring down the ‘Japanese planes’ they were left unsuccessful.
The incident claimed the lives of 5 people, with 2 heart attacks and 3 road accidents, others dashed around and suffered injuries in the panic. This was war-time and people genuinely believed they were under attack from the Japanese. Obviously, they weren’t, the Secretary of Navy blamed the ‘war-nerves’ and that there weren’t any enemy aircraft. Then they changed their story to civilian planes flown by ‘enemy pilots’, then finally the settled on a series of ‘weather balloons’ that had fooled people into thinking it was a foreign invasion.
This was wartime. People were scared of being bombed by a known threat for the Far-East, it is understandable why certain decisions were taken in the interest of the people.
For me it’s important to consider the ‘Battle of L.A.’ case as something unknown, which is not to say that these objects weren’t something trivial that couldn’t be identified for lack of information. The objects in question do not apply any of the AATIP ‘5 observables’ that classify and distinguish such a case as UAP by DOD standards. The importance of this case, is not about the objects, but more so about the consequences of having such an unknown potential threat over mainland America in such a hostile climate. Thus, the case should be given the right context.
We must also consider, the ‘Battle of L.A.’ object wasn’t a one-off.
The world war brought a significant amount of ‘unknown’ reports prior to them even being classified as such in terminology. There literally was no unidentified flying objects (UFOs), or ‘Flying Saucers’ in the early 1940s, but there were objects of unknown origin that were beginning to be reported with increasing numbers. The much known ‘Foo Fighters’ would become the given label at that time. British researcher Graeme Randall found that the ‘Royal Air Force bomber crews had been reporting strange lights, luminous objects, and large “aeroforms” in the skies over Germany since March 1942’ rather than the later years of the war.
Original WW2 fighter pilot reports were made about strange balls of fire that changed colour from red to orange to white to black, and that had no wings or fuselage. The objects would follow B-24 liberators whilst flying missions over Japan. Again, the thinking from the military was that the strange objects were some kind of Japanese technology, however, no kamikaze attack occurred as the objects tailed the plane in a curious non-threatening way. Other reports come present a similar picture, but this time over Germany. Lt. Ringwald, Lt. Schlueter and Lt. Meier were part of the 415th night fighter squadron that flew above the Rhine on a routine mission, they all witnessed 8-10 fiery orbs travelling at high speed.
Royal Air Force bomber crews had been reporting strange lights, luminous objects, and large “aeroforms” in the skies over Germany since March 1942
Another case involving the 415th squadron was from the skies near Hagenau, Germany. On the 22nd – 23rd of December 1944, two orange lights travelled up to an Allied aircraft and tailed them, as reported in 1945 by the American Legion Magazine, “After staying with the plane for two minutes they peeled off and turned away, flying under perfect control, and then went out.”
Other war-time reports were made by the Eighth Air Force bomber crews, who reported incursions of silver coloured spheres. The sheer volume of reports that involved strange orbs was widespread, almost to the point of being a swarm within the wartime skies.
‘17 February 1945: "Our crews are beginning to report mysterious orange-red lights in the sky near La Spezia and also inland. These "foo fighters" have been pursued, but no one has been able to make contact. G.C.I. (Ground Control Radar) and intelligence profess to be mystified by these ghostly apparitions. The hypothesis that the foo-fighters are a post-cognac manifestation has been disproved. Even the teetotalers have observed the strange and mysterious foo-fighters which have also been observed in France and in Belgium." (17th of February, 1945, 416th historical data. U.S.Army.)’
Lindell, J. (2009)
"On this mission mysterious 'Balls of Fire' were observed by various crews during the course of the mission. Lt. Althoff and crew in Z Square 19 observed one near land's end at 9000 feet at about 0147. The 'Ball of Fire' was first seen at 5:00 level about 300 yards behind the B-29. As near as can be determined, the 'Ball of Fire' was about the size of a basketball. When evasive action was taken by the B-29 in the form of turns, the 'Ball of Fire' turned inside the B-29 and kept following. It appeared that each time the B-29 made a turn, the 'Ball of Fire' fell behind, but on the straightaway, it would catch up. The B-29 lost altitude, going down to 6000 feet, in order to gain speed and finally an air speed of 295, at which speed the 'Ball of Fire' followed for about five or six minutes. One crew member thought that he was able to see a wing in connection with the 'ball,' and that the wing had a navigation light on at the tip." (3 April, 1945. Consolidated Mission Report, Mission no.# 38, 500th Bomb Group.)
Lindell, J. (2009)
One of the interesting things which struck me as I researched the early ‘Foo Fighter’, phenomenon, was the sheer volume of reports made by pilots and airmen of that time. The distinct pattern become another interesting point. The reports were similar to the ‘Omaha Sphere’ reported on Navel briefing slides, and leaked in April 2019 by Jeremy Corbell. These things are small, mostly light-infused, orb-like objects, sometimes grey and black and of different coloured lights that can have a fiery appearance. They were almost always reported to be under intelligent control as they toyed with crewmen on missions. There is a distinct pattern in the data and a history of somewhat related phenomena.
A quick internet search shows that other global, historical reports of orbs of light have been reported. For instance, various strange light phenomena have been reported In rural Australia, there is a ‘Min Min’ phenomenon that is associated with the outback. In Australian Aboriginal folklore, there are stories about strange light orbs that act strangely. The strange phenomenon is said to interact with Truck drivers in the wilderness of dark deserted roads, and some suggest they have encountered the intelligently controlled orbs of light.
