UFOs Before Roswell: European Foo Fighters 1940-1945

UFOs Before Roswell: European Foo Fighters 1940-1945

During World War 2, a strange phenomenon known as the “Foo Fighters” was witnessed by US Army Air Force night-fighter crews operating over western Germany. Mysterious lights were frequently reported, following their aircraft or sitting off their wingtips. The lights did not appear to show any hostile intent. For many years, it has been believed that the wartime sightings started in November 1944. However, this is simply accepted wisdom, based on a false premise published in December 1945 and then repeated in various UFO books since the 1950s. The true story of the “Foo Fighters” goes back much earlier than 1944, involving RAF aircrew operating over Germany and Italy. The nicknames for what they encountered were different, but the phenomenon they witnessed was almost certainly the same. Mysterious lights, rockets and jets were reported on a regular basis, and many of these events are listed in the official records. These cases, plus others which may not have been reported to the military authorities at the time, are examined in this book. Various explanations have been suggested to explain the “Foo Fighters” and these are looked at closely. In the 1950s, several German “designers” came forward to claim that they had been personally involved with secret Nazi projects that were the source of wartime sightings. Their claims will also be studied in depth. The ”Foo Fighters” are a largely forgotten aspect of the UFO subject in the 20th Century, and this book is intended to address that lack of coverage. This is the Second Edition of Graeme Rendall's highly-acclaimed work on the Foo Fighters of World War 2. A sequel, Shadows Over The Reich , is currently being researched.