Foo fighter reports (WWII aircrews)
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Luis Elizondo · 0:22:03
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American Alchemy / Jesse Michels ↗YouTube-hosted preview and player; not relicensedJesse Michels · 0:11:36
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American Alchemy / Jesse Michels ↗YouTube-hosted preview and player; not relicensedFrom late 1944, aircrews of the 415th Night Fighter Squadron over the Rhine valley and crews in the Pacific reported balls of light that paced their aircraft. In the corpus, Luis Elizondo says Senator Ted Stevens, a World War II pilot who later backed his program, admitted his own encounters; the host marks the eightieth anniversary of the first reports.
The event
| Date | (month) |
|---|---|
| Place | 48.5000, 7.7000 region · Germany / France |
| Official response | Wartime intelligence attributed the lights variously to flak reflections, St Elmo's fire and German devices; no formal finding was published. |
Reported by
- 415th night fighter squadron military USAAF night fighter crews
Investigated by
- us eighth air force military
Who spoke about it later
- Luis Elizondo 0:22:03 “Multiple Alien Groups May Be Visiting Earth!” (Lue Elizondo Documentary) ▶ 2024
- Jesse Michels 0:11:36 UFO Skeptic Mick West Challenged To A Debate ▶ 2025
Mentioned in the corpus
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“Multiple Alien Groups May Be Visiting Earth!” (Lue Elizondo Documentary) 10 October 2024
- 0:22:03 ▶ Luis Elizondo
Senator Stevens from Alaska this was a World War II pilot he who he himself admitted he had encounters with Foo Fighters during the war okay and this is a senator figh Foo Fighters yeah so the Foo
- 0:22:03 ▶ interview
- 0:22:03 ▶ Luis Elizondo
UFO Skeptic Mick West Challenged To A Debate 26 January 2025
- 0:11:36 ▶ Jesse Michels
we are literally at the 80-year anniversary of the first reports of Foo Fighters. Like that
- 0:11:36 ▶ interview
- 0:11:36 ▶ Jesse Michels
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Sources on this record
- 0:22:03 “Multiple Alien Groups May Be Visiting Earth!” (Lue Elizondo Documentary) · Luis Elizondo ▶
Senator Stevens from Alaska this was a World War II pilot he who he himself admitted he had encounters with Foo Fighters during the war okay and this is a senator figh Foo Fighters yeah so the Foo
- 0:11:36 UFO Skeptic Mick West Challenged To A Debate · Jesse Michels ▶
we are literally at the 80-year anniversary of the first reports of Foo Fighters. Like that
- Foo fighter