About this episode

The episode explores the mysterious Foo Fighter sightings encountered by Allied pilots during World War II.

In the skies over wartime Europe and the Pacific, Allied pilots began encountering something they couldn’t identify — glowing objects that followed their aircraft, evaded radar, and vanished without explanation. Was it a Nazi weapon? Or something from another world? Recorded in combat reports and wartime newspapers, the Foo Fighter sightings would haunt aircrews long after the war ended, raising questions that were never fully answered. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics covered

• wartime aviation
• mysteries
• unidentified flying objects
• Allied pilots
• combat reports

Keywords

• Foo Fighters
• wartime Europe
• unidentified objects
• Allied pilots
• mystery

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nazi

Places: Europe, Pacific

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