About this episode

This episode explores the origins of the term 'Foo Fighters' and its connection to WWII phenomena and UFO sightings.

Everlong. Learn to Fly. Best of You. All My Life. The Pretender. These are but a few of the top-charting songs by American rock band The Foo Fighters, founded in 1994 by legendary former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl. But what actually is a Foo Fighter? Well, it turns out the band’s name is not just merely a random string of nonsense words, but rather refers to strange phenomenon observed by pilots over Europe and the Pacific during the Second World War, one of a string of such weird occurrences throughout history through today that have caused some to point to the classic explanation when anything weird appears in the sky- aliens. But what’s actually going on here? Well, today we’ll be looking at everything from tales of ancient aliens, to what actually were the Foo Fighters of WWII and where the name came from, to that time the U.S. Military finally buckled down to take a deep look into it all to see if the Earth was in any danger from extraterrestrials, and what they determined, as well as why we are all pronouncing UFO wrong, and how the coiner of the term explicitly stated it should be said. Author: Gilles Messier Host/Editor: Daven Hiskey Producer: Daven Hiskey 0:00 Intro 2:37…

People in this episode

Host: Daven Hiskey

Topics covered

• Foo Fighters
• UFOs
• aliens
• military investigations
• historical phenomena
• WWII

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Foo Fighters, Nirvana

Books & works: Everlong, Learn to Fly, Best of You, All My Life, The Pretender

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