However some researchers, such as John Pettigrew, have conducted experiments to show how some of the ‘Min Min’ light aberrations might be a ‘Fata Morgana’ – an optical illusions created through refraction and temperature inversions.
In the South American countries Argentina, Chile and Uruguay there is a phenomenon known a ‘Luz Mala’ which literally translates to ‘Bad Light.’ It is reported that appears at night and floats above the ground, hover and move at speed. Stories populate the internet, tales and South American mythology tell of orbs that engage isolated individuals on long lonely trips in the dead of night. In Mendoza, Argentina, it is reported that truck drivers claim to have seen it during their high mountain journeys, between Uspallata, Puente del Inca and Las Cuevas.
The problem is that for the most part, these are all just glorified camp fire stories that are recorded onto the internet without credible assessment. There is no additional data, there is no witness testimony to evaluate or means to check the persons credibility/mental health. Often we have no supportive photos, videos or external sensory data on such orbs as they occur. And this is a major problem, we do not have the means to verify the phenomenon in such cases, and we certainly can’t correlate cases to the same phenomena. Despite similar testimony of appearance, behaviour or abilities, we can’t conclude that any historical orb of light can be linked to any other historical orb of light. And we can go further and state that we can’t link any historical case to the ‘Foo Fighter’ phenomenon. To do so, would be to apply assumption onto a correlative link which simply isn’t backed up by appropriate data.
We might consider a similar approach with regard to the ‘Foo Fighters’, yes we must look at rational explanations, however, if we cannot conclude because of a lack of supporting data we must acknowledge that fact, and, not attempt to debunk through childish need and psychological dissonance. Applying a ‘terrestrial’ explanation that doesn’t fit the case data is just as dishonest as exclaiming such a phenomenon is extraterrestrials. For me, the truth is probably that we will never know what the origins of ‘Foo Fighters’ are, as we do not have accompanied radar data or additional testimony. But does this mean we can fill in the blanks, appropriately?
Many scientists at the time attempted to debunk the unknown lights of ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’, which is a form of electronic discharge and a historical phenomenon, sometimes seen during thunderstorms and above the masts of sea vessels. Generally, it is thought at the time be a form of plasma and stays close to a charged object such as a wing tip or a mast. However, the ‘Foo Fighters’ reported by airmen during WW2 displayed controlled movements, which isn’t consistent with the concept of St. Elmo’s Fire.
There is another possibility, something known as ‘Ball Lightning’ which is similar in appearance and controlled movements. Like St. Elmo’s Fire, the ‘Ball Lightning’ phenomenon is historical, with multiple cases that span back centuries. For me, one issue with ‘Ball Lightning’, is that it isn’t really understood, and arguably has been difficult to explain and replicate under controlled circumstances.
Could we consider the other potential explanation that the ‘Foo Fighter’ objects have been around for centuries and themselves mistaken for ‘Ball Lightning’ and even in some circumstances ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’? We might consider that our lack of historical data has left us wondering rather than concluding. After all, mysteries aren’t really that mysterious when the relevant data is accessible. Honestly, we still cannot associate or correlate any historical cases without rigorous data, and that data will not be made available, it has been too long.
Regardless, the problem still remains, we don’t know what this ‘Foo Fighter’ phenomenon is, we couldn’t capture its true essence in the 1940s and to this day we struggle formulate an appropriate hypothesis. We can’t say it is aliens or misidentified terrestrial objects or even something yet to be discovered or explained. By those standards, we simply cannot confirm such an anomalous technology was even there in 1942 onwards, even though the probability and logical holistic reasoning suggests that it was there.
There have been other claimants about the technology of the 1940s, and as bizarre as this may seem, some have concluded that the anomalous technology was from the axis powers. There are some conspiracy theories that Hitler and the Nazis had developed UAP technology and the ‘Flying Saucers’ of the 40s and 50s were simply German craft. Others, have implied that the Nazis had ‘Die Glocke’ which translates as ‘The Bell’, a technologically advanced weapon that would be a decisive factor in winning the war. Obviously, it didn’t and is rightly considered pseudoscience. If the Nazis had anti-gravity technology we would all be speaking German right now. The UFO researcher Nathan Hendrickson told me once that the Germans didn’t process this technology, having become disgruntled that some people believed To The Stars Academy’s fictional novel that blurred fiction and facts within their series ‘Sekret Machines’. And that makes sense to me.
But it this way. We don’t have UAP technology in today’s civilian world, we don’t have any vehicles that perform the five AATIP observables, we don’t have flying cars, hoverboards, nor do we have anything from the anti-gravity genre of science fiction films and books. We haven’t mastered the technology of ‘warping space-time’ that some in AATIP potentially theorised how the anomalous vehicles are operating under an Alcubierre warp drive.
Image via brainstormingbox.org
To me, it is almost unthinkable to insist that this highly advanced, and still theoretical concept, was developed in the 1930s and 1940s. Technology we still cannot replicate some 80 years later. Whatever this potential phenomena is or isn’t almost becomes irrelevant, the problems remains that we still cannot officially identify it, due primarily to our own limited observation techniques, data collection, coordination and the elusiveness of the phenomena. As you might imagine, the incursions into wartime skies above Europe by unknown objects of shape, manoeuvring and origin was beyond them in those years. The sudden introduction of such an exotic concept came at such a pivotal time in history, a time when the people of the world were on the brink, a time which might have seen Nazi Germany was close to harnessing the power of the Atom. Arguably, this was the most important time in recorded human history, and amongst it all, was something else.
And that something else would have frightened the world. Maybe they did the right thing by sitting on such sensitive information at such a sensitive time?
