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A phosphorescent red ball of fire pacing a B-29 Superfortress's tail during a night raid on Kawasaki and Tokyo, April 3, 1945

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Aircraft Encounters

1945: The Kawasaki-Tokyo Balls of Fire

Published: August 21, 2026 | Updated: August 21, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO SIGHTINGS REPORT 1945: The Kawasaki-Tokyo Balls of Fire B-29 crews returning from the Kawasaki and Tokyo raids in early April 1945...

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Four-panel dossier collage: Kawasaki/Tokyo balls of fire, Jeffersontown Kentucky light, 549th Night Fighter Squadron radar chase, and the Rhine River square of lights, all April 1945

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1945 Sightings

1945: April UFO & Entity Sightings Archive

Published: June 22, 2016 | Updated: August 21, 2026

1945: April UFO & Entity Sightings Archive April 1945 is the month the “balls of fire” phenomenon crossed from the European theatre to the...

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444th Bomb Group

1945: The Kawasaki-Tokyo Balls of Fire

1945: April UFO & Entity Sightings Archive

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